Odessa Medical Institute of the International humanitarian university was established in January 2009.
After the process of preparation and execution of documents, a license was granted for the provision of educational services by educational institutions related to obtaining higher education at the level of qualification requirements for a specialist.
The first license in the field of knowledge 1202 "Pharmacy" for the training of specialists in the field of "Technology of perfumery and cosmetics" was received for 25 people.
The educational process was based on approved educational programs of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.
 The first admission campaign was completed in the 2010-2011 academic year and in 2011 got a license permitting the intake for 50 people for the preparation of a bachelor's degree students in Pharmacy.
In accordance with the curriculum several directions (general and clinical pharmacology, technology of medicines, medical chemistry, biology and pharmacognosy) were formed and a department of general and clinical pharmacology was created.
From the very first days of its foundation, the director of Odessa Medical Institute and Medical College of the International humanitarian university was appointed doctor of medical sciences, professor Peklina  Galina Petrovna, who for seven years led the institute and college.
In 2012, a license was received for the training of specialists in the field of "Dentistry" with the intake of 25 people. A department of general dentistry, headed by Doctor of Medicine, Professor Zubkova Lyudmila Petrovna, was created.
In December 2016, Odessa Medical Institute of the International humanitarian university was headed by Shuturminsky Vitaliy Grigorovich, Ph.D., associate professor. He defended his thesis on the theme "Reparative osteogenesis with coated implants" in the specialized board at the Ukrainian Dental Medical Academy in 1998. From 1996 to 2002 he worked as an assistant, and since 2002 - a senior lecturer in the department of orthopedic dentistry of Odessa State Medical University. From 2000 till 2014 he is a Deputy Director of the Medical College of Odessa National Medical University. He has finished the thesis on the topic "Development of a new technology for the manufacture of removable lamellar prostheses for the prophylaxis of prosthetic stomatitis".
He was awarded certificates of the Mayor and Head of the Odessa Regional Administration for significant achievements in scientific activity.
He is the author of 186 publications among them - 18 in foreign professional editions, 2 textbooks, 6 tutorials, 1 atlas, more than 20 patents of Ukraine for inventions.
Students of Odessa Medical Institute and Medical College of the International humanitarian university together with the lectures take an active part in conducting Saturday voluntary work, beauty contests, assist in organizing  Welcome Day , present the university at various sports competitions where they receive the winning places. Shah Zohur is a student of the 1st year of Odessa Medical Institute of the International humanitarian university, who is studying in the field of Dentistry, recently took part in competitions in sport sambo under the program of the XXV regional student games among the higher educational institutions of the IV level of accreditation that took place in the sports complex. Dynamo. In these competitions, despite the limited experience and insignificant fighting practice of the competition, Shah Zohur showed his purpose to victory and only lost the final fight on points, winning a silver prize.