Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Universitatea de Stat de Medicină și Farmacie „Nicolae Testemițanu”
Former names	Chișinău State Institute of Medicine (1945–1991)
Motto	Lucendo allis ego ipse ardeo!
Motto in English	"While I burn, I give light to others!"
Type	Public
Established	20 October 1945; 79 years ago
Rector	Emil Ceban
Students	6,200
Location	Chișinău, Moldova
Website	usmf.md

The Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy (USMF; Romanian: Universitatea de Stat de Medicină și Farmacie „Nicolae Testemițanu”) is a medical university located in Chișinău, Moldova. The institution began its activity in 1945. It is named after Nicolae Testemițanu.

History

The Chişinău State University of Pharmacy and Medicine was established as part of the Medicine Institute No. 2 from Leningrad, which was evacuated during the Second World War in Kislovodsk, which was later transferred to Chişinău together with the students and the teaching staff under the name of the State Institute of Medicine.

The Institute began its activity on October 20, 1945 with only one active faculty, that being General Medicine which had 32 departments and 1000 students. The didactic process was performed by 130 professors, including 20 habilitated doctors and 23 doctors in medical science. Through time other faculties were established, such as:

Pediatric Faculty (1954)
Stomatology Faculty (1959)
Faculty of Preventive Medicine (1964)
Pharmacy Faculty (1964)

The administrative bloc of the university

Since 1990 the Institute has the name of Nicolae Testemiţanu. On July 25, 1991 the Nicolae Testemițanu State Institute of Medicine was reorganised as a university. In 1995, it was renamed to its current name.

Faculties

Medicine No. 1
Medicine No. 2 (for foreign students)
Pharmacy
Stomatology
Residence
Department of Continuing Medical Education
School of Public Health Management
Doctoral School in the field of Medical Sciences

Awards

Order of Work Glory (2005)^[2]
Order of the Republic (2015)

References

External links

Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Republic of Moldova Website

This Moldovan university, college or other education institution article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] Official page of the "Nicolae Testemiţanu" University (in Romanian)

[2] Указ Президента Республики Молдова от 6 октября 2005 года № 238 «О награждении Государственного университета медицины и фармации имени Николае Тестемицану орденом «Gloria Muncii»

[1]

[2]