Altai State Medical University
Barnaul is the administrative center and area wise, the largest city in the region of Altai Krai, Siberia. It is located to the south of western Siberia and is an important industrial center of the region. Transportation is great and the city is connected through railways, buses, trolley & taxies. The problem is the bitter long winter for which the entire Siberian region is famous. The average temperature in January is -15.5oC and the lowest may be -45oC. For a person who has lived her entire life in India, surviving the Siberian winter is a huge challenge.
The Altai State Medical University (ASMU) features in the list of the oldest Medical Universities in Siberia. It was established in 1954 and the number of undergraduates, postgraduates and residents in the University is 6000. The teaching staff is 500 strong and most of the Doctors practicing in the region are ASMU graduates.
ASMU also features in the list of top 100 Russian Universities (ARES rating). It also occupies the 65th position in the Forbes publication evaluating the Universities in Russia.
ASMU has 7 buildings dedicated to academics, 3 clinics of its own and 4 dormitories that act as Altai State Medical University Hostel for students with a capacity to accommodate 2000 students. The Altai State Medical University official website claims that “The main educational programs implemented by the university annually receive the status of ‘Best educational programs of innovative Russia’.”
Disadvantages of studying in Altai State Medical University
The Altai State Medical University is among the good Universities operational in Russia but there are certain issues that the Indian students have to face in case they choose to take admission here. Please take a careful note of the following:
- MBBS at the Altai State Medical University is Bilingual, an option that you must consider very seriously before deciding to choose it. Bilingual course means that you will be taught all Para-clinical and Clinical subjects in the Russian language and that would require you to be an expert in reading, speaking and writing it.
- As mentioned before, the Siberian cold is legendary and facing it after being brought up in the tropical Indian climate is a huge challenge.
- Indian students who studied at the Altai State Medical Universities have not performed well in FMGE or the erstwhile MCI Screening Test in the past 5 years.
- The Altai State Medical University lists very low in the Indian Embassy list of Russian Universities that classifies them on the basis of academic standing.
- The Altai State Medical University ranking in the world is 4471 and it has been categorized as an O+ Grade University.
| Cost (INR)* | Year-1 | Year-2 | Year-3 | Year-4 | Year-5 | Year-6 |
| Course Fee | 4,88,000 | 3,68,000 | 3,68,000 | 3,68,000 | 3,68,000 | 3,68,000 |
Admission Deadline for Altai State Medical University Russia
For admission in the Russian Universities, the timing of application is crucial. Generally, the right time to apply is before October to 30th October. But this year, in 2022, there could be some variation due to COVID 19.
We say that the timing of application is crucial because the issuance of the Invitation Letter by the Ministry of Education, Russia takes around 4-8 weeks on the basis of which the Russian Consulate in India issues the visa to you. If you are late in applying, you may miss going there with your batch mates. The Altai State Medical University admission 2022 will also follow the same pattern.
However, we reiterate that along with being Bilingual, the Altai State Medical University has many short-comings and we will not advise you to take admission.