History of Semey Medical University began on September 1, 1953, with the opening of medical faculty, who were enrolled the first 320 students. All the years of the existence of high school graduates began more than 25 thousand people who are working successfully in Kazakhstan and abroad. Including 3 of academician, deputies of the Parliament of Kazakhstan, 6 people worked rectors of medical schools, 14 heads of regional health departments and other prominent figures of science and practice.
Over the past few years to improve the organization of the educational process developed a scientific medical potential, stronger material and technical base. University became known in the country and the world, is developing intensively. Since 2009, it was granted the status of University. Now it is a multi-Medical University, educational and cultural center in the East Kazakhstan and Pavlodar regions.
In order to achieve high goals at the University employs more than 1,500 professors, teachers, staff and physicians. Every year more than 600 students are students of University, the total number of students exceeds 4,000. The university foreign students from India, Pakistan, China, Mongolia, and Russia.
Brief History of the University
Semey Medical University is a higher educational institution with rich historical traditions and huge potential for the development of medical education, science and clinics.
The Medical Institute was opened on the basis of the Decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR and the Order of the Ministry of Health of the USSR No. 22611-Р dated 02.09.1952.
In 1953, Semipalatinsk State Medical Institute accepted the first 320 students.
The young university began work in two adapted two-storey buildings (now morphological and physico-chemical buildings). It housed not only first-year departments, but also administration, public organizations, a library and a reading room.
1953 – Vasily Sergeevich Bobov, Honored Doctor of the Kazakh SSR, was appointed the first director of the Institute.
1953 – the first 10 theoretical departments were opened: fundamentals of Marxism-Leninism, biology, anatomy, histology, inorganic chemistry, physics, foreign languages, Latin, physical education, biochemistry and organic chemistry.
1954 – 3 new departments were organized – microbiology, physiology and combined arms training.
1955 – the Student Brass Band was organized.
1955 – new departments were organized: pathanatomy, pathophysiology, pharmacology, propaedeutics of internal diseases of general surgery.
1956 – student dormitory No. 1 was built.
1956 – Associate professor Kozhakhmet Chuvakovich Chuvakov was appointed rector of the Institute.
1956 – Departments of obstetrics and gynecology, faculty surgery, dermatology and venereology, hygiene, nervous diseases, ENT, topanatomy, health organization, psychiatry, eye diseases and forensic medicine were opened.
1957 – by the decision of the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the USSR, the institute was classified as a category II university.
1958 – 34 departments functioned, 164 teachers worked.
1959 – the first graduation took place – 275 graduates received a doctor’s degree.
1962 – the Evening Faculty was opened – working specialists had the opportunity to study.
1963 – Honored Scientist of the Kazakh SSR, Professor Tamara Aleksandrovna Nazarova was appointed rector of the Institute.
1963 – the Faculty of Pediatrics was opened.
1963 – the training of local personnel in postgraduate studies in Moscow, Kharkov, Leningrad began.
1964 – the main building of the Institute was built.
1967 – under the leadership of Beken Zhumanov, the youth theater “Zhas dauren” was organized, which included G. Kanapyanov, A. Menisov, K. Menisova, A. Meirbaev, R. Taurgalina and other students.
1968 – for the good work of the student construction teams, the institute was awarded a Certificate of Honor by the Supreme Council of the Kazakh SSR.
1970 – the preparatory department for rural and working-class youth was opened.
1970 – the vivarium building and student dormitory No. 4 with 400 beds were put into operation.
1971 – the primary specialization of graduates after the end of the 6th year (internship) was started.
1974 – Associate Professor Dmitry Vasilyevich Usov was appointed rector of the Institute.
1975 – lecture halls were put into operation at the clinical bases of the institute, including at the regional hospital.
1976 – the interdepartmental experimental laboratory was organized and opened, its first head was E.N. Shatsky.
1976 – construction of a residential building for employees at 128 Krasnoarmeyskaya Street (now Naimanbayeva, 128).
1976 – Honored Scientist of the Kazakh SSR, Professor Nikolai Arkhipovich Khlopov was appointed rector of the Institute.
1976 – The patent department was opened, an electron microscope was purchased.
1977 – construction of extensions to the main building, lecture halls No. 1 and No. 2 with educational laboratories began.
1979 – the Medik sports and recreation complex was built, nine-storey dormitories No. 5 and No. 6.
1982 – the M. Mametova Museum was opened under the guidance of Associate Professor of the Department of History of the CPSU A. L. Ptushchenko.
1984 – the Faculty of Advanced Medical Training was opened in Pavlodar.
1985 – Professor Evgeny Stepanovich Belozerov was appointed rector of the Institute.
1985 – the museum of the “History of the University” was opened.
1986 – the primary veterans organization was established.
1986 – Dormitory No. 7 was built.
1987 – Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Professor Tolegen Kazezovich Raisov was appointed rector of the Institute.
1989 – a department in the Kazakh language of instruction was opened.
1991 – the Faculty of Dentistry was opened.
1993 – a 156-apartment residential building was built at 77 Zhamakaev Street for university staff.
1993 – the Dissertation Council for the defense of doctoral dissertations in the specialty “Traumatology and Orthopedics” and PhD dissertations in the specialties “Rheumatology”, “Human and animal Physiology” began to function.
1993 – the first international scientific conference “Ecology. Radiation. Health”.
1995 – the Faculty of Foreign Students was opened for the first time among medical universities in Kazakhstan. Corresponding member of the Academy of Medical Sciences, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Marat Nukenovich Musin was appointed the first head of the faculty.
1997 – the Institute received the status of an Academy and was renamed the Semipalatinsk State Medical Academy (SSMA).
