Admission 2007/08 is open

[Mikhail]

I would like to list here the official fees for the new 2007/08 academic year charged by Russian medical schools we may assist in admission to.
As you may see graduate study (Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry) is available in Russian, English and French languages.
Prospective students of Russian medium program need to enter 8-9 month Foundation (preparatory) courses to study the language and core subjects. Both Foundation courses and graduate/postgraduate programs are to start in the Fall semester (September-November).
Admission is open and will be closed about 1-1,5 month before the chosen program starts (the time required for a invitation process).

Faculty of Medicine, Lomonosov Moscow State University
University registration fee – USD 50

Foundation course
Tuition – USD 3150 /year
Accommodation (depends on a hostel) – starts from USD 600/year
Life & Health insurance USD 215/year

MD (English medium)
No English-medium program

MD (Russian medium)
Tuition – USD 6700 /year

Faculty of Medicine, People Friendship State University (Moscow)
University registration fee – USD 100

Foundation course
Tuition – USD 2600 /year
Accommodation (depends on a hostel) – starts from USD 520/year
Life & Health insurance USD 230/year

MD (English medium)
Tuition – USD 4600 / year

MD (Russian medium)
Tuition – USD 3600 / year

Pharmacy (Russian medium)
Tuition – USD 3200 /year

Dentistry (Russian medium)
Tuition – USD 3800 /year

St Petersburg State Pediatric Medical Academy
Foundation course
Tuition – USD 1500 /year
Accommodation (double, triple hotel type rooms) – USD 500/year
Life & Health insurance USD 105/year
Total: USD 2105 /year

MD (English medium)
Tuition – USD 3500 /first year of study; 2nd to 6th years of study: USD 3200 /year
Accommodation (double, triple hotel type rooms) – USD 500/year
Life & Health insurance USD 105/year
Total: USD 4105 /first year of study; 2nd to 6th years of study: USD 3805 /year

MD (Russian medium)
Tuition, accommodation & insurance – USD 3205 /year for all 6-year period of study

Pediatrics (Russian medium)
Tuition, accommodation & insurance – USD 3205year

Dentistry (Russian medium)
Tuition, accommodation & insurance – USD 3605 /year

Clinical Psychology (Russian medium)
Tuition, accommodation & insurance – USD 3205 /year

Postgraduate studies
Tuition, accommodation & insurance – USD 3105-3605 /year

Ryazan’ State Medical University named after Pavlov
Foundation course
Tuition – USD 1500 /year
Accommodation (double, triple rooms) – USD 300/year
Life & Health insurance USD 105/year
Total: USD 1905 /year

MD, Dentistry, Pharmacy (English or French medium)
Tuition – USD 3500 /first year of study; 2nd to 6th years of study: USD 2500 /year
Accommodation (double, triple hotel type rooms) – USD 300/year
Life & Health insurance USD 105/year
Total: USD 3905 /first year of study; 2nd to 6th years of study: USD 2905 /year

MD, Dentistry, Pharmacy (Russian medium)
Tuition, accommodation & insurance – USD 2305/year for all 5-6-year period of study

Postgraduate studies (Russian medium)
Tuition, accommodation & insurance – USD 2405-3405/year
Postgraduate studies (English medium)
Tuition, accommodation & insurance – USD 3905/first year – USD 3605/ next years

Saratov State Medical University
Foundation course
Tuition – USD 1500 /year
Accommodation (double, triple rooms) – USD 300/year
Life & Health insurance USD 105/year
Total: USD 1905 /year

MD (English medium)
Tuition – USD 3500 /first year of study; 2nd to 6th years of study: USD 2500 /year
Accommodation (double, triple hotel type rooms) – USD 300/year
Life & Health insurance USD 105/year
Total: USD 3905 /first year of study; 2nd to 6th years of study: USD 2905 /year

MD, Dentistry, Pharmacy (Russian medium)
Tuition, accommodation & insurance – USD 2155/year for all 4-5-6-year period

Postgraduate studies (Russian medium)
Tuition, accommodation & insurance – USD 2905-3405/year

