STUDY MBBS IN KAZAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
Based primarily in Kazan, Tatarstan, Russia, Kazan State Medical University (KSMU) is a
federal university made up of nine faculties.
Kazan State Medical University is a multifunctional and multi-levelled state institution of
higher learning in medicine. It meets both personal and social needs in acquiring education
in medicine, in developing biomedical and clinical sciences, as well as broadening
scientific knowledge of medical sciences. KSMU functions on the basis of self-governance and
belongs to the system of Higher Education and Scientific Research of the Ministry of Health
of Russia. The highest body or KSMU self governance is academic council with university's
regulations. On March 6, 1994, the university was issued with a license number 16 G – 235 by
the State Committee of Russian Federation of Higher Education which grants the right to
perform activities in the field of professional education. Under the auspices of Kazan State
Medical University there work a pharmaceutical and two medical colleges in Kazan, one
medical college Mary EI Republic, lycee and biomedical classes on the secondary school
basis. This complex educational system in the framework of the university provides the
continuous higher education of medicine. Kazan State Medical University carries on an aimed
preparation of experts in different fields of medicine for 10 republics, Povolzhie and Ural
regions. According to the results of a rating of medical schools, KSMU takes the 16 place
among 86 other universities. Founded in 1814, KSMU was the second university institution to
be founded in Kazan, the third medical university institution in Russia.
Rankings and reputation:
According to the Academic Ranking of World Universities-European Standard ARES- 2014, published by European Scientific-Industrial Chamber, KSMU was the third place among the medical universities in Russia. KSMU is ranked 4489 by Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, and ranked 6381 in the 4icu world university ranking.
Metric System:
Every subject after assessing and evaluating the student's performance is allocated a grade as below:
1. Grade - "5", five signifies excellent performance.
2. Grade - "4", four signifies Good performance.
3. Grade - "3", three signifies satisfactory performance.
However, it is understood that: Grade 5 is equivalent to – 90% and above; Grade 4 is equivalent to – 80-89%; Grade 3 is equivalent to - 70 -79%; Grade 2 stands for failure.