UPSAT, a private Health Sciences Faculty, was founded in 2001. It is a pioneer in paramedical university teaching in Tunisia.
UPSAT is the first private paramedical higher teaching institution to be recognized by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the Ministry of Health.
As an elite faculty, UPSAT is recognized for the excellence of its academic training and the high qualification level of its graduates.
Thanks to its reputation, the quality training it provides guarantees the employability of its graduates in Tunisia and abroad.
By joining “Honoris United Universities”, the first pan-African network of private universities, UPSAT has taken on an international dimension that provides it with the means to maintain its focus on excellence.
The Honoris network’s contribution is reflected in the upgrading of teaching tools and techniques, the diversification of the content of training courses and the incorporation of new entrepreneurial, digital and communication skills.
All this with the aim of being in harmony with international standards and preparing our graduates for the requirements of both the domestic and international labor markets.
UPSAT is succeeding in its mission through selected and limited groups of students, a rich teaching combining hospital practice and practical work with lectures, a high level teaching staff, a Medical Simulation Center unique in Africa.
This Center is equipped with high-fidelity training mannequins and a team of highly qualified trainers.
Through this Center, UPSAT offers these students the opportunity to consolidate their training both on the procedural level and the skills and know-how level.
UPSAT provides training at three academic institutions located in the heart of Tunisia’s three main coastal cities: Tunis, Sousse and Sfax.
All three faculties are accredited by the relevant ministries and all are specialized in the field of paramedical sciences and techniques.
Bathed by the Mediterranean, each of these cities represents by its history and past a melting pot of civilizations and a crossbreeding of cultures and religions in a young, tolerant and open Tunisia where synagogues, cathedrals and mosques coexist with one another.
UPSAT is succeeding in its mission through selected and limited groups of students, a rich teaching combining hospital practice and practical work with lectures, a high level teaching staff, a Medical Simulation Center unique in Africa.
This Center is equipped with high-fidelity training mannequins and a team of highly qualified trainers.
Through this Center, UPSAT offers these students the opportunity to consolidate their training both on the procedural level and the skills and know-how level.
- Anesthesia-Ressuscitation
- Orthopty
- Optics
- Kinesitherapy & Physiotherapy
- Medical Imaging & Radiotherapy
- Nursing
- Master in Aging , Disability and adapted physical activity
- Pioneer of higher university paramedical education
- +95% Success rate
- Pupil/teacher ratio 1:3
- +460 Associate teachers
- +60 Training grounds
- +3000 Graduates
- 3 Universities Tunis-Sousse-Sfax
Accredited and recognized diplomas
UPSAT is recognized by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and by the Ministry of Health. It has adopted the BMD system since the beginning of the 2010 school year. UPSAT selects its students from amongholders of the Baccalaureate diploma and the diplomas it awards are recognized on an equivalent basis.
Opening up internationally
In joining “Honoris”, the first pan-African network of private universities, UPSAT is taking on an international dimension that grants it the means to maintain its focus on excellence.
Skills-based training
Our aim is to enable young graduates to settle quickly into active life and easily join the health care system.
Qualified and attentive administrative team
Academics and experts with a proven track record in higher education and health. Their mission is to assist, advise and support students throughout their studies.
Qualified teaching staff
Our institutions rely on a teaching staff comprising a majority of university hospital professors, including heads of departments in the provided specialties. Experienced paramedical professionals bring their experience and practical know-how to prepare graduates for the socio-professional environment.
Modern and adapted facilities
UPSAT offers its students a modern infrastructure, equipped with technological means and specialized laboratories that promote collective and collaborative intelligence.
The uniqueMedical Simulation Center in Africa
The “Honoris” network’s Medical Simulation Center is equipped with technologies that allow for almost real-world scenarios.
Close supportduring internships
Our students receive early professional internships in University Hospital Centers and clinics that are bound to our institutions by agreements.
A rewarding experience
A rich program of intra- and extramural activities complements the official programs. This program includes visits, workshops, training days, information days, seminars and study tours.
Success rates exceeding 95%
Annual success and graduation rates exceed 95% of the registered students.
UPSAT TUNIS
Created in 2005 in Tunis, the political, administrative and economic capital of Tunisia, Located in the city center near the Medical Simulation Center, and major hospitals, Agreements with the largest University Hospitals and nearby clinics for trainings, Equipped laboratories by specialty, employs education coordinators, leading experts in the University Hospital field and a qualified paramedical teaching staff.
UPSAT SOUSSE
Created in 2002 in the university city of Sousse, in premises located in the city center not far from the University Hospitals and clinics with which it is linked by agreements, UPSAT is a private higher education institution specializing in paramedical training. In 2002, it was the first to be recognized as such by the two line ministries, namely the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Higher Education. Since then, several classes of graduates have entered the job market in Tunisia or abroad. Our aim is to enable young graduates to settle quickly into active life and easily join the health care system. UPSAT offers its students a modern infrastructure adapted to the requirements of quality teaching: spacious, air-conditioned and ventilated classrooms, specialized laboratories richly and adequately equipped to meet the needs of practical activities and a library provided with reference books and specialized periodicals. It also offers them an Internet environment to conduct researches and do the assignments given by professors.
UPSAT SFAX
Created in 2007 in Sfax, capital of southern Tunisia, the Faculty of Health Sciences of Sfax is located near the two University Hospitals of the city, namely Hedi Chaker University Hospital and Habib Bourguiba University Hospital. The Faculty has entered into partnership agreements with:
- Some private clinics
- Mahres Regional Hospital
- Sfax Sports Medical Center
- The Centre for Motor Disabilities of Sfax
- The Primary Healthcare Center of Sfax
