About

Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University (SPbSPMU) is a medical university located in St. Petersburg, Russia. It is the oldest pediatric higher education institution in the world.[1]

SPbSPMU has a state license and accreditation to provide training in English language, medicine according to the state standards.

In June 2005, under the support of Government of Russia, State Duma, Federation Council of Russia, Russian Rector's Union, the prize-winners of Golden Medal: European Quality competition in the nomination of Top 100 of Russian Universities were awarded. Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy was honored with a golden medal. Rector of the academy Vladimir Levanovich was named The Best Rector of The Year 2004.[2]

There are four programs in the University, leading to the Doctor of Medicine (MD) with a specialization in Pediatrics, Doctor of Medicine (MD), Doctor of Dental Medicine (DDM), and Master in Clinical Psychology degrees. Postgraduate training, providing the opportunity to get a PhD, is also available.

For many decades, our university has been an international center of higher medical education. Over the past half century, several thousand foreign students from 70 countries and 4 continents have graduated from it. Currently, the doors of the University are open to students from more than 50 countries. A person of any gender, nation and race, regardless of political and religious beliefs from any state that has diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation can be admitted to the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.

Saint Petersburg Pediatric University provides a high level of education, which guarantees the demand for graduates in the labor market. We pay close attention to the level of training and erudition of our applicants, so today SPbSPMU has the highest minimum scores of the Unified State Exam among all medical universities in Russia. The passing scores for the state-funded department are also among the highest in the country, which indicates the high-quality training of future students. Our students and teachers are laureates and prize winners of various Russian and international awards and competitions. Young students of SPbSPMU annually take part in research competitions for grants from the government of St. Petersburg and win them.

At our university, scientific research is traditionally one of the priority activities and includes all the main areas of medicine. According to the scientometric indicators of the Russian Science Citation Index, our university ranks second among medical institutions of the Russian Ministry of Health. And among all scientific organizations in Russia, we are in 12th place.

Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University has partnership and cooperation agreements with leading foreign medical institutions: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (Houston, USA), Democritus University of Thrace (Alexandroupolis, Greece), Belarusian State Medical University (Minsk), Yerevan State Medical University named after Mkhitar Heratsi, Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Bukhara Medical University, Tashkent Pediatric Medical University and others. This allows our students to participate in international exchange programs. Such joint work allows students to improve their knowledge and training, improving themselves in the professional field.

At the Children's Clinical Hospital of the St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University (the largest in Russia), students have the opportunity to do practical training and learn from leading specialists in the field of medicine from their first years. The Clinical Hospital is a federal medical institution with a huge scientific base and centuries-old traditions of the Leningrad School of Pediatricians. It is equipped with modern diagnostic equipment: a multispiral computed tomography scanner, MRI, expert-class ultrasound scanners, an X-ray surgery unit, a modern radioisotope laboratory, etc. Clinical-biochemical, bacteriological and virological laboratories allow us to perform a full range of studies at the most modern level. Our doctors work at the forefront of modern science and constantly introduce the latest technologies into practice.