Altai State Medical University is one of the main universities in the Altai Territory and leading among the country's specialized organizations. About 6 thousand people are trained in it, including already existing specialists who upgrade their qualifications. Graduates invariably note that the knowledge and experience acquired at the ASMU cannot be replaced with anything anywhere else. What is an institution, why are applicants choosing it?
University Summary
The educational organization was founded in 1954. Initially, it was in the status of an institute, in 1994 it became a university. The rector of the university is Igor Petrovich Saldan. Legal address of Altai State Medical University: Barnaul, Lenin Avenue, 40.
For nonresident students and teachers, four hostels are provided with modern and sufficient infrastructure for a decent stay.
The organization has modern medical equipment. Students do internships at the university’s medical facilities:
- Consultative and Diagnostic Center;
- dental clinic;
- professorial clinic.
The history of the university, expositions, interesting subjects, videos and photos of Altai State Medical University are presented in the institution’s own museum, which anyone can visit. It is quite interesting there.
Who is the university graduating from?
Altai State Medical University prepares specialists in the following areas: "General Medicine", "Pharmacy", "Dentistry", "Pediatrics", "Medical and Preventive Medicine".
For narrower profiles, you must undergo residency training, at the end you can be:
- allergist;
- obstetrician
- hematologist;
- surgeon
- a dermatologist;
- oncologist;
- cardiologist, etc.
University structure
Graduating faculties of Altai State Medical University:
- Pediatric. It was opened in 1966. More than a thousand students are trained at it. Despite the profile, students study disciplines related to adult diseases, which allows them to have higher qualifications at graduation.
- Dental It was founded in 1990. It offers the following dental profiles: surgical, orthopedic, therapeutic, periodontal, etc.
- Pharmaceutical. She has been training specialists since 1975. The work of the faculty is based on the principle of training specialists of a wide profile: one person can be both a pharmacist and the head of a pharmaceutical company.
- Therapeutic. The largest faculty that has been working since the foundation of the university. After completing the first stage, the graduate becomes a general practitioner.
- Prophylactic. Almost the youngest structural unit (established in 2001). It trains specialists in the field of sanitary epidemiology.
The international cooperation
Altai State Medical University is actively developing scientific and organizational ties with other countries. At the moment, the university has representatives of 19 states. A special faculty is opened for them, training in English is conducted. Partner countries: Egypt, Nigeria, Syria, Mongolia, Ukraine, India, China, Uzbekistan and others.
A separate structural unit appeared in 2016, the ASMU also opened a special educational building for foreign students, all are provided with a hostel.
Education of students from abroad is carried out in two areas: "Dentistry", "General Medicine". Preparatory courses are provided for this category of students, during which they learn the basics of the Russian language, biology, chemistry for 9 months.
Admission Campaign
Altai State Medical University pays special attention to campaigning among students who are on the verge of entering a university. Various events are being held, associations are working, the purpose of which is to orient future applicants in the healthcare sector, identify talented young people, and attract them to college.
So, for example, in the framework of the school “Young Epidemiologist, Hygienist and KLD Doctor”, adolescents can independently conduct experiments and studies on selected topics, participate in classroom and laboratory classes.
The Future Medic Club conducts career guidance with eleventh-graders planning to become doctors, introduces educational buildings, teachers, and public health institutions of the city. Such work gives fruitful results - the competition for budget places only increases every year, and passing points increase.
The selection committee is located at: Papaninantsev Street, 126.
Admission in all areas of the specialty is carried out in accordance with the results of the exam in the Russian language, biology, chemistry. For those who did not pass the exams, the preparation and conduct of internal tests are provided.
You can ask questions about admission on weekdays from 8.00 to 17.00 (lunch break from 13.00 to 14.00), on Saturday from 8.00 to 13.00. Executive Secretary - Pavel Gennadievich Vorontsov.
Thus, the AGMU is the foundation for the education of a comprehensively developed medical professional. Here they pay attention not only to study, but also to the spiritual and moral education of students, as well as the establishment of international contacts, which in the future will lead to a full exchange of experience between graduates around the world.