First Moscow State Medical University
First Moscow State Medical University (officially I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, informally Sechenov University); Russian: Первый Московский государственный медицинский университет имени И. М. Сеченова) is the oldest medical university in Russia, located in Moscow.
Первый Московский государственный медицинский университет имени И. М. Сеченова (Сеченовский университет) | |
| Motto | Primus inter pares |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1758 (de facto), 1755 (de jure) |
| Rector | Petr Vitalevich Glybochko |
| Location | Moscow , Russia 55°43′41″N 37°34′30″E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | ASRMU |
| Website | sechenov |
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First Moscow State Medical University, 2011 | |
| University rankings | |
|---|---|
| Global – Overall | |
| THE World | 1,001 (2021) |
| USNWR Global | 983 (2022) |
| Regional – Overall | |
| QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia | 123 (2022) |
The university was founded in 1758 as medical faculty of Imperial Moscow University as the first medical school in Russia. The institution separated from the Moscow State University and became independent in 1930. The university was renamed after Russian physiologist, Ivan Sechenov, in 1955. It was known as I.M. Sechenov First Moscow Institute of Medicine until 1990, and I.M. Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy from 1990 to 2010. MSMU is located at Devichye Pole, a medical campus, in Moscow.
The university was ranked #651 in the world by QS World University Rankings in 2021, #983 in Best Global Universities by U.S. News & World Report in 2022, and #1,001 in THE World University Rankings - Times Higher Education in 2021.
The head of First Moscow State Medical University, Petr Vitalievich Glybochko (Глыбочко, Пётр Витальевич signed a letter of support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine.