George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu Mureș

George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology
of Târgu Mureș
Universitatea de Medicină, Farmacie, Știință și Tehnologie (in Romanian); Orvosi, Gyógyszerészeti, Tudomány és Technológiai Egyetem (in Hungarian); Universität für Medizin, Pharmazie, Naturwissenschaften und Technik Neumarkt am Mieresch (in German)
	Main building of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Târgu Mureş
Former names	Institute of Medicine and Pharmacy of Tîrgu Mureș (1948–1991); University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Târgu Mureș (1991–2018)
Established	1948; 76 years ago
Rector	Leonard Azamfirei
Administrative staff	over 400
Students	over 10,000
Location	Târgu Mureș, Romania; 46°33′18″N 24°34′52″E / 46.55500°N 24.58111°E
Campus	Urban
Nickname	UMFST; MOGyTTE; UMFST Neumarkt
Website	www.umfst.ro

The George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Târgu Mureș^[a] is a public university in Târgu Mureș, Romania that was founded in 1948. Classified as a research and education university by the Ministry of Education,^[2] it is one of the 6 traditional medical schools in Romania beside Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, Iași and Timișoara, all being founded before the 1989 Romanian revolution. The university is named after the prominent scientist George Emil Palade.

History

Medical education in Târgu Mureș (also spelled as Tîrgu Mureș) began in 1945 as a branch of the Faculty of Medicine of the Babeș-Bolyai University. After the foundation of Babeș-Bolyai University, its Faculties of Philology, Philosophy, Law, Economics and Natural Sciences started their activity in Cluj while the Faculty of Medicine was moved to Târgu Mureș, where it operated between 1945 and 1948.^[3]

After the 1948 Education Reform, the Medical and Pharmaceutical Institute of Târgu Mureș was founded as an independent higher education institution with the following faculties: Medicine, Paediatrics, Hygiene, Dentistry and Pharmacy. Between 1951 and 1958 it comprised three faculties: General Medicine, Paediatrics and Pharmacy. In 1958-1959 the Faculty of Paediatrics was transformed into a department; and from 1960-1961 the department of Dentistry started operating again, becoming a faculty in the academic year 1965-1966.^[3]

By Decree 800/ 1965 and by the Order of the Minister of Education, the Institute of Medicine and Pharmacy of Târgu Mureș gained the right to award doctoral degrees in medicine (7 professors were appointed as doctoral supervisors). The Faculty of Pharmacy ceased its activity between 1986 and 1990. In 1991, the Institute was given the name of University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Târgu Mureș (UMF Târgu Mureș/MOGyE).^[3]

In September 2018, the University of Medicine and Pharmacy absorbed the Petru Maior University, and became the University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Târgu Mureș.^[4]^[5]

University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Târgu Mureş

Faculties

The University carries on its activity as a university with a structure and specialities that are accredited by the law. The University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Târgu Mureș functions as a public institution with legal status, being the only university in the field of healthcare where teaching is in Romanian, Hungarian, and recently, in English. Graduates of study programmes can benefit from different levels of academic degrees: bachelor, master’s, doctoral. Their area of specialisation according to the division of academic knowledge and professional division of labour is also different. Following the absorption of Petru Maior University, three more faculties were integrated into the university.

Faculty of Medicine (six-year curriculum. Languages of instruction: Romanian, Hungarian)
Faculty of Medicine in English (six-year curriculum. Language of instruction: English)
Faculty of Pharmacy (five-year curriculum. Languages of instruction: Romanian and Hungarian)
Faculty of Dentistry (six-year curriculum. Languages of instruction: Romanian, Hungarian and English)
Faculty of Engineering (Romanian)
Faculty of Sciences and Letters (Romanian, English and French)
Faculty of Economics and Law (Romanian and English)

Alumni

András Grépály, doctor, professor of the university and tubercologist
Ferenc Pál Gyergyay, doctor, professor of the university and oncologist
Adrian Lobontiu, medical doctor, surgeon of the university
Ernő András Lőrincz, professor of the university
Dezső Miskolczy, neurologist, constitutor of the university, professor in Târgu Mureş between 1945-1960
László Nemes, chemist and professor

International Locations

In September 2019, UMFST opened its first medical faculty in Hamburg-Bahrenfeld, Germany the form of University Targu Mures Medical Campus Hamburg (UMCH). Since 2019 a 6-year study program of human medicine has been offered on the campus in Hamburg, leading to an approbable degree. Since UMCH is a branch of a state-run Romanian university, admission is independent of school grades – contrary to other German universities. Theoretical lessons on the Hamburg campus are held in English. For the practical part from the 3rd academic year onwards, students go to one of UMCH’s teaching hospitals in Germany. Bedside-teaching is held in German. Optionally the study can also be finished in Romania. In this case the study language at the hospital bed is English.

Notes

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- Romanian: Universitatea de Medicină, Farmacie, Știință și Tehnologie din Târgu Mureș, or UMFST
- Hungarian: Marosvásárhelyi Orvosi, Gyógyszerészeti, Tudomány és Technológiai Egyetem, or MOGyTTE
- German: Universität für Medizin, Pharmazie, Naturwissenschaften und Technik Neumarkt am Mieresch or UMFST Neumarkt a. M. ^[1]

References

^ "UMCH | die Universität | Über die UMFST Neumarkt a. M."
^ "Clasificarea universităților din România: Care sunt cele mai bune instituții de învățământ superior". Mediafax (in Romanian). 6 September 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c History of the Faculty of Medicine
^ "Universitatea Petru Maior din Târgu Mureş, decizie de fuziune prin absorbţie cu Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie". Archived from the original on 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
^ "EXCLUSIV! Fuziunea UMF – UPM Târgu-Mureş aprobată de Guvern!". 21 September 2018.

External links

[2] 
Romanian: Universitatea de Medicină, Farmacie, Știință și Tehnologie din Târgu Mureș, or UMFST
Hungarian: Marosvásárhelyi Orvosi, Gyógyszerészeti, Tudomány és Technológiai Egyetem, or MOGyTTE
German: Universität für Medizin, Pharmazie, Naturwissenschaften und Technik Neumarkt am Mieresch or UMFST Neumarkt a. M. ^[1]

[2] Romanian: Universitatea de Medicină, Farmacie, Știință și Tehnologie din Târgu Mureș, or UMFST

[3] Hungarian: Marosvásárhelyi Orvosi, Gyógyszerészeti, Tudomány és Technológiai Egyetem, or MOGyTTE

[4] German: Universität für Medizin, Pharmazie, Naturwissenschaften und Technik Neumarkt am Mieresch or UMFST Neumarkt a. M. ^[1]

[1] "UMCH | die Universität | Über die UMFST Neumarkt a. M."

[3] "Clasificarea universităților din România: Care sunt cele mai bune instituții de învățământ superior". Mediafax (in Romanian). 6 September 2011.

[history-4] History of the Faculty of Medicine

[5] "Universitatea Petru Maior din Târgu Mureş, decizie de fuziune prin absorbţie cu Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie". Archived from the original on 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2019-08-21.

[6] "EXCLUSIV! Fuziunea UMF – UPM Târgu-Mureş aprobată de Guvern!". 21 September 2018.

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