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King Edward VII Medical College (KEMC) was a medical school from 1905 to 1949 in Singapore, the first one in what was then Malaya. It was officially named King Edward VII Medical College in 1921 and subsequently became the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya .
Nine years later, it became the King Edward VII College of Medicine to reflect its academic standing as a university entity. In October 1949, the College amalgamated with Raffles College to form the University of Malaya, which became known as the Faculty of Medicine.
The King Edward VII College of Medicine was established in 1905 as the Straits and Federated Malay States Government Medical School.
In 1921, the school was renamed the King Edward VII College of Medicine after receiving a donation from the Edward VII Memorial Fund founded by Lim Boon Keng. In 1926, the College of Medicine Building was built to house the college in addition to the Tan Teck Guan Building .
The first doctors in Singapore came from Britain and India; subsequently the government sent qualified locals to Madras Medical College in India annually from 1870 to be trained as assistant surgeons.
As Singapore’s first purpose-built medical college, the College of Medicine Building bears witness to the development of local medical services, as well as the progress in Singapore’s tertiary education.
Raffles College merges with King Edward VII College of Medicine to form the University of Malaya, the very first university for the people of Singapore and the Federation of Malaya. 1955 Nanyang University, a privately funded Chinese university, opens its doors.
