Yaroslavl State Medical University (YSMU) was founded in 1944. And now it has a rich history. At present, YSMU is the big regional center of excellent quality medical education and bio-medical research. It is also the leader in medical training and post-graduation education, retraining of specialists of practical healthcare, medicine, pharmacy, and high skilled academic staff for the central regions of Russia.
New strategical university aim for now is the transformation into a leader of international educational medical center of the Yaroslavl region and even above. As a result, YSMU widely opens the doors and invite foreign students and specialist for their education here in order to increase the impact of classical Russian medical education worldwide. From this perspective, any foreign international student is of great importance for us and we invite to start or proceed your medical education here. Our vision is that together we should build the bridges but not the walls to disseminate solid educational background with respect to international medical sciences.
There are several faculties in YSMU, among most important are:
- General Medicine Faculty,
- Pediatric Faculty,
- Pharmacy Faculty,
- Stomatology Faculty,
- Faculty of Clinical Psychology and Social Work,
- Faculty of Preparation of Highest Qualification Personnel.
Today the staff of YSMU includes approximately 1000 employees. The academic staff of YSMU consists of more than 500 persons (instructors). Among them 400 persons have the M.D. & Ph.D. titles (candidates of sciences, assistant and associate professors) there are more than 100 doctors of sciences and full professors. Many of them are members of different Russian and foreign international societies and are well-known scientists and clinicians not only in Russia but all over the world.
