До 8, 06, 2015 перевести текст: citizens of ukraine have equal, merit-based access to higher education institutions. school graduates who have completed general secondary education may enter higher educational institutions to receive undergraduate training. all ukrainians are guaranteed competitive merit-based access to free (budget-financed) education in state-owned institutions. a definite number of students may be admitted beyond the number of available state-funded places and in this case tuition fees are applied. the diploma usually serves as both an educational certificate and a professional license confirming the joint acquisition of educational and professional training. to enter a higher medical education establishment one should pass external admission testing and only those who achieve good results are admitted. external admission testing which has been recently introduced in ukraine presents some benefits for applicants. they may not only demonstrate high efficiency in some subjects but also present results of admission tests to a couple of universities, which gives applicants a possibility to make a better choice. as for future medical students they should have high academic achievements in such subjects as biology, physics, and ukrainian language. during the first two years at a medical university students learn anatomy, histology, physics, chemistry, pathology, microbiology, foreign languages and some social subjects. an academic year consists of two terms, and according to the module system of training each subject consists of some modules -each subject has a different number of modules. due to this system of training at the end of each module students take credit tests and in some subjects - exams. besides, at the end of the third and at the sixth course medical students pass the state licensing integrated examinations. passing the "step 1" examination students should demonstrate profound knowledge in the following subjects: medical biology, anatomy (normal and pathological), histology, physiology (normal and pathological), biochemistry, microbiology and pharmacology. clinical subjects are taught starting from the fourth year. with the knowledge acquired senior students begin to develop their professional skills in different hospital wards where they are taught to take anamnesis and make physical examination on their own. after the fourth year students must undertake a practical course during which they work as doctor's assistants and have a possibility to learn the importance of good doctor-patient relationship. passing the "step 2" examination students demonstrate their professional knowledge in such clinical subjects as: therapy, surgery, gynecology and obstetrics, infectious diseases, ent diseases, ophthalmology, etc. the period of training at most ukrainian higher medical schools is 5 years to become a pharmacist or a dentist and 6 years to become a specialist in a great variety of medical specialties. after graduating from a higher medical school undergraduates get diplomas and are supposed to work as interns for a year or more depending on the chosen medical career. from that time they are no more medical students but life-time students of medicine. после выполнения обратитесь в лс, за выполнение подарок (финансовый на телефон\вебмани)