In 2019, by the Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine No. 1428 dated November 15, 2019, it was created a specialized academic council D 64.051.33 of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University having right to accept and hold dissertations defence to award a degree of Doctor (Candidate) of Medicine in specialities 14.01.03 - surgery, 14.01.02 - internal diseases and 14.03.08 - immunology and allergology (medical sciences).
The creation of a specialized academic council at the School of Medicine is caused by the need to expand the training of highly qualified specialists for further deepening of scientific research, the opening of new clinical bases, the licensing of postgraduate education at the third educational and scientific level of higher education in the specialty 222 "Medicine" in the following directions: "Surgery" , “Pathological anatomy”, “Internal medicine”, “Immunology and allergology”, “Cardiology”, “Anesthesiology and intensive therapy”, “Traumatology and Orthopedics ”, and also for increasing the number of applicants for higher education and increasing the scientific level of instructors.
In the process of training scientific personnel of the highest level, the staff of the School of Medicine of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University closely cooperate with research institutes and other institutions of higher medical education in Kharkiv, the Kharkiv Scientific and Practical Medical Society and practical healthcare institutions.