Faculty of General Medicine for Overseas Students was established in 2000 and in terms of the number of its student’s rates second in the University. The Faculty unites about 1300 students from more than 138 countries of the world. The Faculty prepares general practitioners, its graduates are conferred the profession of a Physician and the degree of a Doctor of Medicine. Post-graduation study, clinical residence and training in various spheres of medicine are also available for the overseas students. Within the years of its existence the Faculty has prepared more than 140 doctors who work as physicians, podiatrists, surgeons, obstetricians-gynecologists, anesthesiologists in medical institutions worldwide. The faculty provides with a premedical education where students study subjects necessary for enrollment to the University (Russian language, biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics) for 10 months. The period of study in the University is 6 years. The first three years the students study fundamental subjects such as human anatomy, histology, biology, chemistry, physics, Latin languages, philosophy.
Each subject is evaluated at winter and summer exams. Starting from the 4th year the students take their courses on the clinical premises of the University – in hospitals, out-patient clinics, in the Republican Research Centre of Radiation Medicine and Human Ecology, and other medical facilities of the city. Students get deep knowledge of internal and surgical diseases, obstetrics and gynecology, medical aids, prophylaxis, treatment of heart vascular system, traumas, infectious diseases, oncology, neurology, pediatrics, drug addiction and psychosomatic diseases, internal diseases and many others. At the end of the 4th, 5th and 6th years of study students have nursery, out-patient and doctoral trainings respectively and have 1 or 1.5 months holiday. Upon graduation from the university the students pass final state exams and are issued diplomas. Students of the faculty are provided with all facilities to receive deep knowledge and professional skills. Subjects are taught by the experienced teachers in both Russian and English languages. Successive students who engage themselves into research are welcomed to continue their education at the clinical residence and post-graduation level.