The Bukovinian State Medical University () is a public medical university of IV level of accreditation in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. It offers over 90 degree programs and has 49 departments in 6 undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate faculties. BSMU is a member of the European University Association and is a signatory of the Magna Charta Universitatum.

The university was established in 1944, on the basis of Kyiv State Medical Institute, as Chernivtsi State Medical Institute. It was reorganized into its current form in 2005. In addition to the main campus in Chernivtsi, the university operates three preparatory departments in Chernivtsi, Novoselytsia and Vashkivtsi and a recreational complex in Repuzhyntsi.

History In October 1944 the Second Kyiv State Medical Institute was transferred for further work to the city of Chernivtsi. Without receiving a new name, the capital institute relocated to Chernivtsi continued to operate for a month and a half as the 2nd Kyiv State Medical Institute in Chernivtsi. Only at the end of November 1944 the 2nd Kyiv State Medical Institute was given the name "Chernivtsi State Medical Institute".

Bukovinian State Medical University (BGMU) was created by reorganization of the Bukovinian State Medical Academy on the basis of the Order of Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine from 02.03.2005 46-p and Order of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine from 15.03.2005 110 "About reorganization of the Bukovinian State Medical Academy.

Academy (BGMA) was created according to the Decree of KMU from 04.04.1997 312 on the base of Chernivtsi State Medical Institute (CMI) which was founded in 1944 and functioned till April 1997. Chernivtsi State Medical Institute was founded on 20 October 1944 based on 2nd Kyiv Medical Institute after its redeployment to Chernivtsi city.

In 2014 the Bukovinian State Medical University celebrated its 70th anniversary, and in 2011 the university celebrated its 80th anniversary as a higher educational institution.

Rectors The history of Bukovina is closely connected with the names of the rectors of the medical institution, famous professors - D. S. Lovlia (1945-1951), M. B. Mankovsky (1951-1954), M. M. Kovalev (1954-1963), O. D. Yuhimets (1963-1974), V. K. Patratij (1974-1993), V. P. Pishak (1993-2010), T. M. Boychuk (from 2010 to 2020) In 2021, the planned rector election did not take place. O. A. Andriets was acting as rector in 2021–2023.

University authority Acting Rector – Gerush Igor Vasiliovych, Candidate of Medical Science, Associate Professor Vice-rector for Scientific and Pedagogical Work - Khodorovskyi Volodymyr Mykhailovych, Associate Professor Vice-rector for Scientific-Pedagogical and Therapeutic Activity - Ilashchuk Tetiana Oleksandrivna, Doctor of Medical Sciences, professor Vice-rector for Scientific and Pedagogical Work and Education - Zoryi Nina Ivanivna, Candidate of Philosophical Science, associate professor Vice-Rector on Scientific and Pedagogical Work and International Relations Grytsyuk Marjana Ivanivna , M.D., Doctor of medical sciences, Professor Educational and Research Institute of Postgraduate Education Director, MD, Associate Professor Bambulyak Andriy Vasyliovych

Teaching staff The personnel potential of the university is unique, it is staffed today by professionals in their field, who have exceptional teaching skills: 115 doctors of medical sciences and 429 candidates of medical sciences, among them 1 member-correspondent of Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, 2 academicians of Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, 6 academicians of Ukrainian Academy of Medical Sciences, 9 honored workers of Ukraine, 2 honored workers of national education and higher school of Ukraine, 85 professors, 269 associate professors. 52 employees of clinical chairs of BSMU are provincial freelance specialists and consultants of DOH of Chernivtsi Regional State Administration.

Campuses and buildings The university has 15 educational buildings, a modern library, an ultra-modern simulation centre, university dental centre, educational-productive chemist's, sport complex, the Palace of culture and rest "Academichny": a theatre, summer camp "Zdorovya". Clinical departments are located on the bases of 33 medical-preventive and pharmaceutical establishments of Chernivtsi.

Education of foreign citizens Today the university has 5181 students including 1727 foreign citizens from 32 countries. The training of foreign citizens has been carried out since 1994, and since 2004 the training of foreign students in English was started. The number of foreign students from India, Somalia, Nigeria, Ghana, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Bulgaria, USA and other countries studying at Bukovinian State Medical University increases year by year.

