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Head of the Preparatory Department:

• Alkadarskaya Sakinat Beidulakhovna

History of creation

In 1986, the Dagestan Medical Institute opened a preparatory faculty for foreign citizens, the third in the country. It was organized based on the experience of similar faculties in Leningrad and Rostov. On September 23, 1986, the university accepted the first foreign citizens from Palestine. Since then, representatives from more than 50 countries have studied at the faculty.

Later, the faculty was renamed to the Preparatory Department for Foreign Citizens.

The main task of the department is to prepare foreign citizens for admission to universities: to teach foreigners the Russian language and consolidate their knowledge of general education subjects – chemistry, biology and physics – in Russian. To achieve this goal, the preparatory department has four departments – Russian language, medical biology, general and biological chemistry, and biophysics.

The main task of the departments remains the proper organization of educational and methodical work, taking into account the specifics of teaching foreign students.  Teachers find optimal ways to teach foreign students, taking into account their specific nationality and level of training. Educational and methodological literature and textbooks are published every year, including all the program material, as well as work programs in all disciplines, methodological developments, dictionaries, control tasks, tables of scientific terms with translations into English and Arabic.

Since February 2020, S.B. Alkadarskaya has been the head of the preparatory department. During this time, more than 130 students from Iran, Azerbaijan, Cameroon, Jordan, Afghanistan, Peru, Egypt, Nigeria, Palestine, South Sudan, Zimbabwe, Pakistan and many other countries have been trained at the department. A large number of activities on linguistic and socio-cultural adaptation of students began to be carried out. Every year, the list of events includes more than 50 items. Students of the department visit museums, theaters, take part in various competitions, go on excursions, and travel to other cities. At the same time, they actively participate in the cultural life of the university. Every spring, traditional festivals of the preparatory department are held, such as «Let’s get acquainted», «Poetry of pilaf», «Our sweet World», etc. The department also conducts scientific work, and students of the preparatory department are regular participants in international student conferences and forums. Many receive diplomas, certificates and commendations from the leadership of DSMU and other universities of the Republic of Dagestan. Equally interesting for foreign students were trips with concerts to orphanages as part of volunteer activities.

The department pays a lot of attention to monitoring students’ academic performance and attendance. As an outcome, the results of the final exams in Russian, biology, chemistry, and physics show that most students are well prepared. All graduates of the preparatory department who have successfully passed the final exams receive a certificate of additional education of the established standard, most of them continue their studies at DSMU.

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