The State Budgetary Institution of Higher Professional Education «Voronezh
State Medical University named after N.N. Burdenko» of the Ministry of
Public Health of the Russian Federation is known as one of the country’s
leading research and teaching centers with a total of about 5,000 students.
It is one of the oldest educational institutions of Russia. Its history goes back
to 1802 – the date of Derpt University foundation, which moved to Voronezh
in 1918. In 1930, its medical faculty became an independent medical institute,
which achieved its academy status in 1994.
The University has proved its worth as an academic institution providing
Medicine, Biology, and Pharmacy.
in the rating scale, according to which the university is included in the top
ten medical schools of Russia. Since its foundation, it has prepared more
than 40 thousand medical specialists, including foreign ones from 56
countries of Europe, Asia and Africa