Moscow University was founded on January 25, 1755 by a decree of the Empress Elizaveta Petrovna on the initiative of the Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov. In 1755 Moscow University had three faculties namely Philosophy, Jurisprudence and Medicine. According to the original plan suggested by Mikhail Lomonosov, the medical faculty was supposed to teach chemistry, natural history, botany, zoology, agronomics and anatomy. In the 19th century, the medical faculty received bases for clinical training and many new departments were created namely anatomy, physiology and pathology, therapy, pharmacology, medical literature, surgery, obstetrics and veterinary medicine. Nowadays the institute is named as Moscow Medical Academy named after I.M. Sechenov. In 1992, the Faculty of Basic (or Fundamental) Medicine was created by an order of the rector of Moscow State University, V.A. Sadovnichy.^[1][2]

The faculty mainly composed of twelve departments:

• Therapy- Professor V. E. Nonikov (head)
• Surgery - RAMS member, Professor N. N. Malinovsky (head)
• Pharmacology - Professor O. S. Medvedev (head)
• Internal medicine - RAMS member, Professor N. A. Muhin (head)
• Obstetrics and Gynecology - RAMS member, Professor G. M. Savelyeva (head)
• Multidisciplinary Clinical Training - RAMS member, Professor S. P. Mironov (head)
• Normal and Topographical Anatomy - RAMS member, Professor M. R. Sapin (head)
• Biological and Medical Chemistry - RAMS member, Professor V. A. Tkachuk (head)
• Pathology - RAMS corresponding member, Professor Yu. L. Perov (head)
• Physical and Chemical Basis of Medicine - RAMS member, Professor Yu. A. Vladimirov (head)
• Ecological and Extreme Medicine - RAS and RAMS member, Professor A. I. Grigoriev (head)
• Normal and Pathological Physiology - Professor V. B. Koshelev (head)

Academic staff:

• 10 RAMS members
• 27 professors with M.D.
• 31 professors holding M.D. - Ph.D.
• 30 professors with Ph.D.

In 2002, the government of Moscow city issued an order concerning the construction of MSU medical clinic combining with a hospital. The clinic is plan to be of both scientific and clinical value assisting researchers in their studies and providing many opportunities for medical practise to students, professors and staff as well as residents.

These programs are basically for students from overseas.

The faculty is in internationally collaboration with:

• Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan)
• Humboldt University of Berlin (Germany)
• Regensburg University (Germany)
• National Institutes of Health (United States)
• State University of New York (United States)
• George Mason University (Virginia, United States)
• Central Clinical Hospital (CKB) under the Administration of the President of Russian Federation
• I.M.Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy

• Pyotr Gannushkin and Sergei Korsakoff - psychiatrists
• Ivan Sechenov - physiologist
• Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov and Nikolay Sklifosovskiy - surgeons
• Anton Chekhov - author

• Homepage of the Faculty of Fundamental Medicine (in Russian)
• FAIMER International Medical Education Directory^{[permanent dead link]}
• Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (in Russian)