Vinnitsa National Medical University was created in 1921. More than 500 teachers, including 90 doctors of science, professors, 340 candidates of Science currently work at the University. The university has 5 hostels, 4 canteens, 7 buffets, a sports complex, a preventive health centre and sanitary-sports bases on the shores of the Black Sea and the Southern Bug river. The cultural leisure of the students is varied: there are 36 amateur circles and studios (dancing, national instruments one, folklore ensemble, folk choir “Nadbuzhanka”, 28 sports circles). For more than 40 years, the National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnitsa has been training medical personnel from countries of Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe (including Greece, Portugal, Spain, Germany, Middle East, France, Sweden, Canada etc.)
The university is accredited in Ukraine, possessing the status of higher educational establishment of the IV (highest) level, according to the decision of SAC ¹ 020064 series ÑÄ – IV of 22.11.1999. Taking into account nation-wide and international recognition of results of its activity, by the decree of the President of Ukraine L.D.Kuchma of June 19, 2002, the University was given the national status. Besides Vinnitsa National Medical University medical university, the same National status has only been given to Kyiv National Medical University n.a. A.A.Bogomolets.The university is furnished with modern educational, scientific and treatment- diagnostic equipment. The construction of the third new educational building is completed. At Vinnitsa National Medical University studies more than 5,500 students and doctors, practical students/ fieldworkers, among them more than 600 are foreign citizens. Educational rooms, the hostels and places of rest are reliably guarded by police at the University’s expense.
Vinnitsa National Medical University -: University has its own hostel located within 5-7 minutes walking distance from the University’s campus. The hostels host both girls and boys providing relief to parents about the security of the students. The rooms provided in the hostel are fully furnished with central heating facility present in every room. Rooms are available on sharing basis. Proximity to the University makes it easy for the students as they have to walk 200 meters from the main gate of the University. Rooms on campus are available to students. All hostel rooms are furnished and vary in size and number of conveniences. Dormitory rooms at VNMU hostel can accommodate 2 or 3 students in one room. All rooms are equipped with beds, mattress, pillow, blanket, desk, chair, heater, water heaters and suitable lighting for both study and relaxation.
There are common areas where students can play and mingle. Upon the student’s arrival on campus, specific accommodations are assigned and after a satisfactory health report, the student will be accommodated to the room which is allotted to him or her. Students who want a single room can also get the same. Off-campus housing can be obtained in nearby apartments. Available apartments and houses are furnished and vary in size, cost and number of conveniences. Life in Vinnytsya is friendly and devoid of any rush. While at first, some students may miss their home environment, native foods, or a hurried pace, they soon learn to appreciate and enjoy a cultural different their own. .
Vinnitsa National Medical University hostels feature 24-hour access to security and emergency services, making it easy to get assistance when you need it. As a campus resident, you also have access to all the VNMU support services such as Campus Security Services, Counselling Services and Health Services.