University is a major educational, scientific and clinical centre of North-West of Russia.
Every year 500 new students enter the university. Begining in 1945, a course of training is provided to foreign students. Since then 1600 sitizens from 65 countries of Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America have qualified for the diploma, and more then 350 doctors from foreign countries have pursued a course of practical work, specialization, clinical studies or post-graduate research for candidate or doctorate degrees. Saint-Petersburg State Pavlov Medical University was founded in 1897 as a first Russian higher medical school for women. Since its establishment, it became one of the leading medical scientific schools in Russia.