Krasnoyarsk State Medical University is a leading higher medical University in Siberia and the Far East region. Krasnoyarsk State Medical University holds 17th place in Medical Universities of Russian Federation and 3rd place in Siberia and the Far East region. Krasnoyarsk State Medical Universityis a fusion of Leningrad Medical Institute and Leningrad Pediatric dental institute

Krasnoyarsk State Medical University was formed in 1942 as Krasnoyarsk Medical Institute by the Order of the All-Union Committee for Higher Education. Till 1958 Krasnoyarsk Medical Institute had only medical faculty, but in 1958 the pediatric faculty was inaugurated. In 1978, faculty of dentistry, in 1992, faculty for Higher Nursing Education and in 2006, the Faculty of Pharmacy was opened. In its history Krasnoyarsk State Medical University has trained more than 30 thousand doctors, pediatricians, dentists, managers and organizers of practical public health.

In the last five years Krasnoyarsk State Medical University has trained about 2,500 doctors. Currently the university enrolled about 800 students in all faculties. Krasnoyarsk State Medical University is constantly evolving. In the last five years Krasnoyarsk State Medical University has opened eight new departments morphological Centre, Laboratory of Anthropology, Institute of Nutrition, interdepartmental Biochemical Research Laboratory.

Krasnoyarsk State Medical University has implemented new and interesting joint projects on international level together with other universities of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, Japan, France, Italy, Germany and other countries. Today Krasnoyarsk State Medical University has 66 departments and staff of 690 professor and teachers.

Research directions are being conducted in cooperation with foreign countries. (Japan, USA, Germany, France, Italy, etc.). Research supported by large grants from foundations and universities of foreign countries.

Each year, university employees carry out research projects on more than 30 grants and more than 20 contracts for the implementation of international and Russian clinical trials. Since 2010, the university has been coordinating the interaction of medical and pharmaceutical universities in Russia with the World Federation of Medical Education (WFME) and the Association of Medical Education in Europe (AMEE).

Currently, the university has two institutes, 8 faculties, and in 2011 licenses for the opening of three more training specialties were obtained.The university has 69 departments, of which 45 are clinical, the Institute of Preventive and Clinical Nutrition, the Dental Clinic, the Central Research Laboratory, the Research Institute of Molecular Medicine and Pathobiochemistry, interdepartmental laboratories, scientific and training centers (including those with international participation), a linguistic center , rehabilitation center, diagnostic and treatment center, dispensary, gym, ski base, stadium, six dormitories student club. Today KrasGMU them. prof. V.F. Voyno-Yasenetsky is one of the ten best medical universities in Russia.

Training is conducted on the basis of 48 medical institutions of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Currently, more than 6 thousand students, 162 graduate students, six doctoral students, 328 residents, 463 interns are studying at the university. About 5.5 thousand doctors of the Krasnoyarsk Territory and other territories receive advanced training within its walls annually.

Since the foundation of the university, about 40 thousand doctors have been trained in it, 90% of whom have worked or are working in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. At present, 731 faculty members work at KrasSMU, of which 151 are doctors of sciences, about 400 are candidates of medical sciences. More than 70% of the faculty of the university has a scientific degree.