Vitebsk Medical University is the largest institution of higher education that carries out activities in the training and retraining of medical staff, as well as scientists. Below is information about the current faculties, departments, as well as the control figures for admission of past years.
Faculties of VSMU
Vitebsk Medical University has the following faculties:
- healing;
- pharmaceutical;
- dental;
- preparation of foreign citizens;
- career guidance and pre-university training;
- upgrading qualifications and retraining in pedagogy and psychology;
- qualification improvement and retraining.
Below is more detailed information about each faculty separately.
Medicine Faculty
The post of dean of the Faculty of Medicine is Fomina MP, Doctor of Medical Sciences. Due to the high qualificationteachers students to lay down. faculties get the opportunity to receive a modern qualified medical education, allowing them to adequately represent Vitebsk Medical University in all corners of the Earth.
The total number of students receiving education at the Faculty of Medicine is more than 3,300 people, 30% of them are trained on a paid basis. 45 doctors of sciences (including 35 professors), 190 candidates of medical sciences teach at the medical faculty of Vitebsk Medical University. sciences (of which 127 are associate professors) and 212 teachers without a degree.
The following departments operate on the basis of the Faculty of Medicine:
- internal medicine;
- Departmental Surgery;
- anesthesiology and resuscitation with the course of FPC and PC.
Faculty of Pharmacy
The post of dean is held by Korozhan N. V. To provide students of the Faculty of Pharmacy with the most modern and high-quality knowledge in the field of pharmacy, the university annually holds webinars together with the St. Petersburg State Chemical Pharmaceutical Academy and Pfizer. Faculty departments include:
- pharmacy organizations and economics;
- botany and ecology;
- toxicological and analytical chemistry;
- pharmaceutical chemistry.
Faculty graduates often become employees of large pharmacological national and international companies.
Direction "Dentistry"
The following departments operate on the basis of the Faculty of Dentistry:
- general dentistry with orthopedic course;
- therapeutic direction;
- Pediatric Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery.
In 2013, the number of foreign students studying at the Faculty of Dentistry increased several times, today it trains students in the speci alty "Dentistry" in English.
The graduates of the faculty are highly valued in the labor market, they easily find a well-paid job, quickly climb the career ladder.
University-wide departments
The following departments operate on the basis of the Medical University, which are not attached to any of the faculties:
- military training and emergency medicine;
- obstetrics and gynecology;
- infectious diseases with a course of FPC and PC;
- clinical microbiology;
- Medical Rehabilitation and Fiz. culture;
- public he alth and he alth care with the course of FPC and PC;
- pathological physiology and others.
Departments are headed by candidates and doctors of medical sciences, professors. For example, the Department of Traumatology and Orthopedics, VPH is headed by Boloboshko K. B., who is a candidate of medical sciences.
Passing scores and acceptance targets
Passing score to Vitebsk Medical University for pharmaceutical programsfaculty in 2018 amounted to 358. A total of 30 places were allocated. 70 applicants participated in the selection. The competition was 2, 33 people for 1 budget place. Including the target set, 55 state-funded places were allocated, 135 applications were submitted from applicants.
Passing points for the medical faculty of Vitebsk State Medical University were fixed at the level of 329 points. According to out-of-target competition, 139 budget places were allocated. A total of 222 applications were submitted by applicants. The competition was 1, 6 people per place.
It is important to note that these numbers are given by the selection committee and are correct for the competition in 2018. In 2019, the picture could change dramatically. According to statistics, passing scores only increase every year.
How much does it cost to study at VSMU
The cost of studying at the Vitebsk Medical University at the Faculty of Medicine is 2737 Belarusian rubles (about 84 thousand Russian rubles). To get a speci alty at the Faculty of Pharmacy, you will have to pay 2,713 Belarusian rubles. Education at the Faculty of Dentistry is 3157 Belarusian rubles per year. Payment for the correspondence form of the Faculty of Pharmacy will cost the student 1085 Belarusian rubles per year.
These figures are correct for students enrolled in the 1st year of 2018/2019. It is important to clarify that the cost of training from year to year may vary slightly up or down.
Open Day
AnnuallyVitebsk Medical University organizes open days for applicants and their parents. Events are held to familiarize future students with the university, they get the opportunity to communicate with teachers of the departments. During open days, applicants have the opportunity to ask all their questions, get detailed information about faculties, programs and training profiles, and the possibility of admission on preferential terms.
