Dagestan State Medical University

About Dagestan State Medical University

Dagestan State Medical University (DSMU; Russian abbreviation DGMU) is a federal state medical university in Makhachkala, the capital of the Republic of Dagestan in the North Caucasus. It was founded on 15 October 1932. Its history pages describe the wartime Dagestan Medical Institute. The founder is the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. The main address is 1 Lenin Square, Makhachkala. The university has no branches or representative offices. It is a different institution from Dagestan State University and Dagestan State Technical University, which are also in Makhachkala. The university describes itself as "a large educational and scientific centre".

Institutes and research

The university has these faculties: General Medicine, Pediatrics, Dentistry, a joint faculty of Pharmacy and Preventive Medicine, a faculty of advanced training and professional retraining, and a faculty that trains highly qualified staff through postgraduate studies and residency. Its institutes are the Institute of Continuing Professional Education, the Institute of Electronic Medical Education, and the Research Institute of Ecological Medicine named after S.A. Abusuev. The university also runs a Medical College, a Career Centre, a Culture Centre and a Centre for Educational and Production Practice.

The main higher-education programmes listed on the official site are all specialist degrees at the higher education level: 31.05.01 General Medicine (full-time, 6 years), 31.05.02 Pediatrics, 31.05.03 Dentistry, 32.05.01 Preventive Medicine and 33.05.01 Pharmacy. The official list of practice places includes a children's republican clinical hospital, polyclinics and a maternity hospital in Makhachkala.

Housing

According to the official information on facilities, the university has four dormitories. The same page gives 1,134 living spaces for students from other cities. The page also states that Dormitories No. 2, 3, 4 and 5 have barrier-free access for students with disabilities. The official structure lists an International Department, and the list of facilities names a preparatory department for foreign citizens, with a room on the ground floor of Dormitory No. 4.