The Belgrade Faculty of Medicine (/''Medicinski fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu'') is a constituent institution of the

University of Belgrade The University of Belgrade () is a public university, public research university in Belgrade, Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia. Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it me ...

, which offers a wide range of academic courses in Serbian and English, including specialist practice within a network of hospitals, institutes and medical clinics. The School of Medicine includes 40 departments with over 200 professorships.

History

This school was established in 1920, when the first lecture was held by the anatomy professor

Niko Miljanić Dr. Nikola "Niko" Miljanić (Serbian language, Serbian Serbian Cyrillic, Cyrillic: Никола "Нико" Миљанић; 1892 – 20 October 1957) was a Montenegro, Montenegrin and Serbia, Serbian Anatomy, anatomist and Surgery, surgeon, profess ...

. Since then, over 30000 have students graduated from this institution, including circa 850 international students. The studies last 12 semesters and are organized within the integral curriculum (no departments and study groups). The training is conducted at the faculty's institutes (basic subjects) and teaching bases of the faculty (clinical subjects).

English degree programs

The Belgrade Medical School offers a six-year program leading to an MD degree (

Doctor of Medicine A Doctor of Medicine (abbreviated MD, from the Latin language, Latin ) is a medical degree, the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions. In the United States, and some other countries, the ''MD'' denotes a professional degree of ph ...

) for international students. The language of instruction is English and the curriculum corresponds to the same one as the Serbian students use. The studies are conducted within the school premises as well as teaching facilities in Belgrade, such as the University Hospital Center or Institute of Mental Health.

Notable alumni

Some of the school's famous students include: Svetlana Broz,

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, Vladimir S. Kostić,

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and Sinisa Stanisavljevic.

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