[2] The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Craiova is an institution with a well-defined position in the Romanian medical education and an active presence on an international level.
It is known as a non-politically involved institution, which is operating on the basis of separation of academic and administrative functions, although the relations between them are well defined.
The students are assessed through written and oral exams, which are taking place during sessions contained in the structured curriculum.
The modern academic framework that the Faculty of Medicine is based on, is following the consistently demanding, mission-based medical training as well as the support for a scientific research.
Among the other high technology equipment, the research center has a P.E.T - C.T., a cyclotron facility, a confocal laser endomicroscope, an optical coherence tomograph, as well as a real time P.C.R.
[citation needed] The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Craiova, is collaborating with educational and research institutions from Germany, Italy, Denmark, Moldavia, France, Portugal, Turkey and Greece.