Samarkand State Medical University

The Samarkand State Medical Institute (since April 2022 - University) received special development after the republic achieved independence. In 1997, the country adopted the “National Personnel Training Program”, and in 1998 the state health care reform program, which resulted in the creation in 1999 of the Faculty of Higher Nursing. In 2001, a department was opened, and since 2005, the Faculty of Medical Pedagogy, and in subsequent years the faculties of Dentistry, Preventive Medicine, Medical Biology, Pharmacy, and since 2020, students have been studying in the new direction “Traditional Medicine”.

Currently, education at the university is carried out at 9 faculties in 9 undergraduate areas:

• "Medical Faculty";
• “Faculty of Pediatrics”;
• “Faculty of Medical Pedagogy”;
• “Faculty of Higher Nursing”;
• “Faculty of Dentistry”;
• “Faculty of Pharmacy”;
• “Faculty of Medical Prevention, Public Health and Medical Biology”;
• “International Faculty”;
• “Faculty of Postgraduate Education”