”Nicolae Testemitanu” University of the Republic of Moldova remains in the top of the best 2500 universities in the world, for the 4th consecutive year

Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the Republic of Moldova remains in the top 10% in the Global Aggregate Ranking, for the fourth consecutive year, being among the best 2500 universities in the world. The ranking was recently published on: https://best-edu.ru/ratings/global/globalnyj-agregirovannyj-rejting 

The Global Aggregate Ranking 2025 edition – an independent higher education evaluation tool based on 2024 data – includes 13 global institutional rankings and the European database of accredited DEQAR programs. 

Nicolae Testemitanu University is found in two rankings, occupying the 901st position worldwide in The Three University Missions (MosIUR) and the 2811th place in SCImago Institutions Rankings (SCIMAGO), and is registered in the European database of accredited programs DEQAR, which contains information about higher education institutions and educational programs. Institutionally accredited according to the standards of the World Federation for Medical Education, including for three integrated study programs (Medicine, Stomatology and Pharmacy), our university obtained the highest appreciation – (A) – in the UDB / United Database of Accreditation Decisions, which includes DEQAR and the Asian database of Asian programs DAQAR. 

Rector Emil Ceban mentioned that one of the University's strategic objectives was to increase institutional visibility internationally, and the consistent presence in this top showed that the combined efforts of community members had a positive effect and generated the expected impact. 

Nicolae Testemitanu University was the first university in the Republic of Moldova to be included in the Global Aggregate Ranking in 2022. The ranking evaluates 3987 universities (compared to last year – 3627 higher education institutions) from 140 countries (in 2024 – 132 countries) according to the MetALig methodology. 

In the final stage of the ranking, the results are generated in the form of TOPs: 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%, 10% and 15% of the best universities out of the total number of higher education institutions in the world.