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The teaching staff consists of 645 people, including 89 doctors of sciences, 385 candidates of sciences, 69 professors, 248 associate professors, and 172 teachers.

The staff of scientific and pedagogical employees of the research center – 13 people, including doctors of sciences – 1, candidates of sciences – 10, without a scientific degree – 2.

Training of students, postgraduate training of doctors are organized at 54 departments, 44 of them are headed by doctors of sciences, professors. At 48 departments there is a personnel reserve for the position of the head of the department.

The Rector’s Office carries out purposeful work on the preparation of the personnel reserve from among the best graduates who have proven themselves capable of scientific work during their student years and have completed master’s and postgraduate studies. Every year teachers defend 4-6 doctoral and 30-35 candidate dissertations. In 2005, 6 doctoral and 45 candidate dissertations were defended.

The President of Ukraine, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Ministers of education and health, the President of the Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, have twice got acquainted with the experience of the university.

Since 1961, the university has been training foreign nationals. More than 5,000 foreigners from 98 countries have completed various forms of training. As of January 1, 2006, 834 foreign citizens provide various forms of training at the university.