The international tasks of the Samarkand State Medical University are based on the concept of the development of the institute and are aimed at strengthening its position in the international educational space. The main advantages of internationalization are the increase in the number of students from abroad, the development of joint projects with foreign higher education institutions and research centers, the increase in the number of researchers and teachers teaching in foreign educational institutions, the increase in the number of joint programs with foreign higher education institutions, which allows for the issuance of two diplomas.
Samarkand State Medical University develops relations with more than 60 state and international organizations, foreign universities and research centers participating in international cooperation in the field of education and science, based on the principle of equality. Cooperation with universities in Europe, Asia, North America and the CIS, the development of the dialogue is based on a joint program and educational mobility. 
Every year the number of highly qualified specialists, professors, students and researchers from abroad, visiting Samara State Medical University in order to establish partnerships, train, improve their skills, and participate in scientific conferences, is growing.
Samara State Medical University is ready to cooperate with educational and scientific centers, universities, public organizations around the world, and the doors of the institute are open to all applicants, students, applicants and teachers abroad.
Geography of cooperatio. The Department of "Public Health and Management in Health Care" has contacts and partnerships with more than 20 higher educational institutions and research centers in the countries of near and far abroad:
- Ryazan State Medical University named after I.P. Pavlov
- HARMONEE project (Harmonization And mutual Recognition of Master programs in Occupational and Environmental Health)
- Izhevsk State Medical Academy
- South Kazakhstan Medical Academy
- Kyrgyz State Medical University
Also, from December 18 to December 26, 2021, the assistant of the department Isaev Umid Ismailovich, as part of a delegation of faculty, clinical residents and students of Samarkand State Medical University, as part of academic mobility, visited the First St. Petersburg State Medical University in the city of St. Petersburg of the Russian Federation.
