Kharkiv National Medical University has passed a glorious historical way from a faculty to a higher school, which trains both high-skilled doctors, pedagogical and scientific personnel for medicine.

The Kharkiv medical school has been known outside the country.

• 1951 – the University was among the first higher schools, which began training medical personnel for different countries of the world.
• 1996 – admission of students for the English medium training began.
• 2010 – the work of the Preparatory Department for foreign citizens was resumed, a specialized reading hall began its functioning.

The University has trained 4237 doctors from 86 countries of the world. Of them, there are 3 Doctors of Science and 70 Candidates of Medical Science, more than 200 residents. At present, 2500 international students, probationers, residents and postgraduates from 72 countries of the world study at the University.

 

Kharkiv National Medical University today:

1. is a member of the International Association of Universities, registered under UNESCO;

2. has 7 Faculties, two of them 2 – training international students. Future doctors study in such specialties as General Medicine, Pediatrics, Preventive Medicine, Stomatology and receive the education-qualification level of a Specialist;

3. has 66 Departments, whose faculty numbers 821 specialists in sciences and pedagogy; of them, there are 122 Doctors of Medical Science and Professors, and 459 Candidates of Medical Science and Associate Professors.

4. has a high personnel potential: 5 corresponding members of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, 17 Honored Workers of Science and Engineering of Ukraine, 3 Honored Workers of Higher School of Ukraine, 13 Honored Doctors of Ukraine, 8 winners of the State Prize of Ukraine in the fields of science and engineering, 28 members of public Academies of Ukraine; 28 members of international medical association;

5. trains over 7000 students, interns, masters, clinical postgraduates, postgraduates and doctoral candidates;

6. is a modern multi-type educational establishments with its powerful scientific, material and technical basis, with use of up-to-date technical information technologies: multimedia, computers, particularly there is wireless Internet access ( Wi-Fi ) in all educational buildings of the University;

7. has 5 specialized academic councils for defending Doctor’s and Candidates thesis in 11 medical specialties;

8. has the Central Research Laboratory, 4 problem laboratories, the Educational Scientific Centerbased on classrooms for phantom techniques of education and computerized classrooms, and the Computer Center;

9. has the Scientific Library, whose fund comprises over 1 million copies (including those in the English language), with 11 reading halls and 2 rooms of electronic information; the electronic catalogue is continuously replenished; the repository of KhNMU is in operation;

10. is the place for functioning of 18 scientific-pedagogical schools;

11. took part in 126 international and 340 Ukrainian scientific forums;

12. cooperates with 18 foreign medical institutions;

13. participates in the realization of 16 international projects; 65 of its workers are members of 67 foreign scientific and medical organizations;

14. has the Coordinating Council of students’ self-government;

15. has the community Museum of History of KNMU, which in 2011 was awarded the title “The Perfect Museum”;

16. issues its newspaper The Medical University;

17. has six hostels, where each room has an access to Internet;

18. has its Youth Center;

19. has its complex for physical education and health improvement;

20. has its sports-health camp “Medic”;

21. received a title of honor “The leader of National Education” at the XII International Exhibition “The Modern Education inUkraine”.