Northern State Medical University

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NSMU was established in 1932 for training medical personnel in the European North of Russia. It currently hosts about 9000 students from 17 countries in 16 faculties and institutes and has a staff of 980, 394 of which are academics – including 80 professors, 250 Ph.D.
University buildings are provided with up-to-date equipment: computers, films, video aids, and other modern appliances. Training at the modern center of the pre-clinical center presented by plenty of state-of-the-art medical mannequins and equipment is partially educational. There are 55 departments, 27 of which are clinical ones and situated at the city's best hospitals. Well equipped clinical base allows the training of highly qualified specialists of different profiles according to modern requirements of the health care systems. Today NSMU is the leading medical training center for six regions of Northern Russia. More than 100 graduates of NSMU are working abroad (USA, UK, Canada, Israel, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, etc.). Twenty-two graduates have foreign scientific degrees (Ph.D.). About 30 graduates are preparing their Ph.D. now in Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Germany. The University offers students practical studies and training in Russia and abroad to become doctors, nurses, psychologists, specialists in social work, etc. The graduates are working more than in 20 countries. The number of international students in the NSMU is continuously growing.
The Northern State Medical University (NSMU) is the only institution offering higher education in medicine in the European North of Russia: the NSMU is the northernmost Medical University in Russia. The University got agreements with six governors of North-Western Russia. Not only for Arkhangelsk Region but also other areas of North-Western Russia (Vologda, Murmansk, and Nenets regions Komi and Karelia republics), the NSMU is a remarkable university center, which has nowadays approximately 5500 students – with PG students altogether 8000. The staff consists of 980 researchers, teachers, academicians, and professors. There are 18 faculties at the University.
The NSMU has experience already for many years in cooperation with foreign partners. The University has partnership agreements and regularly takes part in international conferences. The other international and multicultural element in the University's everyday life is you, the growing number of international students. One of the most significant cities of Northern Russia hosts hundreds of students from different parts of the world. The NSMU has opened faculty for international students, but in 1991/1992, the University received its first international students from India, Pakistan, and Syria. Students represent different countries worldwide: India, Pakistan, Ukraine, Belarus, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaidzhan, Turkey, Palestine, Syria, Jordan, Angola, Cameroon, Zambia, Nigeria, Peru.
This guide is created to help you orientate to the studies at the Northern State Medical University and live in Arkhangelsk. Firstly, there is information about the University, and secondly, there are some practical and general information about the city of Arkhangelsk. This compact booklet will find important information about studies and events and places in Arkhangelsk. The whole staff of the University is working for you to make your stay as comfortable and as pleasant as possible. Especially the International Faculty, International Office, and the Department of Russian Language are the place where to ask questions and where to turn if something bothers. Feedback from students themselves is essential for us so that we could develop our work further. If you have comments, in sound as well in bad, please, let us know. We hope you will enjoy being part of our University!

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