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MBBS admissions in Russia

Russian state medical universities offer 6-year English-medium General Medicine (MD/MBBS-equivalent) programmes.

Duration:
6 years
Medium:
English / Russian

Admission route

Confirm whether the entire General Medicine programme is taught in English or switches to Russian. Entrance assessments, document legalisation and visa invitations are university-specific; clinical communication may require Russian.

Study in Russia
  1. 1

    Check eligibility

    Check the university's current medicine entry requirements, accepted school qualifications and eligibility for international applicants.

  2. 2

    Confirm the programme

    Verify the degree, teaching language, entrance tests, clinical language requirements and internship arrangements directly with the university.

  3. 3

    Prepare your documents

    Confirm requirements for transcripts, passport, language evidence and document certification. Check tuition and living costs before accepting an offer.

  4. 4

    Apply & verify licensing

    Apply through the official university or national admission portal. Check home-country medical registration requirements and visa rules before enrolment.

Entry rules, fees and deadlines vary by institution and session. A QS rank is not medical accreditation or permission to practise. For practice in Pakistan, confirm the current requirements directly with PMDC; a World Directory of Medical Schools listing alone is not accreditation.

Medical universities in Russia

14 listed institutions, grouped by public/private and ordered by verified QS World University Rankings 2026. Faculty entries use the parent university's overall rank, not a medicine-subject rank. Unverified ranks appear last. This is not a complete national register or a list of approved English-medium programmes. Closing-merit figures have not been verified for these institutions.

14 of 14 universities

Public universities (14)

  1. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Faculty of Medicine) official website homepage preview

    1.Lomonosov Moscow State University (Faculty of Medicine)

    Moscow

    QS World Rank 2026: #105Closing merit: not verified · institution-specific admission
  2. Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) official website homepage preview

    2.Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN)

    Moscow

    QS World Rank 2026: #367Closing merit: not verified · institution-specific admission
  3. Kazan Federal University official website homepage preview

    3.Kazan Federal University

    Kazan

    QS World Rank 2026: #450Closing merit: not verified · institution-specific admission
  4. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University official website homepage preview

    4.Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University

    Moscow

    QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admission
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    5.Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University

    Moscow

    QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admission
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    6.Pavlov First St. Petersburg State Medical University

    St. Petersburg

    QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admission
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    7.Kazan State Medical University

    Kazan

    QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admission
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    8.Volgograd State Medical University

    Volgograd

    QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admission
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    9.Kursk State Medical University

    Kursk

    QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admission
  10. Bashkir State Medical University official website homepage preview

    10.Bashkir State Medical University

    Ufa

    QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admission
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    11.Orenburg State Medical University

    Orenburg

    QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admission
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    12.Perm State Medical University

    Perm

    QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admission
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    13.Kemerovo State Medical University

    Kemerovo

    QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admission
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    14.Crimea Federal University (Medical Academy)

    Simferopol

    QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admission