BSMU BUKOVINIAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
Bukovinian State Medical University (BSMU) is a modern multidisciplinary higher education establishment with the ideology of advanced innovative development based on harmonious and partnership relations between employees, students and society. BSMU included into the general register of the WHO, Magna Charta Universitatum (Bologna, Italy), European University Association (EUA), Association of the Carpathian Region Universities.
Over the years of its existence (1944-2025) the University has trained more than 35 000 specialists including the following specialties: Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing, Pediatrics, Medical Psychology, Clinical Pharmacy.
BSMU includes:
- 4 faculties (Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Faculty of Dentistry)
- Educational-scientific institute of post-graduate education;
- 48 departments;
- Center of simulation medicine and innovation technologies;
- Educational Pharmacy,
- College ensuring training of medical and pharmaceutical professional junior bachelors.
The University provides a continuity of higher medical education:
Professional Junior Bachelor → Bachelor → Master → Post Graduate Education → Doctor (PhD).
The University trains applicants for higher education on the following specialties:
- Medicine (Doctor of Philosophy, Master);
- Pediatrics (Doctor of Philosophy)
- Dentistry (Doctor of Philosophy, Master);
- Medical Psychology (Master);
- Therapy and rehabilitation (Bachelor)
- Pharmacy, Industrial Pharmacy (Master, Professional junior bachelor);
- Nursing (Doctor of Philosophy, Master, Bachelor, professional junior bachelor)
Forms of education: Full-time and Part-time (specialty “Pharmacy, Industrial Pharmacy”).
Number of students: The total number of people studying at the University is over 6300, including 3005 students, 698 interns, 2500 doctors and pharmacists. The University presents the largest Indian community.
Teaching is provided by the Ukrainian and English languages (for foreigners).
Material-technical base. The material-technical base of the University is located in 15 buildings, and 33 municipal and regional medical establishments are used for Clinical Departments.
Lecture halls, classrooms, educational-practical pharmacy and laboratories are equipped with modern technical aids to ensure educational process and scientific work, and linked up with Internet.
Innovation pedagogical technologies are successfully applied in educational process:
– Distance learning environment containing electronic educational-methodical materials in all the subjects taught at the University including English version as well;
The electronic learning management system has been taken to improve, in particular, a new resource based on LMS MOODLE v.4.2 “Electronic educational platform of BSMU” has been created.
– “Center of BSMU applicant training” enabling school leavers to prepare for distance external independent testing on the profile subjects free of charge;
– “Electronic register of studies” introduced by BSMU first among other medical universities of Ukraine.
– The portal for distance training for the test components of the Unified State Qualification Exam (including Krok1 and Krok 2) is actively operating.
The University organizes on-line lectures by the leading scientists both from Ukraine and abroad. There are 17 computer classes for self-education and testing students’ knowledge.
The University owns 8 hostels where all the conditions for living and learning of the students are created, as well as 2 cafes and 6 snack bars. The University Library funds number about a million of volumes of educational, scientific, medical literature and fiction.
University teaching staff.
The University teaching staff is unique, as real professionals work and are proficient in pedagogical skills:
102 – Doctors of Science,
377 – Candidates of Science,
88 – Professors,
263 – Associate Professors.
The University staff includes 14 Honoured Doctors of Ukraine; Honoured Science Worker; Honoured Educationalist; 2 Laureates of the State Prize in the field of science and technology.
Practical training. The University students go through their practical training at medical-preventive establishments and pharmacies (practical bases) in Chernivtsi, Khmelnitsky regions, or at their places of residence.
In 2019 the Center of Simulation Medicine and Innovation Technologies was founded at the University, which provides learning and mastering practical skills of students, interns and medical practitioners. The Center is equipped with up-to-date simulation devices: robots-simulators of adults and newborns, obstetrical and gynecological simulators, training devices for mastering skills of auscultation, cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, giving injections, mannequins for taking care of a newborn, etc. Robots-simulators enable to reconstruct maximum real different clinical situations and train doctor’s tactics, consistency of his actions, ensure mastering skills of leadership and team work. Simulation trainings are organized on the basis of the Center for future doctors involving standard patients and actors in order to simulate real situations and creation of a direct contact and communication with “real patients”.
Educational-producing chemist is established for the students of pharmaceutical faculty, where students get the opportunity to acquire knowledge and abilities, train practical skills directly at a working place under conditions close to the real ones.
Post-graduate education is implemented on 26 Departments of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Stomatological Faculties. 40 basic therapeutic and 14 pharmaceutical institutions are used for distance learning in Internship.
