History, Affiliations and Rankings
Kharkiv National Medical University is the main centre for medical education in Ukraine. Established in 1805, the institute was formerly known as Kharkiv state medical university.Due to its origins in the Medical Faculty of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, the higher medical school in Kharkiv has a history that spans more than 200 years and is strongly related to that institution's history.Well-known medical professionals and researchers worked in clinical medicine and lectured at the university's medical faculty in the 19th century. They were the ones who conducted ovariotomies, total stomach resections, and open heart procedures and achieved important scientific advancements for the first time in the Russian Empire. The Medical Faculty's anatomical theatre was housed in a separate structure established in 1887; now, it is home to our higher school's Department of Human Anatomy. In addition, four autonomous University clinics—the therapeutic, surgical, obstetrical, and ophthalmological—were constructed in 1896.For more than two centuries, the institute has been preparing top-class medical professionals to serve the global society. The Kharkiv National Medical University has affiliations with Kharkiv City Student Hospital, Kharkiv Regional Hospital, and other affiliated hospitals and clinics. The University ranks #26 in general place and #5 among higher medical educational establishments of Ukraine in the scientometrical database SCOPUS. It ranks #47 among Ukrainian higher educational establishments by UNESCO“TOP 200 ”.
Infrastructure, Campuses and Courses
Kharkiv National Medical University provides programs in MBBS, BDS, Pharmacy, and Nursing. The University is located in the beautiful city of Kharkiv, which is the second-largest city in Ukraine and is a well-connected network with the rest of Ukraine.The university contains six dorms in addition to a complex of contemporary buildings for the teaching process. Hostels are available for all students in the graduate and post-graduate phases of their studies.There are 65 departments in the university. The departments have all the resources needed to provide students with high-quality instruction, including contemporary classrooms.The training of medical students begins in the third year in the clinics and hospitals of Kharkiv. Students have to give urgent aid to patients and conduct analyses, and x-rays and work in clinical laboratories. The university also offers students with postgraduate education in numerous faculties. The campus of Kharkiv National Medical University is assembled with modern medical equipment, practical laboratories, computer classes, and a world-class library with various study materials.
Accomplishments and Alumni
Kharkiv National Medical University is one of the best universities in Ukraine to practice surgery, anatomy, dentistry, and radiology. University has a rich cultural, and intellectual heritage and is the best choice for students planning to pursue a study of medicine in Europe. It has affiliations with numerous hospitals in the city for practical education of the students. The University takes the professional as well as personal growth of the students quite seriously. They schedule workshops and events to ensure that a student is not always surrounded by academics.The Kharkiv National Medical University continues to cooperate in academic and scientific partnerships with several foreign institutions and organisations engaged in the study of medicine. The Ukrainian-American Centre for Reproduction and Genetics is one of its partner institutions, along with the University of Medical Sciences (Poland), Bar Klun Medical University (Israel), Weifang Medical University (China), Bath Spa University (Great Britain), International Organization of Brain Studies, Regional European Bureau of WHO (Switzerland), and American Medical Research Foundation.
Student Diversity and Visiting Companies
The University is popular among international students because of the inexpensive tuition fees and cost of living. Over 7500 international students have graduated from Kharkiv National Medical University and are serving the communities in different parts of the globe. International students have the option to study either in English or Russian. Students from Asia, Africa, and Europe become a part of the university. Kharkiv National Medical University develops unmatchable skills in students that make them greatly sought after and highly employable. The university provides the students with useful career planning tools and information that assists them to prepare themselves for a career in medicine. The medical professionals and doctors who graduated from the Kharkiv National Medical University are well skilled and respected at their workplaces.
