The Rostov State Medical University is the largest basic training and research center in Southern Russia. Over the 85 years of its existence it has become a diversified complex with 10 faculties, Medical College, Military Training Center and its own Clinic.
Leading and advanced doctors of our country have formed on the basis of the Rostov State Medical University their major scientific schools, headed by the Honored Workers of Science, Employees of high school, Honored Doctors, Honored Workers of Health and Culture, as well as world-renown scientists.
Today in the Rostov State Medical University operate more than 100 departments.
More than six hundred teachers are constantly working introducing innovations and interactive forms of learning. Among them there are 212 Doctors of Medical Science, 101 professors and 624 Ph.Ds. The academicians and professors who are working at our University now continue to develop the best traditions of their predecessors.
The system of Supplementary Education is divided into several categories. At the University there are training programs for doctors and medical organizations from all over the South of Russia. Every year about 8000 doctors are retraining on the Faculty Training, more than 1000 interns and residents — at the Faculty of Professional Retraining. In addition, the University has a Preparatory Faculty on Training Foreign Citizens, because the Rostov State Medical University is an international medical school that trains representatives of more than a hundred nationalities and ethnic groups from all over the world.