Bukovinian State Medical University

ABOUT UNIVERSITY
Higher State Educational Establishment of Ukraine “Bukovinian State Medical University” is one of the leading educational establishments of Ukraine. History of the Bukovinian State Medical University is an integral part of the intellectual, cultural and spiritual history of Bukovyna. The prehistory of the Bukovinian State Medical University’s establishment is connected with the reorganization of the Second Kyiv State Medical Institute, founded on March 1, 1931, which in 1941 was evacuated to the city of Chelyabinsk.

Over the years of Bukovinian State Medical University existence (1944-2019) the University has trained more than 30 000 specialists including the following specialties:

General Medicine;
Dentistry, Pharmacy;
Nursing, Pediatrics;
Medical Psycholog;
Clinical Pharmacy.

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

International cooperation of is an integral part of Bukovinian State Medical University activity as an international university, as well as an important instrument in ensuring the quality of education and Bukovinian Medical University compliance with world standards. International activities are aimed at enhancing the Bukovinian State Medical University’s image abroad and Bukovinian State Medical University further integration into the world of educational space and the scientific community.

Today the Bukovinian State Medical University maintains friendly relationships with 63 foreign universities and research institutes.

The agreements with Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse (France), University of Vilnius (Lithuania), University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), etc. were signed over the past three years.

In 2017, Bukovinan State Medical University became the first medical university in Ukraine to become an individual full member of the European Association of Universities (EUA), which brings together more than 850 educational institutions from 47 European countries. The Bukovinian State Medical University joined the implementation of co-projects and research in the higher educational system and participates in the annual conferences of the Association, its workshops and seminars.

FACULTIES

Bukovinan State Medical University is working hard concerning admission of foreign citizens to study. About 1,800 foreign citizens from 22 countries get higher education at our educational establishment. The Bukovinian State Medical University provides accommodation for students in 8 hostels. The future activities will continue to be successfully aimed at developing, expanding and strengthening the international relations and authority of the Bukovinian State Medical University.

Bukovinan State Medical University includes:
6 faculties (four medical, dentistry, pharmacological);
educational-scientific institute of post-graduate education;
49 departments;
center of simulation medicine and innovation technologies;
educational-producing chemist;
college

Directions of training and specialties of Bukovinian State Medical University

The Bukovinian State Medical Universit provides a continuity of higher medical education:
Junior Bachelor → Bachelor → Master → Post Graduate Education → Doctor (PhD).

The Bukovinian State Medical University trains applicants for higher education on the following specialties:

Medicine (Doctor of Philosophy, Master);
General Medicine (Specialist);
Pediatrics (Doctor of Philosophy, Specialist)
Dentistry (Doctor of Philosophy, Master, Specialist, Junior Bachelor);
Medical Psychology (Master);
Medical and Psychological Rehabilitation (Master);
Pharmacy, Industrial Pharmacy (Master, Specialist, Junior specialist);
Nursing (Doctor of Philosophy, Master, Bachelor, Junior Specialist);
Technology of Medical Diagnostics and Treatment (Bachelor);
Biology (doctor of philosophy).

Below is more information about each faculty of Bukovinian State Medical University:
MEDICINE
Academic right of graduates

For further professional training a specialist of Bukovinian State Medical University should apply for post-graduate programs (Internship, Residency), that implement training according to the curricula for doctors in a specific field; or he/she can apply for the program to obtain PhD (Doctor of Philosophy).

In future specialists of our Bukovinian State Medical University can apply for retraining courses and acquire another medical specialty and perform appropriate work in this field.

On completion of studies according to the Master’s curriculum on specialty “Medicine” a specialist of Bukovinian State Medical University is able to perform the following professional work:
DENTISTRY
Academic right of graduates

On completion of studies according to the educational-professional program on specialty “Dentistry” of Bukovinian State Medical University a specialist is able to perform professional work and can apply for post-graduate curriculum (internship, residency) to be trained according to educational curricula of training a physician-stomatologist.

On completion of Internship, Residency on specialty “Stomatology” a specialist has the right:

to be specialized and perform appropriate work of a stomatologist in certain field registered in the current National Classification of Ukraine “Profession Classification”, to work on an appropriate position;
acquire another specialty enabling to work on an appropriate position and perform appropriate work.

