Introduction

Russian National Research Medical University is founded in 1906. This university is one of the oldest and leading in Russia and it is well known in the world as well. They celebrated their 110^th anniversary in 2016. In Russia, this university is the first one that provided women an opportunity to acquire a university degree and also the first one in the world to establish the first pediatric faculty in 1930 which served as a model for the creation of such faculties in other universities all over the world. Moreover, biomedicine's first faculty was opened in this university in 1964. In this university medical investigators are also trained in medical spheres of Biochemistry, biophysics, and cybernetics. The faculty graduates not only work in Russia but also in other countries like the European Union and The United States of America. General medicine, pediatrics, medical biochemistry, medical biophysics, medical cybernetics, clinical psychology, social work, dentistry, and pharmacy are the following graduate and postgraduate programs for study in this university. Students can continue their education after acquiring basic education by engaging in clinical residency and postgraduate studies.

There are 115 departments with 2000 lecturers who offer lectures, seminars, and practical laboratory sessions in the sciences in more than 250 courses. University also established the biggest network of Moscow state clinical hospitals which serves hundreds of thousands of people with various pathologies. So, the student has a unique opportunity to acquire a handful of knowledge of how real patients are diagnosed, treated, operated, and how they recover. It also added distinctive competitive advantage by the active participation of students in designing and carrying out of therapeutic strategies for patients at clinics which is under the guidance of senior professors.

University provides optimal conditions for efficient studying of students and there is a comfortable dormitory for students with wonderful sports center and library which provide access to study materials and Internet excess through which students get all the needed medical information online and get updated themselves. University is also having a recreation camp which is located on the Volga where students can spend their wonderful time in winter and summer holidays. The university offers a variety of activities, including a summer school in medicine, a weekly lecture hall, master classes and preparatory courses in Russian and English.

Number of students currently studying in the university: -

• ·  More than 8,300 higher medical students.
• · 11,500 postgraduates and professional students.
•      700 International students.