Kazan Medical University

Based primarily in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia, the Kazan State Medical University (KSMU) is a federal university made up of nine faculties. The university got the license on 6 March 1994 by the State Committee of the Russian Federation of Higher Education. Kazan State Medical University is a multifunctional and multi-levelled state institution of higher learning in medicine. KSMU functions on the basis of self-governance and belongs to the system of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Ministry of Health of Russia. On March 6, 1994, the university was issued with a license number 16 G – 235 by the State Committee of Russian Federation of Higher Education which grants the right to perform activities in the field of professional education. Under the auspices of Kazan State Medical University, there is a pharmaceutical and two medical colleges in Kazan, one medical college Mary EI Republic, lycee and biomedical classes on the secondary school basis. According to the results of a rating of medical schools, KSMU takes the 16 place among 86 other universities. Founded in 1814, KSMU was the second university institution to be founded in Kazan, the third medical university institution in the Russia.