The Department was started through international collaboration with The Royal Infirmary Glasgow Medical School, UK.   Microbiology later separated from Pathology in the 1975 -1979 period to become the present Department of Medical Microbiology.  

The Department encompasses 4 Thematic Units:  Internal Medicine (Unit of Clinical Medicine), and Pharmacology (Unit of Clinical Pharmacology) Unit of Medical Oncology (UMO) and Unit of Clinical infectious Diseases (UCID)

The specialty of Internal Medicine takes pride in considering itself the “mother department” from which the entire profession of medicine derives its name. 

VISION

• To be a world class African Department committed to integrated, interdisciplinary teaching and Research in basic and applied Human Anatomy geared towards health care needs of humanity.

MISSION

• A centre of learning and scholarship, preparing students for academic pursuits, medical professional training, enhanced personal lives and responsible global citizenship; extending frontiers of knowledge through relevant interdisciplinary Research; fostering an intellectual culture that bridges basic science and clinical practice; contributing to