North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov

• Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
• Year of foundation: 2011
• Language of instruction: Russian, English
• Number of students: about 4500
• Type of education: mixed.

North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov (NZMU named after I.I. Mechnikov) is a state institution of medical profile. The university was founded in 2011 on the basis of the merger of two higher medical institutions. Both founders of NWSMU were discovered in the 1900s.

The institution currently consists of seven faculties:

• General Medicine
• Medical prophylaxis
• Pediatrics
• Stomatology
• Surgery
• Therapy
• Medical Biology.

About 4500 students are enrolled in bachelor's, specialist's, master's, residency, postgraduate programs, about 3000 of them are on the budget form. Of the total number of students, more than 300 people are foreigners.

Students live in four large dormitories:

• 9-storey building in the Vyborgsky district of apartment type. The apartments are equipped with 2-3 rooms, each of which is designed for two or four people, shared bathrooms and toilets, kitchens.
• Hostel in the Kalinin district, consisting of 15 floors. Block type building: 6 rooms per block, 2-4 students per room, shared kitchens, toilets and showers on the floors.
• 9-storey residential building in the Krasnogvardeysky district on the territory of the university. Blocks consist of 8-9 rooms of 2-4 students each, as well as showers, toilets, kitchens.
• Hostel near the Alexander Nevsky Bridge, consisting of five floors. The building is equipped with 78 rooms for 188 people, accommodation of different comfort is organized: suite, junior suite, blocks, standard.

The residential buildings are equipped with common sports halls, recreation areas, laundry facilities. In some dormitories on the ground floors there are canteens, cafes, medical centers. The buildings are under round-the-clock security, the access regime is observed.

Monthly cost of living: from 550 to 1400 rubles. depending on comfort, the basics of education (budget / commercial).

In extracurricular time, many events are held in NWSMU, student clubs work:

• Scientific society organizing master classes, research forums, conferences
• Sports club "Husky" - the organizer of competitions of intra-, inter-university formats
• Volunteer medical teams
• Volunteers participating in social city actions
• Creative clubs: music, theatre, dancing
• Law enforcement units.

Sports competitions are held in team games, swimming, arm wrestling, darts, chess, checkers, athletics. The university has national teams that defend the honor of the university.

• More than 70 international agreements with scientific and educational organizations
• More than 300 people participate in exchange programs
• 48th place among the best universities in the country according to RAEX, 88th place - according to Forbes, 34th position in the RANEPA ranking
• 472nd place in the international rating RUR
• A large clinical base, included in the TOP of the best clinics in the city.

Education takes place on the territory of four campuses in St. Petersburg. The buildings are equipped with lecture halls, practical laboratories, computer classes, event rooms, canteens and medical centers.

In addition to medical points, students have the opportunity to examine their health in the polyclinic at the university.

For sports activities, a sports complex with gyms, sports halls, a swimming pool is equipped.

The clinical base of NWSMU consists of eight institutions:

• E. E. Eichwald Clinic
• Peter the Great Hospital
• Medical and Preventive Center
• Research Institute of Medical Mycology named after P. N. Kashkin
• Family Medicine Center
• Departments of Dentistry
• Center for Medical Cosmetology
• Children's Consultative and Diagnostic Center.

Every year, about 4,000 patients are examined in them, 300 of them are examined on an outpatient basis.

The academic year contains two semesters, two sessions in between. Couples take place daily from Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 17:30, each of them lasts an hour and a half. Between classes there are breaks of 10-60 minutes. You can study at full-time, part-time, correspondence forms.

Additional costs:

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

Future bachelors, specialists 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 for master's, residency, 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.

Documents are accepted from May to mid-August. Before enrollment, applicants pass entrance tests.

Scholarship programs at NWSMU:

• State: academic, social, awards for graduate students, residents
• Increased type of state scholarships
• Scholarships for full-time students at the expense of the federal budget
• Scholarships of the President and the Government of the Russian Federation
• Scholarships
• Awards assigned by legal entities, individuals.

Government programs encourage academically successful students. From the scholarship fund, material support is paid to students in need.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision