”Nicolae Testemitanu” University takes first place among universities in Moldova for academic performance

Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy occupies the first position among universities of the country in terms of academic performance and excellence, according to a ranking recently published by the Ministry of Education and Research of the Republic of Moldova (MEC). 

The evaluation of universities was carried out based on 17 indicators, presented in four groups - teaching quality, scientific research, internationalization and social orientation. Among these indicators are: the number of doctoral supervisors, the number of young teaching staff, graduate employability, research and innovation, internationalization of studies, etc.

Thus, the largest number of doctoral supervisors is registered at Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, representing 13% of the total number of full-time teaching and scientific-didactic staff. Respectively, 25 percent of the academic staff are young, this, too, being the best registered indicator. 

At the same time, our university holds the lead in terms of the most students - holders of baccalaureate diplomas with an average grade of "8.0" or higher - in proportion to 69% of the total number of candidates enrolled in the 2025-2026 academic year.  

Also, the first position in the ranking goes to Nicolae Testemitanu University in the graduate employability category, with a labor market insertion rate of 67%.

And in terms of research and innovation, Nicolae Testemitanu University is the national leader with the most articles indexed in the Web of Science/Scopus databases and ranks third in terms of the volume of funds attracted for research from national and international projects, as well as from the "Horizon Europe" research program. 

Moreover, our university maintains the first position as regards the number of foreign students and teaching staff - holders of English/French language proficiency certificates (level B2-C2).

In 2025, Nicolae Testemitanu University invested the largest financial resources of its own to modernize hostels, compared to other higher education establishments - in the amount of about 11 million lei.

According to the MEC, public higher education institutions operating under conditions of financial autonomy (under the subordination of the Ministry of Education and Research, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Culture), will receive, in 2026, allocations from the state budget in a total amount of 1.1 billion lei, about 108 million lei more than in 2025, for the purpose of maintaining and developing universities. Of this amount, over 198 million lei represents compensatory financing for performance, depending on the indicators achieved - means granted to support the excellence of universities. For this reason, in 2026, the largest budgetary allocations for compensatory financing will be directed to Nicolae Testemitanu University - in the amount of 43,538.78 lei.

In addition to the performance-based compensatory funding, universities will receive money based on two other components: standard funding and complementary funding. The standard funding, worth over 827 million lei, is oriented towards the educational process itself, with an allowance per student of 19.9 thousand lei, calculated according to adjustment coefficients (study cycle, form of education, language of training and study program). At the same time, the complementary funding, with a budget of over 77 million lei, is directed towards improving the quality students’ life, namely: renovating hostels, modernizing the material and didactic base, providing them with computers/software/equipment, as well as supporting cultural and sports activities.

Visual source: MEC