On May 24 – 26, 2018 an external review of the institution of further professional education «Centre for Medical Sciences Education» on further education programmes «Traumatology», «Orthopedics», «Vertebrology», «Arthroscopy», «Plastic Surgery», «Cosmetology», «Dermatology», «Otolaryngology», «Surgical Dentistry», «Plastic Surgery», «Mammology», «Oncology», «Gynecology», «Forensic Medical Examination» was held.

On May 21 – 24, 2018 an external review of the educational programme «Chemistry» delivered by East China University of Science and Technology (Shanghai, China) was held. The External Review Panel involved six Chinese and two Russian experts from the Russian leading higher education institutions (Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod, Saint Petersburg State University).