A Center for Excellence in Modern Medical Education and Science 

Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine (SNHUU) is a leading institution for undergraduate and postgraduate medical education and a contemporary scientific hub. The university is dedicated to the training, retraining, and professional development of healthcare specialists, as well as nurturing the next generation of scientific and academic professionals. At every stage of its history, the university's community has made significant professional contributions to Ukrainian medicine, ensuring high-quality education, implementing advanced diagnostic and treatment methods, and conducting vital scientific research to protect and improve the health of the Ukrainian population. 

Academic and Scientific Leadership

The university boasts a highly qualified faculty, including 224 Doctors of Sciences and 328 Candidates of Sciences (PhDs). The academic staff also includes 194 professors and 214 associate professors. Among its esteemed faculty are 8 full members and 12 corresponding members of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine.

On September 28, 2023, Professor Vyacheslav V. Kaminskyi, a full member of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, was elected Rector of the university. 

Educational Structure and Training

The university's diverse student body includes undergraduates, medical interns, residents, doctoral students, and postgraduate trainees from Ukraine and abroad.

The 61 departments are organised into the following major academic units:

- Educational and Scientific Institute of Professional Excellence

- Educational and Scientific Institute of Health Management

- Educational and Scientific Institute of Innovative Medical and Educational Technologies named after Andriy Tkachenko

- Faculty of Medicine

Training is conducted in line with international best practices, utilising modern equipment, instruments, and simulators to ensure maximum safety and effectiveness. Students and trainees hone their practical skills at the Andriy Tkachenko Simulation Methods Training Centre. The university's departments and clinical facilities provide all necessary conditions for quality education at the Master's, educational-scientific, and scientific levels.

Annually, the university develops and updates over 100 curricula and thematic improvement courses. It also publishes more than 60 educational and methodological titles each year. The scale of its educational activities is significant, with approximately 1,500 courses delivered annually, training 2,500 interns and 23,000 doctors and pharmacists. Modern educational formats, including webinars, e-textbooks, and distance learning technologies, are actively used. The university's academic and laboratory facilities are housed in buildings with a total area of about 8,000 square meters. 

Clinical Work and Patient Care

Providing medical care is a cornerstone of the university's mission. Despite the significant challenges presented by the state of war since 2022, the academic and teaching staff have remained steadfast in their professional duties. 

In 2024 alone, the university's staff provided a substantial volume of medical assistance:

- 96,941 patients treated, with over 12,467 as inpatients and 84,474 in outpatient settings.

- 143,114 medical consultations were conducted. 

Patients often present with complex diagnostic cases, severe illnesses, and complicated conditions requiring high-level surgical interventions. This vital work is carried out across 247 clinical bases in healthcare institutions throughout Kyiv and 12 other administrative regions of Ukraine. Medical and diagnostic services are also provided by two of the university's structural units: the Dental Practical and Educational-Medical Centre and the Clinic of Reproductive Technologies. 

Research and Publications

The university's research output is extensive. Over the last two decades, faculty members have produced over 500 monographs, 130 textbooks, 600 manuals, and 640 patents. In the past 35 years, university scientists have received over 560 author certificates for inventions, some of which have been patented in the USA, Italy, and other countries.

The university is a co-founder of 21 scientific and practical journals. Six of these are indexed in the international Scopus database: “Reproductive Health of Women”; “Modern Paediatrics. Ukraine”; “Surgery of Childhood (Ukraine)”; “Ophthalmology Eastern Europe”; “Ukrainian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery”; and “Family Medicine. European practice”. The university also provides scientific support for journals such as “Diagnostics and Treatment of Maxillofacial Pathology”, “Medicines of Ukraine”, and “The Art of Treatment”. 

International Collaboration and Recognition

SNHUU is a member of the Magna Charta Universitatum and the European Academy of Natural Sciences and is listed in the catalogue of the UK National Information Centre for recognition of qualifications (UK ENIC).

The university is continuously expanding its international cooperation and partners with over 40 institutions and organizations in science, education, and medicine.

List of International Agreements:

