MARI STATE UNIVERSITY
Mari State Medical University was founded in 1972. University consists of 6 faculties and 5 institutes that train well-educated specialists for most sectors of the Russian national economy. Mari State Medical University teaching staff includes about 100 doctors of sciences and professors and 400 candidates of sciences and associate professors. The University campus comprises 7 educational buildings and 8 halls of residence and occupies a total area of 128 000 m2.
Mari State University plays a key role in training qualified specialists. Education is carried out in 55 areas and 3 specialties. More than 8,000 students study at the university. Around 2,500 students live in halls of residence. Mari State University is one of the five founder members of the International Association of Finno-Ugric universities, one of the forty-one members of Russia’s Association of Classical Universities.
Mari State Medical University, Medicine Faculty
At present the students of the Institute of Medicine and Natural Science are trained in three specialties: General Medicine (MBBS), Pharmacy, Fundamental and Applied Chemistry and in four subject areas leading to a bachelor’s degree: Chemistry, Ecology and Use of Natural Resources, Biology, Pedagogical Education (Biology).
The teaching staff of Mari State University consists of highly skilled professionals: 8 Doctors of Sciences and full professors, Candidates of Sciences and Associate Professors. This explains a large amount of state-financed research carried out at the Institute. Students of all specialties take an active part in scientific research. The most talented graduates interested in research take a post-graduate course at Mari State Medical University, at the institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences, at Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Medical Programs
General Medicine (MBBS)-Duration: 6 years