The article contains information about Koch-Metchnikov Siberian Competence Centre which deals with the problem of infectious diseases. It is a new structural division of Siberian State Medical University which was founded in 2008 on the initiative of the university administration together with a German social institution — Koch—Metchnikov Forum. The article describes backgrounds of the foundation of Siberian Competence Centre, its main aims, tasks, the most perspective areas of Russian-German cooperation in the sphere of fundamental and practical medicine, results of the joint scientific-educational activity as well as outcomes of implementation of the program of experience and knowledge exchange in the network of professional trainings, international conferences and seminars.