
Country guide · Eastern Europe
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
Check eligibility
Check the university's current medicine entry requirements, accepted school qualifications and eligibility for international applicants.
- 2
Confirm the programme
Verify the degree, teaching language, entrance tests, clinical language requirements and internship arrangements directly with the university.
- 3
Prepare your documents
Confirm requirements for transcripts, passport, language evidence and document certification. Check tuition and living costs before accepting an offer.
- 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)
Moscow
QS World Rank 2026: #105Closing merit: not verified · institution-specific admission
2.Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN)
Moscow
QS World Rank 2026: #367Closing merit: not verified · institution-specific admission
3.Kazan Federal University
Kazan
QS World Rank 2026: #450Closing merit: not verified · institution-specific admission
4.Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
Moscow
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admission- Official website preview unavailable
5.Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University
Moscow
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admission - Official website preview unavailable
6.Pavlov First St. Petersburg State Medical University
St. Petersburg
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admission - Official website preview unavailable
7.Kazan State Medical University
Kazan
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admission - Official website preview unavailable
8.Volgograd State Medical University
Volgograd
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admission - Official website preview unavailable
9.Kursk State Medical University
Kursk
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admission 
10.Bashkir State Medical University
Ufa
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admission- Official website preview unavailable
11.Orenburg State Medical University
Orenburg
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admission - Official website preview unavailable
12.Perm State Medical University
Perm
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admission - Official website preview unavailable
13.Kemerovo State Medical University
Kemerovo
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admission - Official website preview unavailable
14.Crimea Federal University (Medical Academy)
Simferopol
QS 2026 rank unverifiedClosing merit: not verified · institution-specific admission
