Russian Medical Universities

Russian medical universities train specialists in all areas. International students can choose higher education centres in the Russian capital or any Russian region. The length of study depends on the specialty. Prospective students can be admitted to:

• Bachelor’s degree programmes in Nursing Care (length of study: four years);

• Specialist degree programmes in Dentistry (length of study: five years and more), General Medicine, Paediatrics (six years and more);

• Residency programmes (specialty training lasts two to four years);

• Three-year postgraduate studies (full-time and extramural) for those who wish to do research and defend a thesis at best medical universities.

Specialised programmes for future doctors and researchers are available at medical universities or medical departments of Russia’s major higher education centres.

Moscow Universities

The best known and forward-looking universities include

• Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University;

• People’s Friendship University of Russia (a powerful multi-discipline university popular with foreign nationals);

• Moscow Engineering and Physics Institute (MEPhI), a leading research centre where medical students can train in advanced and emerging technologies.

Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (MSMU)

MSMU’s well-established General Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy Faculties boast rich traditions of training and advanced and interesting areas of study such as geriatrics, nutrition science and genetics. It is Russia’s oldest medical university which offers the largest number of study areas and programmes.

• Preparatory Department for international applicants (for prospective bachelor’s and master’s students) and an add-on five- or ten-month foundation course, depending on proficiency in Russian;

• Training at MSMU faculties: specialist degree studies and residency in classical or rare specialties such as Diving Medicine (tuition fee: 367,000 rubles a year);

• Post-graduate programmes (for example, extramural programmes tuition fees range from 230,000 and 320,000 rubles a year);

• MSMU has the following faculties:

• Faculty of Medicine (the oldest practice and research unit which trains specialists in clinical medicine and all other specialties);

• Faculty of Preventive Medicine (Russia’s largest medical institute that trains public health doctors (hygiene, epidemiology);

• Institute of Pharmacy: in addition to the core degree programme, it offers training in biotechnology and bioengineering;

• Institute of Dentistry: Paediatric Dentistry, Adult Dentistry (specialist degree programme tuition fee: approx. 520,000 rubles a year);

• Faculty of Paediatrics: tuition fee is about 450,000 rubles a year;

• Faculty of Higher Nursing Training, Psychology and Social Work.

People’s Friendship University of Russia (RUDN)

RUDN offers programmes in

• General Medicine (full-time);

• Dentistry (full-time);

• Pharmacy (full-time, extramural).

RUDN residency programmes cover a majority of specialities including surgery, paediatrics, psychiatry and dentistry. Second degree programmes and postgraduate courses in 33 specialities are available as well; the University has nine Academic Boards that award PhD and doctoral degrees. RUDN is known for English medium programmes such as cardiology (tuition fee is upwards of 260,000 rubles a year). The university cooperates with research centres and large clinics.

National Research Nuclear University MEPhI

MEPhI is one of Russia’s first national research universities. In 2016, QS put it in the top 50 BRICS universities. Though MEPhI’s core mission is engineering education (based on the Moscow Physics and Engineering University) it actively pursues medical research and designed medical programmes such as Medical Physics and Nuclear Medicine.

 This university is for those who are keen on advance medical technology. Foreign nationals can take MEPhI foundation programmes.

The institute’s education programme relies on the credit and module system. Students have the opportunity to

• Complete modules as part of the programme implemented with partner medical universities;

• Take internships at research centres and laboratories across the world;

• Complete a double degree programme.

• Programme: Nanobioengineering 
  

Level: master’s degree. Language of instruction: Russian or English. Visit the English medium programme page. Length of study: two years.

Tuition fee for Russian or English medium programmes: 196,820 rubles per semester.

• Programme: Medical Physics
  

Degree: Bachelor’s degree. language of instruction: Russian. length of study: four years. Tuition fee: 176, 410 rubles per semester.

