Last updated on 01-Nov-2022
Volgograd State Medical University is located in a city called Volgograd which is situated in the southern part of Russia on the west bank of the Volga River. The University started as Stalingrad Medical Institute founded in 1935. In 1993 it got the status of the Academy, and in 2003 it was granted the status of the University. Nowadays the University ranks very high among the medical schools of the Russian Federation. Many scientists of the University are world-famous owing to their great contribution to the theory and practice of medicine. The University has been training international students since 1962. Students from 113 states of the former Soviet Union, Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa have studied at our University. Over this period 3000 physicians, dentists and paediatricians and pharmacists have been trained for foreign countries. Since 2000 the Volgograd State Medical University has got an opportunity to teach foreign students in the English language.
About 70 overseas doctors are engaged in postgraduate study at the University every year.
If you decide to study at the VolSMU, you will make the right choice. The advantages of such a decision are:
- wide range of possibilities
- the experienced and attentive faculties;
- broad exposure to clinical practice;
- reasonable tuition fees and hostel accommodation prices.
Colleges and Departments of the University
- College of General Medicine;
- College of Dentistry;
- College of Pediatrics;
- College of Pharmacy;
- College of Medical Biochemistry;
- College of Social Work and Clinical Psychology;
- Department for International Students;
- College for Postgraduate and Continuous Education;
- Department for Foundation Courses.