The IIUM was founded in 1983 by the Government of Malaysia and co-sponsored by the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC). The university operates as a company under direction of a Board of Governors with representatives from the sponsoring governments and organisations. Close links exist between IIUM and the League of Islamic Universities, the International Association of Universities and the Association of Commonwealth Universities. The first batch of 153 students graduated from IIUM in 1987.
The scenic Gombak campus is sited in a 288 hectare site. It caters for diplomas, undergraduate and postgraduate degree programs under nine kulliyyahs namely Economic and Management Sciences, Laws, Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, Engineering and Information and Communication Technology. The Kulliyyahs of Medicine, Pharmacy, Allied Health Sciences, Nursing and Science are located in the Kuantan Campus of IIUM. A Kulliyah of Dentistry will commence in 2007.
The Kuantan Campus is located at two sites: Jalan hospital Campus (JHC) and Bandar Indera Mahkota Campus (IMC). The Kulliyyah of Medicine at the JHC was officially opened by HRH Sultan Pahang on 28 November 1997 (28 Rejab 1418). This building is located next to the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital (HTAA), which is also the main teaching hospital. All teaching of Phases II and III is being conducted in this building. Clinical teaching also done in Temerloh and Pekan Hospital. The Kulliyyahs of Nursing and the Breast Centre are also located in this building. Modern teaching facilities are installed in all lecture halls with sympodium, LCD projection system, other audiovisual systems and internet facility.
The Phase I teaching (Year 1 and 2) is conducted in the new Kulliyyah of Medicine building at Bandar Indera Mahkota Campus (IMC), begining June 2003.
Anatomy teaching is done with lectures, complimented with cadaver dissection and interactive courseware CDs. Laboratory sessions in basic medical science are conducted in 12 laboratories. Each student is allocated a microscope for the first 2 years and two students share histology, pathology and parasitology specimen slide boxes. Group teaching of histology and pathology is also done with microscope with TV monitor attachment. The JHC has two large examination halls.
Problem Solving Sessions (PBL) are done in seminar rooms. Clinical correlation classes are held in the first 2 years in the lecture halls. before the full clinical years (3 years).
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