The I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, also known as Sechenov University, is a public medical university in Moscow, Russia. The predecessor of the university was the Medical School of Moscow State University, which was founded in 1758 and was the first medical school in Russia. The university's medical ranking has long been ranked first in Russia and Eastern Europe.
Moscow State Medical University was founded hundreds of years ago and has been called the "First Medical Center" by Russians. It is a leading medical center in Russia and even in the world， most of the Russian medical scientists graduated from the First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University). I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University cooperates with world-class universities such as Johns Hopkins University, Duke University, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Cambridge, Technical University of Munich, Hannover Medical School, Charité – Berlin University Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, University of Gothenburg, Erasmus University, and Peking Union Medical College.
The university now has 20 affiliated hospitals, 10 Russian National Medical Research Centers, 32 laboratories and institutes, the Russian National Medical Library, 2,079 professors, 78 members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and 10 members of the American Academy of Sciences.The entrance exam of the First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University) is extremely strict, with an admission rate of only 2.7% and a graduation rate of only 57.1%. Its academic qualifications are recognized by developed regions such as the United States and Europe.
In 2020,First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University) successfully completes trials of world's first COVID-19 vaccine. The school's medical school ranks 51st in the world。
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History
In 1755, Moscow State University was officially established and held an opening ceremony.
In 1758, Queen Elizabeth of Russia officially ordered the establishment of the Medical College of Moscow University, which was the first medical college in Russia and is also considered the beginning of the First Moscow State Medical University of Sechenov.
On August 13, 1758, Johann Christian Kerstens, a professor of medicine from Germany, officially gave lectures.
In 1791, Moscow University obtained the right to confer doctoral degrees in medicine, becoming the first university in Russia to obtain the right to confer doctoral degrees in medicine.
In 1897, at the 12th International Physician Conference held in Moscow, participants from various countries highly praised the medical level of the Medical College of Moscow State University, and the world-renowned German pathologist R. Virchow also said: "Learn from the Russians!"
In 1917, after the October Revolution, the Moscow Imperial University was officially renamed the current Moscow State University, and the Medical College under the university was also renamed the Medical College of Moscow State University.
In 1930, the Soviet Union reformed higher education, and the Medical School of Moscow State University was completely independent and became a research-oriented medical university -First Moscow State Medical School.
In 1953, Academician Herzen founded the largest clinical surgical hospital in the history of Russian surgery - the surgical hospital directly under the First Moscow State Medical School.
In 1955, the independent First Moscow State Medical School was officially named Sechenov in memory of Academician Ivan Mikhailovich Sechenov, the "Father of Russian Physiology".
Clinical Center and Research Center
The Clinical Center of I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University was founded in 1897. It is the highest national medical center in Russia and one of the largest clinical centers in Europe. Its multidisciplinary medical level ranks first in Russia and Eastern Europe and among the best in the world. The Clinical Center of I.M. Sechenov University includes 20 large affiliated hospitals, 10 university specialty clinics, and 197 medical practice bases.
As of 2024, the Clinical Center of Sechenov University has a total of 8,180 employees, most of whom have a doctorate in medicine. It has more than 500,000 inpatients and outpatients each year, and provides medical services in more than 40 specialties. More than 50% of surgical operations are high-tech, including the extensive use of Da Vinci surgical robot technology. It has clinical teaching experience, providing clinical internship opportunities for medical students of the school and cultivating high-level clinical medical talents.
As of 2023, the school has a total of more than 2,000 medical experts, 543 professors, many Nobel Prize winners, 10 members of the American Academy of Sciences, 47 members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, more than 70 honorary scientists of the Russian Federation, and more than 100 winners of the Russian National Award, Presidential Award and Government Award.
The main goal of Sechenov University's digital transformation policy by 2030 is the comprehensive transformation of education, research and clinical processes, and the transformation to a world-class research-based medical university model.
I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (formerly Moscow State University Medical School) is a world-class research university with comprehensive strength ranking among the top 3% in the world. It has world-class medical talent resources, strong scientific research and teaching capabilities, and has carried out all-round and multi-faceted international cooperation with many famous medical universities and medical research companies in the world, including more than 150 leading foreign universities and research centers in 48 countries, such as the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, China, Japan, Norway, South Korea, etc.
Faculties
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Pharmacy
Faculty of Pediatrics
Faculty of Preventive Medicine
Faculty of Dentistry
Faculty of Postgraduate Professional Training of Physicians
Preparatory Department for International Applicants
Institute of Professional Education
Center of Master's Programs
Notable alumni
As of 2023, the First Moscow State Medical University (Setonov University) has trained 3 astronauts, 1 vice president, 103 academicians of the Russian Academy of Sciences, more than 30 founders of various branches of medicine in Russia and even the world, more than 2,000 medical experts, many Nobel Prize honorary professors, 10 members of the American Academy of Sciences, more than 70 honorary scientists of the Russian Federation, more than 100 winners of the Russian State Award, the Presidential Award and the Government Award, etc.
As the strongest medical school in Russia, the founders of various disciplines in the Russian medical field basically graduated from here, such as Nikolai Sklifosovsky, the founder of Russian surgery, Neil Filatov, the founder of Russian pediatrics, Vladimir Snegiriev, the founder of Russian gynecology, Pirogov, the founder of Russian anatomy, Ivan Sechenov, the founder of Russian physiology, Valery Shumakov, the founder of Russian organ transplantation, Dmitry Dmitrievich Pletnev, the founder of Russian cardiology, Alexei Kozhevnikov, the founder of Russian neurology, and Burdenko Nikolai Nilovich, the founder of Russian neurosurgery. The founder of Russian orthopedics, Baum Georgy Sergeyevich; the founder of Russian sports traumatology, Zoya Mironova; the founder of Russian oncology, Peter Alexandrovich; the founder of Russian plastic surgery, Milanov Nikolay Olegovich; the founder of Russian dentistry, Yevdokimov Alexander Ivanovich; the founder of Russian ophthalmology, Filatov Vladimir Petrovich; the founder of Russian hematology, Andrei Ivanovich Vorobyev, etc.
Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov — pathologist and a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences
Arkady Arkanov - writer, doctor, playwright and stand-up comedian
Oleg Atkov — cardiologist and astronaut
Evgeni Babsky — physiologist and member of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences
Jonas Basanavičius — Lithuanian physician, activist and proponent of the Lithuanian National Revival