I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University

Ternopil Medical University received the status of a National

According to the Decree of the President of Ukraine № 146/2019 from the 17-th of April, 2019, I.Horbachevsky Ternopil State Medical University received the status of a national university. The document states that “taking into account national and international recognition of the results of the activity of the State Higher Educational Institution ” I.Ya.Horbachevsky Ternopil State Medical University of the Ukrainian Ministry of Public Health”, its significant contribution to the development of national medical and pharmaceutical education and science, I resolve to give the State Continue reading →

TSMU regrets the untimely passing of Professor Joseph Berger, Rector of the Pope John Paul II State School of Higher Education in Biala Podlaska

Administration and staff of Ternopil State Medical University are deeply saddened on the news of the untimely passing of Professor Joseph Berger. We had an honor to know Professor Berger, Rector of the Pope John Paul II State School of Higher Education in Biala Podlaska (Poland), as a true friend and reliable partner of TSMU and its Honorary Professor. We bow our heads in grief together with the family, friends and colleagues of Professor Berger. Please accept our heartfelt sympathies on the loss of your Continue reading →

Students of Ternopil State Medical University participated the IX International Christian Medical Conference for Students

The IX International Christian Medical Students Conference (ICMA) took place in Vinnytsia on October 12-14, 2018 . This event was organized by the International Christian Medical Association in Ukraine (icmau.com). ICMA coordinators in Ternopil are TSMU students Idowu Gideon Oluwatobi, Bray Isaac, Agaren Daniel, Okoye Gloria, and Bakare Sandra. This year’s conference was attended by more than 300 participants from different universities of Ukraine (Kyiv, Kharkiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Chernivtsi, and Sumy). They had the opportunity to present their research. In addition, the students attended four Continue reading →

TSMU students collected funds to help children in need

On October 10, 2018 and on the occasion of the World Mental Health Day, students of Ternopil State Medical University Department of Psychiatry, Narcology, and Medical Psychology have carried out a number of events to raise funds to purchase of medicines for children-residents of the Care House in Chortkiv. The charity organization Care House was created in Chortkiv to address the problem of the lack of resources for social adaptation, development and rehabilitation of children with special needs. The organization relies on charity donations for Continue reading →

TSMU hosted the VI scientific symposium on Immunopathology of Diseases of the Respiratory and Digestive Organs

On September 24-27, 2018, Ternopil State Medical University hosted the VI scientific symposium Immunopathology of Diseases of the Respiratory and Digestive Organs. International Pulmonology School was carried out with the framework of the symposium featuring lectures by professors from Poland and Italy. More than 300 participants took part in the event, including researchers from other universities of Ukraine, as well as Poland and Italy. Topical issues of immunopathology in internal diseases and in pulmonology were deliberated during three plenary sessions during the Symposium, and six Continue reading →

Ternopil State Medical University student took part in SAIL 2018

Baltic University Programme is a network of about 230 universities and other institutes on higher learning in the countries of Baltic Sea region as well as countries near the basin, which are: Czech Republic, Norway, Slovakia and Ukraine. Ternopil State Medical University is a partner of BUP since 2016. Hubert Mikosza, fourth year Faculty of Medicine student, took part in SAIL (Sustainability Applied in International Learning) summer conference, which started on 4 September 2018 in Szczecin and finished on 18 September 2018 in Stravanger (Norway) and Continue reading →

Ternopil State Medical University students received their student cards

At the end of August 2018 Ternopil State Medical University ordered redesigned state issued student IDs, and on September 7th the first of the cards had arrived to be distributed. Almost a thousand students enrolled on bachelor and master’s degree programs have already received their cards. The next batch of IDs will be ordered after the end of the admissions campaign for international students. Since the IDs are issued by the State and offer several layers of protection, the procedure of producing them is rather Continue reading →

TSMU students continue their charitable endeavors

Recently, Ternopil State Medical University received a letter of appreciation from the staff of NICU of Ternopil Regional Children’s Hospital. Doctors, parents and the little patients convey their gratitude to TSMU international students’ faculty for their involvement and help. TSMU students donated costly specialized nutrition for children with congenital diseases. “Your noble deed is an example for all of us to follow,” reads the letter. TSMU international students behind the action are the group Each One Help One (E.O.H.O). They are all studying to become Continue reading →

TSMU students did summer training at Wrocław Medical University

The cooperation between the medical schools of Wrocław and Ternopil, and tradition of summer exchange visits for their students continues. This year our university was represented by 4th, 5th, and 6th year students of the Faculty of Medicine Serhii Vozniuk, Ihor Stetsiuk, Liubov Stasyshyn, Marta Syvyk, Roman Yaroslavytskyi, Anastasia Mykytiyuk, Denys Kosharskyi, Olena Hryhorchuk, Roman Zvarych, Mykhaylo Vasylenko, Olha Vorobel , Antonina Shumeliak and group leader medical intern Volodymyr Dzhyvak. Professor of Wrocław Medical University and the Honorary Professor of Ternopil State Medical University Wojciech Continue reading →

New cafeteria, food court and sports area opened on TSMU campus

A new student cafeteria on 5 Zhyvova (Dorm 1) offers Ternopil State Medical University students not only delicious and inexpensive meals, have a cup of coffee or tea, but also a place to get together, talk, hold a group meeting, or organize a small concert for friends. The facility can host up to 48 people at a time. On September 3, 2018 the cafeteria had its first visitors, including representatives of TSMU administration and student government. TSMU Rector professor Mykhaylo Korda, invited students to share Continue reading →

