Professor V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University is one of the leading medical universities in the Russian Federation. The University is situated in the city of Krasnoyarsk, the administrative center of the Krasnoyarsk Region, the second largest region of the Russian Federation. It is located in the very center of the country on the banks of the mighty Yenisei river and surrounded by picturesque mountains. The population of Krasnoyarsk is more than one million people. It is a modern well-developed city with a 400-year history, a cultural, industrial and university center of Siberia. The University campus is situated in the historic center of the city where almost 400 years ago Krasnoyarsk was founded.
The educational programs are realized in the following specialties: GENERAL MEDICINE, PEDIATRICS, STOMATOLOGY, PHARMACY, MEDICAL CYBERNETICS, CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY. More than 5 thousand students study at the University; more than 230 of them are other countries’ citizens. Classes of the Russian language for foreign students are organized at the University. Starting from 2019, the University launches educational programs for foreign students in English.
The high quality of education is provided by the experienced faculty of professors and teachers: there are 150 professors and 450 PhDs. At the University there are 10 scientific-educational centers, several scientific schools recognized in the Russian Federation and abroad. Among the University lecturers are prize-winners of prestigious international and Russian awards for achievements in scientific and research fields.
The students enjoy modern classrooms and training facilities, computer centers, research laboratories, a linguistic center, a state-of-the-art center of simulation medical training where our students master practical skills using virtual training devices and humanized robots. The University holds a leading position among medical universities in Russia in implementing IT into the educational process and digital technologies development (the University website: krasgmu.ru).
The University clinical departments are situated in 50 major hospitals of the city and region; they are equipped with the cutting edge facilities for diagnostics and treatment of patients. The University keeps up the Russian medical education traditions: at a patient’s bed. It gives the graduates a significant advantage when they start pursuing a professional career.
A library, a gym, a ski lodge, a modern swimming pool, a policlinic, the Professorial clinic, the University clinic, a dining room, a network of cafés are all at the students’ disposal.
Every year, sport sections are being organized under the guidance of qualified trainers, e.g. basketball, volleyball, track and field athletics, cross-country skiing, swimming, table tennis, football, chess, sport tourism, sport orienteering, kettlebell lifting, bench press, wrestling, speed skating, Karate-Fudokan, cheerleading. The University student teams have won many a basketball, soccer, volleyball and swimming competition at the regional and all-Russian levels.
The University students take active part in various artistic groups activities (music clubs, choirs, dance companies) and demonstrate a high level of artistic skills at festivals and art contests.
The University has 6 well-equipped residences (with classrooms and gyms) for students from other towns and countries to be accommodated at.
The University is engaged in joint scientific and educational programs with other universities and scientific centers of Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Saratov, Tomsk, Novosibirsk, as well as with our partners from Japan, France, Italy, Germany and other countries. For more than 25 years the University has been fulfilling large-scale programs of student exchange with Japanese universities.
Professionalism, talent and spiritual virtue are the three pillars that drive teachers, students and graduates of KrasSMU. We possess all resources to feel confident about the future and make substantial contribution to the creation of modern appearance of the temple of science, education and culture.