• Saint Petersburg Medical University
• Saint Petersburg Medical academy
• Saint Petersburg State Medical Academy
• Saint Petersburg State Medical Institute 

First Saint Petersburg State Medical University (Saint Petersburg State Medical University I.P. Pavlov) is a State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education in Saint Petersburg city of the Russian Federation. FirstSaint Petersburg State Medical University was established in 1897 as Medical Institute for Women’s, which was the first medical institution in Russia and in Europe in which women were given the opportunity to receive a medical degree. Since its establishment until today, the University has changed several names - Petrograd Women's Medical Institute, the First Leningrad Medical Institute. In 1936 institute was named after the Nobel Prize winner and academician Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, and in 1994 the Institute was transformed into the University and received the name of St. Petersburg State Medical University named after Academician IP Pavlov. In 2013 as the University got its present name, the First St. Petersburg State Medical University named after Academician IP Pavlov. Today  First St. Petersburg State Medical University employs 790 staff people who works in  69 departments, 56 research laboratories, 11 institutes, research institutes and centers. Base of the university clinics are located in the university and in 43 major hospitals and clinics in St. Petersburg. Every year at the First St. Petersburg State Medical University has trained more than 5,000 students, including foreigners. Around 58000 specialists has been trained since the formation of First St. Petersburg State Medical University.