Courtesy: Ukrainian hygienic certification services
National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsya is a medical university located in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. It was founded in 1921. Its predecessors were the Vinnytsia Pharmaceutical Institute (1921), the Vinnytsia Branch of the All-Ukrainian Institute of Correspondence Medical Education (1930), the Vinnytsia Evening Industrial Medical Institute (1932), the Vinnytsia Medical Institute (1934).
In 1960 the institute was named after Nikolai Pirogov, in 1984 it was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honour. Since 1994, Vinnytsia Medical Institute has been certified and accredited by IV level of accreditation as a university. In 2002, the university acquired national status Rector of the University – Moroz Vasyl’ Maxymovych, Doctor of Science, Professor, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine, Member of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine and Hero of Ukraine.
Faculties of the University
- Faculty of Postgraduate Education
- Preparatory faculty for foreign nationals
- Faculty of Pharmacy (Pharmacy, Clinical Pharmacy);
- Faculty of Dentistry;
- Faculty of Medicine № 1 (Medical Affairs);
- Faculty of Medicine № 2 (Pediatrics, Medical Psychology);
- Center for New Information Technologies (computer classes, television studio, printing house, computer printing department, own web-server);
- Research Center comprising 7 research laboratories and an experimental clinic (vivarium);
- Library, 6 licensed laboratories. Library Building
Training at faculties
There are 6 faculties: two medical (№ 1 and № 2) – training in the specialties of general medicine, pediatrics, medical psychology; dental – specialty dentistry; pharmaceutical – specialty pharmacy and clinical pharmacy; The Faculty of Postgraduate Education provides various forms of postgraduate training for doctors in 33 specialties. Correspondence training of pharmacists are organized at the Faculty of Pharmacy.
As of September 2016 among the structural units of the university there are 60 departments of clinical and theoretical profile. The university has 1730 employees, of which 1036 are scientific and pedagogical staff, including 119 doctors of sciences, 612 candidates of sciences, 88 professors, 344 associate professors.
In 1960 the name of Nikolay Pirogov was given to the educational institution. In 1984, the institution was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honour. In 1994 the Vinnytsia Medical Institute was certified and accredited according to the IV level of accreditation, granted university status. National University was acquired in 2002. In the same year the University was awarded with certificates of honor by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine .
Since the acquisition of the status of University, the dental and pharmaceutical faculties were equipped with modern teaching staff, 10 new departments were opened at the medical, pharmaceutical, dental and postgraduate faculties.
According to many indicators of activity in the ratings of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, the university has been in the leading position for many years.