• Jagiellonian University Medical College in Kraków (Republic of Poland, 2003)
• University of Bari (Italian Republic, 2003)
• Open European Academy of Economics and Politics (Czech Republic, 2004)
• Medical University of Lublin (Republic of Poland, 2004)
• Slovak Medical University (Slovak Republic, 2005)
• Interuniversity School of Medical Ultrasound named after Ian Donald (Turkish Republic, 2006)
• World Association of Perinatal Medicine (2006)
• Almaty State Institute for Advanced Training of Doctors (Republic of Kazakhstan, 2006)
• Canadian College of Complementary Medicine (Canada, 2008)
• Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy (Republic of Moldova, 2010)
• Augsburg Clinic, Educational Medical Institution at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Federal Republic of Germany, 2011)
• K. Akhunbaev Kyrgyz State Medical Academy (Kyrgyz Republic, 2013)
• Kyrgyz State Medical Institute of Retraining and Advanced Training (Kyrgyz Republic, 2013)
• Department of International Relations of the American Society for Microbiology (United States of America, 2013)
• Abt Associates Inc. (HFG Ukraine Project) (United States of America, 2014)
• Holistic Center "Apicenter (Cyprus)" (Republic of Cyprus, 2015)
• Charitable Foundation "Al Zubair" (Republic of Sudan, 2015)
• State Institution "Republican Training and Clinical Center of Family Medicine," Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population of the Republic of Tajikistan (Republic of Tajikistan, 2016)
• Tajik National University (Republic of Tajikistan, 2016)
• Laboratory of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center (Netherlands, 2016)
• Karolinska Institute (Kingdom of Sweden, 2016)
• The University of Alberta (Canada, 2017)
• University of Milano-Bicocca (Italian Republic, 2017)
• Andijan State Medical Institute (Republic of Uzbekistan, 2017)
• Uppsala University (Kingdom of Sweden, 2017)
• International Prevention Research Institute (French Republic, 2017)
• Urgench Branch of the Tashkent Medical Academy ("Urgench Branch of TMA") (Republic of Uzbekistan, 2017)
• Karaganda State Medical University (Republic of Kazakhstan, 2017)
• Laim Praxis Dr. Willerding Medical Center (Federal Republic of Germany, 2017)
• Kliment Ohridski University – Bitola (Republic of North Macedonia, 2017)
• Medical University of Gdańsk (Republic of Poland, 2017)
• University of Bielsko-Biała (Republic of Poland, 2017)
• Bukhara State Medical Institute named after Abu Ali ibn Sina (Republic of Uzbekistan, 2018)
• EDUKRAMED s.c. (Republic of Poland, 2018)
• Tashkent Institute for Advanced Medical Training (Republic of Uzbekistan, 2018)
• New England Research Institute for Immunology (United States of America, 2018)
• Medical Center "Civil Hospices, Lyon" (French Republic, 2018)
• SC “National Medical University” (Republic of Kazakhstan, 2018)
• Myofunctional Research Europe B.V. (Netherlands, 2018)
• Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Dermatology and Cosmetology, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Republic of Uzbekistan, 2019)
• Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University; M.I. Pirogov Vinnytsia National Medical University; Abromiskes Rehabilitation Hospital in cooperation with the Center for Rehabilitation, Physical and Sports Medicine of Santaros University Hospital, Vilnius University; Riga East University Hospital – clinical base of Pauls Stradiņš University (Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia under the NATO Support and Procurement Agency project, 2019)
• Royal College of Pathologists (United Kingdom, 2019)
• AURISMED Medical Center, Association of Physicians POLKRAINE (Republic of Poland, 2019)
• Medical University of Warsaw (Republic of Poland, 2019)
• Michał Baludanski Academic Society (Slovak Republic, 2020)
• Deggendorf Institute of Technology (Federal Republic of Germany, 2020)
• European Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO Office in Ukraine, 2020)
• Republican Specialized Scientific and Practical Medical Center of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Republic of Uzbekistan, 2021)
• Warsaw Management University (Republic of Poland, 2021)
• Karakalpak Medical Institute (Republic of Uzbekistan, 2021)
• Magna Charta Universitatum 2020 (Italian Republic, 2021)
• Research group under the grant-funded research project of the Northwestern Research Group “Improving Postoperative Infection Prevention in Ukraine” (United States of America, 2021)
• JSC “South Kazakhstan Medical Academy” (Republic of Kazakhstan, 2021)
• University of Auckland (United States of America, 2021)
• Partnership “MedExpert Waldemar Mazur” (Republic of Poland, 2021)
• Nongovernmental Organization “Polish Hospital Federation” (PFSz) (Republic of Poland, 2021)
• Non-profit Joint Stock Company “West Kazakhstan Marat Ospanov State Medical University” (Republic of Kazakhstan, 2022)
• Erasmus+ Programme, Deggendorf Institute of Technology (Federal Republic of Germany, 2022)
• Queen’s University Belfast (Northern Ireland, 2022)
• Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (Republic of Lithuania, 2023)
• MedGlobal Charity Medical Organization (United States of America, 2023)
• Polish Institute for Evidence-Based Medicine Foundation (Republic of Poland, 2023)
• Autonomous Research Institute of Resuscitation and Evacuation; Ukrainian Military Medical Academy (United States of America, 2023)
• Vilnius University (Republic of Lithuania, 2024)
• Medical University of Lublin (Republic of Poland, 2024)
• NGO “In Touch Ukraine Foundation” (UNICEF, 2024)
• Lublin WSEI University (Republic of Poland, 2024)
• NGO “In Touch Ukraine Foundation” (UNICEF, 2024)
• Nvision Imaging Technologies GmbH (Federal Republic of Germany, 2024)
• NGO HELP TO UKRAINE (Kingdom of Spain, 2024)
• United Nations (UN) (Development Partners: Government of Sweden, Government of Norway, Government of the Republic of Korea, UNDP in Ukraine, 2024)
• University of Kentucky (United States of America, 2024)
• CAREBITS SP.ZO.O.POLAND (Republic of Poland, 2024)
• ENForce Medical Technologies Sp. z o.o., LLC “ENForce Medical Technologies Ukraine,” Ukrainian Military Medical Academy, Fundacja Rozwoju Regionów (Republic of Poland, 2024)
• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) / University of Pittsburgh (United States of America, 2025)
• University of Santiago de Compostela (Kingdom of Spain, 2025)
• Digestive Diseases Centre GASTRO (Republic of Latvia, 2025)
• Stereotactic Radiosurgery center SIGULDA (Republic of Latvia, 2025)
• The Youth Resilience Unit, Queen Mary University of London (United Kingdom, 2025)
• Elizabeth University of Health and Social Work, Bratislava (Slovak Republic, 2025) 

The university has a tradition of awarding honorary titles to distinguished international scientists. Professor Theodor Hellbrügge (Germany) and Professor Albert Schinzel (Switzerland) have been named Honorary Doctors. Honorary Professors include Alternative Nobel Prize laureate George Vithoulkas (Greece), Professor Hubertus von Voss (Germany), Professor Ctibor Weiss (Austria), Trevor Gibbs (UK), and Maciej Smietanski (Poland), Professor Robert Rejdak (Poland) and Filya Zhebrovska (Ukraine), Head of the Zhebrivskyi Family Charitable Foundation and a member of the university's Supervisory Board.