First Pavlov State Medical University Of St. Petersburg
The First Ivan Pavlov, Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg (russian: Первый Санкт-Петербургский государственный медицинский университет имени академика И. П. Павлова, ПСПбГМУ им. акад. И. П. Павлова) is a medical school located in St. Petersburg. History The Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University was founded in 1897 as the Medical Institute for Women. It was the first European medical school to admit women. The University has changed names several times since then: It became known as The First Medical Institute of Leningrad in 1924. In 1936, the institute was renamed in honor of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize winner Ivan Pavlov. In 1994, the institute was reorganized as a medical university. In the 1930s, the Institute of Chemistry and Pharmacy and the Institute of Pediatrics were spun off as independent institutions. In ...
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A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the designation is reserved for colleges that have a graduate school. The word ''university'' is derived from the Latin ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". The first universities were created in Europe by Catholic Church monks. The University of Bologna (''Università di Bologna''), founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: *Being a high degree-awarding institute. *Having independence from the ecclesiastic schools, although conducted by both clergy and non-clergy. *Using the word ''universitas'' (which was coined at its foundation). *Issuing secular and non-secular degrees: grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law, notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university ...
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