The meeting of exemplary students "Student Olympus - 2016" took place on the first day of the festival. The most diligent, inquisitive and industrious students of VSMU have gathered in the assembly hall of the main building. Perhaps at that time this place collected the highest density of intellect in our city. During the opening ceremony, the Rector of the university emphasized that the intellectual student elite of our university, our pride and hope had gathered in this hall. Of course, these words inspired the audience a lot.

Exhibition of students’ cooking arts opened on October 28 at the MEB student cafe. All our hostels presented their exquisite and original dishes as well as foreign communities of Sri Lanka, Nigeria, Ghana, Lebanon, Turkmenistan and India. This year the dishes have been presented by our cookery experts in "Cakes and sweets" section.

This long-awaited day - Friday, 28 October, has at last arrived. And we have been waiting for it not only this was the last day of work and study of the week, but also because the jubilee XX International Festival "Student autumn 2016" was officially launched this day. Back in 1997, at the initiative of the rector of the then medical institute, Kosinets Alexander Nikolayevich, sport events, the culinary competition, intellectual tournament, Miss and Mister VSMU contest and KVN were added to the contest of pop songs - and in such a way our festival was born, which reached such an extent to be called international.

As part of a cooperation agreement between the EE "VSMU" and HEE "SPCPA" of the Ministry of Health of Russian Federation and the educational project "More than education," of the St. Petersburg Chemical-Pharmaceutical Academy as well as in connection with intensified integration between the member states of the Eurasian Economic Community the educational module was implemented by the specialists of Pfizer company «Technology & innovation of solid dosage forms" (webinar).from 17 to 21 October 2016.

VI Chemical Olympic student Games were held on October 21-23, 2016, in the city of Zelenogorsk, not far from St. Petersburg. This year the Games have received the international status, and the team of our University for the first time participated in this competition.