1998 – for the first time in the Republic of Kazakhstan, the teaching of foreign students in English was started. Students from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sudan have the opportunity to study in English.
1998 – the agreement on cooperation between the SSMA and the University of Nagasaki (Japan) was signed.
1998 – 2001 – computerization was carried out in departments, services and graduate departments, 4 computer classrooms were organized and equipped, including one classroom with 33 computers connected to the Internet.
1999 – the republican magazine “Family Doctor” and the newspaper “Medicine for All” are published.
2001 – Murat Koishibaevich Teleuov, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, was appointed rector of the Academy.
2001 – the first Biology Olympiad was held for schoolchildren of the city and districts.
2002 – a new canteen for 123 students was opened, an autonomous boiler room was created for the main building of the University.
2002 – on the basis of the Pavlodar branch of the Faculty of Advanced Medical Training, a branch was opened for training personnel in the specialty “Medical business”.
2003 – The university received a license to study in the specialties “Medical and preventive medicine” and “Pharmacy”.
2003 – the republican journal “Science and Healthcare” is published.
2003 – the agreement on cooperation of the SSMA was signed with the University of Nagasaki (Japan), with the University of Hiroshima (Japan).
2005 – The university passed the First certification of the quality management system through the certification body SGS (Kazakhstan) “Medeu Consulting”.
2005 – the Semey regional hospital with 510 beds, which is the clinical base of the university, was transferred from communal ownership to the republican one by the Decree of the Akim of East Kazakhstan Region and became part of the Medical Academy.
2006 – the department of innovative technologies and quality monitoring of education was established, the material and technical base of all departments was significantly improved.
2006 – the dissertation council on the specialty “Surgery” was opened.
2007 – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, PhD (Japan), Corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan Tolebai Kosiyabekovich Rakhypbekov was appointed rector of the University.
2007 – new specialties “Nursing”, “Public Health”, “General Medicine” were opened.
2007 – for the first time in the history of medical universities, the Academy was visited by President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev.
2007 – the Zerde consortium with practical healthcare was established.
2008 – a project was launched to include the journal “Science and Healthcare” in the Scopus, Web of Sciences databases.
2008 – the titles and awards “Honored Professor”, “Golden Stethoscope”, “Ayaly Alakan”, “Adal yenbegi ush”, “Kurmetti tulek” were established.
2009 – Semipalatinsk State Medical Academy was renamed Semey State Medical University.
2009 – the certification body “Total Quality Certification Services International” (KAZAKHSTAN) confirmed the compliance of the university’s management system with all requirements of the international standard ISO 9001:2008.
2009 – in order to consolidate and test practical skills, 3 simulation rooms were opened at the main clinical bases.
2009 – an educational and clinical center was established, the first robot simulator was purchased, which develops complex practical skills.
2010 – the Bologna Declaration was signed.
2010 – licenses for PhD, doctoral and master’s degrees were obtained.
2010 – successfully passed the institutional accreditation of the National Accreditation Center at the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2013 – a cardiac surgery department and an endovascular laboratory were opened at the Medical Center, the first open heart surgeries, coronary angiography, and stenting were performed.
2013 – a branch of the University was opened in Ust-Kamenogorsk.
2014 – passed the institutional national accreditation in the National Accreditation and Rating Agency (NARA).
2015 – joining the Association of Medical Universities of India.
2016 – the Room of Peace and Harmony, the Japanese and Indian rooms were opened. An Astana room with modern interactive tables for teachers and students has been opened.
2016 – for the first time in Kazakhstan, a medical university held a Congress of parents.
2017 is the first Chemistry Olympiad at SMU for schoolchildren of the city and districts.
2017 – Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor Yersin Tursynkhanovich Zhunussov was appointed rector of the University.
2017 – multidisciplinary team visits to Tarbagatai, Borodulikhinsky, Abai, Beskaragai, Urdzharsky, Kokpektinsky districts and the cities of Kurchatov, Ridder were carried out for the first time.
2017 – the first recruitment was made to the preparatory department of the Medical Foundation.
2018 – a memorandum of strategic partnership was signed between Semey State Medical University and Bashkent University (Turkey).
2018 – I place in the nomination “Leader in student learning outcomes” according to the results of the independent agency for Quality Assurance in education.
2019 – the university was transformed into Semey Medical University, Non-Commercial Joint-Stock Company.
2019 – the institutional accreditation was successfully completed.
2020 – the department of Pediatric emergency Surgery was opened at the University Hospital, funded by the Sabi Charitable Foundation.
2021 – Altay Akhmetkaliyevich Dyussupov, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, was appointed rector of the University.
2022 – new educational residency programs were introduced: “Adult and pediatric Otorhinolaryngology”, “Neurosurgery”, “Nephrology”, “Clinical laboratory diagnostics”, “Pediatric Dentistry”.
2022 – strategic partnership agreements were signed with the Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I. Pirogov and Kazan State Medical University.
2022 – 10 projects worth more than 550 million tenge were approved by the grant financing of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2022 – the construction of a new University hospital in Semey is included in the National project “Healthy Nation”. On September 30, 2022, during a meeting with the public of the Abai region, President of Kazakhstan K.K. Tokayev instructed on the need to build a multidisciplinary hospital at the Semey Medical University.
2022 – for the first time, on the basis of the trinity of science, practice and education, a regulation on the system of key indicators (KPIs) for the activities of teaching staff and administrative and managerial personnel with differentiated pay has been developed.
2022 – according to the results of the National Award “ALTYN SHIPAGER”, the university took the second place among the medical universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2023 – Memorandums of strategic cooperation were signed between the Semey Medical University, NCJSC and DPU University (India), as well as Max Heathcare Institute Limited (India).
2023 – the Dental Clinic was opened.