History

Established in the year 1805 Kharkiv National Medical University (KNMU) is one of the oldest and renowned university of Ukraine. It is one of the best MBBS Universities in Ukraine and boasts to accommodate and provide best in class education to nearly 7000 students every year on their campus.

Kharkiv National Medical University has Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty of Dentistry, Faculty of Nursing and Faculty of Postgraduate. It offers the unmatchable quality of education and practical experience. Many passed graduates and doctors from the University are working in government research centres and institutions as scientists and specialists.

More than 2500 foreign students stay and study on the campus of Kharkiv National Medical University. The majority of foreign students residing in the campus are from Asia, Africa, Mongolia, Eastern Europe, China and Latin America. University has a separate faculty for the training of foreign nationals also which divides the batch into groups of 8 to 10 students; each group is being monitored by one teaching staff. This results in better attention and understanding of the matter. Moreover, education is imparted in the English language also apart of Ukrainian and Russian, this makes easy for international students to understand the concepts and communicate to teachers in a better way.

Kharkiv National Medical University has 5 specialised academic councils for the purpose of defending the thesis in various medical specialities. University has till now defended 11 such theses till now.

In the XIIth International Exhibition of “The Modern Education in Ukraine”, the university has been honoured with the title of “The Leader of National Education”. It is also a member of UNESCO and International Associate of Universities. Moreover, in the year 2011, the university community museum has been awarded the title of “The Perfect Museum” also.

There are 56 departments under the faculties which provide theoretical and practical knowledge to the students. Several rounds of clinical training are provided to students using latest diagnostics and therapeutically equipments. Various case histories are also discussed apart of practical clinical experience to enhance the real world exposure of students in the medical speciality.

There are more than 630 teaching staffs whose are qualified Candidates of Medical Science, Honoured Scientists, Doctors of Sciences and Professors, and the member of academics.

University also has a collection of over 1 million researches and journals in its scientific library which is having 11 reading halls. There is also 2 electronic information rooms also as a part of the library.

Students are taken good care off by the University, there are total 6 hostels in the campus of the university. Hostels are equipped with all necessary things for the healthy living like a comfortable bed, table and chair, internet access and geyser. There is also a well-established sports centre for physical education and other activities. University calls it by the name “Medic”.