Samara State Medical University, Russia

SamSMU includes 4 institutes, more than 15 specialized diagnostic and therapeutic centers, 14 departments and 90 chairs. The teaching staff consists of 622 members, 14 of which are academicians and corresponding member of different academies, 100 professors and PhDs, 386 assistant professors.

The oldest and the most outstanding chairs are: Chair of Otolaryngology, Traumatology and Orthopedics, Ophthalmology, Surgery, Pediatrics, Surgical Dentistry and many others.

There are also 6 specialized committees that assess research and award degrees in specialties. During the last 5 year the University prepared 49 Doctors of Science in Medicine, 194 Candidates of Science in Medicine.

Approximately 500 international students graduated from our University. Our graduates have high level of theoretical and practical professional knowledge. The Diploma of our University is known in over 20 countries and is equal to Diploma of Moscow State Medical Universities.

Today number of our students is more then 6 000, 200 of them are international.

Opportunity of taking part in scientific research together with scientists. And being members of students scientific societies of different chairs they master the technique and skills of experimental and clinical research, participate in scientific conferences organized by student scientific board of our University.

Postgraduate training at internship (9 months), at clinical postgraduate study (2 years) and on the refresher courses.

An access to 3 specialized medical libraries in Samara; to work with computers and Internet.

Sport activity (classes of swimming, aerobics, football, volleyball, basketball, table-tennis, bodybuilding, light and heavy athletics). There is also a sports camp on the bank of the Volga River for students and teaching staff.

Students are entitled to medical service.

Students and post-graduates have 5 comfortable hostels for 2700 places with canteens, a gym, rooms for celebrating national holidays, birthday parties and weeding parties at their disposal. The hostels are located in the center of the city near University clinics. There is also a youth club «Hippocrates». Meals can be had at University canteens.

In addition Samara is a large city in Central Russia which stands on the river Volga. There are train, plane and ship connections to most of Russian cities. It is also a cultural center with many museums, theatres, concert halls, clubs, restaurants, cafes and exhibitions.