Is it worth going to medical school? Revelations of one doctor! Which Moscow medical university is better to enroll in? Is it possible to enter medical school?

10/30/2016 The main Moscow medical universities are 1 Med. (Physical State Medical University named after I.M. Sechenov), 2 Med. (RNRMU named after N.I. Pirogov) and 3 Med. or Stomat (Moscow State Medical University named after Evdokimov). There is also a medical faculty at RUDN University.

1 Med. better known because he is in Soviet time was subordinate to the USSR Ministry of Health, and applicants from the Union republics also entered there. However, at present it does not have its own good premises; all departments are scattered around Moscow, many are simply in poor condition. The Faculty of Pedagogics was opened relatively recently “for assortment” in order to obtain university status. The rector's office was preserved on Bolshaya Pirogovskaya in the center of Moscow, there for the sake of solidity and selection committee, but this does not mean at all that all 1 Med. it is located there, it is scattered around Moscow, students spend a lot of time traveling around the city. The dormitories there are also bad. However, many applicants mistakenly believe that 1 MED. is located in the Center and it is “First”, which is emphasized in its name.

2 Honey, which historically originated from 2 Moscow State University, and therefore received No. 2, in Soviet times belonged to the Ministry of Health of the RSFSR, and therefore was less known throughout the USSR. However, back in Soviet times, it was allocated significant funds and a large territory in the South-West for the construction of a modern Medical University. Construction began back in Soviet times, and now 2 MED has a beautiful huge building, in which students receive their education for the first 2 years without leaving the walls of the University. In addition, 2 honey. has an excellent Pediatric Faculty, with a history dating back to the beginning of the 19th century. 2 Med received a special grant for research work; it is the leader in the field of science among all medical universities in Russia, which is reflected in its name RNRMU named after. N.I. Pirogova. Graduates of the Faculty of Pedagogics have all the rights of treatment that graduates of the Faculty of Medicine + they are specialists in childhood diseases. Those. graduates of the Faculty of Pedagogics have more knowledge and opportunities for treatment than graduates of the Faculty of General Medicine. For example, the current Minister of Health Skvortsova graduated from the Faculty of Pedagogy 2 Med.
Several years ago, “for the sake of assortment,” a pedagogical department was opened in 1st Med, but the level of training there is an order of magnitude lower than in 2nd Med. A chemistry tutor in Moscow has 30 years of experience in preparing for admission to 2 Med and other Med Universities.

3 Med is based on Stomat, which is the best in the country for training dentists. But the medical faculty was opened relatively recently, it is not rated highly compared to 1st and 2nd Med, and after graduating it is difficult to find a good job.

RUDN University also has a medical faculty, but it is also not ranked.

Where to apply, and where is it easiest to apply on a budget?

In 1 Med the passing score is always higher, because... it is the most famous, but the conditions for studying there are poor.
In 2 Med, the admission to the Faculty of Medicine is a little lower, and to the Faculty of Pedagogics even a little lower. Since the passing rate at the Faculty of Pedagogics is lower, and the knowledge is higher than at the Faculty of Medicine, it is optimal to put a tick in the application also for the Faculty of Medicine.
At 3 Med it’s good to go to the dentist, but it’s not worth going to the hospital.
RUDN University is not listed, it is not worth going there.

