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King Edward VII Medical College (KEMC) was a medical school from 1905 to 1949 in Singapore, the first one in what was then Malaya. It was officially named King Edward VII Medical College in 1921 and subsequently became the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya.
Universiti Malaya, or UM, Malaysia's oldest university, is situated on a 922 acre (373.12 hectare) campus in the southwest of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. It was founded on 28 September 1905 in Singapore as the King Edward VII College of Medicine and on 8th October 1949, it became the Universiti Malaya with the merger of the King ...
The King Edward VII College of Medicine was established in 1905 as the Straits and Federated Malay States Government Medical School.
Universiti Malaya, or UM, Malaysia's oldest university, is situated on a 922 acre (373.12 hectare) campus in the southwest of Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. It was founded on 28 September 1905 in Singapore as the King Edward VII College of Medicine and on 8th October 1949, it became the Universiti Malaya with the merger of the King ...
Article. In 19th century Singapore, medical care was available mainly to the British military and officials, European merchants and seamen, sepoys and the local police, while the rest of the population relied on their traditional medicines practised by sinsehs (traditional Chinese doctors) for the Chinese and bomohs (Malay shamans) for the Malays.
As Singapore’s first purpose-built medical college, the College of Medicine Building bears witness to the development of local medical services, as well as the progress in Singapore’s tertiary education.
Nine years later, it became the King Edward VII College of Medicine to reflect its academic standing as a university entity. In October 1949, the College amalgamated with Raffles College to form the University of Malaya, which became known as the Faculty of Medicine.
