International collaboration
The student campus includes 15 dormitories (with a total capacity of more than 3000 places, of which 1350 for local students, 1250 for international students and 400 for residents), the University Sports Complex with 3 sports blocks and an outdoor field. USMF "Nicolae Testemițanu" has 8 teaching and auditorium blocks, the University Sociocultural Complex, the University Food Complex with 2 canteens.
Currently, the University is undergoing a complex process of modernization and internationalization in order to ensure the implementation of institutional accreditation criteria and to comply with the World Federation for Medical Education standards.
Under the existing socio-economic conditions, the development of international collaboration in various fields has become essential in order to reduce the gap between USMF "Nicolae Testemitanu" and other medical institutions in Western European countries and the USA. This will ultimately contribute to the improvement of medical education, education through research and its alignment with international standards.
The University has cooperation relations with a number of internal and external partners, which contributes to the development of the educational process in terms of improving the quality of teaching, student training programs and expanding the material base of laboratories.
Ongoing university governance projects started in 2019, at the beginning of Rector Emil Ceban's mandate:
1. "Strengthening Research Management and Open Science Capacities of Higher Education Institutions in the Republic of Moldova and Armenia", MINERVA, running period 2019-2022.
2. "Leadership and Management of Higher Education in Moldova", MHELM, running period 2019-2022.
3. "Setting review objectives and tools for medical education", SPRING, running period 2019-2022.
4. Sustainable palliative care and resilience at national level, Grant Project No.15093, funded by SOROS-Moldova Foundation, period 2020-2022.
5. Francophone Employability Center, funded by the Francophone University Agency (AUF), 2022-2025.
6. "Infrastructure for research and management of health care services in the field of obesity and diabetes", OBDIA-NET, running period 2021-2023.
7. National Project within the State Program (2020 - 2023) "Male infertility - systemogenesis of risk factors, study of pathological mechanisms and optimization of prevention, monitoring and treatment strategies in the population of the Republic of Moldova" - Principal Researcher (without remuneration).
8. International project COST CA - 18124: "European Sexual Medicine network", project period 2018 - 2023, member of working group No. 1, alternate member of the project management committee.
9. International research project entitled "CEI support for increasing capacity of research and action in occupational and environmental health in the Republic of Moldova" funded by the Central European Initiative, within the KEP program, with the period of realization 1 January - 30 June 2025.
10. International research project "iCREATE-Expanding Research Capacity in Eastern Europe", funded by the US National Institutes of Health and Babes-Bolyai University, Romania, with the realization period 2023-2027.
11. Strengthening the capacity of the Faculty of Medicine of Nicolae Testemitanu State University, implemented by Karol University in Prague, financed by the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Chisinau, project realized in 2024.
12. FTLV QUALITE SANTE - Dispositif de formation professionnelle tout au long de la vie,ouverte et à distance pour optimiser la gestion de la qualité des soins et des risques en santé en République de Moldova et Azerbaïdjan. The project is funded by the European Commission and is carried out in consortium with four countries: Greece, RM, Romania and Azerbaijan, implementation period 2023-2026.
13. Data for Impact in Moldova: Harnessing the Power of Data for Children (Data for Impact – D4I) Moldova, Palladium, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), running 2023-2024.
14. Strengthening the capacity of doctors for a better response to cases of domestic violence, project funded by the Embassy of Finland in Bucharest, period 2023-2024.
15. Prospecting missions at ULB, Belgium, in the framework of the project "Consolidation of Scientific Francophonie in the Republic of Moldova", financed by AUF Moldova, implementation period 2023.
16. Strengthening medical education in urology and surgical nephrology through simulation, funded by the Department for Relations with the Republic of Moldova, Romanian Government, running period 2024.
17. American Medical Speaker Program, funded by the US Government, running period 2024-2028.
18. Strengthening education through research in medicine within USMF "Nicolae Testemițanu" - FORCE-med and resides in the desideratum of the university stipulated in the Strategic Development Plan of the University for 2021-2030 - the development of education through research.
19. Modernization and strengthening of education through research in pharmacy and medicine at USMF "Nicolae Testemitanu" FORCE_Farm. The given subproject, worth 2 million euro, is part of the second round of the call for subprojects within the Project "Higher Education in Moldova" (PÎSM), implemented by the Ministry of Education and Research of the Republic of Moldova (MEC) and financed by the World Bank, period of 2024-2025.
20. ”Implementation Science Study” to investigate community-based mental health interventions for high-risk communities in low and middle income countries – HEARD, running period 2024, funded by USAID.
21. U.S. Federal Open World Program, funded by the U.S. Library of Congress, running period 2022-2023.
22. Laboratory of medical education digitized and innovative approach, funded by AUF, running from 2021-2022.
23. Strengthening reproductive health policies at country level in the framework of the UNFPA-funded UN House country program, 2023-2027.
24. Moldovan-Norwegian cooperation in optometry. Expanding primary eye care in the Republic of Moldova. The project is funded by the Norwegian Optometric Association and runs from 2023.
25. Modernisation and digital transformation for International Relations Offices in HEIs - IROconnect, 2024-2026.