V Faculty for International Students
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About us

The faculty provides training of foreign students in the following specialties:

  • “Nursing” (educational qualification level “Bachelor”). Language of instruction: English.
  • “Medicine” (educational qualification level “Master”). Language of instruction: Ukrainian.
  • “Dentistry” (educational qualification level “Master”). Language of instruction: Ukrainian, English.

During their studies, students have the opportunity to undergo academic training in medical and dental specialties, participate in scientific conferences, deal with patients, provide emergency medical aid, etc.

The faculty includes 5 departments : the Department of the Latin Language and Medical Terminology, the Department of Medical and Biological Physics and Medical Informatics, the Department of Ophthalmology, the Department of Internal Medicine №1, the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences.

Contact details
Address:
61022, Kharkiv, Nauky ave. 4, 2nd floor
Dean
Krasnikova Svitlana Oleksandrivna
PhD, Professor
+38 057 707 73 87 so.krasnikova@knmu.edu.ua
Deputy deans
Nesterenko Valentyna Gennadievna
PhD, Associated professor, Department of public health
vh.nesterenko@knmu.ua

The training of international students at the faculty has been carried out since 1955.

The first group of students who came to study in Kharkiv were 12 people from China. In the following years the number of foreign students from different countries increased. In 1964, the Dean’s office for international students was founded. The first dean was Associate Professor of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Borys Yevhenovych Hrechanin, who held this position for 14 years. For his fruitful and conscientious work he was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor in 1966. Then, the deans were: associate professor A.A. Zhuk, associate professor V.M. Savchenko, associate professor N.V. Pavlenko, associate professor L.O. Degtyar, associate professor V.V. Myasoedov, professor I.V. Letik, professor D.I. Marakushin. Today the post of Dean is held by Professor S.O. Krasnikova.

The Dean’s Office for international students performed a very important and multifaceted work. It organized national student communities, which were supervised by the departmental teams. Much attention was paid to holding themed parties, excursions, visiting theaters, exhibitions, etc. The scientific work of students has always been the focus of attention of the Dean’s office. Most students were engaged in scientific societies, participated in international and Ukrainian scientific conferences.

The faculty has a modern educational and methodological base for the educational process. All students are provided with the necessary educational literature. The study is provided on the basis of medical institutions of Kharkiv, the Educational and Scientific Medical Complex “University Clinic” and the University Dental Center.

The Dean’s office of the V faculty makes great efforts to create comfortable conditions for study and entertainment of the students. A lot of festivals, competitions, exhibitions are held. The students are encouraged to participate in amateur artistic activities.

Today, Faculty Graduates work not only in their home countries, but also in other parts of the world.

The faculty includes 5 departments : the Department of the Latin Language and Medical Terminology, the Department of Medical and Biological Physics and Medical Informatics, the Department of Ophthalmology, the Department of Internal Medicine №1, the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences.

The departments of the Faculty are part of the powerful scientific center of KhNMU, in which the forces of specialists of various profiles are united to solve the cardinal scientific problems of medical science.

The teaching staff includes 122 lecturers, among them 10 doctors of science, 9 professors, 70 candidates of science, 49 associate professors, 13 senior lecturers, 20 lecturers.

The departments of the Faculty annually publish about 40 textbooks on various disciplines, monographs, textbooks and workbooks.

Faculty specialists constantly participate in international and regional scientific conferences. Over the past year, the Faculty members published 11 patents of Ukraine for the inventions, 51 articles and 240 abstracts in collections of scientific papers, 43 articles in the central press, 29 articles on teaching methods and pedagogical experience, 302 methodological developments. Faculty staff participated in 134 scientific conferences of the international and regional level, symposia, congresses.

Students from various countries of Europe, Asia, and Africa study at the Vth Faculty for International Students. They have all the necessary conditions for study and recreation.

Аll students have the opportunity to engage in science as members of the Student Scientific Society, to participate in scientific conferences, including international ones, held on the basis of the University.

Student scientific groups are active in all departments of the Faculty. The number of students participating in scientific research is 156. Over the past year, the students have presented 216 reports at scientific conferences, 33 students were awarded prizes, and 30 articles were published together with Faculty members.

Students of the Faculty also work in different university clinics and in the University Dental Center. They have access to the Scientific Library, which has more than 1 million copies of scientific and educational literature in English and Ukrainian.

Medical care for students is provided in the Educational and Scientific Medical Complex “University Clinic” and the student polyclinic. Students regularly have medical check-ups. According to the results of the medical check-ups, groups of dispensary observation are formed.

All students are provided with a hostel. To live in a hostel, students should conclude an appropriate contract. The right to live in a hostel is granted for the entire period of study. The accommodation fees are determined by the size of the living space and are paid for the entire period of study.

International students participate in festivals, competitions, exhibitions and sports competitions.

Students of the Vth Faculty for International Students are actively involved in the international activities of the University.

The university has many diverse academic mobility programs. Students have the opportunity to undergo practical training, to carry out semester studies, to choose thematic internships in certain disciplines both in foreign and domestic partner institutions.

Among the countries already visited by KhNMU students are Germany, USA, Bulgaria, Poland, Lithuania, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Japan, Canada, Iran, Kazakhstan and others.

Academic mobility programs allow our students not only to deepen professional knowledge and skills and learn about the peculiarities of medical care in different countries, but also help to get acquainted with the culture and traditions of peoples and find like-minded people in various fields of medicine.

Due to the fact that mobility programs provide a two-way format, our students have the opportunity to join the team on reception of foreign delegations in Kharkiv. They demonstrate enthusiasm in introducing guests not only to the university and the educational system, but also organize leisure activities, open up great opportunities of our beautiful city. This creates an atmosphere of unity and mutual understanding. Future doctors from different countries find new like-minded friends, get the opportunity to see the world, learn about the specifics of medical training in different countries, reach their own heights on the way to the desired goal of becoming skilled specialists.