Lviv National Medical University named after Danylo Halytsky is one of the leading medical universities of the IV level of accreditation, which has a long history and glorious traditions. Subordinated to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.

According to the performance indicators of the LNMU named after Danylo Halytsky, he holds leading positions in ratings among institutions of higher education and higher medical educational institutions of Ukraine.

In 2018, at the Tenth International Exhibition “Innovation in Modern Education”, the Lviv National Medical University named after Danylo Halytsky was awarded the Golden Medal and Diploma in the nomination “International cooperation as a factor of modern development of the educational institution in the conditions of globalization and internationalization of education” and the Diploma for active participation and presentation of innovative teaching technologies.

In the same year at the Ninth International Exhibition “Modern Educational Establishments – 2018” and the Seventh International Exhibition of Education World “World Edu” LNMU named after Danylo Halytsky was awarded honorary awards: Grand Prix “Leader of International Activities”; Gold medal in the nomination “Implementation of innovations in the pedagogical process for improving the quality of graduates knowledge”; A diploma for the presentation of achievements and innovative searches in the reform of the national sphere of education and science, as well as the Certificate of Quality of scientific publications (based on the scientifically based databases of SciVerse Sсopus for 2017). The honorary diplomas of the exhibition were awarded to the rector of the Danylo Halytsky Boris Semenovich Zimenkovsky LNMU – for active organizational and pedagogical activity on the steady growth of the quality of modern education, as well as the dean for working with foreign students Evgeni Stepanovich Varivoda – for the persistent fruitful work on the introduction of innovative technologies into educational and scientific activity.

In 2018, according to the rating given on the basis of scientometric monitoring of subjects of scientific and publishing activity of Ukraine according to the indicators of the database SciVerse Scopus, Lviv National Medical University named after Danylo Halytsky took the 11th place among 162 institutions of higher education of Ukraine, having in its assets 36 points in the index Worst (h-index). By this indicator, our University is the second among the medical universities of Ukraine and the third among the universities of Lviv.

In 2018, the international publishing company Clarivate Analytics, together with the Ministry of Education and Science, the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, awarded the Lviv National Medical University named after Danylo Halytsky the title of the winner of the “Web of Science Awards Ukraine 2018” Award and recognized as the leader of science in Ukraine in the category “Public Strategy”.

In 2018 Lviv National Medical University named after Danylo Halytsky took the 2 nd place in TOP-10 of the best medical educational institutions of Ukraine according to the consolidated rating of higher educational institutions of Ukraine of the informational resource “Osvita.ua”.

In 2018, according to the international rating of Webometrix, which analyzes the performance of about 22,000 universities from around the world on the level of their presence in the network, Danyl Halytsky LNMU took the first place among domestic medical care institutions and 15th place among all the defense companies of Ukraine.According to the results of the sectoral rating, the Ministry of Health of Ukraine LNMU named after Danylo Halytsky won the I place among the higher medical educational institutions of Ukraine by the indicators of educational and methodological work. According to the results of the national consolidated rating of universities of Ukraine in 2018, conducted by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the University ranked second in the TOP-10 “Best Medical Universities” nomination.

According to the results of the sectoral rating, the Ministry of Health of Ukraine LNMU named after Danylo Halytsky won the I place among the higher medical educational institutions of Ukraine by the indicators of educational and methodological work. According to the results of the national consolidated rating of universities of Ukraine in 2018, conducted by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the University ranked second in the TOP-10 “Best Medical Universities” nomination.Today, the Lviv National Medical University named after Danylo Halytskyi unites 6 faculties, medical college, 78 departments (including 47 clinical and 19 support for higher medical educational institutions of Ukraine), 14 educational buildings, a dental medical center, educational- industrial pharmacy, training simulation center, botanical garden, Central Scientific Library and Laboratory of Industrial Toxicology, Research Institute of Epidemiology and Hygiene, Research Center for Testing of Antitumor Materials, Scientific Library, 9 Hostels, Kom plex student nutrition, 4 museums, amateur art groups, 3 of which have the title People’s, sports and health camp “Medik”.

The annual contingent of the University is about 20,000 people, of which 6273 students, 1,164 interns, and 11,593 cadets of FPI.
Academic scholarships: scholarships by the President of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, and the Mykola Amosov scholarship are awarded to the best students in academic, scientific and social work. Scientific and pedagogical work is provided by 1421 full-time scientific, scientific-pedagogical and pedagogical workers, of which 177 doctors of sciences and 755 candidates of sciences, including 133 professors, 401 associate professors. Among the faculty members of the University are 1 Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 2 academicians and 2 correspondent members of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, 14 Academicians of the Academy of Sciences of Higher Education of Ukraine, 7 Winners of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology, 1 Honored Honored Worker of Physical Culture and Sports of Ukraine, 4 Honored Workers of Education of Ukraine, 11 Honored Scientists and Technicians of Ukraine, 21 Honored Doctor of Ukraine.

