Vitebsk State Medical University is one of the most distinguished higher medical institutions in the Republic of Belarus. VSMU was established in 1934. Currently, more than 6 000 students and listeners are trained at the university, including foreign students from 30 countries all over the world studying at Overseas Students Training Faculty. Reasons to study medicine at VSMU:

• a high level of education compatible with European standards;
• English medium curriculum;
• educational process is organized on the basis of traditional European curriculum (lectures, seminars, laboratory and practical classes);
• focused European standard education with 10:1 students-to-staff ratio;
• 15 hospitals and medical centers are clinical sites of the university where students have practical training;
• availability of electronic library with high-speed Internet access to scientific medical materials and world database.