Saint Petersburg State Medical Academy
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The St. Petersburg I. I. Mechnikov State Medical Academy (SPSMA) is a public university located in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. The SPSMA is one of the oldest and largest Russian Higher Medical Schools. Over its 100 years of history, the Academy remains a leading institution of Russia in medicine and training specialists in preventive and clinical medicine. It is often called the Second Medical College in St. Peters burg because of its re-naming in 1920 (see below), relative to Saint Petersburg State Medical University
, which is called the First Medical College.
The SPSMA has a long and proud tradition of educating Russian and international students. More than 35,000 physicians graduated from the Academy. Among the total student population of over 5,000, the Academy has around 1,000 international students from more than 30 countries worldwide.
and developed by the Russian Government through the Ministry of Health on the basis of the laws of Russian Federation.
Saint Petersburg State Medical University
The Saint Petersburg State Medical University named after I.P. Pavlov was established in 1897 in St. Petersburg, Russia, as the first Russian medical college for women...
, which is called the First Medical College.
The SPSMA has a long and proud tradition of educating Russian and international students. More than 35,000 physicians graduated from the Academy. Among the total student population of over 5,000, the Academy has around 1,000 international students from more than 30 countries worldwide.
History
The SPSMA was established in 1907 under the direction of academician Vladimir BekhterevVladimir Bekhterev
Vladimir Mikhailovich Bekhterev was a Russian Neurologist and the Father of Objective Psychology. He is best known for noting the role of the hippocampus in memory, his study of reflexes, and Bekhterev’s Disease...
and developed by the Russian Government through the Ministry of Health on the basis of the laws of Russian Federation.
Name Changes
- 1907-1920 - Medical Faculty of PsychoNeurological Institute
- 1920-1936 - Second Leningrad Medical Institute
- 1936-1946 - The Institute united with a city hospital and named after Nobel Laureate Ilya Ilyich MechnikovIlya Ilyich MechnikovIlya Ilyich Mechnikov was a Russian biologist, zoologist and protozoologist, best remembered for his pioneering research into the immune system. Mechnikov received the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1908, shared with Paul Ehrlich, for his work on phagocytosis...
- 1946-1994 - Leningrad Medical Institute of Sanitary and Hygiene by the order of the Board of Ministers of the USSR (N 14077 from 22.12.1946)
- 1994-1995 - St. Petersburg State Medical Academy (WHO Directory, 7 ed., page 329)
- 1995-Present - The SPSMA was named after the great Russian scientist I. I. MechnikovMechnikovMechnikov * Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov** I. I. Mechnikov Odessa National University** Mechnikov , an impact crater on the far side of the Moon...
(order N 1307-p, dated 22.12.1995)