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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. The training at the University includes pre-university, undergraduate and postgraduate periods of study. Foreign students are trained at the International Faculty No.1 for further studies at higher educational institutions of Ukraine. During their training at the University both Ukrainian and foreign students get higher education for the Specialist’s and Master’s degrees (“General Medicine”, “Pediatrics”, “Dentistry”, “Pharmacy”, “Technology of Perfume-Cosmetic Preparations”). Postgraduate education includes training in internship, mastership and postgraduate study in 29 specialties, in doctoral candidacy – in 12 specialties, as well as refresher courses for physicians and pharmacists. 10200 students, postgraduates, interns, students of refresher courses, teachers-probationers, masters and clinical residents study at the University. There are more than 2200 foreign students from 40 countries at the University. 1024 students are taught in English. The University has gained authority and recognition by training foreign citizens from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe for more than 40 years. About 10500 specialists have got medical and pharmaceutical education and are working now in more than 100 countries of the world, taking up high positions in the public health systems of their countries. At Zaporozhye State Medical University students acquire knowledge subject to the requirements of the European system of education. The academic curricula are based on the best models of native and foreign practice of specialists’ training. Students, bachelors, interns, masters, postgraduates, teachers working for Doctor’s degree as well as students of refresher courses study at 59 departments. 56 departments are headed by Professors/Doctors of sciences, 3 departments are headed by Associate Professors/PhDs. The training is carried out with the use of the most modern scientific and pedagogical technologies. 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 Zaporozhye State Medical University 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: "Zaporozhye 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. The introduction of computer technologies into the teaching-studying process, scientific research and management is one of the priority-driven University's activities. 42 computer classrooms and 1300 PC provide students with academic curricula based on multimedia technologies and test control in the main disciplines. ZSMU has its own information Internet server. There is a centre of telemedicine and distance learning at the University which provides the participation in international scientific conferences held on the basis of videoconference technologies, organization and holding of scientific-methods videoconferences, organization of distance refresher courses for University teaching staff, using of distance technologies in training of students by correspondence. There is an electronic library and electronic catalogue in the scientific library of the University. The users have access to the electronic database of the library and can carry out a search from any computer connected with Internet and get full text-books. 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. View full university

Zaporizhzhia State Engineering Academy was founded in 1959 by the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Education of the USSR as an evening branch of Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute since 1965, - the department of DMI ( Dnipropetrovsk Metallurgical Institute), and since 1976, - Zaporizhzhia Industrial Institute. By resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine №592 of 29.08.1994 Zaporizhzhia State Engineering Academy was established on the basis of Zaporizhzhia Industrial Institute. Soon the higher education institution will celebrate its 55th anniversary. By the standards of a human life, it is the age of maturity. In this case, this criterion is quite applicable to the Engineering Academy. During the years of its existence, thanks to the successful start, an educational institution has grown from a branch of the provincial institute to an Academy. Graduates of the Academy fully meet the staffing needs of industry in the region. An important step on the way to a real increase in the quality of training was the introduction in ZSEA a credit-modular system of educational process as a first step towards the full implementation of the program to join the European educational space on the concept of the Bologna process. Improving the quality of specialists training at the academy is identified as a priority task, which involves the introduction of innovative learning technologies, general computerization and information system development and engaging students in various forms of scientific research activity as well as receiving theoretical and practical knowledge A modern higher educational institution cannot be developed dynamically without a library that works on the basis of the latest information technologies. A library stock is replenished with textbooks of a new generation using multimedia technologies and electronic books. Information Computer Centre works as a structural subdivision of Zaporizhzhia State Engineering Academy. The main purpose of the ITC is organizing, management, coordination, monitoring and works implementation to ensure the smooth functioning and development of information and computer infrastructure of ZSEA. There are 30 computer classes involved in the educational process in the academy. There are more than 1,000 personal computers which are used in the educational process. For many years the academy is an active member of the Association Information Technologies development in Zaporizhzhia. On the basis of ZSEA Networking Academy Cisco, and Microsoft IT Academy has been working. The Linguistic Center was founded in Zaporozhzhia State Engineering Academy in 2000 to teach all students of the academy, primarily those who are involved in the international academic exchange programs, but also for all people interested in foreign languages, particularly English, German, French, Spanish. People of different ages and occupations: school children, students and postgraduates, pensioners and businessmen study at the center. Under current conditions higher education institutions are engaged not only in scientific and educational activity, but also use the principle of unity for the learning processes, scientific activity and education. In this context, an important place in the educational work belongs to the curatorship. Students of ZSEA participate actively in the life and activity of the academy through student self-governance: Student Senate of ZSEA, Student Council of ZSEA dormitories, primary trade union organization of students and doctoral students of ZSEA, Student Research Society Student and teaching staff achievements in sport are some of the most successful activities which have been developing in ZSEA since 60-70 years. Some students of ZSEA became Olympic champions and Olympic silver medalists. 91 Masters of Sport and 44 Masters of Sport of International Class in various sports have been trained In the Academy. The Academy provides any person interested in sport an opportunity to engage in basketball, athletics, handball and so on.The Academy has got two student dormitories for 1280 places with a total area of 14850 sq.m. All conditions for comfortable living, self-study and preparation for classes have been created in the dormitories. Household services are organized properly. The main goal of every institution of higher education is formation of intellectual resources of the state. Now Zaporizhzhia State Engineering Academy by its scientific research development and innovative teaching and learning technologies provides a significant contribution to Human Resourcing of policy implementation for socio-economic growth of Ukraine. Look forward to any task, meet any challenge - "through the thorns - to the stars" - the motto of the faculty and students of the Academy. With such weighty scientific, educational and historical heritage, the Academy is entering a new stage of its development, confirming its image of the leading engineering educational institution at this stage of history of Zaporizhzhia region. View full university