Every year primary specialization in Internship is implemented on 23 basic specialties in the field of “Medicine” and 1 basic specialty in the area of “Pharmacy”. Usually more than 700 interns study at the University.
Physicians and pharmacists are trained at advanced courses at BSMU on 30 specialties.
Students’ self-government. The organs of the students’ self-government include the students’ bureau of the course, students’ dean’s offices of every faculty, students’ councils of the hostels, and the University Students’ Council. The decisions of the University Students’ Council are of a consultative character.
The highest body of the Students’ Council at BSMU is the Students’ Conference of the University. 1 delegate out of 12 students is elected to take part at the Conference. The Students’ Conference approves the Status of the students’ self-government; elects the executive body – the Students’ University Council and considers the account on its activities; defines the structure, the powers and procedure for electing Students’ Council of the University, the term of its activity.
Fundamental and clinical scientific studies are conducted at the University, educational and informational technologies are introduced. The Young Scientists’ Council and Students’ Scientific Society play an important role in the organization of scientific work.
Students’ leisure time. The students’ campus consists of 8 comfortable hostels connected to Internet with high conditions of life with reading rooms and sports gymnasia – everything necessary for studying and rest. For the development of creative abilities and rest of the students the Palace “Academichny” is functioning actively. On its basis various clubs and studios are organized: in particular, an art studio, decorative and applied arts and photo studios, the amateur ensemble of folk dance and song “Trembita”, drama and choreographic studios, etc.
Sports clubs in volleyball, basketball, wrestling, table tennis, chess, athletics, mini-football are available for the students. Students get a real pleasure at the University summer sports and fitness camp “Health” located on the bank of the Dniester River.
RECENT NEWS
Graduation Ceremony of International Students – Master’s Degree in Medicine At the Medical and Pharmaceutical Faculty of Bukovinian State Medical University, the final attestation of 6th-year students majoring in Medicine has been successfully completed. All international graduates successfully passed the Integrated Licensing Exam “Krok 2. Medicine”! Throughout their years of study, the students have come a long way — gaining valuable knowledge, acquiring essential practical skills, and successfully passing the state examinations and final assessments. Despite the challenging times in Ukraine, the entire BSMU team has ensured the most favorable conditions for quality education and the successful completion of studies. On June 21, 2025, a solemn graduation ceremony was held in the elegant hall of the “Akademichnyi” Palace of Bukovinian State Medical University to celebrate the graduates of the Medicine program (international students). The diplomas of Master of Medicine were presented by the Rector of the University, Professor Ihor Herush. We sincerely wish our graduates professional success, confidence in their knowledge and abilities, fulfillment of dreams, and realization of their most ambitious goals! We also warmly invite them to continue their medical journey at BSMU during their internship training.
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Dental Faculty Students of BSMU Successfully Completed Summer Clinical Practice On July 25, 2025, students of the 3rd and 4th years of the Dental Faculty at Bukovinian State Medical University successfully defended their reports on summer clinical practice. The event marked the final stage of an important part of professional training aimed at developing the clinical skills of future dentists. During the internship, students trained at both public and private dental institutions, which allowed them to apply their theoretical knowledge in real clinical settings under the supervision of experienced professionals. The practical training covered several key areas, including: initial patient examination and assessment; development of treatment plans; assisting during clinical procedures; adherence to modern standards of sterilization, infection control, and clinical protocols. During the final defense, students presented their reports, shared clinical case studies, described the specifics of their work at various training bases, and demonstrated significant progress in their professional competencies.
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A Modern Laparoscopic System Installed at the Department of Surgery No. 2 of BSMU A new laparoscopic system, purchased with the funds of Bukovinian State Medical University, has been installed at the Department of Surgery No. 2. The equipment will be used for the training of medical interns, specialization in “Surgery,” as well as for organizing workshops and thematic improvement courses. This opens opportunities to involve leading specialists from clinics across Ukraine and to introduce modern treatment methods into the educational process. The new system is already being actively used in surgical practice — successful abdominal surgeries are being performed with the participation of medical interns under the guidance of Professor Ihor Shkvarkovskyi, Head of the Department of Surgery No. 2. The advanced laparoscopic equipment enables interns to acquire hands-on practical skills in conditions closely approximating real clinical settings, while patients receive high-quality medical care. The staff of the department, medical interns, and students express their sincere gratitude to Bukovinian State Medical University for its significant contribution to the development of medical education and the surgical service in the region.
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