Faculty of Medicine, Novgorod the Great State University
Foundation course
Tuition – USD 1500 /year
Accommodation (double, triple rooms) – USD 300/year
Life & Health insurance USD 110/year
Total: USD 1910 /year

(there is no MD program in English medium at NovSU)

MD, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing (Russian medium)
Tuition, accommodation & insurance – USD 2310/year for all 5-6-year period of study

Moscow Medical Academy
Foundation course
Tuition – (charged in local currency) approximately USD 2170 /year
Accommodation (depends on a hostel) – starts from USD 900/year
Health insurance USD 150/year

MD (English medium)
Tuition – USD 6500 / year

MD (Russian medium)
Tuition – (charged in local currency) approximately USD 3300 /year

Pharmacy (Russian medium)
Tuition – (charged in local currency) approximately USD 2650 /year

Dentistry (Russian medium)
Tuition – (charged in local currency) approximately USD 4950 /year

In Russian State Medical University (Moscow) they were in position to announce the fees in June but I did not see it yet.
Good luck

[applemas]

A question for you, Mikhail:
Is the price you listed above same for all students, no matter where you come from?
I heard rumors that Malaysian students pay more than Sri Lankan or African students for the same course. Is this true?

[Mikhail]

Hm… What exactly do you mean? Do the rumors concern our company? or ?
The universities we represent (out of about 60 Russian medical schools) do not have different fees for students from different countries. And as I said before we charge the official fees (tuition, accommodation, insurance). It is easy to check.
There are three more medical schools recognized by MCM but I am not in contact with them and have no idea how the things are going there. However, may be this is the activity of some local dishonest agents?

[applemas]

Mikhail: I didn't mean your company charge different prices for students from diff country. I just feel curious to know how truth is that rumours.

[drdritani]

hi , mikhail , tell me when is the deadline to apply in russians school of medicine? does exist the autumn season for apply there ? im intersting now for Mechnikov Medical Academy ( st peter ) , have a good time ,

bye bye

[Mikhail]

Hi, I am not in touch with this Academy: no information on their politics. In general, MD study in Russian medium starts at the beginning of September. As a rule, MD study in English starts in September-October. Some universities offer more intensive first-year program with start of the study in November. These students sit in the class for 6 days a week and have vocation in August only.
Admission is to be finished 1-1,5 month before the study starts (time required for invitation and visa processes).

[Mikhail]

I would like to remind that admission process will be closed soon: in almost universities (People Friendship University, Saratov, Ryazan, St Petersburg) English- or French-medium programs start at the beginning of Ocotober. Since the invitation process (issuing documents for visa support) usually requires 2-3 weeks, the prospective students have just a couple of weeks for the decision-making.
Those who intend to study in Russian medium may consider applying up to October: Foundation (preparatory) courses to study the language start within a period September-November.

[DrRono]

Hi Mikhail

I have completed my school BSc in India and now I am in US. what should I do to get admission for MD program (English) in Russia ? Can i apply for admission from US ? Can you or any one help me in getting an admission .
Thank You
Rono

[Mikhail]

Can i apply for admission from US ? Can you or any one help me in getting an admission.
You may pick up Russian student visa in a third country in a case you have legal status there. So, just attach to your Application package a copy of yours US visa/registration and I guess everything will be OK.
Yes, we assist international students in admission to Russian universities. I sent you PM with more details.

[Banana]

I am a first-generation immigrant to the US from Russia. I am now looking into going back to Russia to study medicine. Although I have not visited Russia since the age of 7, my Russian speech and reading are nearly fluent and I have confidence that I could get my writing up to speed within a matter of months.

I have a few questions I was hoping you could help me to answer:
I would prefer to attend a Russian-language program, and was looking specifically at MMA Sechenov.
1) Does this school, and other Russian med schools, accept international applicants to the general program? I have US citizenship only, not Russian.
2) Is there a difference in "quality" between the Russian-language and English-language programs? That is, does one have a better reputation than the other?
3) Are there any statistics regarding residency placement in the US upon graduation (assuming, of course, that you do well on the USMLEs)? I'm sure this has been mentioned on this site but I have not been able to find statistics, only personal testimony. Also, it seems that few foreign medical students in Russia are American--is this true? Many of the other countries seem to be more heavily represented.