Departments and courses Department Academic title Head of departmentObstetrics and gynecology Professor Yuzko Oleksandr MykhailovychObstetrics, gynecology and perinatology Professor Kravchenko Olena ViktorivnaHuman anatomy named after M.G. Turkevych Professor Kryvetskyi Viktor VasyliovychAnatomy, clinical anatomy and operative surgery Professor Slobodyan Oleksandr MykolayovychAnesthesiology and resuscitation Professor Konovchuk Viktor MykolaiovychBioorganic and biologic chemistry and clinical biochemistry Assoc. Professor Grygoryeva Nadiya PylypivnaBiological physics and medical informatics Professor Fediv Volodymyr IvanovychInternal medicine Professor Fediv Oleksandr IvanovychInternal medicine, clinical harmacology and occupational diseases Professor Khukhlina Oksana SviatoslavivnaInternal medicine, physical rehabilitation and sports medicine Professor, Honored Physician of Ukraine Tashchuk Viktor KorniiovychHygiene and ecology Professor Vlasyk Leonid IvanovychHistology, cytology and embryology Professor Tsygykalo Oleksandr VitaliyovychDermatovenerology Professor Denysenko Olha IvanivnaPediatric surgery and otorhinolaryngology Professor Bodnar Oleg BorysovychNursing and higher nursing education Professor Plesh Igor AntonovychGeneral surgery Professor Poliovyi Viktor PavlovychForeign languages Assoc. Professor Rak Oleksandr MykhailovychInfectious diseases and epidemiology Professor Moskaliuk Vasyl DeoniziiovychClinical immunology, allergology and endocrinology Professor Pashkovska Nataliia ViktorivnaDisaster medicine and military medicine Assoc. Professor Biryuk Igor HrygorovychMedical biology and genetics Professor Bulyk Roman YevhenovychMedical and pharmaceutical chemistry Professor Bratenko Mykhailo KalininovychMicrobiology and virology Professor Deyneka Svyatoslav YevhenovychNervous diseases, psychiatry and medical psychology named after s.m. savenko Professor Pashkovskyi Valerii MelentiiovychOncology and radiology Assoc. Professor Bodyaka Volodymyr YuriyovychOrthopedic dentistry Professor Bielikov Oleksandr BorysovychOphthalmology named after b.l. Radzichovskyi Professor Penishkevych Yaroslav IvanovychPathologic physiology Professor Rohovyi Yurii YevhenovychPathologic anatomy Professor Davydenko Igor SviatoslavovychPediatrics, neonatology and perinatal medicine Professor Nechytailo Yurii MykolaiovychPediatrics and children's infectious diseases Professor Koloskova Olena KostiantynivnaPediatrics and medical genetics Professor Sokolnik Snizhana VasylivnaPropaedeutics of internal medicine Professor Ilashchuk Tetiana OleksandrivnaPsychology and philosophy Professor Borysyuk Alla StepanivnaFamily medicine Professor Sydorchuk Larysa PetrivnaSocial medicine and health organization Assoc. Professor Navchuk Ihor VasylovychDentistry of childhood Professor Godovanets Oksana IvanivnaForensic medicine and medical law Professor, Honored Physician of Ukraine Bachynskyi Viktor TeodosiiovychSocial sciences and ukrainian studies Professor Moisey Anoniy ArkadiyovychTherapeutic dentistry Professor, Honored Physician of Ukraine Batig Victor MarkiyanovychTraumatology and ortopedics Professor Vasiuk Volodymyr LeonidovychUrology and neurosurgery Professor, Honored Physician of Ukraine Fedoruk Oleksandr StepanovychPharmacology Professor Zamorskyi Igor IvanovychPharmaceutical botany and pharmacognosy Professor Zakharchuk Oleksandr IvanovychPharmacy Assoc. Professor Gerush Oleg VasyliovychPhysiology named after Ya.D. Kirshenblat Professor Tkachuk Svitlana SerhiivnaPhthisiology and pulmonology Professor Todoriko Liliia DmytrivnaSurgery № 1 Professor, Honored Physician of Ukraine Polianskyi Igor YuliiovychSurgery № 2 Professor, Honored Physician of Ukraine Shkvarkovskyi Igor VolodymyrovychSurgical dentistry and maxillofacial surgery Professor Kuzniak Nataliia Bohdanivna Course (as a part of the corresponding department) Ear, nose, throat diseases Assoc. Professor Plaksyvyi Oleksandr Hrygorovych Physical education and health Senior teacher Kulish Natalia Mykolajivna

Divisions The university consists of:

Teaching, educational and support units:

- Educational department with information and analytical sector;

- Educational and methodological office;

- Students' office;

- Department of practical training;

- Department of international relations;

- Editorial and publishing department;

- Historical and medical museum of the university.

Scientific divisions:

- Scientific and medical department [Archived 5 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine]; with the sector of innovational development;

- Department of doctoral studies, postgraduate studies, master's studies and clinical residency;

- Department of metrological and technical support; - Research laboratories (22);

- Vivarium.

Administrative and economic units:

- Rector's office;

- Personnel department;

- Planning and economic department;

- Accounting department;

- Chancellery;

- Archive;

- Civil defense headquarters;

- Department for occupational safety and health;

- Legal service;

- Economic division with departments of chief power engineer, chief mechanic, material and technical supply, utility department;

- Educational buildings (13);

- Hostels (5).

Other subdivisions of the University:

- Palace of Culture and Recreation "Academichnyi";

- Recreation center in Repuzhyntsi village, Zastavna district, Chernivtsi region.

Some departments have the following subdivisions:

- Medical and Psychological Center [Archived April 8, 2022 in the Wayback Machine] (at the S. M. Savenko Department of Nervous Diseases, Psychiatry and Medical Psychology);

- Sports club (at the Department of Disaster Medicine, Military Medicine with a course of physical education and health);

- Educational and methodical center of newborn resuscitation and modern perinatal technologies (at the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology).

Educational-recreational complex in the village of Repuzhyntsi, Zastavna District On the Bank of the Dniester River near the village of Repuzhintsy, Zastavnivsky district, Chernivtsi region (70 km from the city of Chernivtsi), there is a sports and recreation camp for students and university staff for 250 vacationers. The health camp was founded in 1958 on the initiative of the then head of the Department of Physical Education Konstantin Vladimirovich Mironov. For the first time, the Camp accepted students and employees of the then Chernivtsi Medical Institute on vacation in 1958. Vacationers were placed only in tents provided by the military unit, with which the Medical Institute maintained close patronage relations. Only the dining room was located in a wooden house. In the early 60s, at the initiative of the rector of the Institute A. D. Yukhimets, brick and wooden cottages, pavilions for board games, a summer theater, and sports grounds were built for vacationers of various types. In the 60s, the famous satirist people's artist of the USSR Arkady Raikin liked to relax in the institute's camp. Currently, the Recreation Center "Zdorovye"/»Health», on the Dniester River, with restored, overhauled, equipped with modern furniture cottages hospitably receive visitors — guests, students and employees of the university.