Ivanovo State Medical University

About Ivanovo State Medical University

Ivanovo State Medical University (Ivanovo SMU, Russian short name IvGMU) is a federal state medical university in Ivanovo, Russia. It was founded on 16 June 1930 as the Ivanovo State Medical Institute. It received the name of A.S. Bubnov in 1981 and the status of a State Medical Academy in June 1994, so older materials may call it Ivanovo State Medical Academy. The founder is the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. The main address is 8 Sheremetevsky Prospekt, Ivanovo. The university has no branches. It is a different institution from Ivanovo State University, which is also in Ivanovo.

Institutes and research

The university has five faculties: General Medicine, Pediatrics, Dentistry, International Education, and Training of Highly Qualified Medical Personnel. It also has four institutes: Additional Education and Professional Development; Clinical and Experimental Surgery named after V.V. Kulemin; Clinical Psychology and Mental Health named after T.B. Dmitrieva; and Fundamental Medicine. The University Clinic named after E.M. Burtsev was created in 1997. In its English guide the university calls itself "a modern multidisciplinary, research, educational, and clinical center" that trains doctors, clinical psychologists and nurses. It is a member of the Ivanovo Scientific and Educational Consortium.

For international applicants

The university history says that a faculty for work with foreign students was organised in 1993. Today the unit is the Faculty of International Education. The university admits foreign citizens to the General Medicine programme in Russian or in English, on a fee-paying contract basis. Applicants take written tests of 100 points: chemistry and Russian for the Russian-taught programme, and chemistry and English for the English-taught programme. Applicants submit an application, a passport and an education document with a list of subjects and grades. Foreign documents need translation into Russian certified by a notary or consulate, and consular legalisation or an apostille. Applicants to the Russian-taught programme also need a certificate from a medical-biological preparatory faculty, with an exception for citizens of former USSR republics who finished Russian-language schools. After the tests and the signing of the contract, the university sends an invitation to enter Russia.

Housing

The university runs three student dormitories with a total capacity of 1,229 places. Dormitory No. 2 is at 59 Velizhskaya Street (built 1964, 153 rooms), No. 3 at 20 Marii Ryabininoi Street (1980, 205 rooms) and No. 4 at 5a Lyubimova Street (first stage 1999, 155 rooms). A pass system works at the entrances, and each resident signs a contract of mutual responsibility with the university.