I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)

About I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University)

Sechenov University is the common name of I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, a federal state autonomous university in Moscow. It is also called First Moscow State Medical University. The university traces its history to the medical faculty of Moscow University, opened in 1758. In 1930 the faculty became the 1st Moscow Medical Institute, which received the name of Ivan Sechenov in 1955. It became a medical academy in 1990 and is now a university. The founder is the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. The main address is 8 Trubetskaya Street, building 2, Moscow.

Institutes and research

The university is organised into institutes. Among them are the Sklifosovsky Institute of Clinical Medicine, the Borovsky Institute of Dentistry, the Nelyubin Institute of Pharmacy, the Filatov Clinical Institute of Child Health, the Erisman Institute of Public Health and the Institute of Higher Nursing Education. There are also institutes for molecular medicine, regenerative medicine, personalised cardiology and oncology, bionic technologies, and digital biodesign and artificial intelligence in medicine. According to the university, its clinical campus was established in 1897. Since 2016 the university also owns the Zvenigorod health resort in the Moscow region.

For international applicants

The university offers bachelor's programmes such as Nursing, Biotechnology, Social Work and Management. Specialist programmes include General Medicine, Dentistry, Preventive Medicine, Pharmacy and Pediatrics. Most undergraduate programmes are taught in Russian, and the university says that some key undergraduate programmes are delivered fully in English. For specialist programmes, applicants may choose Russian or English as the language of the entrance exam. Master's, residency and PhD programmes are taught only in Russian. The entrance exams are internal exams held by the university. The university has described a separate competition for foreign citizens in Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy. Applicants without Russian can take the Pre-University Training course, which lasts 12 months. A seven-month version exists for applicants who already speak Russian. Documents can be sent through ruID, the applicant's personal account, by post or in person. Applicants from visa-required countries should contact the university's Migration Department.

Housing

According to the university's official data, it has five dormitories with 2,614 places. Three of them, on Ozernaya Street and 11th Parkovaya Street, are adapted for students with disabilities. The university publishes a separate order on dormitory fees for foreign citizens.