The Romanian health care system has been in existence since the 18th century, St. Spiridon Hospital (1757), in Iași, being the oldest in the historical region of Moldavia, and one of the largest in Romania.

[4] Founded by Nicolae Negură, it was the first Romanian language higher learning medical school in Romania.

[8] The University is a complex higher education institution, comprising four divisions: Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry and Biomedical Engineering.

Congressis is a medical students and young doctors conference (organised in April), focusing on Fundamental Sciences, Surgery, Internal Medicine and Bioethics.

Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy has adopted the ECTS grading scale since the academic year 1998–1999.