Bogomolets National Medical University

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Checked against the sources listed at the bottom of this page on 10 November 2026.

About Bogomolets National Medical University

The university’s own history page says that its official history began in 1841, when a medical faculty was created at the Imperial St. Volodymyr University in Kyiv. The faculty was merged into the Kyiv Institute of Health Protection in 1920 and became the Kyiv State Medical Academy in 1921. In 1946 the institute was named after Academician O. O. Bogomolets; in 1992 it became the Ukrainian State Medical University named after Bogomolets, and in 1995 a presidential decree gave it national status.^[2] The page gives two figures for the first intake (22 and 29 students), so we do not quote one.^[2]

It reports about 14,000 students, nearly 3,000 foreign citizens from 72 countries, 9 faculties and 87 departments. The rector named on the page is Yurii Kuchyn.^[2] The faculties include Medical Faculties No. 1, 2 and 3, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Medical Psychology, a faculty training doctors for the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a faculty training foreign citizens; there is also an Institute of Public Health and Preventive Medicine.^[7]

The English name is also transliterated “Bohomolets”, for example in Wikipedia’s infobox.^[1] The university’s English site links a procedure for actions during an air-raid alert (an infographic available in Ukrainian only); for the current teaching arrangements, ask the admissions office.^[7]

How is Bogomolets National Medical University ranked?

The university does not appear in the QS World University Rankings 2027. The list published on 18 June 2026 names nine Ukrainian universities, from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (791–800) to Sumy State University (1201–1400), and Bogomolets is not among them.^[3] Subject-specific medicine rankings are not covered by the pages we read.

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What can you study at Bogomolets National Medical University?

The admission page for foreign citizens lists three master’s-level programmes: Dentistry (5 years), Medicine (6 years) and Pharmacy, industrial pharmacy (5 years). Teaching is in Ukrainian or English.^[4] Applications are handled by the university’s Faculty for Training of Foreign Citizens, which also runs a preparatory department.^[7]

The programme lists for Ukrainian applicants and the other faculties (for example Medical Psychology and the Institute of Public Health and Preventive Medicine) are on the university’s Ukrainian site.^[7]

How much does Bogomolets National Medical University cost?

The figures are per year in “conventional units” (s.u.), as printed in the university’s cost document for foreigners and stateless persons; the document does not name a currency, and the preparatory department is listed at 1,200 without a unit.^[5] The document’s heading reads “in 2025”, although the 2026 admission page links to it as the cost for 2026, so ask the faculty for the current table.^[5][4]

The state portal adds a one-time application fee of UAH 3,100.^[8] The university’s English payment page is available only in Ukrainian and does not list amounts.^[7]

How do you apply to Bogomolets National Medical University?

The admission page for foreign citizens describes a first step of submitting documents to receive an invitation. The documents are an application form, a copy of the passport, the previous education documents and transcript, a consent form for data processing and, if needed, a power of attorney. Each translated document must be notarised into Ukrainian. Admission is “carried out face-to-face and/or remotely”.^[4]

The page lists oral entrance-exam programmes for mathematics, biology, physics, chemistry and the language, and says the first-year intake and the preparatory department run on a window set for 2026. We give no dates because they change every year.^[4]

The national portal describes the offer-and-invitation route (digital Offer of Admission, then a Digital Invitation for Study valid for 6 months) and the Type D visa.^[8] Ask the Faculty for Training of Foreign Citizens which route applies to your intake.

Which language do you need at Bogomolets National Medical University?

Teaching is conducted in Ukrainian or English, depending on the form of study you choose, and the fees differ between the two.^[4][5] The admission page lists no language test or certificate level. Its oral-exam programmes include English on the English version of the page and Ukrainian on the Ukrainian version.^[4]

If you need language preparation, the university runs a preparatory department; its page names no duration or language.^[4]

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