After he returned, he was granted a scholarship to study medicine at the University of Karnataka in Bangalore state in India.
In 1996, Prof. Dr. Aklan was granted the professional license to practice medicine, after which he was appointed to serve in the Ministry of Health and Population in 1997.
He was posted to serve as a physician and director for the Health Center in Hofash district, located in Al-Mahweet province.
In the year 2000, Prof. Dr. Aklan attained his master's degree from the University of Science and Technology in Yemen in radiology ((Role of Ultrasound and Computed tomography in detection of hepatic lesions)).
Hameed Aklan is the president of the University of Science and Technology which under his leadership has received an investment award for several years as the best private university in Yemen, the innovation and excellence award in distance education(ANODE) in 2012 from the Arab Network for Open and Distance Education, membership of the International Council for Distance Education(ICDE) in 2013, sixth place amid all international and American universities in the biomedical engineering project presented by students of engineering faculty at the university in 2013, member certification in the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) in 2013, certificate of thanks and recognition from the ministry of higher education and scientific research-Yemen in 22 July 2013 for efforts and success of the university to open and distance education system.