The universal task of a nurse is "to help a person, a patient or a healthy person, in carrying out activities related to his health, recovery or calm death, whatever he undertakes, possessing the necessary strength, knowledge and will." The study is structured to form three groups of competencies: medical, organizational and managerial, research. In RUDN the nurses receive professional skills of the world level, study foreign languages, practice at clinical bases in Moscow and in the Center for Simulation Training. Students are taught the disciplines necessary for effective hospital administration - such as Marketing in Healthcare, Health Economics, and others.

Higher education - 4 years, according to the individual curriculum - 3 years