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The history of Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University begins with the opening of the Women's Medical Institute (WMI) on September 14 (26), 1897 — the first educational institution in Russia and Europe where women were given the opportunity to obtain higher medical education.

Soon after its opening, the Women's Medical Institute became a recognized and authoritative example of the organization of higher medical education and science. The clinics and departments of the WMI became centers for the development and implementation of the most advanced diagnostic and treatment methods in medical practice.

Since its foundation and up to the present day, the University has changed several names - Petrograd Women's Medical Institute (1918), First Leningrad Medical Institute - 1 LMI, "1-y med" - a name that entered the history of medicine of the city and the country (1924). In 1936, we were named after the Nobel Prize laureate, academician Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, and in 1994 the Institute was transformed into a University and received the name St. Petersburg State Medical University named after Academician I.P. Pavlov. In 2013, such a significant word "First" was returned - so the University received its modern name - First St. Petersburg State Medical University named after Academician I.P. Pavlov.

In the 1930s, the Chemical-Pharmaceutical and Pediatric Institutes separated from the 1st LMI into independent universities. At the same time, a project for the construction of new buildings and laboratories was developed. However, the Great Patriotic War prevented the implementation of these plans.

During the years of the heroic defense of Leningrad, the institute did not stop teaching, medical and scientific work, its graduates fought on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War. We sacredly honor the names of the fallen. On November 5, 1987, in the park of the institute, on the site of an unexploded bomb, a monument was erected to the students and employees of 1LMI who died during the Great Patriotic War.
The First Saint Petersburg State Medical University named after Academician I. P. Pavlov is one of the leading medical universities in the country. More than 5 thousand students study at the University's 75 departments every year. The extensive university clinic receives patients from all over the country every day - tens of thousands a year. The numerous scientific departments are constantly busy.
There are several museums on the University's territory, most of them are departmental. The University has a large fundamental library, an educational and health complex with a swimming pool and many sports halls, a country sports and health base in the village of Vaskelovo, as well as four dormitories where out-of-town and foreign students live.
The structure of the University is described in detail in Order No. 001 "Organizational" .