Yerevan State Medical University
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The dream of every student who wishes to pursue their higher studies in the field of medicine is to obtain best results in their GCE Advanced Level Examination and enter a local / an international university to make their dream come true. But, out of the 300,000 students who sit for their Advanced Level Examinations, only 22,000 out of that lot qualify to enter into the local universities as it is not practical for everyone to enter the local universities.
That does not mean that you should give up on your dream. This is the phase where the students and parents tend to make corrective decisions and start looking for alternative options. Yerevan State Medical University is one of the best option out of all the universities recognized under the Sri Lanka Medical Council.
Yerevan State Medical University (YSMU) is the Soviet Union’s first medical university, the largest and most prestigious medical university in Armenia and is located in the capital Yerevan with 31,000 graduates till date and 11 teaching hospitals. There are about 8,000 students in 6 faculties of the State Medical University after Heratsi.
YSMU is considered to be the best University to study MD in Armenia. Teaching and Research activities are organized in more than 100 chairs, leading clinical bases and research centres in Yerevan. University has about 1,100 lecturers out of which, 171 are well qualified Doctors of Sciences, 504 are Candidates of Sciences, 7 Academicians of the RANAS; who perform scientific and pedagogical work at the university.
YSMU was established in 1920 making it the oldest university in Armenia. YSMU – world’s top ranked university is recognized by the Sri Lanka Medical Council (SLMC), World Health Organization (WHO), Australian Medical Council (AMC), General Medical Council (GMC) and Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG). Since 2000, the university started providing education in English Medium for international students as the number of international students started increasing gradually.
At present YSMU hosts approximately 2500 International Students from various countries such as Australia, Belarus, Canada, China, France, Georgia, Germany, the Great Britain, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, the USA, Uzbekistan and Venezuela.
FOR INQUIRIES CALL :
DR. T. M. CHINTHAKA GUNASEKARA – OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR YEREVAN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY IN SRI LANKA – 0777 30 10 80
The university offers degree programmes in General Medicine with a duration of 12 semesters (6 years), Dentistry (Stomatology) and Pharmacy with a duration of 10 semesters (5 years). The university utilizes a wide array of modern educational technical aids. Students learn pre-clinical and clinical disciplines during the study period with a great attention being paid to practical skills acquired during the classes and practical training periods in the University Simulation Center, laboratories and hospitals. Compared to all the other destinations to study medicine, YSMU is relatively cheaper. The university directs the student to exams such as AMC and PLAB.
Also, the University has established close connections with medical universities and international health organizations in the field of higher education and health. These well-known universities are from USA, Germany, Greece, Italy, France, Belgium, Egypt, Sweden etc. Since 2000, YSMU has joined international organizations. Among them are SGROUP European Network of Universities, The International Association of Universities, World Federation of Medical Education Association in Europe, and Association for Dental Education in Europe. The University provides comfortable accommodation and dining facilities to its students.
It accommodates its students in its two houses for international students with a separate dining area. Rooms are fully furnished, decorated with all the basic amenities and the space is clean and tidy. Laundry service is also available for the students.
The University has a separate sports complex, a library with over 600,000 books, gym and swimming pool facility as well. There is an extra-curricular department, which operates all the sports activities on campus that includes dancing, theatre, drama, soccer, volleyball, basketball, power lifting, chess and much more. For transportation, students can take advantage of the regular bus service or metro.
Armenia is located in Eastern Europe with a population of about 3 million people and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, Republic of Artsakh and Azerbaijan to the east and Iran to the south. Armania was the first nation to adopt Christianity. Since breaking free from the Soviet Union, the country has proven itself to be a world beater at the sport – Chess. Armenia is also famous for its three Unesco World Heritage sites namely the monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin; the cathedral and churches of Echmiatsin and the archeological site of Zvartnots; and the monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley.
YSMU is indeed a great university with highly talented professors who render their service to students by using the modern technology. Also it is the largest and the most prestigious university in the country with around 3150 employees, 1190 teaching staff.
Quality Education is extremely important to get ahead in life. It leads to numerous benefits including a prosperous career, financial security and will significantly improve your standard of living.
Invest wisely on your tertiary education as every student with an advanced education is an asset to the country.