The University is constantly developing international links with medical schools of 

different countries. The main foreign partners are: University of Western Ontario (Canada), Medical Schools of Nagasaki and Akita (Japan), Society “Japan — Republic of Belarus”, International Forum Hygiene e.V. (Germany), Hanoi Medical University (Vietnam), Medical University of Bialystok (Poland), Medical University of Lublin (Poland), Sofiya Medical University (Bulgaria), Yerevan State Medical University of Herazi (Armenia), universities of Karmel and Druz (Israel), National Medical University of Bohomolez (Ukraine), State Medical Academy of Karaganda (Kazakhstan), State Medical and Pharmaceutical University “Nicolae Testemitanu” (Moldova), Smolensk State Medical Academy (Russia), Institute of tuberculosis and lung diseases (Poland), Teheran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services (Iran), Pasteur Institute of Iran, Islamic Azad University (Iran) and others.

Currently the University’s main trends in the international activity are as follows: 

• state and develop of effective, mutually advantageous partnership with the leading educational and research world medical schools; 
  

• create multilateral cooperation programs in the field of science, education and culture; 
  
• participate actively in the international projects and programs; 
  
• invite highly qualified overseas specialists to deliver lectures, carry out mutual scientific and research work and provide assistance in teaching system perfection;
  

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• consider suggestions in smoothing the differences between overseas and Belarusian medical education certificates, so that to provide international recognition of the latter;
  
• joint consulting and surgery of the most complicated cases; 
  

• advanced medical training of the University’s staff on the bases of the partner Universities, exercise joint research projects, create the opportunity for the postgraduate students to carry out their research work for MD and Ph D projects at the bases of laboratories and clinics of the partner universities under the guidance of their specialists;
  

• extend student exchanging programs.
  

The honorable doctors of our University (Doctoris honoris causa) are 33 well-known scientists from USA, Japan, Austria, Canada, Belarus, Russia, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Iran. This once more underlines concernment and international recognition of the University.

Belarusian State Medical University is a member of International Graduates’ Association of HEE. From 1990 BSMU is a Fellow of the International Association of Higher Medical Education, European Association of Higher Medical Schools (AMSE). It works in collaboration with the WHO, WSPA, participates in numerous research programs and projects (TEMPUS, TASIS).