North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov
North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov (NWSMU) was founded on October 12, 2011 as a result of the merger of the two oldest educational medical institutions in Russia – St. Petersburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education and St. Petersburg State Medical Academy named after I. I.I. Mechnikov.
551
World Ranking
10
local Ranking
Wold Progress
in 2023
Annual Fees
Increases compare to 2023
The founder of the University is the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.
The activity of the University is based on close cooperation and coordination of educational, clinical and research activities – this allows training competent specialists who have modern knowledge and are able to apply it in practice.
University mission
- High quality education of a Russian doctor in the XXI century
- Innovative scientific activity and the implementation of its results in practical health care and education
- Highly effective medical assistance to citizens of the Russian Federation
- Formation of high morality and spirituality of the Russian doctor
The University realizes its mission through educational, scientific, clinical, international and socio-cultural activities.
International activity
64 foreign partner-universities 27 countries of the world
- Integration of North-Western State Medical University into the international educational context
- Interaction with foreign universities, embassies, international associations in order to develop international cooperation
- Organization and coordination of international academic mobility programs
- Organization, development and increase of student and postgraduate educational exchanges, summer internships and practical training abroad
- Increase of academic mobility of the faculty members: sending leading employees of the University abroad for lectures, seminars and master-classes, as well as organizing the reception of leading foreign specialists, lecturers, professors.
- Promotion of educational programs of the University summer and winter schools in the international arena
- Participation in the search for international educational and scientific and practical grants
Admission pricelist
For academic year 2024 / 2025
Important to know that all prices are calculated at currency rate 1$ = 90 Rubles
Official Fees Pricelist
2024 - 2025
Prices have been updated and converted to US dollars using the coefficient :
1 dollar equals 90 rubles
»Tuition fees can be paid by the student in two installments, one at the beginning of each academic term
» Hostel annual fees : 400 - 500 USD,
[ According to room type and number of students in each ]
» Medical insurance fees : 50 USD,
[ Basic plan, You can increase it as you want later ]
Price in dollars : 2167 USD [ $ ]
Price in dollars : 4889 USD [ $ ]
Price in dollars : 3867 USD [ $ ]
Price in dollars : 5000 USD [ $ ]
Education
The North-Western State Medical University sets global goals and works every day to achieve high performance and better results. To meet the challenges of the XXI century, the University carries out daily work on improving the quality of education, introducing innovative developments into practice.
The years of experience of the predecessor universities have allowed the creation of a continuous educational program that includes pre-university training, higher education, and then advanced training or retraining.
NWSMU provides training at 7 faculties:
- General Medicine
- Preventive Medicine
- Dentistry
- Pediatrics
- Surgical
- Therapeutic
- Medicine and Biology
Modern medicine has fantastic technologies, but in order to implement them, it is necessary to have professionals of the highest level. Our unique faculty staff passes on their valuable experience to the younger generation so that graduates receive the best education and are worthy of the title of doctor.
Our University is a team of scientists, employees, residents and students who are distinguished by their education and competence, ability to make decisions instantly, willingness to take responsibility and desire to constantly improve themselves. At the same time, the most important for people in white coats remain humanistic values – sensitivity, compassion, mercy, sincere desire to help people.
The faculty includes professors, associate professors, senior lecturers, teachers and assistants, deans and heads of departments and most of them are simultaneously practicing doctors of various clinics in St. Petersburg.
- 33 research scientists
- 7 member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- 3 Corresponding Member, Russian Academy of Sciences
- 37 honored physicians of Russia
- 751 Candidate of Medical Science
- 380 PhDs
- 25 Excellent Workers of Public Health
Education levels
M.D. course in General Medicine (Spetsialitet) (partly in English)
“General Medicine” for English-speaking students:
The MD course includes 6 years of study and practical training, partly in English.
During the first 3 years of training considerable attention is paid to the study of the Russian language
225 clinical practice bases 64 foreign partner universities
- Practical classes and training during practical training at clinical bases of the university (more than 50 bases), in research institutes, laboratories
- Opportunity to undergo practical training /internship in medical organizations in different countries (more than 30)
- Opportunity to engage in research work, participate in scientific and practical conferences, publish the results of your own research in print media
- Work on unique equipment that provides conditions for increasing the efficiency and quality of professional training of medical workers
- Participation in exchange programs with partner universities in Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Italy, China, Latvia, Norway, Serbia, Turkey, Finland, Croatia, Switzerland, Sweden, Estonia, Japan, etc.
- Participation in social activities, volunteer movements, sports and cultural and creative work
- Possibility to choose an individual trajectory of postgraduate vocational education
Start of the program – November, 1, 2020
Cost of the program: 390,000 rubles per year
The spetsialitet also includes 6 educational programs implemented in Russian.
Postgraduate studies, PhD candidates (implemented in Russian)
- Acquisition of the level of knowledge, skills, experience necessary for professional activity and preparation for defense of scientific qualification work (dissertation) for the degree of Candidate of Sciences.
- Postgraduate training programs for scientific and pedagogical staff and PhD training of scientific staff
- The opportunity to participate in grants for postgraduate and PhD students who successfully master the program of training scientific and pedagogical personnel and constitute the scientific and pedagogical reserve of the University.
Additional professional education (implemented in Russian)
800+ continuing education programs 27 500+ students of additional vocational education programs per year
The University successfully implements programs of additional professional education, which allow to improve qualifications and undergo professional retraining in the field of medicine, to prepare for passing certification and certification exams. Educational programs are developed on the basis of the best domestic and foreign practices, taking into account the needs of the market and the requirements of professional standards. Leading employees of the North-Western State Medical University are involved in working with students.
- Professional development programs and professional retraining programs
- Target audience: Health professionals with medical and pharmaceutical education (both higher and secondary)
- Budgetary and off-budgetary training framework
- Full-time, part-time, mixed and intermittent forms of study
- Providing a comfortable hostel (on a paid basis)
Student life
7 student clubs 80+ student events per year
Obtaining a higher medical education is not only a process of mastering professional skills, but also the formation of internal potential of a student’s personality, the development of his spiritual and moral qualities.
Student life promotes formation of professionally important personality traits and develops its social activity, provides psychological assistance and support to the student so that he could realize himself, create, aspire to independence, and increase personal responsibility.
Students can make interesting acquaintances, acquire useful skills and simply find people who are close in spirit and interests in student clubs and associations of the North-Western State Medical University.
At the University, students go in for sports, participate in city creative festivals, organize student art events and sing in the choir, practice together in medical institutions and do charity work, hold student scientific conferences and organize business trips, develop the “green movement” and celebrate holidays.
North-Western State Medical University is always open to fresh ideas and new plans, therefore new projects and organizations constantly appear at the University, created in order to support students in their endeavors.
Ratings and achievements
Positioning in ratings has become an important attribute of the educational sphere. Today this tool forms a social reality and promotes the university at the regional, national and global level.
In most ratings the main indicators of the efficiency and quality of the university are the efficiency of its activities in such areas as education, science and international activities. But despite the apparent similarities, the ratings differ in methodology, number of evaluated indicators, “weight” of each of the evaluated coefficients, etc.
Clinical activities
By the level of equipment, qualification of specialists, bed capacity, complexity of tasks to be solved and use of high-tech methods of treatment, our medical centers in St. Petersburg are among the best federal healthcare institutions of the country.