In order to continue and promote the cooperation between NWSMU named after I.I. Mechnikov and Harbin Medical University, the delegation from Harbin Medical University headed by Professor Cao Jingwen, Vice President, with the Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry, and the doctor of Dentistry Department visited NWSMU named after I.I. Mechnikov on 20 November 2014.

In the frame of the joint project of NWSMU named after I.I. Mechnikov and the University of Oslo it was organized the lecture course at the Norwegian University Center on November 11 at 10.00. The course was targeted on experts, residents, graduates, masters specializing in preventive medicine, after the completion of the course everybody who attended all lectures got the certificates.

In the frame of the Research-Practical Conference "Preventive medicine - 2014" the Contest of research projects of young scientists will take place on November 26, 2014 at 14:00 in the assembly hall (Piskarevskiy pr., 47, pavilion 9).

On November 6, 2014 Dr. N. Ravindranatana (Brunei), Head of the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery of the Central Hospital of Brunei visited the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery and Surgical Dentistry n.a. A.A. Limberg and the Department of Maxillofacial Surgery of the State Hospital №15, which is one of the clinical base of the Department.

In the current context the development of international academic cooperation is required for efficiency of any university in Russia. The merger of the educational system of the Russian Federation with the educational systems of other countries is defined by the legislation as one of the targets of common international activity of educational organizations.

From November 27 to November 28, 2014 the Department of Preventive Medicine and Health Care of the State budget institution of higher education "North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov" under the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation holds the workshop on a contractual basis "Implementation of technical regulations of the Customs Union in the practice of public catering and trade enterprises".

From November 27 to November 28, 2014 the Department of Preventive Medicine and Health Care of the State budget institution of higher education "North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov" under the Ministry of Public Health of the Russian Federation holds the workshop on a contractual basis "Implementation of technical regulations of the Customs Union in work of the staff at meat-ware plants".

Training course "Systematic review and meta-analysis: theory and practice" will be held from 10 to 14 November 2014 in Saint-Petersburg, North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov, Piskarevskij pr. 47, Department of Epidemiology, Parasitology and Disinfectology.

The delegation of the University of Turku (Finland) headed by the Rector Kalervo Väänänen visited NWSMU n.a. I.I. Mechnikov on October 1

New issue of the newspaper "Vestnik NWSMU" №9(35) September 2014