The first meeting of the Foreign Alumni Society was held at Sechenov University

The first meeting of the university's foreign alumni society was held at the I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University on December 10.

"This meeting is an important event for Sechenov University. <...> This year it is exactly 75 years when the first foreign student came to study at Sechenovka," - said the first vice-rector of Sechenov University Andrey Svistunov.

According to him, this meeting is a new stage in the development of international medical education. He pointed out the need to continue the development of education within the walls of the institution, as well as the formation of a new potential of humanitarian cooperation between the countries. Svistunov specified that at the moment more than 6 thousand students from more than 110 countries are studying at Sechenov University.

Saule Ordobayeva, Head of the Department of Pharmaceutical and Toxicological Chemistry of the South Kazakhstan Medical Academy, an alumna of Sechenov University, said that they closely cooperate with the First Moscow State Medical University, including within the framework of the academic mobility program. She specified that educational institutions exchange students for practical training.

Sonia Svidzinskaya, professor of the Department of General Hygiene of the Moscow State Medical University and professor of the German clinic "Charite", said that she came to study at the educational institution in 1975.

"I came here with great expectations. <...> During our studies we received excellent training. We were trained in all the basic disciplines, which came in handy during our professional life," said the professor.

Studying at Sechenov University takes place in 12 specialist and bachelor's degree programs, eight master's degree programs, 46 residency programs and 43 postgraduate programs. Most of the students are from Iran, Azerbaijan and China.

The educational institution is also forming new partnerships with friendly countries. This year it hosted the 14th meeting of BRICS health ministers, one of the results of which was the release of the international scientific journal The BRICS Health Journal.

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Earlier, on November 7, it was reported that in the First Moscow State Medical University I. M. Sechenov opened a campus of the school of digital technologies "School 21". Then it was told that this is the first campus in Russia, where students of the leading medical research university of the country will be taught digital skills. A curriculum adapted for doctors has been developed specifically for this project. Students will be able to learn the basics of web development, APIs, data analysis and neural networks in medicine.