Today about 6000 students are studying in 8 facuties of our University. Among 917 tutors who are working in 76 departments 147 are Doctors of Science, Professors and asst. professors. M.Gorky Donetsk State Medical University has been recognized the best training-methodical centre among Ukrainian medical universities in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.2012,2013 and 2016-17 and was awarded certificates from Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education of Ukraine.

According to the Ukrainian Health Ministry Order N°148 of March 22, 2004 DNMU has been selected to be the primary Regional Centre of Bologna Process managing in Ukraine. In 2005/06 academic year, DSMU will start teaching its students in accordance with the Bologna Agreement on specialists training using the credit-modular system, and upon completion of their education the students will obtain the Specialist Degree of European standard. DNMU students will be able to study various academic modules at practically any European medical University and after getting the Specialist Degree they will have very attractive employment prospective. The University also got an array of libraries that not only provides books for the courses, but also for the general knowledge as the student’s disires. Most of them works till late night, that the student can work flexibily not looking at the time.

Donetsk National Medical University is the most promising to foreign students among other Ukrainian and European medical universities due to its highest ranking, high level of specialist training, high tech laboratories, good knowledge of English and French languages of the staff members, campus system of the DNMU.Today more than 15000 students are studying at eleven faculties of Donetsk National Medical University .