Saratov State Medical University is one of the oldest universities in Russia. It was founded in 1909. At that time, Saratov State Medical University was organized as the only faculty of the University, the 10th in Russia. The founder and the first Rector was Professor Vassily Razumovsky, an outstanding surgeon. He is considered to be the founder of a neurosurgery school in Russia.
A time comes when you have to make a responsible choice — to determine your future profession. Medicine is not merely a choice. In this profession, it is a calling by nature, bound in the heart. The path on which if you chose, might be difficult and harsh, but indeed very interesting! Studying at the Medical University is much harder than in other universities; a future doctor can not afford not to understand and not to know anything.
The high status of the doctor's profession requires responsibility and dedication. Their everyday work as a doctor demonstrates what real dedication, selflessness, kindness is. If you have a deep belief in the need to serve the people, this profession is for you.
Saratov State Medical University, named after V. I. Razumovsky, is an innovative institution with a glorious history and continues to develop dynamically. For more than a hundred years, highly qualified specialists who are professionals in their specialty have graduated from our University and are successfully working for the benefit of medical science and health care. In our University, you will receive the fundamental of theoretical knowledge and develop an invaluable skill that will ensure your continued progress in your chosen profession.
At the beginning of the 90s, Saratov Medical Institute had the following faculties — Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Pediatrics, Faculty of Dentistry, Faculty of post-diploma education, and military doctors training. In 1993 the Institute was again renamed and got the original name of the University. First international students appeared in 1991. The first batch consisted only of Indian students. Now 500 students from different foreign countries are studying at the University.Since the year of its foundation, the University follows the classic system of training medical students.
