Far Eastern Federal University
Far Eastern Federal University is a federal institution of higher education that teaches MBBS to students from both Russia and abroad. It is accredited and funded by the Russian Ministry of Education. FEFU is the oldest, largest, and highest-ranking university in eastern Russia which was established in 1899 during the Russian Empire era, by special order of Tsar Nicholas II. As per the ratings of the Russian Ministry of Education, FEFU is one of the top five Russian MBBS universities and has been listed as number two in a recent publication of the top national universities rankings.
It is the only university of eastern Russia that is accredited as a scientific university by the Russian Ministry of Industry, Science, and Technology. The university earned this accreditation for its scientific achievements because according to the Science Citation Index, FEFU faculty members contribute 78% publications of all Russian Far East universities and colleges in worldwide peer-reviewed scientific journals.
The university is also acting as a national leader in developing relations with Pacific Rim countries, and a major bridge between Russian education and worldwide university society. The university is having 40+ branches which include Russia, the United States, Japan, China, and South Korea. It has developed more than 80 partnership projects, including 64 academic exchange programs, with universities in the United States, Japan, China, South Korea, New Zealand, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Thailand, India, and Vietnam both for MBBS and non-MBBS courses.
School of Medicine is the medical faculty of the Far Eastern Federal University.
Founded in 2021, it succeeds the School of Biomedicine in medical training in the Far Eastern Federal University. Medical instruction in FEFU began in 2013., and English-medium instruction began in 2016. Aside from Russian-medium programs, FEFU offer an English-medium program "General Medicine". Currently, we teach around 500 students on this program. Far Eastern is a public school, that means we are funded and directed by the Russian Government and follow Russian state educational standards.
Curriculum duration: 6 years
Degree awarded on graduation: Russian MBBS Specialist Degree (recognized as M.D. in CIS countries)
Language of instruction: English