By the number of foreign students, the University is one of the leaders among the higher medical educational institutions of Ukraine, which testifies to its high authority in the world market of educational services. Today, 1137 foreign citizens from nearly 50 countries of Europe, Asia, Africa and America are trained at the University, of which more than 80 percent are enrolled in English.

Clinical preparation of students, interns and students of the faculty of postgraduate education is conducted in 50 clinical departments located at 155 departments of clinical bases in 50 medical and prophylactic institutions of the city of Lviv, as well as Lutsk, Rivne, Truskavets. All clinical bases have the required number of specialists of higher qualification, sufficient level of material and technical base and necessary premises and agreements between higher educational establishments and healthcare institutions, which establishes the forms of mutual relations, rights, responsibilities and responsibilities of each of the parties. The university also has its own clinical base – the Dental Center with 1,480 visits per shift.

The Scientific Library of the LNMU named after Danylo Halytsky actively works, the actual direction of which is to increase the level of information service of users and to expand the automation of library processes. The combination of traditional and electronic resources in a user-friendly manner contributes to the maximum satisfaction of information queries. The main information array of the library is about 650 thousand copies. For the purpose of full and prompt formation of information resources, the library uses traditional (printed) and electronic sources of current and retrospective information. Every year, publications are searched and contacts are established with publishers for the purchase of specialized literature. To a large extent, funds are replenished by publications of our scholars, which in the long run will give the opportunity to form a collection of publications of the Medical University.

History

The history of the Lviv Medical University dates back to 1661, when, on January 20, the privilege of King Jan Kazimierz, the Lviv Jesuit College was elevated to the rank of the Academy with the awarding of the University title consisting of four faculties. However, a full-fledged medical faculty until the closure of the University in 1773 was never formed.

November 16, 1784, according to the privilege of Emperor Joseph II of October 21, 1784, there was a restoration in Lviv of the University with four faculties: theology, law, philosophy and medicine.
It is on this day that the age of the Lviv National Medical University named after Danylo Halytsky is being counted.

During the years 1891-1898 new academic buildings and clinical bases of the University were built and started functioning: anatomo-physiological, pathoanatomical, chemical, obstetrics and gynecology, surgery, internal diseases, dermatovenereology, otorhinolaryngology and others. In March 1900, the first issue of doctors in the number of 16 people was held, among them there were two Ukrainians – I. Polokhailo and Y. Grushkevich. After 100 years – in June 2001 – the university diplomas were awarded to 775 doctors, pharmacists and nurses.

In the first half of the XX century, people from the universities of Krakow, Vienna, Heidelberg and other leading European centers of education taught medicine in Lviv. The departments of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lviv were headed by world renowned scholars Professor G. Kady, V. Shimonovich, A. Beck, J. Prus, A. Mars, L. Ridiger, A. Tseshynsky, M. Nentsky, J. Parnas, R. Weigl, V. Novitsky and many others.

From 1920 to 1925, the Ukrainian Secret University worked in Lviv, which arose due to the negative attitude of the Polish authorities towards the teaching of Ukrainians at Lviv University. Since 1921, the Ukrainian Secret University has organized a medical faculty, which consisted of 10 departments, which included 185 students. Among the teachers were M. Punchyshyn, M. Muzika, I. Kurovets, S. Bali, O. Barvinsky and others. Due to the lack of appropriate laboratory and clinical basis, students of the third and subsequent courses continued their studies in Prague, Vienna, and other universities abroad.

In 1939, after the entry of the West Ukrainian lands into the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, the medical faculty of Lviv University was separated from the university and reorganized into the Lviv State Medical Institute with two faculties: medical and preventive and pharmaceutical.

Since the beginning of the German occupation of Lviv, the activities of higher educational institutions have ceased. A week after the Nazi troops entered Lviv, in July 1941, the Nazis shot 36 professors of Lviv higher education institutions, including 13 professors from the medical institute: T. Ostrovsky, V. Dobhanetsky, S. Progulsky, I. Grek, R. Rentsky, A. Solovei, V. Seradsky, S. Manchevsky, V. Novitsky, A. Tseshinsky, Y. Gedzel’skii, G. Gilyarovich, S. Ruf. This action was just one of the episodes carefully planned by the Nazis in a large-scale campaign of total extermination of Polish science and culture as the elite of the nation. During the occupation, professors A.Lastovetsky, B.Yalovy, A. Bek were tragically killed.

On May 20, 1942, medical professional courses were created by the order of the German occupational administration on the basis of the Lviv Medical Institute. Their curricula were fundamentally different from prewar and were practically identical to the German programs of higher medical education. Somewhat later, the above-mentioned educational institution received the official name of the State medical-preventive professional courses. His organization and activity became possible thanks to the selfless sacrificial work of the People’s Professor M. Panchishin and Dr. R. Osinchuk.

On October 1, 1944, two months after the liberation of Lviv from the German occupation, a new academic year began in the Lviv State Medical Institute.

Since 1961, along with the preparation of national staff, the University carries out training of foreign citizens from countries of Europe, Asia, Africa and America. Over 40 years, about 2000 doctors and pharmacists have trained foreigners who work successfully in many countries around the world. Since 1997, the teaching of foreign students in English has been started and dynamically developed.