The name of the university	Profile	Average score Unified State Examination of those enrolled on the budget	Minimum score Unified State Examination enrolled on the budget	Total accepted for budget places, people
				by competition	for the Olympiads	on benefits	by target set	Crimea
First State Moscow medical University them. I.M.Sechenova	medical	82.5	51.0	700	0	78	584	5
First St. Petersburg State Medical University named after. I.P. Pavlova	medical	82.0	52.3	130	51	58	359	30
Russian National Research Medical University named after. N.I. Pirogova, Moscow	medical	81.7	55.0	654	44	68	564	22
St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University	medical	81.4	60.3	277	6	20	177	2
Northwestern State Medical University named after. I.I. Mechnikova, St. Petersburg	medical	80.5	56.0	192	0	22	290	7
Kuban State Medical University, Krasnodar	medical	79.5	45.0	57	0	0	353	12
Kazan State Medical University	medical	79.0	53.3	155	14	23	248	1
Tver State Medical University	medical	78.0	56.7	143	2	6	181	0
St. Petersburg State Chemical and Pharmaceutical Academy	medical	77.9	54.7	200	1	12	84	3
Voronezh State Medical University named after. N.N.Burdenko	medical	77.3	49.3	146	0	26	260	3
Ural State Medical University, Yekaterinburg	medical	77.1	48.7	195	0	24	272	1
Nizhny Novgorod State Medical Academy	medical	76.7	50.3	105	0	13	267	2
Siberian State Medical University, Tomsk	medical	76.4	39.7	310	20	31	241	0
Yaroslavl State Medical Academy	medical	76.1	46.0	149	3	20	218	0
Rostov State Medical University	medical	75.6	40.3	253	0	52	401	7
Bashkir State Medical University, Ufa	medical	75.5	46.0	252	0	30	348	0
South Ural State Medical University, Chelyabinsk	medical	75.5	49.7	177	0	29	239	0
Samara State Medical University	medical	75.2	46.3	297	0	27	350	1
Moscow State Medical and Dental University	medical	74.8	47.3	137	0	62	416	4
Saratov State Medical University	medical	74.8	38.3	279	0	23	325	5
Smolensk State Medical University	medical	74.6	51.7	171	0	15	168	0
Izhevsk State Medical Academy	medical	74.4	49.7	159	0	14	217	1
Tyumen State Medical University	medical	74.4	46.3	168	1	19	277	0
Novosibirsk State Medical University	medical	74.3	50.0	144	1	19	243	0
Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky	medical	74.1	43.3	127	8	36	216	1
Orenburg State Medical University	medical	73.9	41.7	169	0	19	246	0
Ryazan State Medical University named after. I.P. Pavlova	medical	73.8	39.0	101	0	35	298	3
Ivanovo State Medical Academy	medical	73.7	43.0	133	0	20	160	1
Kursk State Medical University	medical	73.7	45.3	202	0	29	222	2
Northern State Medical University, Arkhangelsk	medical	72.6	50.7	129	1	10	218	0
Volgograd State Medical University	medical	72.5	43.7	337	0	26	207	0
Kirov State Medical Academy	medical	72.4	48.0	129	1	10	228	0
Omsk State Medical University	medical	71.4	43.3	191	0	13	198	0
Perm State Medical University	medical	71.0	51.3	216	0	10	237	1
Altai State Medical University, Barnaul	medical	70.9	44.0	117	1	15	351	1
Kemerovo State Medical University	medical	70.9	41.7	187	0	28	211	0
Irkutsk State Medical University	medical	69.8	39.0	191	0	27	197	0
Astrakhan State Medical University	medical	69.4	45.3	77	0	19	209	2
Khanty-Mansiysk State Medical Academy	medical	69.1	46.7	52	0	8	40	0
Stavropol State Medical University	medical	68.9	39.3	87	0	34	285	4
Dagestan State Medical Academy, Makhachkala	medical	68.8	43.0	187	0	48	250	0
Perm State Pharmaceutical Academy	medical	68.6	50.3	203	0	5	32	0
North Ossetian State Medical Academy, Vladikavkaz	medical	68.6	45.0	135	0	17	168	0
Far Eastern State Medical University, Khabarovsk	medical	66.2	43.7	123	0	11	227	0
Chita State Medical Academy	medical	65.3	41.7	119	0	13	151	0
Pacific State Medical University, Vladivostok	medical	64.1	37.7	286	0	13	209	0
Amur State Medical Academy, Blagoveshchensk	medical	62.1	42.7	156	0	9	101	0

And today we will talk about doctors.

A doctor is one of the most noble professions. Despite the low wages, in Russia it is considered the most prestigious.

