King Edward VII College of Medicine

It was officially named King Edward VII Medical College in 1921 and subsequently became the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya.

On 8 September 1905, Sir John inaugurated the establishment of the college under the name 'The Straits and Federated Malay States Government Medical School.'

For the second 3 years, it is compulsory to study clinical clerical knowledge in the fields of medicine, surgery and general midwifery.

In 1916, the General Board of Medical Education, United Kingdom recognized the College's Diploma in Medicine and Surgery.

[11] In 1912, the school received initial financial funding of $120,000 from the King Edward VII Memorial Foundation started by Lim Boon Keng.

Between the years, 1920 to 1930, a transformation plan took place in the college management, where the administrators changed the previous staff to a younger generation of professionals and 9 new seats were established.

During the inauguration ceremony, the College awarded Honorary Diploma Degrees to Sir David James Galloway, Malcolm Watson and Lim Boon Keng.

[15][16] Through this merger, King Edward VII Medical College was upgraded to become the Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya.

Desmond William G. Faris was the last principal of the medical college, and the first dean of the new university's faculty of medicine.