Postgraduate and doctoral studies

SSMU offers a rich variety of opportunities for postgraduate studies on almost all specialties in:

• clinical residency (ordinatura) - 2-3 years,
• PhD courses (aspirantura) - 3-4 years,
• the doctorate (D.Sc fellowships or doktorantura) - 3-4 years.

Postgraduate courses can be either taught or research based.

Postgraduate taught courses

Taught courses vary in emphasis - some provide essential training leading to research, while others offer career-specific preparation.

Postgraduate research degrees

• gain expert knowledge in a specialist field
• design, implement and report on a research project
• foster your capacity for originality and constructive criticism
• participate in interdisciplinary personal and professional skills training
• network with other postgraduate research students

Many courses are available as both full-time and correspondence-study modes .

PhD

PhD study takes place within a demanding and rigorous research environment. The depth of your personal knowledge will increase and you will be expected to make an independent contribution to knowledge in your field. For a PhD you can normally expect to finish your research after around three years' full-time study.

Specialty	Residency	Postgraduate Course
Obstetrics and Gynaecology	2 years	3-4 years
Anaesthesiology and Reanimatology	2 years	3-4 years
Gastroenterology	2 years	no
Hematology	2 years	no
Dermatovenerology	2 years	3-4 years
Pediatric Surgery	2 years	3-4 years
Infectious Diseases	2 years	3-4 years
Cardiology	2 years	3-4 years
Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics	2 years	3-4 years
Clinical Pharmacology	2 years	3-4 years
Physiotherapy Exercises and Sports Medicine	2 years	no
Neurology	2 years	3-4 years
Neurosurgery	2 years	no
Neonatology	2 years	no
Nephrology	2 years	no
Common Medical Practice (family medicine)	2 years	no
Oncology	2 years	3-4 years
Community Health and Health Care System	2 years	3-4 years
Orthodontics	2 years	no
Othorhinolaryngology	2 years	3-4 years
Ophthalmology	2 years	3-4 years
Pediatrics	2 years	3-4 years
Occupational Diseases	2 years	no
Psychiatry	2 years	3-4 years
Psychiatry, Narcology	2 years	no
Pulmonology	2 years	no
Rheumatology	2 years	no
Roentgenology	2 years	3-4 years
Cardiovascular surgery	2 years	no
Pediatric Dentistry	2 years	no
Orthopedic Dentistry	2 years	no
Dental Medicine	2 years	3-4 years
Dental Surgery	2 years	no
Forensic Medical Examination	2 years	no
Therapy	2 years	3-4 years
Traumatology, Orthopaedics	2 years	3-4 years
Urology	2 years	3-4 years
Ultrasound Diagnostics	2 years	no
Physiotherapy	2 years	no
Phthisiology	2 years	3-4 years
Functional Diagnostics	2 years	3-4 years
Surgery	2 years	3-4 years
Endocrinology	2 years	3-4 years
Endoscopy	2 years	no
Hygiene	no	3-4 years
Clinical Immunology, Allergology	no	3-4 years