In 2011 St.Petersburg State Medical Academy named after I.I. Mechnikov was merged with St.Petersburg Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education to form one of the country’s largest medical universities.
The university has a strong teaching staff, about 90% of people have an academic degree, and in total two thousand higher school teachers work within the walls of the medical university. There are twice as many students here – four thousand. Two thirds of this number are trained on a budgetary basis, and only a third – on a paid basis.
Six in-house clinical divisions provide students with the regular practice. Approximately 340 thousand patients per year receive medical care at NWSMU.
According to the target quota a little more than 30% of applicants enter every year, about 80% of people are provided with a place in the dormitory.
The majority of NWSMU students are enrolled in Clinical Medicine, and about a quarter of students chose Health Science and Preventive Medicine.
