The story
The university was founded in 1909 as Imperial University by the Decree of Emperor Nicholas II. On June 10, 1909, the Emperor signed the "Decree on the foundation of the university in Saratov", which became the tenth University in Russia and consisted of the Medical Faculty only. Professor V.I. Razumovsky became the first university rector. In 1930, the Medical Faculty of Saratov University was transformed into an independent institution of higher education, which was known as the Medical Institute.
In 1993, it received the status of a Medical University. In 2009, the university was named after its first rector Vasily Ivanovich Razumovsky.
Such Russian scientists as Prof. A. Bogomolets, Prof. S. Spasokukotsky, Prof. S. Mirotvortsev, Prof. K. Tretiakoff, L. Leitman (the world's first female professor of forensic medicine) provided students with the knowledge in the SSMU.
In 2019, the university was ranked in the top 50 universities in Russia by Forbes.
In 2021, it was ranked in the top 300 universities in the world for Good health and well-being by Times Higher Education.
From Wikipedia’s article on Saratov State Medical University, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4