Astrakhan State Medical University is the leader of medical and pharmaceutical education in the Astrakhan region, in the republics of the Southern Federal District and the Caspian region.
At the present time more than 4,000 students from 32 constituent entities of the Russian Federation and about 2,500 students from 57 countries of near and far abroad study at the University. Undergraduate programs are taught in Russian, English and French. For foreign citizens, the university also implemented a pre-university training program.

Astrakhan State Medical University is in close cooperation with leading domestic and foreign universities of near and far abroad, research institutes of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Rospotrebnadzor, FMBA of Russia, scientific institutions of the Russian Academy of Sciences in collaboration with scientists from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Rome, Hanover, Slovenia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Malaysia, etc.