First Moscow State Medical University

I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, also known as Sechenov University, is the Russian National Medical Center. The predecessor of the university was the Medical School of Moscow State University, which was founded in 1758 and was the first medical school in Russia. The university's medical ranking has long been ranked first in Russia and Eastern Europe.

Moscow State Medical University was founded hundreds of years ago and has been called the "First Medical Center" by Russians. It is a leading medical center in Russia and even in the world， most of the Russian medical scientists graduated from the First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University). I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University cooperates with world-class universities such as Johns Hopkins University, Duke University, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Cambridge, Technical University of Munich, Hannover Medical School, Charité – Berlin University Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, University of Gothenburg, Erasmus University, and Peking Union Medical College.

The university now has 20 affiliated hospitals, 10 Russian National Medical Research Centers, 32 laboratories and institutes, the Russian National Medical Library, 2,079 professors, 78 members of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and 10 members of the American Academy of Sciences.The entrance exam of the First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University) is extremely strict, with an admission rate of only 2.7% and a graduation rate of only 57.1%. Its academic qualifications are recognized by developed regions such as the United States and Europe.

In 2020,First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University) successfully completes trials of world's first COVID-19 vaccine. The school's medical school ranks 51st in the world。

In 1755, Moscow State University was officially established and held an opening ceremony.

In 1758, Queen Elizabeth of Russia officially ordered the establishment of the Medical College of Moscow University, which was the first medical college in Russia and is also considered the beginning of the First Moscow State Medical University of Sechenov.

On August 13, 1758, Johann Christian Kerstens, a professor of medicine from Germany, officially gave lectures.

In 1791, Moscow University obtained the right to confer doctoral degrees in medicine, becoming the first university in Russia to obtain the right to confer doctoral degrees in medicine.