Academy (BGMA) was created according to the Decree of KMU from 04.04.1997 312 on the base of Chernivtsi State Medical Institute (CMI) which was founded in 1944 and functioned till April 1997.

52 employees of clinical chairs of BSMU are provincial freelance specialists and consultants of DOH of Chernivtsi Regional State Administration.

In the early 60s, at the initiative of the rector of the Institute A. D. Yukhimets, brick and wooden cottages, pavilions for board games, a summer theater, and sports grounds were built for vacationers of various types.

Currently, the Recreation Center "Zdorovye"/»Health», on the Dniester River, with restored, overhauled, equipped with modern furniture cottages hospitably receive visitors — guests, students and employees of the university.

The intensive courses feature the best Ukrainian and foreign trainers, various areas of psychotherapy, trainings, psychological games, master classes.

The university has a mandatory system for monitoring the preparation of students and the quality of training (certification with test primary and exit levels, rating control).

The university departments have compiled software packages, test sets and questions of varying complexity that are used at different stages of monitoring student training, which are placed on the Moodle Distance Learning Server for ease of study.

32 workers of the clinical departments of BSMU are non-staff specialists and work as consulting physicians of Chernivtsi Regional Executive Board.

A great deal of methodological organizing work is carried out: visit of therapeutic preventive establishments, review of the patients' histories, participation in the boards of experts and qualifying committee, conference conducting etc.

Various and manifold therapeutic consulting activity in the system of Bukovina practical health service is carried out by the assistants of clinical departments.

Modern methods of patient's examination are mastered by students in Regional Medical Diagnostic Centre of Chernivtsi, rooms of endoscopy and ultrasonic investigation and in specialized X-ray departments.

Trips for Bachelors, holders of Master's degree, post-graduates are ensured by "Druzi" association (Ukraine-France) and the Centre of international contacts, State of California (USA).

Every year students, new doctors and scientists of the university take part in international medical conferences, congresses, symposia and forums in the cities and towns of Poland, United States, Russia, Germany, Austria, Sweden, etc.

The university has 15 academic buildings, its clinical departments are based in 33 medical and preventive institutions in Chernivtsi, which are provided with modern equipment.

There are sports and recreation sections for students, teachers and staff in volleyball, basketball, table tennis, chess, tourism, athletics, athleticism, judo, wrestling, Sambo, calanetics, aerobics.

During 2001–2008, Igor Ivanovich Zamorsky, doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Pharmacology, was the chairman of the Council of young scientists and scientific director of the SSS.

In 2008, Doctor of medical sciences, professor of the Department of Cardiology, rehabilitation, physical therapy and sports medicine Tatyana A. Ilashchuk also performed the SSS duties.

The culmination of the organizational activity of the SSS Council and the daily hard work of students-Circle members is the final scientific conference.

The event involves the work of 37 sections of theoretical and clinical areas, where the results of research by young scientists are heard, current and promising problems of modern medicine are considered.

In order to form a healthy lifestyle in 2006, the measures of Bukovinian State Medical University for the Prevention of drug addiction and substance abuse were approved, which defined the terms of introduction into the educational process of the program for the promotion of a healthy lifestyle and the prevention of drug addiction and substance abuse; mentors of academic groups of the first year systematically highlight issues related to the prevention of drug use and their harmful impact on the mental and somatic state of a person.During the academic year, sports competitions in the main Sports dedicated to the day of the Physical Culture student of Ukraine, traditional sports contests of courses, inter-course competitions, championships among faculties and dormitories are held.

PE teachers conduct training work with the university's national teams in basketball, volleyball, table tennis, wrestling, and track and field events.

The museum-room worked on a voluntary basis under the supervision of associate professor of the Department of Health Organization Boris Yakovlevich Drobnis until 1982.

To accommodate the museum, a special hall was allocated in the reconstructed building of the Department of Medical Biology and Genetics on Yu.

Collected during 1995–1998, numerous and interesting historical documents, objects, and photographs needed a larger area for their placement and display to visitors.

Allocated premises and material and technical equipment allow you to create proper conditions for preserving, studying and exhibiting the museum collection.

At Academic Palace there is a Folk amateur song and dance ensemble "Trembita", which takes part in concerts, festivals of the university and the region; it takes part in concerts for participants of scientific and methodological conferences held on the basis of the university; organizes and conducts Christmas carols; the ensemble participated in the All-Ukrainian Festival-competition of folk choreography named after Pavel Virsky.

Vocal students and members of the CCR teams (the Club of cheerful and resourceful) take part in organizing meetings with graduates of different years, regional and city events.

The graduates of BSMU successfully fulfil themselves in medical, pharmaceutical, economic, educational, scientific, social and cultural spheres of activity.

Among the graduates and those who worked in the educational institution in different periods there are many well-known state and public figures, artists: Bratus Vasyl Dmytrovych Volyansky Yuriy Leonidovych Gayko Heorhiy Vasylovych - Academician of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine (elected 23.05.2012)[3] [Archived 31 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine], Director of the Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics.

The testing period was successful and since September 1, 2014 the data on academic performance is available to all students of the university at ez.bsmu.edu.ua [Archived March 26, 2020 at the Wayback Machine].