The Volgograd State Medical University Russia located in VOLGOGRAD was founded in 1935 and started as Stalingrad Medical Institute. In 1993 it got the status of the Academy, and in 2003 it was granted the status of the University. It is currently headed by the prominent Russian scientist, Academician of the Russian Academy for Medical Sciences, Professor Vladimir I. Petrov.

The Volgograd State Medical University is listed in The World Directory of Medical Schools WHO list of world medical schools and also in the International Medical education directory provided by FAIMER thus is recognized by MCI India. The Volgograd State Medical University has built up relationships and ties with numerous foreign universities. Volgograd Medical University has also been collaborating with the World Federation for Medical Education, World Health Organisation (WHO), UNESCO, British Council, United States Agency for International Development.

Volgograd State Medical University gained a very high rank among the Russian medical universities. Since it was founded, the University has attracted highly qualified staff with experience of teaching in many regions of the world. Nowadays the teaching staff of the University numbers 763 highly qualified professors and instructors with 11 academicians, 96 professors, and 401 associate professors among them. Most of them have Ph. D.s or more advanced degrees. The academic programs are run by 66 departments of the University.

At present, about 10000 citizens of Russia and countries of the former Soviet Union and 900 international students from India and 70 other foreign countries attend the University. About 70 overseas doctors are engaged in postgraduate study at the university every year. The Volgograd medical university has been training international students since 1962. Over this period 3000 physicians, dentists, pediatricians, and pharmacists have been trained for foreign countries.