Medical schools raise tuition fees

Large medical universities have raised the price of educational services provided on a fee basis. The most noticeable cost of training in the first year in the specialty “General Medicine” has increased in the First Moscow State Medical University. I. M. Sechenov – immediately for 235 thousand rubles. In regional universities, Kommersant found out, the cost of education has also increased – from 5% to 20%. In educational institutions, this is explained by inflation, the COVID-19 pandemic and SVO. The Ministry of Health reminds that it is the right of educational organizations to raise the price of education.

Large medical universities have increased the cost of educational services provided on a paid basis. Medvestnik was the first to draw attention to this by analyzing price lists on the websites of educational institutions. The tariffs increased most noticeably in the first year in the specialty “General Medicine” at the First Moscow State Medical University. I. M. Sechenov – from 415 thousand to 650 thousand rubles. The cost of the first year of study in the specialty “Dentistry” in Sechenovka increased from 450 thousand to 700 thousand rubles. According to “Pediatrics” – from 343 thousand to 400 thousand rubles. The fees for the second and subsequent courses also increased. Thus, the total cost of training in the specialty “General Medicine” (six courses) rose from 2.82 million to 4.48 million rubles, in the specialty “Pediatrics” – from 2.34 million to 2.76 million rubles, according to “Dentistry” – from 2.49 million to 3.91 million rubles.

At MGMSU them. A. I. Evdokimov, the price of the first year in the specialty “General Medicine” increased from 410.8 thousand to 430 thousand rubles, in “Dentistry” – from 490 thousand to 520 thousand rubles.

The cost of studying at St. Petersburg State University (SPbGU) for the first year of study in the specialty “Dentistry” rose by 12% (47 thousand rubles) – up to 355.4 thousand rubles. The cost of studying in the field of General Medicine at St Petersburg University in the 2023/24 academic year amounted to 310.1 thousand rubles, which is 41 thousand (13%) more than last year. First St. Petersburg State Medical University named after I.I. IP Pavlova (St. Petersburg State Medical University), the first course for students in the specialties “Dentistry” and “General Medicine” will cost 307 thousand rubles, a year earlier students paid 16 thousand rubles. (5%) less. The cost of education in the specialty “Nursing” has risen more than others in the First Pavlov Medical School: plus 20 thousand compared to last year (236.7 thousand in 2023 against 216.7 thousand in 2022).

The rector of the St. Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University Dmitry Ivanov noted that during the admission campaign for state-funded places in the universities of St. On average, among medical universities in the city, the competition for a place was 19 people. First of all, the increase in the cost of education is associated with the economic situation, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the military operation on the territory of Ukraine, said Alexei Demidov, Chairman of the Council of Rectors of Universities in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region. “Utility payments for universities are growing, a number of other costs are also present. Prices have risen, and by a considerable percentage,” he concluded.

At Kursk State Medical University, the cost of education in the specialty “General Medicine” has grown by more than 20%: a year ago, the cost of first-year education was almost 146 thousand rubles, now it is 180 thousand rubles.

Voronezh State Medical University named after N. N. Burdenko, the cost of education in the specialty “Medicine” increased by 17%: a year ago, the cost of education in the first year cost students 158 thousand rubles, according to new standards – 185 thousand rubles.

The cost of education has also increased in the specialist’s programs at the Irkutsk State Medical University, and in all areas. The cost of training in Clinical Psychology has risen most seriously, where in the first year you will have to pay 226.2 thousand rubles, which is 78.6 thousand rubles. more than a year earlier.

At the South Ural State Medical University, the cost of paid services for higher education programs (specialist) increased by 5.5%. Thus, the fee for full-time education in the first year in the specialties “General Medicine” and “Pediatrics” increased from 183.5 thousand to 193.59 thousand rubles, “Dentistry” – up to 216.11 thousand rubles. (204.85 thousand rubles in the last academic year), “Medical and preventive business” and “Pharmacy” – up to 170.64 thousand rubles, “Clinical psychology” – up to 159.25 thousand rubles. (150.95 thousand rubles).

In Rostov State Medical University in 2023, the cost of a year of study for undergraduate freshmen in a number of specialties (medical and preventive care, pharmacy, dentistry, pediatrics) also increased by an average of 5-6%. For example, the cost of training in the specialty “Medical and preventive care” increased by 8.1 thousand rubles. – from 141.9 thousand rubles. up to 150 thousand rubles Tuition fees for second-sixth-year students also increased by an average of 5%. The cost of training in residency increased by 8-9% – from 184 thousand rubles. up to 199 thousand rubles. For graduate students, the year of study has risen in price by 5.9%. For example, a year of study in the specialty “Obstetrics and Gynecology” has risen in price from 174.7 thousand rubles. up to 185 thousand rubles.

The rise in tuition prices is noticeable on the example of the Volgograd State Medical University. Thus, the cost of the year within the framework of the specialty in the direction of “General Medicine” increased from 160 thousand to 180 thousand rubles, and in the direction of “Dentistry” – from 173 thousand to 205 thousand rubles. According to the published orders on the approval of the cost of education, the price increase affected almost all areas. Thus, the cost of two semesters in residency in the direction of “Obstetrics and Gynecology” increased from 183 thousand to 205 thousand rubles.

Ivan Davydov, a member of the St. Petersburg branch of the Deystviye medical workers’ trade union, the author of the popular Telegram channel Explain for Honey, says that medical education has always been one of the most expensive: parents of students who could not enter the budget had to fork out, sometimes take credit. “The shortage of personnel in recent years has been made up by the fact that almost all budget places are allocated for the target recruitment, which applicants try to avoid. That is, now for applicants there is a choice only between the target direction and the paid place. Therefore, the already high demand for paid education has increased additionally. This allows universities to raise the price,” Mr. Davydov believes.

The Ministry of Health of Russia recalled that educational organizations have the right to independently determine the cost of paid services and do this “in strict accordance with the standard costs for the corresponding year.” They recalled that the department annually enters data into monitoring the cost of paid educational services for programs of higher education and secondary vocational education of the Ministry of Education and Science – over the past three years, no comments have been received. The Ministry of Health emphasized that over the period 2021-2023, the total volume of admission targets for higher education medical and pharmaceutical programs increased by 3.4% for specialist programs and by 13.8% for residency programs. The volume of targeted training in specialist’s programs in educational institutions of the Ministry of Health of Russia increased by 12.9% in 2023 compared to 2021, and the volume of targeted training in residency programs increased by 33.4% compared to 2021.

Natalya Kostarnova, corset “Kommersant”