First Moscow State Medical University

First Moscow State Medical University I.M. Sechenov (Sechenov University)
Первый Московский государственный медицинский университет имени И. М. Сеченова (Сеченовский университет)
MottoPrimus inter pares
TypePublic
Established1758 (de facto)
RectorPetr Vitalevich Glybochko
Location
Moscow
,
Russia

55°43′41″N 37°34′30″E / 55.72806°N 37.57500°E / 55.72806; 37.57500
CampusUrban
AffiliationsMinistry of Health of the Russian Federation
Websitesechenov.ru/eng/
Building details
First Moscow State Medical University, 2011

I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (officially First Moscow State Medical University, informally Sechenov University), founded in 1758, was formerly the Medical School of Moscow State University. 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).The university's medical ranking has long been ranked first in Russia and Eastern Europe.

Moscow State Medical University was founded hundreds of years ago and has been called the "First Medical Center" by Russians. It is a leading medical center in Russia and even in the world, most of the Russian medical scientists graduated from the First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University). I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University cooperates with world-class universities such as Johns Hopkins University, Duke University, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Cambridge, Technical University of Munich, Hannover Medical School, Charité – Berlin University Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, University of Gothenburg, Erasmus University, and Peking Union Medical College.

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% and a graduation rate of only 57.1%. Its academic qualifications are recognized by developed regions such as the United States and Europe.

In 2020,First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University) successfully completes trials of world's first COVID-19 vaccine.