Dubai: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, honoured the top ten graduates from Dubai Medical College and Dubai Pharmacy College.
Shaikh Mohammad honoured the students when he attended on Tuesday the graduation ceremonies for both colleges held at Madinat Jumeira. Graduates from the faculty of medicine took the Hippocratic Oath before Shaikh Mohammad.
Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince, was present.
During the event, Shaikh Mohammad watched a documentary on the development of education in the UAE, and then congratulated the 135 graduates, wishing them success in the future. Shaikh Mohammad then took a commemorative photo with the graduates.
The ceremonies marked the graduation of the 23rd medical and 18th pharmacology batches of female students.
Also attending the ceremonies were Shaikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development, Haj Saeed Ahmad Lootah, Chairman of the Board of Trustees for both colleges, and senior officials, dignitaries, and a large gathering of the graduates’ families.
