Entering the English Media Medicine (EMD) of
Pavlov First St.Peterburg State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
2025
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English Language Program was designed to determine a level of English language proficiency prerequisite for admission to the University Medical Faculty ( English Media).
The program takes into account the requirements for foreign students who speak English on the level necessary for admission to universities in the Russian Federation.
- Entrance examinations are conducted in the oral form.
- The exam tests English language skills in the following types of speech activity: reading, speaking, understanding, grammar.
- In the entrance exam an applicant must demonstrate: skills in reading, understanding, rendering, answering questions to the text on basic sciences, understanding speech addressed to him, extracting factual information (subject, time, relationship, characteristics of objects, goals, reasons), taking part in dialogues on proposed topics, expressing their attitude to the statements of the speakers, formulating own statements based on what they have read or listened in accordance with the norms of English.
The structure of examination paper and assessment criteria
The examination paper for the oral entrance exam contains 3 sections.
The first part is reading.
The applicant shall read the text. The assessment takes into account the applicant’s reading ( speed and pronunciation), understanding of the text content and vocabulary, the ability to adequately respond to the questions, rendering the text and extracting factual information from it, formulating own statements based on this text.
Evaluation Criteria
The maximum score for this task – to 40 points.
Reading (speed and pronunciation) – to 10 points
Understanding – to 10 points
Answering the questions- to 10 points
Rendering- to 10 points
The second part is speaking
When answering this question speech skills and monologue construction skills as well as dialogue skills and abilities are evaluated. The applicant must be able to understand the content of the other person’s statements, identify their communicative intentions, respond properly to the remarks, and also be able to initiate a dialogue and express their communicative intentions on one of the proposed topics:
- Acquaintance
- About myself
- My family
- My country
- Foreign languages study
- My working day
- My day off
- Doctor- profession
- Why I want to study in Russia
- Weather
- Education in my country
- Man and his health
- The capital of your country
- Famous doctors you know
Evaluation Criteria
The maximum score for this task is 50 points.
The correspondence of the statement to the subject – to 10 points
The scope of the statement -to 10 points
Understanding examiner’s questions — to 10 points
Ability to initiate a dialogue – to10 points
Speech without lexical and grammatical errors- to 10 points
The third part is grammar
The maximum score for this question is 10.
In the third question applicant is offered sentences that contain missing grammatical forms. His task is to restore the correct grammatical forms.
The maximum score for this question is 10.
2 points for each correct answer
Examples of possible questions:
- What is your name?
- When were you born?
- When did you graduate from high school?
- Tell us about your native country, where are you from?
- What language is spoken in Russia?
- Do you like to read? What are you reading?
- What medical specialties do you know?
- What kind of person should a good doctor be?
- Why did you decide to enter this University?
- What kind of education does a person receive at the university?
- What do students do every day?
- Where do doctors usually work?
- What do you think you need to do to avoid getting sick?
- What time of the year do you like the most? Why?
- At what age do children in your country go to school?
- What do you need to do too be a good student?
- What language is spoken in Russia?
- Which books of Russian writers have you read?
- Why did you choose St.Petersburg for your medical education?
- Have you ever been to St. Petersburg?