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I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (officially First Moscow State Medical University, informally Sechenov University),[1] founded in 1758,[2] was formerly the Medical School of Moscow State University.[2] It is the Russian National Medical Center directly under the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation and the first medical school in Russia (the earliest birthplace of modern medicine in Russia)[1][2][3][4].The university's medical ranking has long been ranked first in Russia and Eastern Europe.[5]
The university now has 20 affiliated hospitals, 10 Russian National Medical Research Centers, 32 laboratories and institutes, the Russian National Medical Library, 2,079 professors, 78 members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and 10 members of the American Academy of Sciences.The entrance exam of the First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University) is extremely strict, with an admission rate of only 2.7%[11] and a graduation rate of only 57.1%.[11][12] Its academic qualifications are recognized by developed regions such as the United States and Europe.[13]
In 2020,First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University) successfully completes trials of world's first COVID-19 vaccine.[14]
In 1758, Queen Elizabeth of Russia officially ordered the establishment of the Medical College of Moscow University, which was the first medical college in Russia and is also considered the beginning of the First Moscow State Medical University of Sechenov.
On August 13, 1758, Johann Christian Kerstens, a professor of medicine from Germany, officially gave lectures.[2]
In 1791, Moscow University obtained the right to confer doctoral degrees in medicine, becoming the first university in Russia to obtain the right to confer doctoral degrees in medicine.[2]
In 1897, at the 12th International Physician Conference held in Moscow, participants from various countries highly praised the medical level of the Medical College of Moscow State University, and the world-renowned German pathologist R. Virchow also said: "Learn from the Russians!"
In 1917, after the October Revolution, the Moscow Imperial University was officially renamed the current Moscow State University, and the Medical College under the university was also renamed the Medical College of Moscow State University.
In 1930, the Soviet Union reformed higher education, and the Medical School of Moscow State University was completely independent and became a research-oriented medical university -First Moscow State Medical School.[2]
In 1953, Academician Herzen founded the largest clinical surgical hospital in the history of Russian surgery - the surgical hospital directly under the First Moscow State Medical School.
In 1955, the independent First Moscow State Medical School was officially named Sechenov in memory of Academician Ivan Mikhailovich Sechenov, the "Father of Russian Physiology".
With the direct participation of professors of First Moscow State Medical School, the Soviet Academy of Medical Sciences (now the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences) was established in December 1944. The first president was N.N. Burdenko (Head of the Department of Surgery of First Moscow State Medical School), and other professors of First Moscow State Medical School served as vice presidents and other positions.[2]
During the Soviet period, First Moscow State Medical School was already the oldest and largest medical center in Russia.
In 2010, the school was officially renamed I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University.[2]
Clinical Center and Research Center
Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (formerly Moscow State University Medical School)
The Clinical Center of I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University was founded in 1897. It is the highest national medical center in Russia and one of the largest clinical centers in Europe. Its multidisciplinary medical level ranks first in Russia and Eastern Europe and among the best in the world. The Clinical Center of I.M. Sechenov University includes 20 large affiliated hospitals, 10 university specialty clinics, and 197 medical practice bases.[15]
As of 2024, the Clinical Center of Sechenov University has a total of 8,180 employees, most of whom have a doctorate in medicine. It has more than 500,000 inpatients and outpatients each year, and provides medical services in more than 40 specialties. More than 50% of surgical operations are high-tech, including the extensive use of Da Vinci surgical robot technology. It has clinical teaching experience, providing clinical internship opportunities for medical students of the school and cultivating high-level clinical medical talents.[15]
As of 2023, the school has a total of more than 2,000 medical experts, 543 professors, many Nobel Prize winners, 10 members of the American Academy of Sciences, 47 members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, more than 70 honorary scientists of the Russian Federation, and more than 100 winners of the Russian National Award, Presidential Award and Government Award.
The main goal of Sechenov University's digital transformation policy by 2030 is the comprehensive transformation of education, research and clinical processes, and the transformation to a world-class research-based medical university model.[15]
I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (formerly Moscow State University Medical School) is a world-class research university with comprehensive strength ranking among the top 3% in the world. It has world-class medical talent resources, strong scientific research and teaching capabilities, and has carried out all-round and multi-faceted international cooperation with many famous medical universities and medical research companies in the world, including more than 150 leading foreign universities and research centers in 48 countries [60], such as the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom, China, Japan, Norway, South Korea, etc.[15]
The international scientific research volume of the Research Center of I.M. Sechenov University is in the leading position among medical universities in the world. As of February 2024, the Research Center of I.M. Sechenov University has published 26,233 scientific papers and received 205,818 citations. The research covers a range of fields, including medicine, biology, chemistry, pathology, genetics, biochemistry, psychology, surgery, computer science and engineering.[15]
I.M. Sechenov University Clinical Hospital No. 1[15]
I.M. Sechenov University Clinical Hospital No. 2
I.M. Sechenov University Clinical Hospital No. 3
I.M. Sechenov University Clinical Hospital No. 4
Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (formerly Moscow State University Medical School)
I.M. Sechenov University Clinical Hospital No. 5
I.M. Sechenov University Women and Children's Hospital (Mother and Child Center)
I.M. Sechenov University Stomatological Hospital (Dental Center)
I.M. Sechenov University Cardiovascular Hospital (Cardiovascular Center)[15]
Russian National Medical Research Center for Anesthesia and Resuscitation
Russian National Medical Research Center for Oncology and Cancer
Russian National Medical Research Center for Stomatology [15]
Russian National Medical Research Center for Traumatology, Reconstruction and Orthopedics
Russian National Medical Research Center for Microsurgery and Ophthalmology
Russian National Medical Research Center for Neurosurgery Russian National Medical Research Center for Children
Russian National Medical Research Center for Pulmonary Diseases
Russian National Medical Research Center for Urology
Coin of the Bank of Russia (silver, 3 rubles, reverse), series "Science", 250th anniversary of the Moscow Sechenov Medical Academy. Monument to Ivan Sechenov on Bolshaya Pirogovskaya Street in Moscow
Faculties
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Pharmacy
Faculty of Pediatrics
Faculty of Preventive Medicine
Faculty of Dentistry
Faculty of Postgraduate Professional Training of Physicians
Preparatory Department for International Applicants
Grigori Gorin (Grigori Israilevich Ofshtein) - playwright and writer
Sergei Korsakoff[16] — neuropsychiatrist; europsychiatrist of the 19th century, known for his studies on the effects of alcoholism on the nervous system (Korsakoff syndrome) and introduction of the concept of paranoia
Nikolay Pirogov[16] — scientist, medical doctor, inventor, pedagogue and member of the Russian Academy of Sciences; considered to be the founder of field surgery and was one of the first surgeons in Europe to use ether as an anaesthetic
Rafiq Tağı — Azerbaijani short-story writer and journalist, graduated in cardiology
Amiran Revishvili — Georgian cardiac surgeon and electrophysiologist, president of Pan-Russian Scientific Society of Clinical Electrophysiology, Arrhythmology and Cardiac Pacing
Boris Yegorov — physician-astronaut who became the first physician to make a space flight
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