Save human lives, receiving gratitude from rescued patients and their relatives, seeing joyful smiles all around - what could be better?

But there is also the other side of the coin: constant stress, very frequent overtime, the need to constantly be ready to provide help, the ability not to let other people’s pain pass through your heart, a firm hand and iron self-control.

However, if you are reading this article, it means you have already decided who you want to become in this life. Our task is to help you and tell you everything about how to enter a medical school/university (on a budget or a paid department), what subjects you need to take, what documents you will need.

Here you will find out whether it is difficult to enter a medical school and which educational institution to choose.

What exams will you have to take?

If you feel that this is your calling, be prepared to overcome difficult obstacles, the most important of which are exams.

The first thing you need to get into medical school is excellent knowledge of chemistry and biology. For those entering medical universities, these are specialized disciplines, and preparation for passing them should begin long before the exam.

Ideally, you need to decide on a profession in the 9th-10th grade so that you can begin to study subjects intensively. In this case, the student will have some time left to catch up and understand what is not clear.

If you have decided which medical school to enroll in, we recommend visiting it in advance and communicating with local students. This way you can look at everything from the inside educational process, familiarize yourself with the list of exams required for admission and become more familiar with them.

So, for admission, an applicant will need to pass the Unified State Exam in the following subjects:

• Russian language,
• biology,
• chemistry.

How to prepare for exams

Most medical universities offer two-year preparatory courses. During classes, university teachers coach students to pass exams.

What are the benefits of such courses?

1. The student is completely immersed in the university environment.
2. Meets future teachers.
3. Can understand in advance whether the chosen focus is suitable.

But usually such courses are expensive.

However, there are also express courses that last a couple of months. They will not so much explain as test knowledge.

If you cannot afford to spend large sums on tutors or such courses, find out if the university of your choice offers the opportunity to attend preparatory classes remotely.

Upon delivery unified exam in Russian, chemistry and biology, not only how well the applicant is prepared in these disciplines plays a role, but also the number of points scored during the Unified State Exam. Often the minimum bar in medical universities is 50 points in specialized disciplines.

The number of points will play an important role in deciding which form of education to send the student to - paid or budget. Depending on the state order, each state university is very limited in budget funding, which is why there is such a big competition for places.

Tuition fees at the selected university can be viewed on the educational institution’s website

What documents are needed for admission?

Before entering medical school, you need to collect a list of documents, provided for by law. The list is the same at all universities:

• application of the applicant;
• A completed application form;
• certificate of completion of secondary education;
• Unified State Exam results;
• original passport and copies;
• 2 photographs 3*4, signed in pencil on the reverse side;
• medical certificate in form 086-u;
• if there are benefits, documents confirming the right to receive them.

Submission of documents can be done either in person or by mail. In some educational institutions Electronic registration of students who are going to send documents by mail is in effect.

Which medical universities should I apply to?

If you have decided on a profession, but cannot choose a university, pay attention to the criteria for choosing a university:

1. Territoriality. Usually, the location of the applicants plays a huge role in whether it is worth enrolling in a medical school in Moscow or in St. Petersburg Medical University. There are about 40 medical universities in the Russian Federation, located in different regions of the country. This allows students to stay as close to home as possible rather than traveling thousands of miles away.
2. Prestige of the university. Applicants especially like the Moscow “tower” and the St. Petersburg Medical University. Universities in Smolensk, Ivanovo, and Kursk are also valued. Although the quality of education is the same everywhere, in these places, due to promotion, the competition will be much higher than in Khabarovsk, Tomsk, Irkutsk.
3. Developed infrastructure. It is worth finding out in advance how the buildings at the chosen university are located, whether there are dormitories, living conditions and the opportunity to get into them, what kind of leisure activities are organized for students and everything related to programs for the harmonious development of personality.
4. Additional Information. Undergraduate students recommend that applicants find out in advance about the teaching staff, whether there are laboratories, hospitals and clinics with which the university cooperates, libraries, and its own Internet resource. Even the presence of a morgue is an important indicator, because it is the main supplier of anatomical materials, without which full-fledged training of students is impossible.

