About Zaporizhzhia State Medical University
It was established in 1903 in Odessa for Women higher courses. In 1959 from Odessa it was transferred to Zaporozhye and named as Zaporizhzhia Pharmaceutical Institute. And in 1964 Medical Faculty was opened and in 1968 it was renamed as Zaporizhzhia Medical University.The distance between the Zaporozhye city and Kiev city is 569km.This cit is situated on the banks of River Dnieper.
Zaporizhzhia also known as Zaporozhye. In 1975 Zaporizhzhia Medical Institute got a status of first category. It was reorganized into Zaporizhzhia State Medical University of the IV (the top) level of acrediation in the year 1994. Now it is the one of the leading university in the system of medical education in Ukraine. It is a training center for medical and pharmaceutical specialists for Ukraine and foreign countries.