University Today

The University is 75. Today it’s an up-to-date educational institution, which basic task is the development of the state intellectual potential and providing highly qualified specialists for the medical services. It’s an educational and scientific center, opening a treasury of professional knowledge, world and national values of medical science and culture for the youth of both Ukraine and many countries of the world.
A model of a continuous medical education was created at the University including preparatory department, preparatory courses and medical lyceum, 4 faculties to train doctors and a post-diploma education faculty. Out of 60 departments of the University there are 18 theoretical and 42 clinical departments including 16 departments responsible for the final state examination and 4 departments responsible for educational and methodical work. Specialists and bachelors are trained on speciality: “Nursing”, “Prosthetic dentistry”, “Pharmacy”; doctors : “General Medicine”, ”Pediatrics”, “Clinical Pharmacy”, “Stomatology”. Postgraduates continue their education in one of 11 suggested specialities in internship at the post-diploma faculty. Education can be continued in clinical ordinature, post-graduate courses. In future a specialist can improve a qualification in one of the 28 specialities at the post-diploma education faculty.
University is constantly a leader in the rating among the higher medical schools of Ukraine according to the results of the state licensed exams “KROK-M”, “KROK-1”, “KROK-2”, “KROK-3”, being a proof of high level training of the alumni of the University.
Recognition of the University was also manifested in the results of the last state rating among the higher medical schools of the country. CSMU was given the fourth place and in nominations “ Educational and methodical work” and “Financial and economic activity” the second place.
The status of the University presupposes powerful material resources as a basis which allows to educate a specialist who
meets requirements of the new century standards.
75 years ago the University was located only in one building. Now there are 16 educational buildings and 5 hostel ones; University clinic and polyclinic; sporting complex, cafe, recreation center.
The area of CSMU is 17.3 hectares. The territory of the University is constantly being equipped with modern amenities, its buildings are reconstructed, departments are changed.
Total area of educational and laboratory buildings is around 63 thousand square meters. Lecture halls have 3,270 seats. 30 multimedia projectors are used for lecture presentations. Various video films improve cognitive ability of teaching disciplines.
Independent work of students is supported both by the library stock including
around 600 thousand of books and local WEB-site, provided with educational materials. Besides modern electronic reading halls of the University have up-to-date electronic text-books, atlases, reference books in three languages: Ukrainian, English, Russian. At the University there are 25 computer classes with 275 seats. A computer test center having testing software with hundreds of tests in each discipline allows students to control effectively their level of knowledge and to prepare systematically for the state test examinations.
There is a University publishing center, issuing a newspaper “Medical Bulletin” (now in English too) and scientific periodicals and also all training and methodical documentations so necessary for students’ training.
The University is particularly proud of its highly qualified academic staff which totals 850 persons, including 99 doctors of science, professors, 356 candidates of science (Ph-holders), assistant professors. 39 professors of the University are academicians and Corresponding Members of native and foreign academies of science, 14 - Laureates of State Prize, 60 - have honorary titles.

D. M. , Professors CSMU
(from left to right, bottom –up):
1 row: Efetov V. M. , Shimkus E. M. , Babanin A. A. , Selivanova K. F. , Pritulo О. А. 
2 row: Lazarev K. L. , Sapegin I. D. , Sorkin V. M. , Kobets T. V. , Ivanov I. I. , Shapovalova Y. Y. , Grishin M. N. 
3 row: Dvirsky A. e. , Dvirsky A. A. , Samokhvalov V. P. , Pikalyuk V. S. , Volobuev N. N. , Korolenko Ye. S. , Ivanova N. V. , Zhadko S. I. , Bezrukov S. G. 
4 row: Fazel Hamid, Dudar L. V. , Ivanova M. V. , Buglak N. P. , Kharchenko V. Z. , Nesterov Ye. N. , Birkun А. А. , Kubyshkin А. V. , Sleptsov V. P. , Trotsenko В. V. , Skoromny N. А. , Zagorulko А. К. 
5 row: Sysoyev N. P. , Fominykh Т. А. , Krutikov S. N. , Syurin А. А. , Kradinov Е. А. , Lagunova N. V. , Efetov К. А. , Kaladze N. N. , Zakharov А. e. , Kobozev G. V. , Bogdanov N. N. , Rybalka А. N. , Zabolotnov V. А. , Kuznetsov N. S. 
6 row: Khadjiyev О. h. , Shibanov S. E. , Kryuchkova O. N. , Klyaritskaya I. L. , Khovalkina А. .. Babalich А. К. , Molchanov V. I. , Zorin V. N. , Kolbasin P. N. , Kushnir G. М. , Korolyov V. А. , Khrenov А. А. , Kulik N. М. , Zavadsky А. V. , Zavadsky N. V. ,
7 row: Beloglazov V. A. , Bogadelnikov I. V. , Kradinov А. I. , Zhebrovsky V. V. , Segalov V. М. , Klimenko P. М. , Zadnipryany I. V. , Kashirina N. К. , Kosik О. G. , Mogila V. V. , Ivashov А. V. , Gorlov А. А. , Yevstafyeva Ye. V. , Kubyshkin V. F. 

For 75 years the University has been performing its main mission - training students to become professional doctors. All the teaching staff and administrative departments of the University work with all their might to graduate a highly professional, intellectual, harmonious specialist.
The first admission to the University was only 100 students and in 2005 already 900 students were admitted to the CSMU. During the first years the contingent of students was several hundreds, now 4.8 thousand of students are trained at the University.
Since 1940 a student learned society has been working, the main task of which is to
stimulate interest towards science and to educate a scientist. More than 600 of students are engaged in research under the direction of the leading lecturers.
All necessary conditions are created at the University to provide both training and leisure for students, to achieve their all-round perfection.
For 25 years the poetic club “Inspiration” has been working at the University. With great enthusiasm both students and teaching staff work in it. Various holidays like: dedications to students and parties of the graduates; days of the faculty and New year parties; shows like “Doctor Pilulkin” and “Mister and Miss of the CSMU” etc are organized at the recreation center of the University. There are 11 dance and vocal choirs at the CSMU. The dance ensamble “Younost,” a reiterated laureate and winner of diplomas of republican and international festivals and competitions, is famous in our country. Students stage plays at the student theaters, teams “Club of Cheerful and Witty” act with great success. National holidays are also celebrated as the collective of students of CSMU is a multinational family.
Sports life of the students is also interesting and various. Different sports and health clubs and sections are organized for students. Competitions and tournaments, sports and athletics meetings in 8 kinds of sports and sports holidays are held annually. Sports complex of CSMU includes three blocks, track and field manege, stadium, 2 sports grounds. In its blocks one can find a swimming pool, 7 sports and training halls, tennis courts.