Poltava State Medical and Dental University

The university was founded in 1921 by the dental faculty of Kharkiv Medical Academy. In 1967, it moved to the city of Poltava and was renamed the Poltava Ukrainian Medical Stomatological (oral medicine) Academy (PUMSA).In 1992, a Faculty for international students was founded in order to improve the quality of Medical training for foreign citizens. 938 international students from 42 different countries including India, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Morocco, Algeria, Jordan, Pakistan, Libya, Russia, Turkmenistan etc. In 1994, the university received the sixth-highest accreditation level because of its low death rate during surgery and was renamed Poltava State Medical University (PSMU). As of 2004, PSMU had a level-IV accreditation. Poltava State Medical and Dental University is recognized by World Health Organization (WHO), I-MED School, Medical Council of India (MCI), Medical Council of Nepal, PMDC, European Universities Association and lot of other countries. PSMU occupies sixteen buildings, including five academic buildings, four dormitories, apartments, a vivarium, hangars, a library, reading rooms, a sports complex, a dining room, a cafe, and a health and sports camp.PSMU trains specialists in six faculties and a preparatory department. Specialists are trained in toxicology, pediatrics (six years each), oral surgery, pharmacology (five years each), nursing (two to three years) and orthopedic dentistry (two years).Students seeking admission to the first-year medical course should have at least a secondary-school certificate (or twelve years of education) with passing grades in chemistry, physics, biology and English. If English is not the applicant's principal language, he or she must produce an official record of proficiency in English.Students with a school certificate for ten or eleven years of study need to complete the Premedical Program: a one-year preparatory course. Classes in mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and English are the basis of this program, which offers students an opportunity to complete their higher secondary schooling. Upon completion, students receive the academy's higher-school diploma and may enroll as first-year medical students.City enterprises produce over a quarter of the region's industrial output. The areas of specialization of the industrial complex of Poltava are: mechanical engineering and metalworking (plants of turbo-mechanical, gas-discharge lamps, "Electromotor", meat equipment, artificial diamonds and diamond tools, locomotive repair, auto-aggregate, chemical engineering); food industry (meat factory, oil extraction plant, dairy, bakeries, confectionery factory) and light industry (cotton spinning mill "Demitex", sewing, knitting, shoe factories, etc.). Of other areas, an important place is the production of building materials.Poltava is a large scientific and cultural center of eastern Ukraine. The following universities operate here: Poltava National Polytechnic University, Ukrainian Medical Dental Academy, Agrarian Academy, Poltava National Pedagogical University, Cooperative University, Poltava branch of the Ukrainian-Finnish Institute of Management and Business, Higher Military Command School of Communications, etc., 11 secondary specialized educational institutions and more than 30 comprehensive schools and gymnasiums.The city is rich in cultural institutions, historical monuments, which the residents of Poltava sacredly protect; thanks to the efforts of local authorities, they are restoring them for future generations of residents of our city, as well as for numerous guests who visit Poltava and admire the elegance and beauty, the modern European look of the ancient city. Thanks to the efforts of the city authorities and sponsors-sponsors, the city now has in the center, near Korpusny Park, two modern underground passages. Three more - on the main streets of Poltava, which created a number of amenities and safety measures for pedestrians and drivers. Underpasses are real shopping and cultural and entertainment towns with shops, coffee houses, hairdressers, decorated in a modern way, with all city communications - heating, water and sewage.PSMU occupies sixteen buildings, including five academic buildings, four dormitories, apartments, a vivarium, hangars, a library, reading rooms, a sports complex, a dining room, a cafe, and a health and sports camp. PSMU trains specialists in six faculties and a preparatory department. Specialists are trained in toxicology, pediatrics (six years each), oral surgery, pharmacology (five years each), nursing (two to three years) and orthopedic dentistry (two years).Students seeking admission to the first-year medical course should have at least a secondary-school certificate (or twelve years of education) with passing grades in chemistry, physics, biology and English. If English is not the applicant's principal language, he or she must produce an official record of proficiency in English.Students with a school certificate for ten or eleven years of study need to complete the Premedical Program: a one-year preparatory course. Classes in mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology and English are the basis of this program, which offers students an opportunity to complete their higher secondary schooling. Upon completion, students receive the academy's higher-school diploma and may enroll as first-year medical students.

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