One of the largest public universities in the United States of America visiting SUM

Professors and students of the Pennsylvania State University, one of the largest public universities in the United States of America, visited the University of Mostar, i.e., the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Mostar, and then the Rector's Office, where a meeting was held with members of the Management of the University of Mostar. The delegation of the Pennsylvania State University consisted of Prof. Dr. Norman Benjamin Fredrick, director of the Global State Center; Prof. Dr. Nasrollah Ghahramani, professor of medicine and public health sciences; Prof. Dr. Gisoo Ghaffari, professor of medicine, and fourth-year students of the Pennsylvania State University School of Medicine; Alma Jusufagić and Pierce Curran. On behalf of the University of Mostar, the Vice-Rector for International Relations, Prof Sanja Bijakšić, PhD; Vice-Rector for Business, Human Resources and Quality Management, Prof Zdenko Klepić, PhD; Assistant-Rector for Information Technology and Innovation, Tomislav Volarić, PhD, and Marta Rajič, a sixth-year student at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Mostar hosted the delegation.

The topic of the meeting was strengthening two-way communication and formalizing relations to ultimately establish inter-university cooperation to develop all scientific and educational activities of both universities, especially in the fields of medicine, dental medicine, pharmacy, nursing, and physiotherapy. The conversation is a continuation of the visit to the Faculty of Medicine of SUM, during which the Penn State University delegation visited several teaching bases and laboratories of biomedical sciences. Also, in the conversation, cooperation in the field of the IT sector and innovation was highlighted as particularly important.

Pennsylvania State University is a public university founded in 1855 with a long tradition of teaching, research, and public service that has nearly 100,000 students and 24 university campuses, including an online campus, making it one of the largest universities in the US. It offers the opportunity to study in more than 275 undergraduate programs, including top-ranked programs such as engineering and business, and more than 300 graduate and professional programs, including medical and legal studies. The university has been ranked annually as one of the best universities in the United States and the world, and the Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked the university as the 119th best university in the world.