Zaporizhzhia State Medical University

The main objective of the University is to provide higher medical education for Specialist's, Bachelor's and Master's degrees, as well as postgraduate training in internship, mastership, postgraduate study, residency and refresher courses for physicians and pharmacists.

There are 8 Faculties at the University (Medical Faculty No. 1, Medical Faculty No. 2, Medical Faculty No. 3, two Pharmaceutical Faculties (intramural and extramural), International Faculty No. 1, International Faculty No. 2, Faculty of Postgraduate Education), Medical College and University Clinic for 160 patients and 250 consultations at polyclinic.

During their training at the University both Ukrainian and foreign students get higher education for the Specialist's and Master's degrees ("Medicine", "Pediatrics", "Dentistry", "Pharmacy", "Technology of Perfume-Cosmetic Preparations").

Students, bachelors, interns, masters, postgraduates, teachers working for Doctor's degree as well as students of refresher courses study at 61 departments.  Number of teaching staff is 812 lecturers. Have a degree: 125 Doctors of Sciences, 488 Phds in Medicine; have a scientific title:87 Professors, 233 Associate Professors .

The scientific schools of the University are well known outside Ukraine. Cardiological, surgery, pharmaceutical schools are among them. For the first time in Ukraine the specialists of ZSMU have successfully performed the transplantations of heart. More than 500 transplantations of liver, kidney and pancreas have been performed. More than 20 preparations have been worked out by the scientists of the pharmaceutical school, produced and brought into medical practice in many countries abroad. The results of scientific work were reported at international forums in Sweden, Czech Republic, Spain, Holland, Brazil and Austria. The University has its own scientific editions: "Zaporizhzhia Medical Journal", "Current Issues in Pharmacy and Medicine; Science and Practice", "Pathology".

There is a developed infrastructure of scientific units at the University including SRI (Scientific Research Institute) of medical and ecological problems, Institute of clinical pathology of a man, SMA "Pharmatron", central scientific research laboratory, certification-testing laboratory of perfume and cosmetic preparations and household products, department of doctoral candidacy and postgraduate study, editorial publishing department, Center of informatics and analytical support and testing, patent department, scientific research division, metrology service. Scientific Research Institute and laboratories are equipped with unique facilities for conducting fundamental and applied scientific researches.

ZSMU looks like a student campus on the bank of the river Dnieper. It is a detached territory on which there are 5 academic buildings, 5 hostels, scientific and belletristic literature libraries with reading halls and computer rooms, medical centre, student's sanatorium-dispensary, several canteens and cafes, sports center, courts and stadium. There is an amateur art club for students who are keen on singing, dancing and playing musical instruments. Ukrainian historical and cultural parties, festivals of international friendship, competition parties are held at ZSMU.

All academic building, hostels, scientific library have access to Internet. There are Wi-Fi access points at the territory of the University. The student campus is under of the University security round-the-clock. The campus and hostels are equipped with the means of video surveillance and control.