Orel University

Orel State University was founded in 1931 as an industrial-Pedagogical Institute, which is on September 11, 1996, renamed into the Orel State University. Orel State University is located in the Oryol city, the distance between Moscow and Oryol is 325 kilometers.

 Orel State University is unique in many aspects. Orel State University is the only classical university that is a member of the Association of classical universities of the Russian Federation and the only educational institution in the region which provides training on a wide range of areas and specialties of higher and postgraduate education, training, retraining. Orel State University is the only institution that gives professionals in the area of most humane professions like doctors and teachers. Currently, Orel State University implements 110 basic educational programs of higher education in large groups of 14 training areas and specialties.

About 18,000 students including nearly 2,000 foreign students (400 Indian students are studying general medicine-MBBS) representing 62 countries are studying at Orel State University named after I.S. Turgenev. Among them, there are 13,000 intramural students; 300 graduate students, residents, and doctoral students.

Clinical bases of the Institute are leading medical diagnostic and Medical institutions of the city of Orel and Orel Region: Regional Hospital, Children’s Regional Hospital, City Emergency Hospital named after NA Semashko, the Regional Perinatal Center, Regional TB Dispensary, Botkin City Maternity Hospital, Regional Cancer Center, Regional TB Dispensary, Regional Skin, and Venereal Diseases Hospital, clinic & Pharmacies in the City of Oryol.