Luhansk State Medical University

Luhansk State Medical University (Ukrainian: Луганський державний медичний університет) is a higher education institution located in Luhansk, a city in the Russian-occupied Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine. It was established in 1956.

In 1979, the institute began offering postgraduate training, and from 1983 it began training foreign students in paediatrics, recruiting students from countries in Africa (Ghana, Nigeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco) and Asia (India, Iran, Iraq Malaysia, Singapore). In 1998, the university also opened schools of pharmacy and dentistry. The university has three academic buildings with scientific laboratories, a pharmacy, a dental clinic, a library and a fitness centre, and it has operated a number of clinics in Luhansk's various medical institutions.

There are 22 clinical and 18 theoretical professorships, and over 400 instructors, including 76 doctors of science; over 87 percent of its instructors hold higher scientific degrees. Most programs are taught in either English or Russian as the medium of instruction. The university's research focus is on the medical aspects of ecological problems in the heavily industrialized Donbas region and on the development and application of medical life support for casualties in man-made disasters. The university publishes several scientific journals and anthologies. By 2012, the university had more than 3,000 students from over 60 countries. Graduates are eligible for the United States ECFMG certification and are also eligible for certification in Canada and many other countries after passing a medical licensing examination in one of these countries.

Due to the war in Donbas, the university's faculty and students evacuated the area in September 2014, and classes resumed in Rubizhne, another city in Luhansk Oblast.