State University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Nicolae Testemiţanu” is a scientific, curative and cultural centre of university training, residency and fellowship training as well as continuous undergraduate and postgraduate education of doctors and pharmacists from the Republic of Moldova. It was founded on the basis of Institute of Medicine no. 1 from St. Petersburg, which was evacuated during the World War II in Kislovodsk and subsequently transferred to Chisinau together with teaching staff and students, under the name of State Institute of Medicine.
The Institute began its activity on 20 October 1945, having only one faculty – the one of General Medicine, which assembled 32 chairs within which about 1000 students studied. Teaching was conducted by 130 teachers, including 20 Doctors Habilitates and 23 Doctors of Medical Sciences. Foundation of State Institute of Medicine from Chisinau served as an impetus for the development of higher medical education and consolidation of health system from the republic. Faculty of Pediatrics was created in 1954, Faculty of Stomatology- in 1959, Faculty of Preventive Medicine- in 1963 and in 1964- Faculty of Pharmacy. The need for continuing training of specialists after graduation contributed to the establishment of Faculty of Continuing training for doctors in 1962. In order to create appropriate conditions for adequate deployment of scientific activity, the Central Laboratory for Scientific Researches was founded in the same year.
