The Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan (KGUMSB) () is a medical university located in Thimphu, Bhutan. Founded in 2013, it is the first medical university to be established in Bhutan.
In 2012, the government decided to establish the University of Medical Sciences Act of Bhutan (UMSB), in addition to the Royal University of Bhutan, founded in 2003, which combines all other disciplines, a university specifically dedicated to the urgently needed training of medical professionals, such as nurses and doctors.
The medical school, founded in Thimphu in 2013, was renamed Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences (KGUMSB) in 2015 in honor of the ruling Druk Gyalpo. The MoU between the Ministry of Health and the University was signed to strengthen the programmes further.
There are two colleges that are under the KGUMSB:
Center of Excellence in Nutrition:
Along with Bhutan's Ministry of Health supported by UNICEF Regional office, The university incubated and opened the Center of excellence in nutrition.
The KGUMSB has three faculties:
The main focus of education within the Faculty of Health Sciences is nursing. There is also a faculty of traditional medicine and a post-graduate school that awards the MD after four years.
Regular international conferences are held at the University on various issues.