ABOUT MARI STATE UNIVERSITY
Mari State Medical University was established in the year 1972 as a non-profit public higher education institution in Russia. The university is located in the city of Yoshkar Ola, the capital of Mari El Republic. Mari State University is ranked among the top medical universities of Russia. The university is an active member of the Russian Association of Classical Universities as well as a member of the Volga Region's Association of classical universities. Mari State University is the founder of the Association of Finno-Ugric Universities.
Mari State Medical University is considered to be the centre of education and scientific research and is listed in the directories of the world’s major organizations like Medical Council of India, World Health Organization, European Medical Council, UNESCO and the Medical Councils of many other countries.
The quality of education in Mari State University is comparable to the European standards. MSMU follows the international curriculum. The classrooms and laboratories in MSMU are well equipped with all the modern infrastructure and technology.
The University is founded in 1 September 1972. It has at the moment 4 Schools: Physics and Mathematics, History and Philology, Agriculture and Biology, and Chemistry (former Natural Science School of Nadejda Krupskaya Teachers Training Institute)
A WORD ABOUT US
Students
Faculty
Scientific Research
The students studying MBBS in Mari State Medical University are required to participate in research programs. The students are also encouraged to take part in student exchange programs, international conferences and seminars.
EXPLORELibrary
Scientific Library of Mari State University was established in October 1972. To the 35th Anniversary of the University the Library became one of the leading libraries of Republic Mari El. Regina A. Panova had been the first head of the library till 2005.
Nowadays the Library Department is headed by Vladimir V. Izykin. The staff of the Library on 1 February 2008 consisted of 114 people.
The Library consists of 12 departments, 7 reading halls, 7 subscriptions. The library fund numbers over 1,000,0000 items.
Departments:
- 1. Document Integration Department
- 2. Department of Scientific Information Processing
- 3. Electronic Resources Department
- 4. Readers Service Department
- 5. Foreign Literature Department
- 6. Scientific Documentation Department
- 7. Basic Book Depositary Department
- 8. Scientific Bibliographical Department
- 9. Law Faculty Department
- 10. Department of Humanitarian Education Popularization
- 11. Department of National and Regional Studies Literature
- 12. Methodological Department
Student Life
The students pursuing their MBBS and other medical degrees are provided with the best available facilities. The university offers a very healthy and multi-cultural environment to the students. Many cultural festivals are conducted in MSMU in which the students from different countries participate actively.
EXPLOREStudent Life
During the academic year our students take active part in different types of events, creative competitions and projects, such as: the first-year students' festival of creativity "Voice of Youth", in which each faculty or institute presents a program which includes different genres of art: choreography, vocal and instrumental compositions, theatrical performance; KVN ("Club of the Funny and Inventive"), student theatre of variety miniatures, journalism, original genre; festival of KVN teams; "New Year's marathon": artistic creativity, costume show, New Year's kaleidoscope of talents, dancing-parties, celebratory outings in boarding schools of the Mari El Republic; and finally, "Student's spring", "Republican student's spring", "The All-Russian student's spring" which are three stages of creative competition, among others.
Our students are actively engaged in social and project activity: writing grants, doing projects in different areas, such as: business, innovative and scientific activity, art square, patriotic education, volunteering, student government, youth initiatives, and media technologies.
Sports
The university conducts a sports day every year. The medical students take part in different sports activities. Mari State Medical University has a special sports facility for the students in the campus that include a mini- football field, a track and field complex, two sandy courts for beach volleyball, an asphalt court for team sports, Gym, indoor courts for basketball and volleyball and fitness rooms.
EXPLORESports
The University has the following material and technical resources for physical activity:
1. Mini-football field
2. Track and field complex
3. Two sandy courts for beach volleyball
4. Gyms in academic building "B" include indoor courts for playing basketball and volleyball, fitness rooms,
Today University offers the following sports classes:
1. Bullet shooting
2. Volleyball
3. Badminton
4. Football
5. Aerobics
6. Athletics
7. Basketball
Faculty
The University consists of 6 faculties and 5 institutes that train well-educated specialists for most sectors of the Russian national economy.
EXPLOREFaculty
The University consists of 6 faculties and 5 institutes that train well-educated specialists for most sectors of the Russian national economy. The University is one of the five founder members of the International Association of Finno-Ugric universities, one of the forty-one members of Russia’s Association of Classical Universities.
