Human Medicine

English is the language used for teaching and learning at the Faculty of Medicine. Some supporting subjects are taught in Arabic. The Faculty of Human Medicine at Sabha University provides a specialized university bachelor's degree in medicine and surgery. To obtain this degree, students must meet the academic requirements and obtain a minimum of 60% of the maximum grade prescribed for each course, with an average of at least 60% of the total grades. Graduate studies at the college are regulated by a special regulation that aligns with the general regulations of graduate studies in Libyan universities.

The Faculty of Human Medicine at Sabha University comprises various scientific departments, such as histology, anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, parasitology, microbiology and immunology, pathology, pharmacology, clinical skills science, diagnostic radiology, family and community medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, eye surgery, forensic medicine and toxicology, pediatrics, internal medicine, general surgery, and its branches. The university council may establish other departments or abolish existing ones upon a proposal from the college council.

The college follows the system of the following academic stages:
- 35 weeks per academic year, including exams for non-clinical departments
- 27 months, including exams and holidays for clinical departments
- The period of study at the college is six consecutive years, followed by an internship year (concession).

The study period is divided into several stages, as follows:
- A one-year introductory phase for numeracy skills.
- The first academic stage includes the first and second year, which lasts for two academic years. The first year is one academic year long, while the second year lasts for an additional academic year.
- The second academic stage lasts for one academic year.
- The third academic stage includes the fourth and fifth year, which lasts for two academic years. The fourth year is one academic year long, while the fifth year lasts for a full academic year.
- The training phase lasts for 12 months and is divided as follows: 12 weeks for internal diseases, 12 weeks for surgery, 6 weeks for babies, 6 weeks for obstetrics and gynecology, 4 weeks for Family and Community Medicine, 2 weeks for emergency medicine, and 2 weeks for intensive care. There is also an optional 4-week period (compulsory sections may not be selected).
- The faculty member is responsible for testing in their respective courses as follows: the first midterm exam counts for 10%, the second midterm exam also counts for 10%, the Final Written Exam counts for 50%, the oral exam counts for 15%, and the practical exam counts for 15%. In each subject, 20% of the grades are allocated for the year's work. The percentage of the curriculum included should be 30-40% of the entire curriculum, and the results should be announced within two weeks of conducting them.
- The academic year includes not less than two partial exams. Reports and unannounced surprise exams are also considered in the judgment of periodic exams. The Study and Examinations Department supervises the periodic examinations, and the faculty member submits the results of the reports and the unannounced surprise examinations to the department, which monitors them for the student and counts them within the grade of the year's work.
- If a student misses any of the midterm exams, they receive a "zero" grade, unless their absence is a compelling excuse accepted by the Study and Examinations Department and the examination committee within a week from the date of the exam. In this case, it is left to evaluate the student in coordination between the department and the study and Examinations Department. Psychological excuses are not accepted.
- The student must obtain a score of at least 35% of the Final Written Exam Score for each subject to be combined with the rest of the subject scores.
- The practical exam cannot be replaced with a system of written or theoretical questions.
- The oral examination is conducted by a committee of at least 2 faculty members.
- At the end of the fourth year, the student performs a final exam in the courses, and 100% of the maximum grade is allocated for these courses. The student must obtain at least 35% of the Final Written Exam Score for each subject to enter the clinical exam.
- The student is not entitled to take the exam in the fifth-year courses unless they have successfully passed all the fourth-year courses.
- The student may spend part of the internship period in the clinical phase in hospitals or educational institutions affiliated with one of the faculties of human medicine inside or outside Libya within the student exchange programs for a limited period of no more than four weeks, provided that this period is counted within the prescribed clinical teaching period and according to the result of the follow-up report.
- The student is considered successful only if they obtain a percentage of 60% or higher of the total grades for the subjects of the college requirements and 50% in other subjects of the total grades for the subjects of the university requirements.

The student's performance in each subject is evaluated based on the following ratios:
- Excellent: 85% - 100%
- Very good: 75% - 84%
- Good: 65% - 74%
- Acceptable: 60% - 64%
- Weak: 40% - 59%
- Very weak: below 40%