On October 17, 1996, by the decision of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 1262, the Lviv State Medical Institute received the status of a higher educational institution of the IV level of accreditation and was renamed the Lviv State Medical University.

On October 21, 1998, the University was named after Danylo Halytsky, the first king of the Galician-Volyn state. Danylo Galitsky pursued progressive government and administrative reforms, developed education and culture, improved the army and created for him the first school of medical doctors that started the development of medicine in Galicia.

On August 21, 2003, according to the decree of the President of Ukraine No. 872/2003, Danylo Halytsky Lviv State Medical University, given the national and international recognition of the consequences of its activities, a significant contribution to the development of national education and science, was granted the status of the National Medical University.

Former Names

• Medical Faculty of the University of Lvov (1784-1805)
• Medical Faculty of the Lviv University Franz I. (1817-1918)
• Medical Faculty of the Lviv University John Casimir (1919-1939)
• Lviv State Medical Institute (1939-1941)
• Public health natural professional courses (1942-1944)
• Lviv State Medical Institute (1944-1984)
• Peoples’ Friendship Order Lviv State Medical Institute (1984-1996)
• Lviv State Medical University (1996-1998)
• Lviv State Medical University named after Danylo Galitsky (1998-2003 ).

August 21, 2003  , the Presidential Decree number 872/2003 Lviv State Medical University named after Danylo Galitsky, given the national and international recognition of the results of its activities, contribute to the development of national education and science, given the status of National.

Faculties

• Medical faculty No.1
• Medical faculty No.2
• Faculty of dentistry
• Faculty of pharmacy
• Faculty of distance education
• Faculty of postgraduate education

 

Departments

The medical faculty № 1

• Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Department of Hygiene and Preventive Toxicology
• Department of Epidemiology
• The department of general hygiene of the environment
• Department of General Surgery
• Department of Infectious Diseases
• Department of Foreign Languages and Latin
• Department of Anatomy
• Department of Pathological Physiology
• Department of Ambulatory Care, Family Medicine and Dermatology, Venereology
• Department of Radiology Diagnostics and Therapy
• Chair of Internal Medicine № 1
• Department of Traumatology, Orthopaedics and Surgery emergencies
• Department of Surgery № 1
• Department of Physical Training and Sports Medicine
• Department of tuberculosis and pulmonology

Medical Faculty № 2

• Department of Histology, Cytology and Embryology
• Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
• Department of Pediatric Surgery
• Department of Endocrinology
• Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergology
• Department of Medicine of Emergency Conditions
• Department of Medical Biology, Parasitology and Genetics
• Department mikrobiolohyiyi, virology, immunology
• Department of Physiology
• Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine
• Chair of Internal Medicine № 2
• Chair of Children’s Diseases
• Department of Social Medicine, Economics and Health
• Department of Pharmacology
• Department
• Department of Surgery № 2

Faculty of Dentistry

• Department of Neurology
• Department of Operative Surgery with Topographic Anatomy
• Department of Prosthetic Dentistry
• Department of Otorhinolaryngology
• Department of Psychiatry, Psychology and Sexology
• Department of Children’s Stomatology
• Department of Therapeutic Stomatology
• Department of Internal Medicine № 2
• Department of Surgical Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery

Faculty of Pharmacy

• Department of Biological Chemistry
• Department of Biophysics
• Department of General, bioinorganic, fizkoloyidnoyi Chemistry
• Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmacotherapy and Medical Standardization
• Department of Organization and Economy of Pharmacy
• Department of Drug Technology and Biopharmaceutics
• Department of Toxicology and Analytical Chemistry
• Chair of Ukrainian Studies
• Department of Pharmacognosy and Botany
• Department of Pharmaceutical, Organic and Bioorganic Chemistry
• Department of Philosophy and Economics

Faculty of Postgraduate Studies

• Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology FPDO
• Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care FPDO
• Department of Haematology and Transfusion FPDO
• Department of Clinical Laboratory FPDO
• Department of Medical Informatics FPDO
• Department of Health Law FPDO
• Department of neurology and neurosurgery FPDO
• Department of Oncology and Radiology FPDO
• Department of Organization and Economy of Pharmacy and Drug Technology FPDO
• Department of Health Management and FPDO
• Department of Ophthalmology FPDO
• Department of Pediatrics and Neonatology FPDO
• Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy FPDO
• Department of radiation diagnostic FPDO
• Department of Rehabilitation and alternative medicine FPDO
• Department of Therapeutic Stomatology FPDO
• Number 1 Department of Therapy and Medical Diagnostics FPDO
• Department of Urology FPDO
• Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry FPDO
• Department of Surgery and Endoscopy FPDO
• Department of Surgical and Prosthetic Dentistry FPDO

 

 

Accomodation

 The students’ hostels are located near the main academic buildings. Students can be accommodated in 8 hostels with everything needed for studying (including internet clubs and reading rooms), everyday life (with canteens, cafes, the sewing and footwear work-shops, the barber’s and the laundry open) and rest ( gyms available)