International cooperation is one of the most important areas of activity of APEMH “UMA”. This type of activity contributes to solving the main tasks of training highly qualified specialists and developing priority areas of medical research, providing highly qualified medical care.

The main doctrine of activities in the direction of international cooperation is the expansion of the presence of the Academy in national and international programs for the training of specialists with higher education. As a post-graduate education institution in Ukraine, APEMH “Ukrainian Medical Assembly” conducts active international activities aimed at ensuring high competitiveness in the foreign and domestic markets of educational services.

International activity at the APEMH “UMA” is determined by the requirements for continuous professional development in the field of medical education at the current stage, taking into account the ongoing education reforms and the exchange of world experience.

Activities of an international nature are focused on:

1) acceleration of the exchange of modern knowledge and technologies;

2) development of innovative forms of medical education, science, and health care based on the study of international experience;

3) activation of multilateral mobility of students and teachers;

4) integration into the pan-European educational space that is being formed.

The Academy carries out international cooperation, concludes cooperation agreements, establishes direct relations with higher educational institutions of foreign countries, international organizations, foundations, in accordance with the legislation.

As part of international cooperation, the Academy conducts the following events:

– organization of international conferences, symposia, congresses and other events;

– participation in international educational and scientific programs;

– joint publishing activity;

– provision of services related to obtaining postgraduate education to foreign citizens in Ukraine;

– creation of joint educational and scientific programs with foreign higher educational institutions, scientific institutions, organizations.

APEMH “UMA” carries out academic mobility programs based on the conclusion of agreements with foreign educational institutions on scientific and educational cooperation:

reading lectures in the process of general and thematic improvement cycles;

regular holding of interactive seminars.

The teaching staff of the APEMH “UMA” is represented by specialists of international level, whose scientific works, achievements, and skills are widely distributed among theoreticians and practitioners of modern medicine in the countries of the world.

The main functions of the department of international relations and work with foreign citizens are the following:

Organization of international cooperation of the Academy with foreign institutions of education, science and health care, accounting and reporting in this direction.

Coordination of work regarding the cooperation of APEMH “UMA” with other foreign medical universities and institutions of postgraduate education within the framework of international grant programs.

Expanding new foreign partnerships and signing international cooperation agreements.

Accounting and control over the implementation of international agreements.

Conducting business correspondence with partners regarding international cooperation, as well as oral and written negotiations regarding planned events.

Work with documentation, registration, translation, and registration of incoming and outgoing documents sent abroad.

Cooperation with embassies and other foreign missions on matters of science, education, and the development of international partnership between countries in these fields.

Preparation of the necessary documentation and providing answers to requests from the MES and MH of Ukraine, embassies and other official representations of foreign countries in Ukraine, in order to confirm the authenticity (legalization) of education documents.

Organizational measures for the English-language form of education, which are aimed at improving the teaching of disciplines to foreign students in English: preparation of monthly reports on the number of hours spent by teachers and control of the availability of certificates confirming the level of English language proficiency by teachers.

Another aspect of the international activity of the Academy is the implementation of scientific work with international participation, the exchange of experience of scientists from various fields of medicine and medical educational institutions, for example:

– organization and holding of international scientific, scientific and practical conferences, symposia, and seminars with international participation on the most urgent problems of medicine.

– implementation of scientific work with international participation, preparation, and publication of theses or scientific works by both scientific and pedagogical workers and students of the Academy and presentation of such works at the local, regional, All-Ukrainian and international levels.