Dentistry in Voronezh State Medical University

Specialist’s program

Voronezh State Medical University named after N.N. Burdenko

Faculty of Dentistry

Dmitrii Iu. KHARITONOV,

Dean

Tel. + 7 473 257-57-31

E-mail: stomatolog@vrngmu.ru; stomatolog@vsmuburdenko.ru

Achievements and awards. The Quality Management System Certificate of Conformity issued by the Russian Register Certification Association, the professional-public accreditation certificate issued by the Medical League of Russia, the positive expert opinion of the chief freelance dentist of the Department of Healthcare of the Voronezh Region, the President of the regional non-governmental organization "Dental Association."

Teaching staff. The educational program is delivered by 42 departments including five specialized departments; 245 teachers out of 311 have academic degrees or titles including 59 Doctors of Sciences, holders of the award of the Government of the RF, Honored Workers of Higher Education and Honored Doctors of the RF.

Facilities and resources. The university has its own dental clinic, the dental class in the VSMU simulation-based training center, 3D dental simulators, laboratories, medical classrooms, phantom and computer classrooms, classrooms with modern equipment.

Research is performed on 17 interdisciplinary topics. The university cooperates with 48 advanced research and medical institutions including 17 foreign organizations, eight research institutes, 11 Russian HEIs, two healthcare agencies, and a number of commercial enterprises.

Education. Over 130 dentists graduate from the faculty every year, at least 6% of them graduate with honors. Students undertake internships at top clinics of Voronezh and the Central Black Earth Region, deliver lectures at top training centers of Russian and foreign manufacturing companies, win all-Russian and international olympiads in dentistry.

The leading Russian and foreign experts are invited to deliver thematic lectures. The Association of Dental Graduates was established to improve the quality of education.

Strategic partners. Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry named after A.I. Evdokimov, Saratov SMU, RUDN University, Volgograd SMU, Belgorod State University, Voronezh State University, etc. The faculty is fully engaged in the work of the Dentistry Research and Education Medical Cluster as an equal partner and representative of the East-European division of the Central Federal District.

International projects and programs. The faculty has signed agreements on cooperation with the universities of Germany, Italy, China, Belarus, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Poland, the USA, Tajikistan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, and Japan.

Assistance and support for foreign students and teachers. The university comprises the International Institute of Medical Education and Cooperation. About 1,500 foreign specialists from 63 countries have been trained by VSMU.