Medical universities of Siberia and Ural region

The Russian capital does not hold a monopoly on quality medical education. Russia has a powerful regional research school, for example quality education is available at South Ural State University’s School of Medical Biology in Chelyabinsk or at Novosibirsk State University’s V.Zelman Institute for Medicine and Psychology. In terms of academic excellence, these medical universities are on par with their international counterparts.

South Ural State University (SUSU)

SUSU has undergraduate, specialist and graduate programmes in a forward-looking study area that integrates medicine, biology, engineering and applied physics and chemistry. You can train for:

• Functional nutrition specialist and work for the World Health Organisation’s Ageing and Health programme;

• Clinical psychologist;

• Biotechnologist etc;

The university arranges regular profession-oriented internships and offers double degree master’s programmes in cooperation with U.S. and European education centres.

• Programme: Food Products of Animal Origin 
  

Master’s programme area of study: Industrial Ecology and Biotechnology.

Length of study: two years. Mode of study: full-time/extramural. Tuition fee is 139,000 rubles per semester.

• Programme: Plant-Based Food Products
  

Degree: Bachelor’s degree. Length of study: four years. Tuition fee: 126,500 rubles per semester.

Novosibirsk State University (NSU)

NSU unit trains specialty doctors on Russian/English-taught internship and residency programmes. For example, tuition fee for the programme in dermatovenerology is 580,000 rubles a year. NSU has Faculties of Medicine and Psychology that turn out skilled medical personnel, such as

• General practitioners;

• Surgeons;

• Obstetricians and gynaecologists;

• Dermatovenerologists;

• Oncologists;

• Psychologists etc.

The university offers postgraduate programmes jointly with the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences and Russian Academy of Sciences thus providing medical and biological research opportunities for its graduates.

• Programme: Surgery
  

Degree: Residency, full-time. Tuition fee: 5,500 US dollars a year. Length of study is two years.

• Programme: General Medicine
  

Degree: Specialist degree. Language of instruction: Russian, English. Length of study: six years.

Besides Siberia and the Ural region, there are medical universities in other parts of the country.

Medical universities in other regions

You can find a regional medical university which is closest to where you live. Nizhny Novgorod’s Lobachevsky University offers international applicants majors in biochemistry, medical biophysics and medical cybernetic. In the Volga region, quality education is delivered by Kazan Federal university, in northwestern Russia by Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University and in Russia’s Far East by Far Eastern Federal University. Each university has interesting programmes to offer.

Kazan Federal University (KFU)

Kazan Federal University is accredited by the Rosobrnadzor edication watchdog to teach all key specialities. It cooperates with education institutions in 70 countries. KFU has a biomedical centre with specialised labs and a translational medicine unit. The university develops such areas of study as

• Clinical, regenerative and translational medicine;

• Dentistry;

• Molecular biomedicine and biomedical engineering;

• Pharmacy;

• Genomics and biotechnology;

• Psychology in education etc.

Programme: Dentistry

Degree: specialist degree. Length of study: five years. Tuition fee: 218,400 to 450,000 rubles a year. Language of instruction: Russian, English.

Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University  (IKBFU)

IKBFU offers specialty training in Dentistry, Pharmacy (tuition fee is 140,000 rubles a year). The university runs specialist and residency programmes and offers English medium programmes at 170,000 to 250,000 rubles a year. The University is a proactive participant in international programmes and considers internationalisation and global cooperation among its priorities.

Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU)

FEFU is the first classical university in the region established more than a century ago. It is a research centre with an ultramodern campus and innovative research facilities. It has ties with large Russian companies and organisations of the Asian-Pacific region. FEFU offers English medium master’s programs and double degree programmes in partnership with universities from America, Australia and other countries. FEFU provides training in

• Clinical medicine;

• Pharmacy;

• Clinical psychology;

• Medical biochemistry and biophysics.

Tuition fee for a programme in Pharmacy: 140,000 to 150,000 rubles a year. Fee for key specialties: upwards of 180,000 rubles.