On October 30 RSMU held a video conference with the administration representatives of Semey Medical University (SMU, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan) - one of the TOP 3 medical universities of Kazakhstan according to the Independent Accreditation and Rating Agency. The quality of SMU education is certified by the Asian Network for Quality (ANQ) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The University has its own hospital, as well as branches in the cities of Pavlodar and Ust-Kamenogorsk.

Rector of RSMU Prof. Roman Kalinin and Rector of SMU Ersin Zhunusov outlined ways to develop partnership within the framework of the memorandum of understanding between the universities that had been signed earlier that year. During the video conference the parties discussed future cooperation in the academic and scientific spheres, organization of short-term and semester internships for students and the possibility of mutual working visits of teaching staff.