The international tasks of Samarkand State Medical University are aimed at strengthening its place in the international education sphere, based on the concept of university development. The main advantages of internationalization are an increase in the number of foreign students, the implementation of joint projects with foreign higher education institutions and scientific centers, and an increase in the number of researchers and teachers who teach abroad.

  Samarkand State Medical University is developing relationships with international cooperation participants in the field of education and science on the principle of equality with more than 60 countries and international organizations, foreign universities, and scientific centers. The development of cooperative dialogues with universities in Europe, Asia, North America, and the CIS is carried out on the basis of joint programs and academic mobility.

  The number of highly qualified specialists, teachers, students, and researchers from abroad is increasing every year at Samarkand State Medical University for the purpose of establishing cooperation, studying, improving qualifications, and participating in scientific conferences.

  Samarkand State Medical University is ready to establish contacts with educational and scientific centers, universities, and public organizations all over the world, and its doors are open to all applicants, students, researchers, and teachers from abroad..

  Geography of Cooperation: The department has contacts and cooperative relationships with more than 10 higher education institutions and scientific centers in both near and far-abroad countries:

• Sağlık Bilimleri University
• Izhevsk State Medical Academy
• Astana Medical University
• CR World Rohrig Institute
• Yaroslavl State Medical University (Russian Federation)

  Academic mobility programs and master classes are conducted at the department by professors and teachers from leading medical institutions in CIS countries and other foreign countries.

  On March 13, 2026, at Samarkand State Medical University, Professor Dmitry Sergeyevich Kasatkin from Yaroslavl State Medical University (Russian Federation) delivered lectures and conducted a practical master class for department staff, physicians, and students on the topic “Demyelinating Diseases of the Central Nervous System: Modern Approaches to Differential Diagnosis and Therapy”.