International relations
The Office of International Relations develops MNUMS's international cooperation in science, technology, education and health within the university's sustainable-development policy, and promotes the university abroad. It expanded into a full office in June 2011.
International cooperation at MNUMS
The university's international ties go back to 1942, when Soviet specialists, among them V.S. Kudryashov (first deputy director for teaching) and V.N. Topolsky (Dean of the Medical Faculty), came to teach the first 24 Mongolian and 10 Russian students.
As of 2022
- 120+
- partner institutions with cooperation agreements
- 22
- countries
- 195
- honorary titles (since 1978, to people from 20 countries)
- 1942
- start of international cooperation
Partner institutions include 34 in Japan, 18 in the Republic of Korea, 17 in China, 12 in the USA, 9 in Taiwan, 8 in Russia and 5 in Türkiye (2022).
Since 1978 the university has conferred 195 honorary titles on representatives of 20 countries — 37 honorary doctorates, 98 honorary professorships and 60 visiting professorships — including 57 from Japan, 29 from Korea and 8 from China (2022).
Partnerships and joint projects
- Partnership with Yonsei University (Korea) since 1993. Yonsei established a foreign-language library and a central research laboratory, and the two universities run faculty and student exchanges.
- The International School of Mongolian Medicine runs joint programmes with Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (acupuncture physician, 4+2, since 2014) and Tokyo Ariake University (traditional medical therapist, since 2016).
- Phase 1 of the JICA project on management and services at the Mongolia–Japan Hospital was completed in 2017.
- A two-year T2T/T2C programme with Harvard Medical School (USA), from 2019.
- A €7.5 million project, funded by a concessional loan from the Government of Austria, to re-equip the university and its hospitals.
- An English-medium 2+4 Medical Doctor programme with a university in the US state of Georgia, from the 2021–22 academic year.
- New agreements signed in 2022 with Hankuk University, Jeju International University (Korea) and other institutions.
Student exchange
Under agreements with partner universities, MNUMS runs short-term student exchanges, clinical-experience exchanges and scholarship programmes. Calls are announced by the Office of International Relations and the schools. The list below was published in 2024; check the current year's conditions with the Office of International Relations.
| Country | University | Level | Who can apply | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea | Kosin University | Undergraduate | Nursing students | Short-term exchange and clinical-experience exchange; information arrives every January |
| South Korea | Yonsei University College of Dentistry | Undergraduate | Dental students | Short-term exchange, announced by Yonsei University |
| Japan | Hokkaido UniversityRelated news ↗ | Undergraduate | Dental students | Short-term exchange; calls every 3 months |
| Japan | Tokushima UniversityRelated news ↗ | Undergraduate | Medical students, years 3–5 | Short-term exchange, October |
| Japan | International University of Health and Welfare (IUHW)Related news ↗ | Undergraduate | Pre-medical students | Full-scholarship programme; top 20 by GPA and an English score; second semester |
| South Korea | Yonsei University Global Leadership Program | Undergraduate | MNUMS students | Short-term international programme |
| USA | University of Montana, BioRegions International | Undergraduate | Medical students, years 3–4 | Students with strong English and communication skills spend a month as interpreters with University of Montana professors in Khuvsgul and may compete for a clinical placement in Montana |
| Japan | Jichi Medical University | Undergraduate | Students, years 2–5 | Short-term exchange in August and October; good English or Japanese |
| China | Jinzhou Medical University | Undergraduate, master's | Medical, dental, pharmacy and nursing students | Second semester. Bachelor's: under 25, high GPA, 650+ in entrance-exam chemistry, maths and English, HSK-3. Master's: under 35, bachelor's degree, GPA above 3.2, HSK-4 |
| Japan | Gunma University | Undergraduate | Physiotherapy and occupational therapy students, School of Nursing | Short-term exchange; good English or Japanese |
| Switzerland | Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) | Undergraduate | Physiotherapy and occupational therapy students, School of Nursing | Short-term exchange |
| South Korea | Jeju National University | Undergraduate | MNUMS students | Short-term exchange |
| China | Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine | Undergraduate | Acupuncture students, International School of Mongolian Medicine | 4+2 programme; GPA above 3.0, HSK-4 |
| Japan | Tokyo Ariake University of Medical and Health Sciences | Undergraduate | Judo-therapy students, International School of Mongolian Medicine | Judo physical therapy programme; good Japanese and English |
| Germany | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Institute of Virology | — | Medical students, years 2–5 | Short-term exchange; German or English score; students find their own supervising professor |
| Poland | University of Economy in Bydgoszcz | Undergraduate | Public health students | ERASMUS exchange; good English |
| Russia | Irkutsk State Medical University | Undergraduate | Pharmacy and pharmacy-technician students | Short-term exchange |
| China | Inner Mongolia Minzu University | Undergraduate | Pharmacy and pharmacy-technician students | Short-term exchange |
Contact
Office of International Relations
Main building, S.Zorig street
int.relations@mnums.edu.mn
Mon–Fri 08:30–17:30