Top medical universities in Russia

More than 40 universities across the country provide the opportunity to enroll in a medical school not only in Moscow, but also in the regions.

• First Moscow State Medical University named after. THEM. Sechenov;
• Russian National IMU named after. Pirogov;
• State Medical and Dental University.

Here are the medical universities that are considered the most prestigious in St. Petersburg:

• State Medical University named after I.P. Pavlova;
• State medical Academy named after I.I. Mechnikov.

Among the leaders are also universities in Kursk, Yaroslavl, Ufa, and Ivanovo.

Is it difficult to get into medical school to become a doctor?

If by the time of admission you have not yet begun to understand chemistry and biology, you should not even try. Better to put it off until next year, and devote this time to studying the most important disciplines for medicine.

To become a doctor, you need to have the skills to memorize a large amount of information. If you have a bad memory, you need to train it in advance, otherwise you simply will not be able to cope with the flow of information that will be dumped at the university.

High scores on the Unified State Exam do not guarantee admission. For training on a budget, in addition to the results of a single exam, diplomas and prizes for participation in olympiads, competitions, and conferences are taken into account.

Universities are also impressed by students with an active lifestyle, achievements in sports or social activities.

If the student and his family have a difficult financial situation, proof must be provided. The university leadership can accommodate this.

Is it possible to enter medical school without good preparation? Hardly. Will it be possible to pass the competition without the Unified State Exam? No. So study, work on yourself and overcome any difficulties.

If active preparation is hampered by eternal school assignments(essays, tests, reports), you can always rely on the help of the student service. At least with them you will have a chance to approach the application without nervous exhaustion.

Despite the deplorable situation of the budgetary part of healthcare in Russia, higher medical education (especially obtained at Moscow universities) enjoys stable popularity. , offering applicants training in various specialties of higher medical education, contains six state universities.

Unattainable:

If you look at the average passing score of the Unified State Exam in 2011, you can understand that the most prestigious and practically inaccessible for most applicants (and Russia as a whole) is the Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry. In order to become a student at the best dental university in Russia, applicants had to show an average of 84.3 points on the Unified State Exam. It is especially interesting that “Stomat” for the first time managed to overtake the oldest medical one - the First State Moscow Medical University named after. THEM. Sechenov.

Perhaps this situation has developed due to the relatively small number of budget places distributed on a competitive basis - 284 in Stomat versus 990 in First Honey. But it is worth noting that both the competition and the passing score for the main specialties at First Med were still higher (see tables).

At the Moscow State Medical and Dental University you can enroll in three “medical” faculties: dentistry, general medicine and the faculty of clinical psychology. The situation for these faculties was as follows:

Faculty	Budget training			Paid training
	Number of seats	Contest	Unified State Exam	Number of seats	Contest	Unified State Exam
Dental (day department)	250	15,0	240	125	10,2	214	145 000
Dental (evening department)	100	11,0	198	30	12,3	153	145 000
Medical (day department)	230	20,0	225	80	19,4	225	87 000
Medical (evening department)	180	8,3	172	30	15,5	179	79 000
Clinical Psychology	25	50,4	169	15	25,8	217	75 000

At first glance, the competition for contract training at this time may seem surprisingly high. But the fact is that almost all the places in this area were occupied by “targeted people.”

Oldest:

The name of this university speaks for itself: the first - and therefore the oldest, best and most famous. It is this Moscow university that is the cherished goal of most applicants from all over Russia who dream of receiving a high-quality medical education. Finding itself in second place among Moscow medical institutes in 2011, First Med imposed, as usual, strict requirements on its applicants: 83.3 points on the Unified State Examination. At this Moscow university you can obtain higher medical education in six specialties: general medicine, dentistry, pediatrics, preventive medicine, clinical psychology and pharmacy.

Competition and passing scores for the First State Moscow Medical University named after. THEM. Sechenov in 2011.

Speciality	Budget training			Paid training
	Number of seats	Competition person/place	Unified State Exam	Number of seats	Competition person/place	Tuition fee RUR/year
"General Medicine" (day department)	349	15,60	255	535	4,43	91 000
“General Medicine” (evening department)	80	10,86	181	30	11,23	91 000
"Dentistry" (day department)	68	37,25	242	115	9,06	127 000
"Dentistry" (evening department)	30	12,33	145	20	7,75	127 000
"Pediatrics"	13	173,08	248	15	49,73	75 000
"Clinical psychology"	10	56,90	202	15	15,80	60 000
"Medical and preventive work"	88	17,51	186	15	27,27	65 000
"Pharmacy" (day department)	168	12,68	195	35	16,89	75 000
"Pharmacy" (evening department)	25	10,92	115	10	10,30	70 000
"Pharmacy" ( extramural)	75	2,21	152	25	3,60	71 000

Risen from the ashes:

The competition for the Faculty of Fundamental Medicine was quite high - 10.16 people per place. The faculty was recreated in 1992, thereby replacing the “First Honey” that separated many years ago. At the Faculty of Fundamental Medicine of Moscow State University, training is carried out in two directions: “general medicine” (35 budget places) and “pharmacy” (15 budget places). At the same time, becoming a doctor at Moscow State University is much more difficult than becoming a pharmacist. To enter “general medicine”, applicants needed to score at least 372 points out of 400 possible, while for pharmacy – “only” 336. Note that when entering the Faculty of Fundamental Medicine of Moscow State University, the Unified State Examination in Russian language, biology and chemistry is taken into account, but applicants must take one entrance examination in chemistry (written). Those who passed the exam with a positive mark, but did not pass the competition, are given the opportunity to obtain a higher medical education at Moscow State University for a record amount of 271,000 rubles per year.

Giving opportunities:

“Second honey”, as people call it RNIMU named after. N.I. Pirogov, in terms of popularity was far from second, but almost last. The average score for admission to the Unified State Exam is 74.8. It is interesting that the Russian National Research Medical University named after. N.I. Pirogov gives an opportunity to applicants who are not confident in their abilities to enter the budget and at the same time cannot pay for their education. The fact is that in 1998, the Moscow Government began to finance training in the specialties “general practitioner” (100 places in the full-time department and 50 in the evening) and “pediatrician” (100 places in the full-time department and 50 in the evening). A special feature of this faculty is that after graduation, the graduate must work for 3 years in Moscow municipal clinics. Accordingly, the competition for the Moscow Faculty is much lower than average.

Faculties, number of budget places and cost of training at RNRMU named after. N.I. Pirogov.

Deceptive:

The situation with admission to a medical faculty that is not very prestigious looks quite deceptive. Russian University Friendship between nations. Training here is carried out in three areas: “medicine”, “dentistry” and “pharmacy”. At the same time, the passing grade for budget places at RUDN University turned out to be higher than in many “iconic” places medical institutes Moscow:

It is worth noting the incredibly low competition for a contract basis at the Faculty of Medicine of RUDN University. However, this can be associated with the incredibly inflated cost of training. On the other hand, only RUDN gives a real chance to get a higher medical education in Moscow if the Unified State Exam results are not at all encouraging.

If we talk about the popularity of specialties, the TOP-3 consistently includes: “general medicine”, “dentistry” and “pediatrics”. To obtain a medical education in Moscow in these areas, the applicant will have to show truly outstanding results. On the back of the list: “Pharmacy”, “Clinical Psychology” and “Preventive Medicine”. However, it is impossible to single out one “best” or “worst” specialty. It seems quite logical that “First Med” has the highest competition in the field of general medicine, and in “Dentistry” there is the highest competition for the Faculty of Dentistry. So, it is not enough for an applicant to choose the right specialty; it is also necessary to evaluate their possibilities of entering a specific one.

Veronica Gebrial

Candidate of Sociological Sciences