The University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca

Iuliu Haţieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca (The University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca) is a state institution that carries on a medical education tradition in the Romanian border city of Cluj-Napoca that predates its own founding as a Romanian-medium faculty of medicine in 1919. It was the first in Transylvania, following the region's takeover from Hungary at the close of World War One. And, of course, one on the list of best universities in Romania.

That practice stretches back to 1775 and was carried out before to 1918 under the auspices of the Franz Josef University, Kolasvar — the city's name during Hungarian sovereignty. Its trajectory in the century since has continued to reflect regional political vicissitudes, with the Franz Josef name restored during occupation between 1940 and 1945, the Communists establishing an independent medico-pharmaceutical institution in 1948, and renaming as the University of Medicine in 1990.

Two years later, it was renamed after Haţieganu, a TB expert who was the first dean in 1919, rector of the University of Cluj in the 1930s, and resisted the Communists by refusing to treat Stalin in 1952.

As of 2018, it admitted little under 2,000 students each year to its faculties of medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy, with minimal quotas set aside for Romania's Roma community and applicants from rural schools. Classes are available in Romanian, English, and French, with a strong connection to the Francophone world.

It is a member of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie and has around 1,000 French-speaking students. Because of this link, medical dean Anca Buzoianu was awarded France's Order of Merit in March 2018.

Address: 8 Babeş Street, 400012 Cluj-Napoca

Website: www.umfcluj.ro