Ural State Medical University (Ekaterinburg)

URAL STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

Ural State Medical University was founded in 1930. Today it is a major science and education center and home to 6000 students, both Russian and international.

Students and researchers can choose from Undergraduate, Graduate, Postgraduate, and Residency programs in General Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Clinical Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Social Work, and Clinical Psychology.

Ural State Medical University is a recognized center of medical science. Its advances and achievements influence regional innovative development. Researchers of the Ural State Medical University collaborate with the Russian Academy of Science in the Ural region, the Federal Scientific Institutes of the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation, and foreign institutions and organizations in China, Denmark, Hungary, and other countries.

FACULTIES

• Therapeutic and preventive faculty
• Faculty of Preventive Medicine
• Faculty of Pediatrics
• Faculty of Dentistry
• Faculty of Psychological and Social Work and Higher Nursing Education
• Faculty of Pharmacy

THERAPEUTIC AND PREVENTIVE FACULTY 

The scientific activities of the Faculty focus on the problems of diagnosis and treatment of arterial hypertension, gender-specific problems of hypertension, cardiac arrhythmias, the study of microcirculatory disturbances in metabolic syndrome, and the combination of diabetes and coronary heart disease. Research. Study of pathogenic issues in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, features of the course of coronary heart disease, and chronic heart failure in the presence of complex pathologies.

FACULTY OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

The main activity of the faculty is aimed at training personnel in the field of sanitary and epidemiological surveillance, which is engaged in the prevention and reduction of morbidity in the population, assessing the impact of environmental factors, conducting scientific research in the field of hygiene and epidemiology, developing quality and risk management in health care, ensuring rational management at different levels of health authorities.

After graduating from the faculty, graduates receive a diploma as a Doctor in the specialty of Preventive medicine and a certificate of residency in the following specialties:

• General hygiene doctor;
• Doctor of Community Hygiene;
• Doctor of Labour Hygiene;
• Doctor of Nutrition Hygiene;
• Doctor of Radiation Hygiene;
• Doctor – nutritionist;
• Doctor – epidemiologist;
• Doctor-epidemiologist in parasitology;
• Doctor – epidemiologist – immunologist;
• Doctor – epidemiologist – virologist;
• Disinfection epidemiologist;
• Doctor – microbiologist.

FACULTY OF DENTISTRY

The faculty is committed to producing competent dentistry graduates, as well as developing research on oral health and protection against oral diseases for the public.

at the dentistry faculty, the curriculum is worked out for five academic years. The students master the basic subjects of medical and biological profiles, as well as various clinical disciplines, which are so necessary for a dentist. On condition of successful completion of the study, the graduates are given the Diploma of a doctor–dentist. The curriculum foresees further postgraduate education. The degree awarded is BDS.

SCIENTIFIC MEDICAL LIBRARY

Scientific Medical Library is named after Professor V.N. Klimov of the Ural State Medical University.

Founded in 1931, simultaneously with the beginning of classes at the medical faculty of the Sverdlovsk State Medical Institute.

The library fund is completed with educational, scientific, reference, and information printed and electronic publications in the following specialties: general medicine, medical and preventive care, pediatrics, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, and social work.

The volume of the library fund: 597,000 copies of publications.

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS

USMU is a recognized regional leader in the field of gene technologies. Today, the university has, through direct contracts with 17 leading research institutions, including the US National Institutes of Health (Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute), the largest collection of genetically engineered constructs with proven clinical efficacy. A number of state tasks are being carried out to develop gene therapy agents for the treatment of socially significant diseases, primarily for the treatment of cardiovascular pathology and oncology. Within the framework of the national project “Science” (development of advanced infrastructure), cellular and genetic technologies are being created that can compete with leading scientific centers. USMU is an associate member of the European Collection of Cell Cultures (ECACC) headquartered in the UK. The collection of cell cultures is also one of the most extensive in Russia. The university staff has developed and proven the effectiveness of cell therapy in relation to such diseases as neurotrophic ulcers of the lower extremities (diabetic foot), burns and frostbite, age-related skin changes, articular cartilage damage, and liver failure. The ongoing clinical trials comply with international requirements and are registered on the ClinicalTrials.gov portal. Foreign partners: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (USA, Boston), Johns Hopkins University (USA, Maryland), Cambridge Institute for Biomedical Research (UK), Groningen University Medical Center (Netherlands), Astana Medical University (Kazakhstan), Faculty of Medicine of the University of the City Belgrade (Serbia), University of Western Ontario (Canada).

The Department of Biomedical Physics and Bioengineering of USMU carries out joint research with the University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain (Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU) to study the ultrastructure of materials for medical and biological purposes using SEM (scanning electron microscopy) high resolution.

HOSTEL FACILITIES

The University offers the most modern, well-equipped, and furnished dormitories for medical students to study and rest in peace. Hostel facilities include Security 24 hours a day.  There are separate rooms for boys and girls.  All modern amenities such as refrigerators, air conditioners, televisions, bedding, and internet connections are available in a hostel with two hotel-like rooms for special students with disabilities.