The Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences is one of the three  faculties constituting the present College of Health  Sciences. It was created in 1993, when the old Faculty of  Health Sciences went collegiate. The Faculty is made up of  eight Departments. They include the department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Chemical Pathology, Hematology and  Immunology, Medical Microbiology, Parasitology and Medical  Rehabilitation. Others are Morbid Anatomy and Forensic  Medicine, Nursing Sciences and Physiological Sciences. Two  of the departments , Nursing Sciences and Medical  Rehabilitation offer Degree Courses in Nursing and  Physiotherapy at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.