General Medicine in Ural State Medical University

Specialist’s program

Faculty of General Medicine

Sergei CHERNIADIEV,

Dean

Tel. + 7 343 214-86-72

E-mail: lf@usma.ru

Achievements. The projects in the field of biotechnology, advanced materials, and medicine of the future are implemented as part of the UMNIK and START grant competitions. The university created Russia's first collection of genetic vectors to deliver them to cells.

Since 2017 100% of graduates successfully undergo primary accreditation.

Teaching staff. The program is delivered by 262 teachers, including Professors, Corresponding Members of the RAS, Honored Workers of Higher Education, Honored Doctors of the RF, and Science Workers of the RF. Over 30% have a degree of Doctor of Science. Top practicing specialists from Russia and teachers from the Netherlands, Denmark, and other countries are engaged in the teaching process.

Facilities and resources.  Practice-oriented educational technologies using high-technology phantom models for drilling manual skills, methods of simulation training and assessing effectiveness of future doctors’ communication skills.

Research. The Ural scientific schools of Professors A.T. Lidsky, B.P. Kushelevsky, D.G. Shefer are well-known in Russia and abroad. The university develops over 50 research areas with a high level of originality in research (regenerative medicine, cancer immunology, targeted therapy, vaccine therapy, social and medical prophylaxis and immunological monitoring of breast cancer, tick-born encephalitis treatment, etc.).

Strategic partners. Most of the research is conducted to benefit practical medicine in cooperation with the universities in the Ural Region.

Competitive advantages. Students undertake internships at federal research institutions, multidisciplinary medical and preventive treatment facilities with laboratory, X-ray, ultrasound, endoscopic equipment, computer MRI scanners. Continuing professional education program (minor) "Medicine of the Future. Cell Technology Operator (Tissue Engineer)".

International projects and programs. USMU cooperates with the universities of Germany, Israel, the USA, Slovenia, Italy, etc. It implements joint research projects with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston), Johns Hopkins University (Maryland), Rockefeller University (New York), Harvard Medical School (Boston), Cambridge Institute for Biomedical Research (England), University of Copenhagen (Denmark), etc. Every year up to 15 people undertake their work placement at foreign clinics as part of the IFMSA program.

Assistance and support for international students and teachers. Every year USMU accepts international students for study placements at the university departments.

The information for international applicants is available at www.usma.ru/en.