The university was started by Alireza Afzalipour on August 9, 1972, and inaugurated in 1985.
Before the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, this university was called the University of Kerman, and it included the college of medicine.
After the revolution, the name was changed to the Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, and the college of medicine was established as an independent university which is now called the Kerman University of Medical Sciences.
The university was started by Alireza Afzalipour on August 9, 1972, and inaugurated in 1985. Before the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, this university was called the University of Kerman, and it included the college of medicine. After the revolution, the name was changed to the Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, and the college of medicine was established as an independent university which is now called the Kerman University of Medical Sciences.
Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman