Since 1920 Omsk State Medical University has been preparing highly qualified medical specialists not only for the Siberian region, but also for all the regions of Russia. University graduates are in demand in the CIS countries and far abroad. Future specialists are trained in various areas, including “Pharmacy” opened in 2002. Over the century-long existence of the university, more than 46 thousand graduates have become physicians, more than 350 of them are doctors, 1600 candidates of medical and biological sciences. More than 1000 employees have been awarded the badge “Excellence in Health Care”, and most importantly, 259 graduates have been awarded the title “Honored Doctor of the Russian Federation”.
The university trains more than 4,700 people, and almost 45% of them are state-funded. Graduates of OSMU are in demand everywhere, so several regions of Russia have signed agreements with the university to educate, train and subsequently employ doctors in these regions, which overall accounts for about 23% of the applicants enrolled on budget.
The educational process is conducted at 65 departments, as well as at 30 clinical bases, located in the main leading Omsk medical institutions and its region.