A graduate can apply for the program to obtain PhD (Doctor of Philosophy).
PHARMACY, INDUSTRIAL PHARMACY

Academic right of graduates – on completion of educational and professional program in the specialty “Pharmacy, Industrial Pharmacy”, a specialist of Bukovinian State Medical University must enter a program of postgraduate education, which is carried out in accordance with current normative and legal requirements, depending on the sphere of activity.

On completion of educational professional program in the specialty “Pharmacy, Industrial Pharmacy”, a specialist may also apply for a third (educational and scientific) level – a degree of a doctor of philosophy in accordance with current legislation.

PRACTICAL TRAINING

Bukovel has a huge number of outstanding hospitals equipped with brand new and modern tools for effective diagnosis, treatment and maintenance of patients’ health. Our students have the opportunity not only to receive theoretical knowledges at our university but they can also practice in city hospitals, such as:

Medical clinic
Medical Wellness center
City Central Hospital
Yasinsʹka Misʹka Likarnya
Bukovel Medical Center «Aibolit»
Bukovel City Clinical Hospital №1
American Medical Center
Military hospital
Clinical Hospital
Clinic of health
Surgery Center of Bukovel Clinical Hospital
Center for Sports Traumatology
Bukovel City Clinical Hospital No. 6
Bukovel City Narcological Hospital; drug treatment department No. 5
Railway Maternity Hospital
Maternity Hospital 3
Adult Hospital of Health

ACCOMODATION

Higher State Educational Establishment of Ukraine “Bukovinian State Medical University” provides accommodation for students in the hostels. In total BSMU has 7 hostels. University’s hostels are a corridor type and block type buildings with rooms designed to be shared by 3-4 students. Foreign students live in the hostels No 4, 5, 6 and 7. Moreover, the Administration of BSMU has signed an agreement of cooperation and mutual help with the Hotel «Cheremosh» which is aimed at arranging living of foreign students in the Hotel.

The University’s hostels provide adequate living conditions, proper conditions for self-studying and organization of leisure activities to all students living there. All rooms are furnished and equipped with other necessary stuff (bed linen, blankets, pillows etc.).

All hostels have rooms for self-studying furnished with desks and chairs. In addition hostels include quarters of residential use, such as laundry, canteen, gym, billiard room and library. For example, at the Hostel No 5 a lending library is opened, and there is a reading hall, containing 6 480 manuals of the scientific and methodical literature in English. It should be also noted that in the canteen of the Hostel No 5 the dishes are cooked according to the food preferences of foreign students. Moreover, the canteen is used for celebrating different religious and national holidays of the countries which the students come from.

There are isolation wards in the hostels that are used to provide rooms for sick students and therefore prevent spreading of the infectious diseases. Cultural events are not organized in the hostels. Such events are planned by the Students Council of BSMU together with mentors and deans, and are held in the Palace «Academichnyi» or disco clubs (provided the agreement is signed).

ABOUT THE CITY

Bukovel is the largest ski resort in Eastern Europe situated in Ukraine, in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. A part of it is in state property. The resort is located almost on the ridge-lines of the Carpathian Mountains at elevation of 900 m (3,000 ft) above the sea level near the village of Polianytsia (Yaremche municipality) (about a half mile away). It is one of the most popular ski resorts in the Ukrainian Carpathian Mountains and is situated 30 km (19 mi) southwest of the city of Yaremche. In 2012, Bukovel was named the fastest-growing ski resort in the world.
SKI RESORT

Ski runs
Bukovel currently boasts 16 ski lifts with roughly 50 km (31 mi) of pistes. There are 61 pistes sections of which 12 are Blue (beginners), 41 Red (intermediates) and 8 are Black (experts). The longest piste is 5K at 2,625 m (8,612 ft).

Entertainment of Bukovel city:

Buka Entertainment Centre
A lake with an eco-friendly heating and a beach
Rope alpine-park
A skating field
Bicycle park
Dog sleds riding
Horse riding
Paintball/Airsoft
Extreme Sports Park
Walking tourist routes and tours
Rafting
Snowbiking
Kinder Club for children
Leopark Children’s Entertainment Centre