Kuban State Medical University, KubSMU

• Location: Krasnodar, Russia
• Year of foundation: 1920
• Language of instruction: Russian
• Number of students: more than 6000
• Type of training: mixed.odar

Kuban State Medical University (KubSMU) is a higher educational institution of medical profile. The basis of KubSMU was the Medical Faculty of the Kuban State University, opened in 1920. This faculty became a separate institution a year later. During the Great Patriotic War, the educational campus was evacuated to Yerevan and Tyumen, and teachers and students were sent to the combat zone. In the next decades, specialized faculties were opened, a large clinical base was collected.

At the moment, KubSMU has faculties in the following areas:

• General Medicine
• Pediatrics
• Stomatology
• Pharmacy
• Medical and preventive care
• Advanced training, retraining of specialists
• Pre-university training.

On them you can pass the programs of specialization, residency, postgraduate studies, doctoral studies. Disciplines are taught by professors, highly qualified teachers - about 773 specialists of various specialties.

Students of faculties, residents and graduate students live in four dormitories, where 1977 places are prepared. In the residential buildings of corridor, sectional type are equipped:

• Double, triple rooms with wired Internet connection
• Toilets, shower rooms in sections or corridors
• Kitchens on the floors
• Laundries, ironing facilities
• Rooms for self-study.

All rooms are equipped with heating, fire safety systems, fully furnished. The hostels are located 30-40 minutes from the educational campuses by public transport.

Monthly accommodation will cost the student 500-900 rubles, depending on the season.

Each department at KubSMU has its own student scientific circle: at meetings innovations in the region are studied, master classes and conferences are organized. All clubs come together to attend large-scale international, interregional seminars, where they present scientific works.

Extracurricular activities:

• Volunteer Center
• Center for Extracurricular Activities, Youth Policy
• KVN-teams
• Student Council
• Apprenticeship Union
• International club.

The Center for Extracurricular Activities and Youth Policy organizes creative events, rehearsals of art groups: dances, theatrical performances, vocal ensembles, intellectual games clubs. Members of the groups attend charity events and concerts.

KubSMU positions itself as a "University of a healthy lifestyle", where the rejection of alcohol and smoking, the benefits of proper nutrition are regularly promoted. During the year, students compete in team sports: basketball, football, volleyball. In the summer, students have the opportunity to defend the honor of the university at inter-university Spartakiads.

• No6 on publication activity among medical universities of Russia
• Preparatory courses for schoolchildren
• Extensive clinical base
• More than 40,000 graduates, 3,000 of whom are foreigners from 100 countries
• International cooperation with universities, IFMSA internship program.

There are two educational campuses of KubSMU in Krasnodar. On these territories are built:

• Faculty buildings: lecture halls, computer classes, 66 departments
• Specialized laboratories
• Administrative offices, dean's offices
• Scientific Journal Publishing House
• Library with reading room, access to electronic databases
• Fitness center with sports, gyms
• Outdoor sports grounds
• Canteens, buffets
• University Hospital.

The University regularly publishes the journal "Kuban Scientific Medical Bulletin".

The academic year contains two semesters, sessions are held after the end of each of them. The schedule of classes depends on the form of training: full-time, part-time, part-time. For full-time students, pairs take place daily from Monday to Friday, sometimes on Saturday. Between classes there are breaks of 10-30 minutes.

Additional costs:

• Accommodation, meals
• Books, consumables
• Medical care
• Transport
• Personal expenses.

For schoolchildren, the university conducts preparatory courses, there are medical classes, where students can tighten their knowledge of chemistry, biology, as well as prepare for the exam, entrance tests, student life.

Future professionals should be provided with:

• Application for admission, consent to data processing
• Personal documents (passport, SNILS, medical certificate, etc.)
• High School Diploma, Transcript
• Individual achievements if available
• Results of the Unified State Exam.

Applicants to residency and postgraduate programs should be provided with:

• Application for admission, consent to data processing
• Personal documents (passport, SNILS, medical certificate, etc.)
• Diploma of the previous level of education, transcripts
• Individual achievements if available.

Reception of documents takes place in the summer.

• State: academic, social, awards to graduate students, residents, as well as their increased types
• Scholarships of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation
• Personal scholarships.

Material assistance is provided on the basis of social criteria: it is paid in the form of reimbursement of expenses for travel, accommodation, meals, as well as additional one-time financial support.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision