Admissions Scholarship Seminar for Russia’s Medical Faculties in Moscow for 2016 intake

International Medical CampusIMC in partnership with the Russian Center in Colombo and Moslanka Investments wishes to announce the Admissions Scholarship Program for 2016 academic year. There are 10 scholarships in total to be awarded for highly motivated and deserving students and each scholarship is worth nearly Rs.1,500,000 in total.

About Medical education in Moscow -the grand capital of Russia

Russia (formerly USSR) has been a very affordable and popular international destination for foreign medical students from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe for more than 50 years. Such students who came mostly from developing countries were studying in Russia on free scholarships during the USSR times. As a response to international demand, some universities of Russia introduced English Medium medical degree programs on fee levying basis since 1990, attracting enormous numbers of international students during the last 25 years or so.

The foremost among them are the following three universities in Moscow which offer outstanding medical education to foreign students at an affordable tuition fee which are lower in comparison with those in other countries on the one hand and the standards of education and training are of high level on the other hand. Thus these 3 universities have become more attractive to international medical students and are very competitive among the clan of international medical universities. They also remain to be leading institutions in Medical studies in Russia. The books and textbooks issued in Russian language been translated into dozens of languages including English. The degrees awarded by these universities have gained global recognition and topped UNESCO and WHO ratings

Moscow State Medical University (MSMU - First Med.)

MSMU is the first and the oldest medical school in Russia, founded in 1758 as the faculty of medicine of the then Imperia University of Moscow (now Moscow State University) and later transformed as the First Moscow State Medical Institute, popularly known as the ‘Moscow First Med’ ever since thereafter. It is thus 258 years old as at now.

It began enrolling foreign students from early 1950’s and thousands of them have graduated from the First Med during the last six decades, including many Sri Lankans and nearly 15,000 students, with of over 2000 foreign nationals, including Sri Lankans are studying here at present.

Russian National Research Medical University (RNRMUSecond Med.)

RNRMU was founded in 1906 as the first higher medical school for women of Russia and later reorganized as the Second Moscow State Medical Institute and popularly known as the ‘Moscow Second Med’ thereafter. It is thus over 110 years old as at now.

It began enrolling foreign students from 1963 and thousands of them have graduated during the last six decades, including many Sri Lankans and over 7500 students inclusive of foreign nationals including Sri Lankans are studying here at present.

Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (PFUR -Lumumba)

PFUR was founded in February 1960 by the then USSR government essentially to assist emerging 3rd world countries in developing their professional and scientific cadres. It was named after Patrice Lumumba, the slain leader of Congo in 1961, after which it came to be popularly known as the ‘Lumumba University of Moscow’. It is thus over 55 years old as at now.

It was an international university from the very beginning and comprised of a multi-disciplinary structure including a medical faculty. Over 72,000 foreign nationals from 170 countries of the world, including Sri Lanka have graduated from the PFUR thus far, and presently over 28,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students from 140 countries, including Sri Lanka are studying here at this moment.

Scholarships on offer

Scholarships worth One Million Sri Lankan Rupees each are on offer by courtesy of International Medical Campus-IMC, Sri Lanka, for the year of 2016. Details of the offer and how to apply for same can be obtained by calling the following numbers.

You are welcome to attend the FREE seminar on launching this Scholarship program as follows: Date Saturday 17th of September 2016 9.45am onwards Russian Centre in Colombo No. 10, Independence Avenue, Colombo 7 Reserve your seats today by confirming your attendance. Since limited seats are available please confirm your participation and reserve seats. For reservation & further information please contact the following. Time Venue : : : For more information and admissions Call : 077 30 888 40/ 077 4410782 077 44 367 28 / 077 44 367 96 : International Medical Campus (IMC). No.7, Rajaguru Sri Subuthi Mawatha, Colombo 06. : www.imcedu.com Visit Web

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