Voronezh State Medical University named after N.N Burdenko

University Highlights

• VSMU introduced three faculties of medical education, advance nursing, and pre-university training in 1992. With the gradual expansion of the university, the ministry of education awarded VSMU with the academy status considering its monumental efforts in becoming the largest scientific-educational centre.
• The university has efficaciously produced more than 40 thousand specialists in the vast field of medical sciences. These include international students from over 56 countries. The university is also listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools and is known for its coordination with German Medical Association as well.
• The academic staff at the university amounts to more than 800 members who have doctorates in their respective fields. These qualified teachers impart education across 7 faculties and 3 educational institutes of the university. There are 78 departments at VSMU.
• The university infrastructure comprises of all the essential elements. It includes 5 training buildings that are focused on dental clinic and clinical hospital. There are 29 clinical sites, 5 hostels,6 research institutes, central library, central research laboratory, medical care organization and sports facility. The university is equipped with various laboratory complexes dependent on specific subject requirements, and computer classes with internet accessibility.
• VSMU has formed contractual associations with different universities and medical academies in Europe for higher collaboration and development in the educational realm of medical sciences. Few of these universities are Charite University Medicine of Berlin, Johannes Gutenberg University, Adana, and others.
• The central library at the university has over 7,00,000 copies of books and academic literature and journals. For students residing in hostels within the campus, medical care facilities are provided where the university affiliated health centre is always available for the medical needs of the students.
• As scientific research and practical training are widely promoted by the university, VSMU is affiliated with 29 hospitals and several polyclinics. The students undergo training at the clinical sites where new treatment, practice, and preventive methods are developed. They are supervised by healthcare professionals. The students receive exposure at the clinics and the university ensures that they receive all the necessary facilities including canteens at the facilities.
• The university initiated MBBS education in English for foreign aspirants after 2002. Students from European countries and others such as India, Kenya, Iran, Malaysia, and Pakistan are welcomed to study in VSMU.