Last academic year, the Academic Council adopted the Concept of Strategic Development of Odessa National Medical University for the period up to 2025, which declared priorities for each area of the university until 2025, the key of which are internationalization, sustainable development of the university, guaranteeing high quality of educational, research, treatment and prevention activities.
“Today, all opportunities have been created for further modernization of the university’s activities in all strategic areas,” said the rector of ONMedU Valerii Zaporozhan at a meeting of the Academic Council of the university.
During the report on the results of ONMedU’s work last year, the rector noted that as of September 1, 2021, a total of 15,689 higher education students are studying at the university. In particular, at the undergraduate level – 6440 people, at the postgraduate level – 5589.
Last year, 654 students were enrolled in ONMedU (387 of them were domestic and 267 were foreign). The number of graduates was 1258 (including domestic – 992; foreign – 266).
Training of specialists in the following specialties was completed: “Medical business”, “Pediatrics”, “Medical and preventive business” (specialist), “Pharmacy” (specialist), “Practical psychology” (bachelor).
The volume of state orders in the specialties “Medicine”, “Medical Affairs”, “Dentistry” and “Pediatrics” in total amounted to: 148 people (volume of admission), 381 people (volume of graduation).
As part of the implementation of the state order in the specialty “Medical and preventive business” the volume of output was 22 people plus 1 contract.
Last year the structure of the university was presented by:
7 faculties;
60 departments (theoretical and clinical), of which graduating departments – 23;
3 clinics (617 beds);
Research Institute of Translational Medicine;
other structural units.
“Currently, the university has passed the first accreditation in March-April” Dentistry “(master’s level) and received level B,” Pharmacy, Industrial Pharmacy “(master’s degree). Five accreditations have been completed: 4 postgraduate levels – “Medicine”, “Pharmacy, Industrial Pharmacy”, “Dentistry”, “Pediatrics”, and 1 master’s level – “Medicine”. International accreditation is also underway, “Valerii Zaporozhan said.
Last year, a large-scale scientific work was carried out, the results of which were:
14 monographs;
14 information letters of the Ministry of Health;
8 methodical recommendations;
547 articles;
4 innovations;
62 patents;
83 scientific forums, including 34 international ones.
Last year, 8 international grants (travel and internships) were received, 22 employees underwent internships, including online, in foreign institutions. In addition, ONMedU became a member of the All-Ukrainian Network for the Recognition of Foreign Qualifications.
Currently, two projects are being organized: the Inter-University Educational and Scientific Association “Odessa Center for Healthy Nutrition” and the Training and Production Complex “University Pharmacy”.