After the foundation of Babeș-Bolyai University, its Faculties of Philology, Philosophy, Law, Economics and Natural Sciences started their activity in Cluj while the Faculty of Medicine was moved to Târgu Mureș, where it operated between 1945 and 1948.

[3] After the 1948 Education Reform, the Medical and Pharmaceutical Institute of Târgu Mureș was founded as an independent higher education institution with the following faculties: Medicine, Paediatrics, Hygiene, Dentistry and Pharmacy.

Graduates of study programmes can benefit from different levels of academic degrees: bachelor, master’s, doctoral.

Since 2019 a 6-year study program of human medicine has been offered on the campus in Hamburg, leading to an approbable degree.

For the clinical practical parts of the curriculum from the 3rd academic year onwards, students go to one of UMCH’s teaching hospitals in Germany, Spain or Malta.