# Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences

> university in Bandar Abbas, Iran

**Wikidata**: [Q5943001](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5943001)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormozgan_University_of_Medical_Sciences)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/hormozgan-university-of-medical-sciences

## Summary
Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences is a public medical university located in Bandar Abbas, Iran. Founded in 1987, the institution is indexed in multiple international registries and also functions as an open-access publisher.

## Key Facts
- Founded (inception): 1987.
- Location: Bandar Abbas, Iran; coordinates 27.24129 N, 56.357567 E.
- Common short name / alias: HUMS.
- Official website: http://hums.ac.ir.
- Instance types: university; campus; open-access publisher.
- National and international identifiers: ISNI 000000040385452X; GRID grid.412237.1; ROR 037wqsr57; Ringgold ID 14656; KISTI ID K000200886; Google Knowledge Graph ID /g/122q9p5g.
- Open Funder Registry identifier: 501100011917 (associated label: Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences).
- Wikipedia presence: articles in Kurdish (ckb), English (en), and Persian (fa); Wikipedia title "Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences"; Wikimedia Commons category "Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences".

## FAQs
### Q: Where is Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences located?
A: It is located in Bandar Abbas, Iran, at coordinates 27.24129 (latitude) and 56.357567 (longitude).

### Q: When was Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences founded?
A: The university's inception year is 1987.

### Q: What is the university's official website and short name?
A: The official website is http://hums.ac.ir and the institution's common short name is HUMS.

## Why It Matters
Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences is an established higher-education institution specializing in medical sciences, registered and visible in multiple national and international metadata systems. Its 1987 founding date marks it as a multi-decade presence in Iranian medical education. The university's registration across systems such as ISNI, GRID, ROR, Ringgold, KISTI, and the Open Funder Registry supports discoverability and interoperability for research, funding, and collaboration. Its designation as an open-access publisher indicates a role in making scholarly outputs available publicly. Presence in multiple language Wikipedias and a dedicated Wikimedia Commons category contribute to public knowledge and media access about the institution. These attributes together make the university a verifiable actor in academic, publishing, and research infrastructures.

## Notable For
- Being founded in 1987 and operating as a medical university in Bandar Abbas, Iran.
- Holding multiple international identifiers (ISNI, GRID, ROR, Ringgold, KISTI, Google KG) that facilitate discovery and integration.
- Operating as an open-access publisher in addition to functioning as a university and campus.
- Maintaining an official website (http://hums.ac.ir) and multilingual Wikipedia presence (ckb, en, fa).

## Body
### Overview
- Name: Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences.
- Short name / alias: HUMS.
- Described instance types: university, campus, open-access publisher.
- Wikipedia title: Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences.
- Wikimedia Commons category: Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences.

### Location and Establishment
- Country: Iran.
- City: Bandar Abbas.
- Coordinates: latitude 27.24129, longitude 56.357567.
- Inception year: 1987.

### Online Presence
- Official website: http://hums.ac.ir.
- Wikipedia-language coverage: Kurdish (ckb), English (en), Persian (fa).
- Sitelink count (Wikidata): 3.

### Identifiers and Registries
- ISNI: 000000040385452X (reference: grid.412237.1).
- GRID ID: grid.412237.1.
- ROR ID: 037wqsr57.
- Ringgold ID: 14656.
- KISTI ID: K000200886.
- Google Knowledge Graph ID: /g/122q9p5g.
- Open Funder Registry Funder ID: 501100011917 (label: Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences).

### Classification and References
- Classified as an academic institution (university class).
- Instance_of references include the university's own "About" page (https://en.hums.ac.ir/About-HUMS) per available metadata.
- Country and registry references present in source metadata.

### Topics and Project Focus
- Topic's main Wikimedia category: Category:Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences.
- Listed on Wikidata:WikiProject Academic Publisher (on-focus list).

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## References

1. GRID Release 2017-05-22
2. Directory of Open Access Journals
3. [Source](https://en.hums.ac.ir/About-HUMS)
4. [Open Funder Registry](http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011917)