Medical Courses in Russia

• Medical is one of the most sought after courses in Russia and it has 48 Medical Colleges imparting medical education across the country. Students around the globe come to Russia to get enrolled in these programs. Russia is a good place to study MBBS and to your convenience there is No Entrance Exams to do MBBS in Russian colleges

• Universities in Russia are listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools (WDMS) Published by the World Health Organization (WHO), which entitles the students to appear for the Screening test conducted by the National Board of Examinations on behalf of the MCI. Hence, students are eligible for registration with the Medical Council of India.

• Russia has a good deal of experience for co-operation with the developing countries in the field of higher education. For instance, more than half of the foreign students attending Universities for higher education in the field of Engineering/ Medicine in Russia are from developing countries in Asia and Africa and from Latin America.

• Training programmes for foreign specialists/technicians in Engineering institutes/ Medicine in Russia is done with respect to their future professional activity in their own motherland.

• The Russian Federation has some of the finest medical colleges in the World. Out of the top I 00 colleges in World Ranking, about 30 positions are occupied by the Universities providing Medicine in Russia.

• The World Health Organization (WHO) and the UNESCO has rated, The Moscow Medical Academy, The Russian State Medical University and the St. Petersburg State Medical University in II, III & X positions in the world respectively.

• The Ministry of Health and the Medical Industry of the Russian Federation is the supreme authority functioning under the Russian Government in charge of public health and medical industry as a whole throughout the Russian Federation, All the Medical Institutions of the Russian Federation come under its jurisdiction, and it controls and supervises as a regulatory body.

• The Degrees, Diplomas and other Certificate/ Specialization Courses conducted by various Medical Institutions of Studies at the Russian Federation shall finally have the approval of the said Ministry.

• Therefore, on returning to their motherland, the technocrats have absolutely no trouble in adjusting to the prevalent working conditions in their own country. The tuition fee in Russian institutions is reasonable in contrast to the western countries.

Eligibility For Medical Courses

Undergraduate Course:
The minimum eligibility criteria to get admitted into a Medical College in Russia is that a student must have passed in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology & English individually and must have obtained a minimum of 50%  marks taken together in Physics, Chemistry & Biology in Higher Secondary or equivalent.

Postgraduate Course:
He / She should have obtained a Bachelor's degree from a recognized University. The University reserves the right of selection on an individual basis depending upon his / her previous academic performance.

University Medical Course Duration

• Specialities in Medicine:

General Medicine – 6 years
Dentistry – 5 years
Pharmacy – 5 years

• Postgraduate Courses:

Internship – 1 years
Clinical Residency – 2 years
Ph.D. – 3 years

Russian Universities Offering Medical Course

• Volgograd State Medical University, Volgograd
• Stavropol State Medical Academy, Stavropol
• Rostov State Medical University, Rostov-On-Don
• People's Friendship University of Russia, Moscow
• People's Friendship University of Russia, Moscow
• I.P.Pavlov State Medical University, St. Petersburg(First I.P. Pavlov Medical Institute of Leningrad )
• Russian State MedicalUniversity,Moscow(Second Moscow State Pirogov Medical Institute)
• Kuban State Medical Academy, Krasnodar