Council of the University, its term of office. In its activities, the Student Council of the University is guided by the legislation, decisions of the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, the Charter of BSMU. Student self-government in BSMU is carried out at the level of the student group, course, faculty, hostel, university. The main tasks of student self-government bodies are: ensuring and protecting the rights and interests of students, in particular, in relation to the organization of the educational process; ensuring that students fulfill their duties; promotion of students ' academic, scientific and creative activities; promoting the creation of appropriate living and recreation conditions for students; promotion of the activities of student circles, societies, associations, interest clubs; Organization of cooperation with students of other higher educational institutions and youth organizations; promotion of employment of graduates; participation in international student exchange issues; promotion of sociological research among students. Students' Scientific Society Students' Scientific Society (SSS) was created more than 60 years ago, several years after the foundation of Chernivtsi Medical Institute (now Bukovinian State Medical University). From the very beginning the Students' Scientific Society was an organization on voluntary basis, which plans and carries out its work under the guidance of the University Scientific. The Students' Scientific Society since its foundation has conducted its work in the following directions: • promotion of students' scientific clubs; • comprehensive support of students' scientific work and providing improvement of the level of research work; • involving students to direct participation in research work at the departments of the university; • participation in the organization and conducting of scientific forums and meetings, scientific conferences and symposia, students' Olympiads and competitions on various subjects, as well as seminars and exhibitions; • establishing international contacts, cooperation with educational and research institutions, public and governmental organizations in Ukraine and other countries. During its activity the SSS of BSMU adequately represented the university in the field of research not only in Ukraine but also beyond its limits. The result of the organizational activities of the SSS and daily hard work of students is the final Conference. It has taken a long way from the usual annual forum for students and young scientists of the university to the Ukrainian student conference with international participation, and subsequently (from 2004) conferences on international level. In 2009 the conference was included to the register of scientific