New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI/SRV): Mari State University, one of the premier institutes in Russia, invites applications from interested students for its prestigious MBBS programme. In 2009, Mari State University was granted the gold medal in the "European Quality: 100 Best Universities of the Russian Federation" competition, in recognition of its excellence in medical education. The University was established in Yoshkar-Ola in 1972 and has since become renowned for providing top-notch medical education at an affordable cost, earning a place among Russia's leading medical universities.