University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova

Through its Faculties and specializations (Undergraduate, Master and PhD study programs), the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova aims to provide high quality teaching, training and research. The University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova is currently structured into four faculties:

• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Dentistry
• Faculty of Pharmacy
• Faculty of Midwives and Nursing

The mission of UMFCV as stated in the documents issued by the University Senate, according to the aspirations of the members of the academic community, may be synthesised as follows:

• Basic training in medical and pharmaceutical sciences, by the component educational structures;
• Promoting and supporting biomedical scientific research, as a major activity of the institution;
• Supplying health services for the community by the members of the teaching staff, in the public and/or private sector;
• Providing lifelong graduate training of specialists in the medical and pharmaceutical fields;
• Methodological guidance of activities in the system for the promotion, support and assistance of the health state of population and the relevant scientific research in the Oltenia region;
• Actively generating new acquisitions in the field of life, medical and humanistic sciences, by means of teaching, clinical and research activities, contributing to the improvement of knowledge;
• Achieving a position among representative regional leaders in the development and implementation of national and European policies regarding education, scientific research, medical assistance;
• Promoting Romanian education in general and medical education in particular, at an international level.

Acknowledged as a priority in the strategy and policies of the institution, the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova regards the international collaboration as an essential factor for assuring educational quality, institutional transparency, as well as absolute opportunity for professional development to all members of the academic community. A great number of the students in the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova are foreign students and the new statute of Romania as a member of the European Union facilitates the access for young people from other EU countries to Romanian education. Also, the UMF students perform study and practice periods in important universities abroad.