Zaporozhye State Medical University

Zaporozhye State Medical University is a self-governing (autonomous) state higher educational institution of the IV (the top) level of accreditation. Its history comes back to the Higher Women Courses organized in Odessa in 1903. In 1921 the Courses were reorganized into the Chemical-Pharmaceutical Institute. In 1935 it was reformed in the State Pharmaceutical Institute. In 1941 the life of the Institute was interrupted by the Great Patriotic war up to 1944.
In 1959 the Pharmaceutical Institute was transferred from Odessa to Zaporozhye and in 1964 the Medical faculty was opened.
In 1968 Zaporozhye Pharmaceutical Institute was renamed into Zaporozhye medical institute. In 1994 it got the status of Zaporozhye State Medical University. Now it is one of the leading Medical Universities of Ukraine. It has become a training center for medical and pharmaceutical specialists for Ukraine and for foreign countries. More than 30.000 specialists have graduated from ZSMU since then.
At present more than 5000 native students and about 800 foreign students from different countries are being trained at the University.
Zaporozhye State Medical University is situated in the historical center of Zaporozhye COSSAACS, the city of Zaporozhye, in the south of Ukraine. The population of Zaporozhye is about 1 million people.
Zaporozhye region is in the maritime – steppe zone: summer is hot (the average temperature is +20, 70- +23.60, winter is mild (the average temperature is – 20).
Zaporozhye is a large industrial, scientific and cultural center. It has 8 higher educational institutions and many colleges. It is a center of metallurgical industry, aircraft engines production and instrument-making industry. There are all necessary facilities for comfortable life of students in Zaporozhye.

GENERAL INFORMATION

• The total area of the University is 11,7 hectares
• The area of lecture halls is 78492 sq. m
• The average area of auditoriums per student is 26,6 sq. m
• The total area of the library is 2405 sq. m
• The number of books in the library is 805448 copies

TRAINING FIELDS

The system of training at Zaporozhye State Medical University includes the premedical, medical and post-diploma periods of training. The premedical education is provided at the Preparatory faculty for foreign citizens, which is the oldest one in the countries of CIS. It is a center of foreign students’ training for further studies in other higher educational institutions of Ukraine.
The training of foreign students and their specialization is carried out at two faculties: Medical and Pharmaceutical.
At the medical faculty the training is provided in the following specialties, Medium of Instruction in ENGLISH