
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Kozlov The novel Sergeevich
The Rector
The strategic goal of SSMU development is the transformation of the university into an international research university producing new medical knowledge and technologies.
About the University
FGBOU VO SSMU of the Ministry of Health of Russia was founded in 1920. In 2025, the University celebrated its 105th anniversary, confirming its loyalty to traditions and aspiration for further progress. SSMU is a center of medical and pharmaceutical science. The university is included in international and Russian rankings of higher educational institutions ("Round University Ranking", "UniRank", "Ranking Web of Universities" and others). About 6,170 students from Russia and countries of the near and far abroad receive higher education at the university. In 2025, the number of foreign students was 2,575 from 10 foreign countries, with an annual enrollment of at least 500 foreign students. The university cooperates with medical institutions of Smolensk, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kaliningrad, Oryol, Pskov regions and Moscow region.
We are in numbers
6 900
total number of students
2 600
foreign students from 10 countries around the world
5
scientific units
8
faculties
44
residency training programs
Additional programs
Faculties of additional training
university infrastructure
Labs
The Central Scientific Research Laboratory is equipped with modern equipment, and fundamental and laying research is carried out on its basis.
Problematic Scientific Research Laboratory.
The conducted scientific research is primarily aimed at solving the problems of practical medicine.

learning infrastructure
The university has a modern material base for implementing education. Spacious and multimedia-equipped classrooms, a simulation center - the key to obtaining quality education.

infrastructure for science
The university has excellent laboratories for conducting research work in advanced areas of medical science.
NIIAH is unique

Anatomical Museum
The Anatomy Museum is a platform for those taking their first steps in medicine, forming the foundation of professional competence and the success of the professionalization process.

Contacts

SSMU of the Ministry of Health of Russia
Smolensk State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation










