Samara State Medical University, Samara, Russia

🏢 Institutional Composition

👨‍🏫 Faculty Strength

🌍 International Profile

🎓 Program Details

🏅 WFME Accreditation

✔ Accredited by the World Federation for Medical Education (WFME)
✔ Validity: 5 years

📌 Importance:
• Ensures compliance with global medical education standards
• Mandatory for international recognition from 2024

🏅 NAAR / IAAR Accreditation

✔ Accredited by Independent Accreditation and Rating Agency (NAAR/IAAR)
✔ Granted after evaluation conducted in May 2022
✔ Validity: 5 years

📌 Ensures alignment with European educational standards

🎯 Global Benefits for Students

Due to international accreditation, graduates of SamSMU can:

✔ Apply for ECFMG certification
✔ Appear for FMGE (Indian licensure exam)
✔ Appear for USMLE (USA licensing exam)
✔ Pursue medical careers in USA and Canada
✔ Obtain qualifications recognized across Europe
✔ Continue higher education globally

🧠 Institutional Vision

According to the Rector, WFME accreditation improves:

✔ International standing of the university
✔ Opportunities for students
✔ Global academic integration

✔ Supports expansion of international collaboration
✔ Growth of academic mobility
✔ Development of global education standards

📚 Exam Subjects & Format

✔ Subjects tested: Biology → Chemistry
✔ Set in order of priority (Biology → Chemistry)
✔ Same subjects apply for both entrance exam and interview

Exam Components:
• 🧪 Oral (Online) Examination - Conducted online; covers Biology & Chemistry
• 🎤 Interview - Conducted along with entrance exam; covers Biology & Chemistry

📌 Both components together form the complete evaluation process

🌐 Mode & Platform

✔ Exams are conducted online
✔ Platforms may include:
   • Google Meet • Zoom
   • MS Teams • Pruffme
   • Other online platforms

📌 Exact platform communicated via applicant's personal email

✔ Exams begin from: May
✔ Each applicant personally informed about date & time via email

⏱️ Attendance & Absence Rules

✔ If candidate does not access exam page or does not start exam within 2 hours of scheduled time → Candidate is considered ABSENT

✔ If marked absent → Excluded from admission process

✔ Exception allowed only if: Candidate informs admission committee at least 12 hours in advance with valid reason

🎥 Technical Requirements

✔ Mandatory requirements:
• Camera must be available and used
• Stable internet connection

✔ During exam: Candidate must stay in an empty room
✔ Examination committee may ask to show surroundings

📌 Ensures fairness and prevents external assistance

✔ Applicants must check personal email at least once every 24 hours ❗ All exam-related updates are sent via email

🎯 Eligibility & Education

✔ Applicants must have completed:
• Secondary general education
OR Secondary vocational education
OR Higher education

📌 Must possess a valid educational document (certificate, diploma, etc.)

🌍 Recognition of Foreign Education
✔ Documents obtained outside Russia must be recognized in the Russian Federation
📌 If not recognized → applicant may require nostrification

🌍 Admission Category

✔ Indian students classified as: Foreign nationals
✔ This category includes: Foreign citizens • Stateless persons

📌 Foreign nationals have the right to pursue higher education in Russia:
• At the expense of government funding (quota-based)
• OR at the expense of individuals/legal entities (paid education contracts)

✔ Most relevant mode for Indian students: Education under contracts (fee-based admission)
✔ Foreign students compete within their own admission pool

📝 Translation & Legalization

✔ All foreign documents must be:
• Translated into Russian
• Notarized

📌 Applies to: Educational documents • Passport / identity documents

✔ If there is a difference in name between documents:
👉 Applicant must provide official proof (e.g., supporting legal document)

⚠️ Final Admission Rule: Admission confirmed ONLY after Rector's order

🔄 Admission Path Options

✔ Foreign nationals may choose to apply based on:
• Entrance examinations for foreign applicants
OR
• General entrance examinations

📌 ✔ Flexibility provided in admission pathway

✔ Foreign nationals do not receive special admission privileges (unlike certain categories of Russian citizens), unless specified by international agreements

📌 ✔ Admission remains merit-based

🏢 Dormitory Infrastructure

🛏️ Room Structure & Facilities

Room Structure:
• 2 - 4 living rooms per block • Common corridor • Toilet • Washroom • Shower

Dormitory Facilities:
✔ Study rooms • Recreation rooms • Internet rooms • Gyms
✔ Rooms for psychological relaxation • Children's rooms
✔ Laundry rooms • Ironing rooms • Canteen • Buffet
✔ Showers • Isolation wards • Sanatorium-type facilities

🎭 Cultural & Student Life

✔ Dormitories have a rich cultural life
✔ Students from different countries actively participate in cultural events
✔ Regular events organized with active student participation

Sports Activities:
• Swimming • Football • Aerobics • Table Tennis
• Bodybuilding • Athletics • Weightlifting

✔ International students have their own football team

🌍 Adaptation Support

✔ Activities organized to help students adapt to life in Russia
✔ Learn Russian language
✔ Understand culture and traditions

✔ Students participate in:
• Student self-government bodies
• Cultural festivals • National events
• Holiday celebrations

📌 ✔ Social and cultural integration support

🎯 Academic Approach

✔ Supervised by the International Institute
✔ Faculty for International Students established in 1992

✔ Focus on:
• Individual work with each student
• Continuous academic monitoring
• Use of experienced teaching staff

📌 Most experienced teachers with extensive teaching experience involved in training international students

🧪 Clinical Training

✔ Students trained at:
• University academic buildings
• University clinics
• More than 30 large medical organizations in Samara and the Samara region

📌 ✔ Strong integration with practical healthcare system

✔ Infrastructure includes: Classrooms • Lecture halls with interactive whiteboards, screens, projectors, computers • Dedicated rooms for developing practical skills

🧠 Advanced Technology

✔ Use of modern simulation tools including:
👉 "Pirogov Table" anatomical simulator (developed at SamSMU)

Features:
• Full-size 3D models of male and female human body
• Anatomically correct structure
• Accurate 3D positioning of internal organs
• Content in Russian, English, and Latin

📌 Enhances understanding of anatomy and effectiveness of learning

🧪 Research & Development

✔ Students can participate in:
• Scientific research projects
• Student scientific circles at departments
• Work with scientists and faculty

✔ Activities include:
• Experimental research • Clinical research
• Participation in scientific conferences

✔ Postgraduate Options: Clinical residency • Advanced professional training programs

🧾 After Arrival in Russia

✔ Within 2 working days of arrival, student must report to International Institute
📍 Location: 89 Chapaevskaya St., Samara
✔ Must submit: Passport with visa • Immigration card

📌 ✔ Mandatory legal requirement

🔄 Re-Entry Rule: After leaving Russia → Migration registration becomes invalid. On return → Student must re-register

🏥 Medical Examination (Legal)

✔ Within 90 days of entry, student must complete:
• Medical examination
• Fingerprinting
• Photographing (as per Federal Law No. 357-FZ)

✔ Cost: 13,700 RUB
✔ Certificate issued after 5 days; Valid for 3 months
✔ Must be repeated once every year

⚠️ Non-compliance may result in: Shortening of stay • Deportation • Mandatory exit

🏠 RPEP (Temporary Residence Permit)

✔ Available from: 1 January 2023
✔ Valid for: Entire study duration + additional 180 days after completion
✔ Submitted to: Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD)

Key Advantages:
• No requirement to prove Russian language / history / law
• No need to extend multiple-entry visa repeatedly
• No temporary residence notifications required

✔ Post-Study: Can apply for residence permit within 3 years after graduation

⚠️ Register of Persons Under Control (2025 Law)

✔ Effective from: 05 February 2025
✔ Maintained by: Ministry of Internal Affairs

Who is Included: Foreign nationals who stay illegally • Violate laws • Have administrative penalties

If Listed, Cannot: Change residence • Travel outside region • Purchase property/vehicles • Get married • Open bank accounts

✔ Data updated every 4 hours
✔ Students must check status once every week
✔ If listed → Inform university immediately