HORBACHEVSKY TERNOPIL STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

ABOUT UNIVERSITY

The institute had 19 departments, and employed 66 instructors, among them Kostiantyn Kovanov, Rostyslav-Yurii Komarovskyi, Anatolii Lokai, Ivan Sytnyk, Mykola Skakun, and Yevhen Honcharuk. The first class consisted of 210 students.
The institute steadily developed programs and facilities, but the biggest change took place after Ukraine has gained its independence in 1991, when the school started moving towards the European system of education. In 1994, the Institute received IV level of institutional accreditation. In 1995 TSMU added the specialty of Nursing, and in 2000 Pharmacy.

As of 2016, the university offers Bachelor’s level programs in Physical rehabilitation and Nursing; Master’s level programs in Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry and Nursing; and Ph.D. level programs in specialties Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry and Biology.
According to the Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 146/2019 from the 17-th of April, 2019, I.Horbachevsky Ternopil State Medical University received the status of a national university.

The document states that “taking into account national and international recognition of the results of the activity of the State Higher Educational Institution Ivan Horbachevsky Ternopil State Medical University of the Ukrainian Ministry of Public Health”, its significant contribution to the development of national medical and pharmaceutical education and science, I resolve to give the State Higher Educational Institution Ivan Horbachevsky Ternopil State Medical University of the Ukrainian Ministry of Public Health” the status of national and to continue naming it – ” Ivan Horbachevsky Ternopil State Medical University of the Ukrainian Ministry of Public Health”.

More than 1500 international students from 53 different countries are studying in Ternopil National Medical University.
The University collaborates with a number of foreign institutions.

Ternopil National Medical University is the first university in Ukraine to adopt the American Nursing Program. In the American Nursing School and International Nursing School, teaching follows the American Nursing School curriculum. TSMU collaborates with the University of South Carolina Upstate (USA) to exchange academic programs for nursing students. The Nursing School offers two degrees:

• Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) – two-year program
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) – four-year program (or two years for those who already have a nursing degree)

After graduation students are eligible to take the National Council License Examination (NCLEX) and Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) for registered nurses to start working and living in USA. After obtaining associate degree, students can transfer to USA for bachelor’s degree.

FACULTIES

• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Pharmacy
• Faculty of Dentistry
• Faculty of Foreign Students
• Educational Scientific Institute of Morphology
• Educational and Scientific Institute of Biomedical Problems
• Educational and Scientific Institute of Pharmacology, Hygiene and Medical Biochemistry named after M.P. Skakun
• Educational Scientific Institute of Modeling and Analysis of Pathological Processes
• Educational and Scientific Institute of Nursing
• Educational and Scientific Institute of Postgraduate Education

The university contains the following faculties: Medicine (6 years – MD program), Dentistry (5 years), Pharmacy (5 years), and Nursing (2–4 years). Postgraduate programs are also offered in different fields.
The theoretical departments of the faculty occupy four educational scientific institutes, which are independent structural-functional subdivisions of the University: Institute of Morphology, Institute of Biomedical Problems, Institute of Modeling and Pathologic Processes Analyzing, and M. Skakun Institute of Pharmacology, Hygiene and Medical Biochemistry. There are 12 clinical departments, based at city and regional medical establishments in Ternopil.

Postgraduate education

Postgraduates can study for a Master’s degree or a PhD.
Other continuing education includes a Training Intership Program, and provision for clinical specialization.

ACCOMMODATION

The University campus was established in January 2001 according to the Order of the Rector of I. Horbachevsky Ternopil State Medical Academy. From 2001 to 2003 Associate Professor M.V. Hrebenyk took a position of its director.
For the next four years the campus was headed by Associate Professor M.P. Harian.
Since November 2007, Yu.S. Balaban has been a director of the campus.
The campus is a residential and housing complex of the university that includes premises of four dormitories, where more than 1.5 thousand both Ukrainian and international students live.
The campus also provides housing for the student families, interns, Master degree students, resident physicians, post-graduate students, students of the preparation department.
The campus has 2 playgrounds, a library, 3 gyms, catering, medical and household services.
The campus follows the current legislation of Ukraine, the General Regulations on the University Student Dormitory of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the Charter of the University, and the Campus Regulations in its affairs.
According to the ranking score of the campus affairs and living conditions criteria, the university campus repeatedly gained the lead among other Ternopil universities in regional housing inspection competition.

ABOUT THE CITY

Ternopil is a city in western Ukraine, located on the banks of the Seret river. Until 1944, it was known mostly as Tarnopol. Ternopil is one of the major cities of Western Ukraine and the historical regions of Galicia and Podolia. It is served by Ternopil Airport. In January 2019, the population of Ternopil was estimated at 221,820.

One of the natural wonders of the region are its cave complexes. Although Ternopil Oblast is among the smallest regions in Ukraine, over 100 caves have been discovered there. Scientists believe these are only 20% of all possible caves in the region. The biggest cave is Optymstychna Cave. Measuring 230 km (140 mi) in total length, it is the longest cave in Eurasia and the fifth longest in the world . Twenty percent of the land in the region is chernozem soil.

Among its attractions, Ternopil Oblast has 34 castles. By at least one account, the most prominent is the Zabarzh Casle with fortifications that expand over 16 ha (40 acres) and was the epicenter of a 17th-century standoff between troops of Bohdan Hmelnytsky and the army of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Dniester Canyon passes through the oblast; it is considered one of the wonders of Ukraine stretching for 250 km (160 mi).