IMGs from Russia for USMLE and Residency


Russian doctors study for the USMLE and get the ECFMG certificate to apply later on for residency in the US. They apply through ERAS every year to the same programs that interview and match their peers. These programs include the following: IMG Friendly.

Physicians from Russian Federation will come to the US ahead of time to do 2-3 months of clinical experience to make their profile more competitive. They will do these rotations in the following hospitals before applying to residency: Observerships.


Russian medical graduates usually come from these medical schools:

Altai State Medical University
Amur State Medical Academy
Astrakhan State Medical University
Bashkir State Medical University
Belgorod National Research University Faculty of General Medicine and Pediatrics
Buryat State University Institute of Medicine
Cecenja State University Medical Faculty
Chita State Medical Academy
Chkalovski Medical Institute
Chuvash State University Medical Faculty
Dagestan State Medical Academy
Far Eastern Federal University School of Biomedicine
Far Eastern State Medical University
First Moscow State Medical University named after I. M. Sechenov
Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Institute of Medicine
Ingush State University Faculty of Medicine
Irkutsk State Medical University
Ivanovo State Medical Academy
Izhevsk State Medical Academy (ISMA)
Kabardino-Balkarian State University Faculty of Medicine
Kazan Federal University Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology
Kazan State Medical University
Kemerovo State Medical Academy
Khakasia State University named after N. F. Katanov Institute of Medicine, Psychology and Sociology
Khanty-Mansiysk State Medical Academy
Kirov State Medical Academy
Kirov State Medical Academy, Komi Branch
Krasnoyarsk State Medical University named after Professor V. F. Voino-Yasenetsky
Kuban Medical Institute
Kuban State Medical University
Kursk State Medical University
Lomonosov Moscow State University Faculty of Medicine
Mari State University Medical Faculty
Medical Institute of Tambov State University named after G. R. Derzhavin
Military Medical Academy S. M. Kirov
Mordovian State University 'N. P. Ogarev' Medical Faculty
Moscow Institute of Medico-Social Rehabilitation
Moscow Medical Institute of Health Ministry
Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry named after A. I. Evdokimov
Naval Academy of Medicine
Nizhni Novgorod State Medical Academy
North Caucasian State Humanitarian Technological Academy
North Ossetian State Medical Academy
North-Eastern Federal University named after Maxim Kirovich Ammosov Institute of Medicine
North-Western State Medical University I. I. Mechnikov
Northern State Medical University
Novosibirsk State Medical University
Novosibirsk State University Department of Medicine
Obninsk Institute of Atomic Energy, National Nuclear Research University 'MEPI' Medical Faculty
Omsk State Medical Academy
Orenburg State Medical Academy
Oryol State University Medical Institute
Pacific State Medical University
Penza State University Medical Institute
People's Friendship University of Russia Faculty of Medicine
Perm State Medical Academy named after Academician E. A. Wagner
Petrozavodsk State University Faculty of Medicine (PetrSU)
Rostov State Medical University
Russian National Research Medical University named after N. I. Pirogov
Ryazan State Ivan Petrovich Pavlov Medical University Medical Faculty
Saint Petersburg Medico-Social Institute
Saint Petersburg Pavlov State Medical University
Saint Petersburg State Pediatric-Medical University
Saint Petersburg State University Faculty of Medicine
Samara Medical Institute Reaviz
Samara State Medical University
Saratov State Medical University named after V. I. Razumovsky
Siberian State Medical University
Smolensk State Medical University
South-Ural State Medical University
State Classical Academy named for Maimonid Medical Faculty
Stavropol State Medical University
Surgut State University Institute of Medicine
Tula State University Medical Institute
Tver State Medical University
Tyumen State Medical University
Ulyanovsk State University Medical Faculty named after T. Z. Biktimirov
Ural State Medical University
Volgograd State Medical University
Voronezh State Medical University Named after N. N. Burdenko
Yaroslav-the-Wise Novgorod State University Institute of Medical Education
Yaroslavl State Medical University