Vitebsk State Medical University was founded in November 1934. It included 32 theoretical and clinical departments. Since September 1981 Vitebsk State Medical University started to train the overseas students on Preliminary Training, Medical and Pharmaceutical Faculties. The number of foreign students was increasing and in 1997 the Faculty of Overseas Students Training was opened. For the large merits in training physicians for public health of Asia, Africa, Near East and Latin America, the Vitebsk State Medical University was awarded with the Medal of Peoples Friendship by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

Students enrolled at the University will be admitted to the Preliminary Training Course. This is 10 months study program to learn Russian language and basic subjects including Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Students who successfully pass all the exams after the Preliminary Training Course are transferred to the 1st year of the basic faculties. However, the students who want to study in English medium are admitted directly to the 1st year without Preliminary Training Course, but they will get a chance to study Russian as an international language.

Vitebsk State Medical University has 5 comfortable student's hostels with well organized services: laundry, kitchen, cafeteria, student cafe, post office, Internet, spots club, big super market near the students' hotel and so on.

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Below are the lists of universities in Belarus by Category. Please contact us for the right choice (We are here to help you).

MEDICAL UNIVERSITIES IN BELARUS:

• Grodno State Medical University
• Gomel State Medical University
• Vitebsk State Medical University
• Belarus Medical University

TECHNICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITIES IN BELARUS:

• Belarusian National Technical University
• Belarusian State Technological University
• Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radio-electronics
• Brest State Technical University
• Homiel State Technical
• Vitebsk State Technological University

OTHER UNIVERSITIES IN BELARUS:

• Belarusian State Agrarian Technical University
• Grodno State Agrarian University
• Belarusian State Economic University
• Belarusian Trade-Economic University of Consumer Cooperation
• Belarusian-Russian University
• Belarusian State Physical Culture (Sports) University
• Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts
• Belarusian State University of Transport
• International Sakharov Environmental University
• Mahilyow State Food University
• Minsk State Linguistic University
• Belarusian State Academy of Arts
• Vitsebsk State Academy of Veterinary Medicine

Medical Education in the Republic of Belarus

Training of health professionals in the Republic of Belarus is based on the up-to-date education technologies of higher and medical secondary education in combination with high-tech methods of practical medicine that enables them to be competitive and flexible in the world labour market.

Quality improvement of highly skilled specialists training at medical educational institutions of the republic is based on updating structure and content of medical and pharmaceutical education, as well as curricula, on their upgrading and adaptation to high-tech and science intensive educational requirements and needs of practical public health, on the development of the methodical support and creation of necessary conditions for independent work of students and pupils, on the introduction of tele-education, other innovation technologies and methods in the educational process, on the optimization of the scope of theoretical and practical training at medical educational institutions, on continuous advanced training of teaching staff, on strengthening material and technical base of medical educational institutions. For more information contact us.