Campuses and Divisions

Specialized Pediatric Clinic, which is about to open, is aimed at providing highly qualified medical services to the children of Bishkek and the Chui region. IHSM Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology operates on the basis of the clinic. Employees of the department receive patients as well as carry out educational and scientific work on the basis of the department. 

Vedanta Plus is a specialized medical center that provides a range of medical services in selected areas (ophthalmology, ENT, dentistry, etc.). The clinic is part of the Vedanta Clinic Network and works in close collaboration with City Clinical Hospital No. 1. in Bishkek. There is an IHSM Special Clinical Disciplines Department on the basis of the clinic.

The soon-to-open Vedanta Educational and Training Center, located next to the Bishkek Research Center of Traumatology and Orthopedics (BRCTO), works in close cooperation with this medical institution. Vedanta has deployed and operates part of the IHSM Department of Pathology on the basis of the center.

Virtual Clinic is an independent structural unit of the university where educational and practical activities are carried out in accordance with the requirements of the state educational standard of medical education of the Kyrgyz Republic.

The purpose of the clinic has been to improve the quality of professional training of students (and residents), to develop and enhance special medical skills and skills developed through the use of modern simulation training tools and virtual (computer) simulators that imitate the reality of the clinical situation.

The main tasks  are:

- incorporation in the educational process of innovative high-tech training modules (simulation phantoms, virtual simulators, simulators / simulation training tools), as well as practice-oriented simulative training methods;

- ensuring a high level of practical professional skills development and enhancement through the use of phantoms, simulators / simulation training tools in accordance with the approved program of specialties of higher and postgraduate professional education;

- improvement of practical training quality for IHSM students, the training of  professionally competent specialists able and ready to apply his/her knowledge and practical skills in a critical situation;

- control of efficiency, quality of formation and enhancement of practical professional competence on the basis of performing situational tasks and conducting practical examinations;

- study and implementation of the best practices of medical schools to improve the quality of teaching practical professional skills;

- organization and implementation at the modern level of educational and research based methodical work aimed at developing professional knowledge and skills in students in accordance with the educational standards of higher professional medical education.

The Clinic occupies a separate block of premises in the Vedanta University Clinic. It is equipped with advanced high-tech inputs including the anatomical table of "Pirogov", which allows to training in "Anatomy" at a high level.

The training equipment of the Clinic is represented by mannequins, models, medical simulators, regular simulators.

The Clinic makes its settings and capacities available to all clinical departments of the IHSM, which have incorporated training simulation course in the existing curricula.

Practical classes are conducted in the following areas: "emergency medicine", "nursing care", "pediatrics - emergency care, childcare", "anesthesiology and resuscitation", "surgery", "obstetrics and gynecology."

The main activities:

- ensuring necessary conditions for mastering and consolidating basic practical skills by students (and residents) and improving manual skills;

- conducting short-term educational practical courses and thematic cycles of enhancing professional skills, participating in the system of continuous medical education.

Development priorities:

- increasing the attractiveness and effectiveness of educational activities (courses, thematic improvements, master classes, Olympiads) for IHSM students, as well as for students of other universities;

- interaction with Russian and foreign colleagues to share experience and improve the methodology of simulation training.

Issyk-Kul Campus is an IHSM structural division located in the town of Cholpon-Ata on the shore of Issyk-Kul lake. The campus functions similarly to the IHSM campus in Bishkek and offers 5 years of training to get MD Degree in General Medicine.

The administrative subdivisions and departments located in the Issyk-Kul Campus also tightly coordinate their activities with IHSM departments located at the Central Campus.

The campus’s training units are equipped with all the necessary study materials to ensure effective learning.

Faculty on the campus closely cooperate with medical institutions of Cholpon-Ata and Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan including in particular, with the Issyk-Kul hospital, the Family Medicine Center and the “Goluboy Issyk-Kul” rehabilitation center.

The campus infrastructure ensures comfortable and safe environment for students at the campus, with cafes, a gym hall, a cinema and a student club.

Students of the IHSM Issyk-Kul campus have the opportunity to lead actively social life, along with extensive learning activities.

The Issyk-Kul Administrative Building

It is located in the center of Cholpon-Ata town to accommodate the offices of Vice Dean, International Affairs Department, International Cooperation Center and a Vedanta Clinic branch. The Issyk-Kul Administrative Building offers training sessions in histology, pharmacology, pathology, English, anatomy. At that a museum of anatomy is available at the campus.

Vedanta University Clinic is located also in the center of Bishkek just east of the Central Campus. The clinic is a multidisciplinary specialized center that provides medical care to people of Kyrgyzstan. This clinical setting has the following departments: surgery, general medicine, neurology, gynecology, cardiology, rehabilitation center, laboratory and an operation unit. Besides, the clinic has a so-called “virtual medicine clinic” equipped according to the best of modern standards possible. 

The university clinic operates in line with the principles of adherence to international medical care quality assurance standards. Its staff includes IHSM faculty and practicing doctors with extensive experience in practical healthcare and teaching.

The IHSM clinic is the first university clinic to function within the IHSM development program for the years 2018 - 2021.

According to the program, two more university multidisciplinary clinics in the city and two in the regions are expected to start soon. 

The Morphological Center is located near the IHSM Central Campus with the Chair of Macro and Microanatomy and the Chair of Public Health. The former is a university unit created for delivering practical classes in the following fields: Normal anatomy, Systemic anatomy, Topographical anatomy, Basic histology, Systemic Histology, while the latter deals with Epidemiology, Environmental health, Microbiology, Bioethics, Communicating for health, Economic, Public health, History of medicine, Biostatistics.

The campus is a large modern building with many well-equipped classrooms, lecture halls, laboratories. Anatomical dissections, practical manipulations and presentations are conducted there. The inner yard of this setting has some premises for laboratory research.

The campus also accommodates the Museum of anatomy, Anatomical dissection room, Computer center for giving exams, the Library and Resource Center.

The Central Campus of IHSM is the setting for the Administration Headquarters with Rector and Vice Rectors`  offices, Accounting Department, Academic Affairs Department, International Affairs Department, International Cooperation Center, Students` Affairs Department, Education Quality Management Department, Postgraduate Studies Office, State Language Department, Supplies and Maintenance Department, Education IT Department and HR Department. Dea`ns office is also located here to supervise educational process and solve any problems students may appear to face.

The left block of the 3rd floor is occupied by the Chair of Humanities, which offers training in the subjects of Russian, English, Kyrgyz and Latin, as well as History, Philosophy. The right block is the setting for International Affairs Department and Students`  Affairs Department.

The left block of the 4th floor is the location of the Chair of Natural Sciences Disciplines, which conducts training sessions in chemistry, biology, physics, computer science and molecular biology.

The left block of the 5th floor is for the Chair of Pathology whose areas of concentration are pathophysiology, pathological anatomy and forensic medicine, while the right block is the premises for the IHSM Library.

In the basement the IHSM has a Lecture Hall, the Student Council, leisure rooms for music, dance, instrumental performance. In addition, the IHSM has a cafeteria for students.