The Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University was founded on September 14 (26) 1897 as the Medical Institute for Women. It was the first institution in Russia and Europe that provided women with higher medical education opportunities.
The mission of the University is to ensure the high professional level of medical and scientific personnel, the formation of civil and moral qualities of the individual in the context of a global educational, scientific, and information society and the dynamically changing needs of the labor market via:
- Effective organization and high quality of educational and research processes
- Targeted acquisition and dissemination of knowledge
- Preservation of the moral, cultural, and scientific values of society and their augmenting for society.
Our University is an educational institution with rich historical traditions and a recognized school of thought that offers a wide range of medical, surgical, and diagnostic services. It is also one of the highest-rated research medical centers. Founded in 1897 as the first Russian Medical Institute for Women, for more than 60 years, it was known worldwide as the First Leningrad I.P. Pavlov Medical Institute. The present name, St Petersburg State I.P. Pavlov Medical University, was given to our University in 1994 by the Government of the Russian Federation's decision.
For all these years, the University has been promoting medical science and maintaining public health. We prepare highly qualified specialists to improve methods of diagnostics and treatment and to develop new medical technologies.
The University contributes considerably to the development of Medical Sciences and Health Care Services in Russia. It is recognized in the World as an important center for training specialists in various medical areas. The University has excellent scientific - teaching potential and has good relations with many Medical Schools and Institutions in different countries. Students being taught at St Petersburg State Medical University can study the current level keeping the best traditions of old Russian Medical Schools.
The University is a State Educational Organization, having a state license and state accreditation from the Russian Federation Ministry of Health. It is a juridical person having a property in operations control, banking accounts. The University may realize property and personal non-property rights on its behalf and conclude agreements with legal entities and persons. The University has a round stamp with an imprint of the Russian Federation emblem, its own headed paper, and other University symbols.
The staff of the University includes lecturers, medical professionals, and researchers who strive to follow the best traditions of the Russian medical school of thought, ensuring high-quality medical education and patient care. But the essential part of their mission lies in maintaining and passing to new generations of doctors the great humanistic essence of the medical profession.
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