Staff and students of Ternopil State Medical University can become bone marrow donors

Recently, Ternopil residents organized the first non-governmental registry of bone marrow donors. This idea stemmed the dire need for marrow transplants. Currently in Ukraine these surgeries are not performed, while such operations abroad can cost up to 100 thousand dollars. Half of this cost goes for the search and selection of a donor. Those in need of bone marrow transplants have only 25% chance of finding a suitable family donor, requiring the rest to look for non-related donors in the registries of hematopoietic stem cells. Continue reading →

TSMU matriculated a new cohort of students

On August 31, 2018 Academic Council of the Ternopil State Medical University held matriculation of a new cohort of medical students. The event took place in the administrative building courtyard. The 1050 freshmen took a solemn oath to dedicate their lives to a noble cause: the fight for human health. The also promised to uphold and grow the best traditions of TSMU, to become hardworking medical students and a part of the large student family. From this day on, each of them steps on a Continue reading →

TSMU is to receive Erasmus + funding for the project Innovative Rehabilitation Education: Introducing New Master’s Degree Programs in Ukraine

Recently a consortium of universities, including Ternopil State Medical University won an Erasmus + call with the project Innovative Rehabilitation Education: Introducing New Master’s Degree Programs in Ukraine. This was one of the five winning projects that have participants from Ukraine. Overall, 98 projects with Ukrainian participation were submitted for the call. The consortium consists of the universities form Latvia, Poland, Finland, Lithuania, as well as the European Federation of Adaptive Physical Activity. Ukrainian partners include the National University of Physical Education and Sports of Continue reading →

Ternopil State Medical University students completed an internship at Bahçeşehir University, Turkey

Students of Ternopil State Medical University Faculty of Medicine, Kateryna Bihuniak, Romanna Pavliuk, Kateryna Andrushkevych and Natalia Zakernychna completed practical training at the Bahçeşehir University (BAU) in Istanbul, Turkey. TSMU students at BAU Hospital in Istanbul. Bahçeşehir University was founded in 1998, and today is one of the top 3 universities in Turkey. Over 17,000 students are enrolled to Bachelor’s degree programs on ten Faculties, and Master’s degree programs on four. The language of instruction is English. The university employs over 1,000 lecturers. The Continue reading →

TSMU continues to lead in independent web rankings

For several years, Ternopil State Medical University has been taking leading positions in prestigious independent world rankings. Recently the university placed first among Ukrainian medical schools and eighth among all the universities of Ukraine in in July 2018 ranking published by 4 International Colleges & Universities (https://www.4icu.org/ua/). The Australian company 4ICU has been publishing its ranking since 2005. It evaluates the recognition of more than eleven thousand universities in the world, including 171 in Ukraine, based on the popularity of their web resources. As stated Continue reading →

Bahçeşehir University students trained at TSMU affiliated clinics

This year, Ternopil State Medical University and Bahçeşehir University (Istanbul, Turkey) had signed a bilateral cooperation agreement and developed an exchange program. Four Faculty of Medicine students from the partner university: Sergen Seyhan, Mustafa Canberk Gürbüz, Gulfem Sendemir, Aybike Buse Kalkay, came to Ternopil to participate in the practical training program. Bahçeşehir University students at TSMU. For two weeks, the physicians-in-training worked at Ternopil University Hospital under the supervision of TSMU lecturers from the Departments of Functional and Laboratory Diagnostics; Medical Treatment; Surgery; and Department Continue reading →

Ternopil State Medical University professor participated in the Great Teachers Seminar

In June 2018, head of TSMU Department of Pediatric Diseases and Pediatric Surgery Professor Oksana Boyarchuk trained at MacEwan University (Edmonton, Canada). Participating in the training program were also faculty from other Ukrainian partners of MacEwan University: Natalia Starynska from the National University “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy” and Oleksandr Avramchuk from Ukrainian Catholic University. The participants started their training with a visit to the Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence (CAFÉ). Academic year at MacEwan University runs from September to April. From April to the end Continue reading →

TSMU students donated equipment for rehabilitation of children with special needs

To mark International Children’s Day on June 1, 2018 TSMU students Abdelgawwad Ahmed Salem Mohammed, Saleh Abdelrahman Khaled Ibrahim, Juliet KusiBoateng, Daniel Aganren, Osman Sheriff Abdulkadir, Alele PreciousGift and deputy director of Ternopil State Medical University Center for Academic and Cultural Development Olena Pokryshko visited the educational complex №28 in Ternopil. The visit was a part of the project Let’s Make Life of Children Happier that took place at TSMU in April and May. Representatives of our university brought students of the school rehabilitation equipment. Continue reading →

Joint Canadian-Ukrainian Course on Global Health took place in TSMU

On May 15-25, 2018 Ternopil State Medical University hosted a joint Canadian-Ukrainian course Global Health. This course was developed within the framework of cooperation between TSMU and MacEwan University (Edmonton, Canada). Course participants included 20 students of MacEwan University Faculty of Nursing, and 8 students of TSMU Faculty of Medicine. Leaders and developers of the course from the Canadian side were Elizabeth Burgess-Pinto, RN, PhD, Assistant Professor at the Department of Nursing Science, and Christine Shumka, RN, MN, BScN, Nurse Educator at the Faculty of Continue reading →