Zaporizhzhia State Medical and Pharmaceutical University (ZSMPhU), established in 1903 and elevated to full university status in 1994, is a top-level (IV accreditation) public medical institution in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine  . It enrolls about 10,200 students, including over 2,200 international students—with around 1,024 taught in English—across faculties of Medicine, Pediatrics, Dentistry, Pharmacy, and postgraduate training . Students gain hands-on clinical experience through its University Clinic and nine affiliated hospitals, while the university is listed in WHO and ECFMG directories and participates in international programs like Tempus/Erasmus  . With 672 faculty members—including 122 doctors of science—modern infrastructure (labs, simulation centers, campus sports facilities by the Dnipro River), and a strong research record (e.g. organ transplants, pharmaceutical innovations), ZSMPhU provides comprehensive, globally recognized medical and pharmaceutical education