If you have any further information that you think I may find useful, I would greatly appreciate it. I have not found any information for Russian-speaking American citizens online!

[Mikhail]

All Russian state medical schools do accept international applicants (with some special regulations for military schools).
The reputation of courses is a bit subjective thing. In MMA and RSMU they annually accept 600-900 new students for their Russian-medium program and up to 150 students for English-medium program. So, it may be 60 and 15 groups of students at the same year of study. It is obvious that nobody can provide you with the same level teacher/professor for every group. I believe it might be useful for you to consider relatively small medical schools (for instance Faculty of Medicine, Moscow State University and Faculty of Medicine, People Friendship University). However, an active student may satisfy his/her requirements at any good school.
To my experience, there is no official statistics on US residency placement of graduates of international medical schools. However, you may try to search for a information from ECFMG. Also, a couple of years ago it was a thread here about something like American Association of Gradates of Russian Med Schools (Russian doctors in the states). May be their internet-site contains some kind of info you are looking for.
It looks like two old problems for graduates of Rus med schools sitting for USMLE 20 years ago were: low level of English and no practice in sitting for MCT (almost tests and exams were oral). So, it was not the problem of knowledge. Currently, almost Russian university students do know English and the university developed new system of PC based tests. That is why we are starting to see more and more stories about successful transfer of Russian MD degree to western countries.
According to the MOE statistics in 2006/07 academic year 1539Americans got Russian student visas and started their study in Russian universities. Most part of them participated in short-term programs. However, in Moscow and St Petersburg you may meet a number of country mates taking their various graduate/postgraduate programs. Some of them are doing MD study.

[Banana]

Mikhail, thanks very much.

Another quick question:

In the Russian medium programme, do the International students study alongside the Russian students in the same classes? Or is it a separate program and separate classes for the internationals?

[Cox's Bazar]

Thanx buddy! This is a great post that shall help. Do you think St. Petersburg is a good school for MD and can I transfer my credits from another Russian University? Is St. Petersburg the port city of Russian? I mean the city just after Moscow?

[Cox's Bazar]

kikhail, as per your information in Ryazan state medical university there is an english program for MD and it costs 3500 USD first year and from second to 6th year the cost per year is USD 2500. Am I right? Ow, that kool. I would like to join Ryazan then. Do I have to sit for entrance exams? Do I need to go for foundation course? I am from Bangladesh and whom do I contact for getting into Ryazan? Please reply and help. Thanx in advance.

[Cox's Bazar]

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[Cox's Bazar]

Any website of Ryazan?:):)

[Mikhail]

Mikhail, thanks very much.

In the Russian medium programme, do the International students study alongside the Russian students in the same classes? Or is it a separate program and separate classes for the internationals?

Traditionally, the groups in Russian medium program are mixed: international students are sitting together with local ones. Just sometimes, if some foreign students are still weak in Russian, they may get in a special group where teachers pay some more attention to the problem.

[Mikhail]

kikhail, as per your information in Ryazan state medical university there is an english program for MD and it costs 3500 USD first year and from second to 6th year the cost per year is USD 2500. Am I right? Ow, that kool. I would like to join Ryazan then. Do I have to sit for entrance exams? Do I need to go for foundation course? I am from Bangladesh and whom do I contact for getting into Ryazan? Please reply and help. Thanx in advance.

The university in Ryazan granted duties of international office (in terms of the programs promotion and students recruitment) to a national company. This is how it works in Spain and some other countries. May be that is why there is no any internet site of the University to provide applicants with useful information about it. I know unofficial site kept probably by the students. It is in Russian and serves mainly to those who are already entered the University.
If you like a transfer there, you need to pass all the tests and exams during your study at the current university. However, I believe you may start your application now.
It looks like (if the transfer will be accepted) that you would need to leave Russia and come back with new student visa issued upon request of your new university.