Medical Faculty No. 1

History of the Faculty

According to the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR dated October 23, 1964, No. 1081 and the order of the Ministry of Health of the Ukrainian SSR dated October 27, 1964, No. 484, a medical faculty was established based on the Zaporizhzhia Pharmaceutical Institute. The admission of students for training in Zaporizhzhia was conducted by six medical universities of Ukraine: Kharkiv, Simferopol, Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, and Luhansk Medical Institutes. In the first semester, students studied at these institutes, and in the second semester, they continued their education at the medical faculty of Zaporizhzhia Pharmaceutical Institute. In the 1965–1966 academic year, the first intake of students (220 students) was conducted at the Zaporizhzhia Pharmaceutical Institute, and a third-year course was formed with students from other higher medical educational institutions who wished to continue their studies at the medical faculty.

By 1968, 22 departments had been organized at the medical faculty, with 130 lecturers, including 12 professors and doctors of sciences, and 82 associate professors and candidates of sciences.

On January 29, 1968, the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the USSR No. 61 was issued, renaming the Zaporizhzhia Pharmaceutical Institute to Zaporizhzhia Medical Institute, and in 1969, the first cohort of doctors graduated.

The first dean of the medical faculty from 1965 to 1967 was Associate Professor S.K. Hordienko. After him, the following served as deans: Associate Professor D.F. Ivanov (1967–1968), Associate Professor A.A. Shulha (1968–1972), Professor H.E. Lutsenko (1972–1974). For over 20 years, the faculty was headed by Associate Professor R.S. Lysenko.

In 1996, the dean's office of the medical faculty was organized. Associate Professor S.P. Kovalyov was appointed dean (1997–2001), and from 2001 to 2023, the head of the medical faculty was Associate Professor V.M. Kompaniyets.

Since 2024, the dean's office of the first medical faculty has been headed by K.I. Lurie.

Faculty Staff

There are 260 lecturers working in the 22 departments of the faculty, including: Academician of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Honored Figures of Science and Technology of Ukraine, laureates of the State Prize of Ukraine, laureates of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine awards, laureates of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine awards, Honored Doctors of Ukraine, 47 Doctors of Sciences, and 178 Candidates of Sciences.

The Institute of Medical and Ecological Problems successfully operates. A laboratory for cell cultures has been opened.

Students of the Faculty

Approximately 1000 students study at the faculty. Among them are 9 named scholarship holders, and more than 10% are excellent students. Students have the opportunity to engage in research activities within the student scientific society. They present their reports at the final scientific conferences of the university, at other higher educational institutions of Ukraine, and at international scientific conferences in other countries. More than 30 students have been awarded diplomas of I, II, and III degrees.

The faculty has created all the necessary conditions for students' education and leisure. The required socio-cultural infrastructure is available: library, including reading rooms, an assembly hall, sports halls, a stadium, sports grounds, a medical center, and shelters. The faculty is assigned places in dormitories located in the student campus, where conditions for comfortable living have been created.

Also, all participants in the educational process on the university campus have free access to the Internet.

Student self-government and student councils of dormitories are successfully operating at the faculty.

The faculty's strong human resources, modern informational and material-technical support for the educational process, scientific, and clinical activities enable achieving a high level of student training and implementing innovative teaching and medical technologies.

The faculty's activities are based on principles of academic integrity, tolerance, objectivity, transparency, independence, responsibility, collegiality, and openness when discussing issues, strict adherence to ethical conduct rules, and compliance with current anti-corruption legislation.

One of the main goals of the faculty's activities is to form a contingent of students whose thinking and professional competencies are focused on the future.