Faculty of Overseas Students Training

In 1981 by the Resolution of Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education of USSR Vitebsk State Medical Institute was the first in Belarus to receive the right to train specialists for foreign countries. In 1989 the Preparatory Training Course for Overseas students was established. Since that more than 350 students from Ghana, Egypt, Iran, India, Jordan, Yemen, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Palestine, Pakistan, Syria, Somali, Sri-Lanka, etc. have graduated from the Preparatory Training Course. Starting with the year 1990 pharmaceutics have being trained.

The first graduation at the Faculty of Pharmacy took place in 1995. In the year 2002 the Stomatological Faculty was established. During more than 20 years the Faculty of Overseas Students Training prepared more than 900 physicians and pharmacists from more than 109 countries of the world (Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Kenya, the Cameroon, Morocco, Tanzania, Mali, Sudan, Somali, Ethiopia, Uganda, Nigeria, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Pakistan, Peru, Panama, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Salvador, India, Sri-Lanka, Nepal, France, Sweden, Norway, etc.). They got Diplomas and were awarded the title the Doctor of Medicine and Magister of Pharmacy. More than 200 specialists were given the right to teach Russian language in colleges and Universities of their countries.

Overseas students continue their studies at Clinical Residency or Postgraduate Training Course on a very wide range of specialties (surgery, pediatrics, cardiology, ophthalmology, urology, oncology, traumatology, otolaryngology, clinical diagnostics). More than 20 overseas graduates defended their theses, a lot of them are working on master’s thesis now. The Faculty of Overseas Student Training welcomes all young people from different countries of the world, who are willing to become a physician, pharmacist or dentist-the representatives of one of the noblest professions.

Staff of the Faculty of Overseas Students Training and International Department

Dean of the faculty Docent V.V. Pristupa Vice-dean of educational work (senior courses) F.I. Visotskaya Vice-dean of educational work O.M. Vasiliev Vice-dean of educational work M. Y. Kravchenko Vice-dean of campus welfare A.N. Tolstik Inspectors of the faculty of overseas students training N.N. Yuschenko, T.E. Kletskova, M.I. Bobkova, O.A. Adamenkova Head of international department N.N. Maslak Inspectors of international department E.A. Beliakova, T.A. Vasilchenko, N.S. Koriagina

Our address

Faculty of Overseas Students Training 
Vitebsk State Medical University
Frunze Avenue, 27
210023 Vitebsk, the Republic of Belarus
Tel/fax +375-212-241791, 240611
Tel. +375-212-242240
E mail: interdep.vitmed@gmail.com

ICQ: 550 816 615