The Higher Education Review

The coming years will see considerable transformation in how healthcare systems are designed, propelled by opportunities such as digital health, growing consumerism, and mounting financial constraints. The Covid-19 pandemic has also necessitated and accelerated significant transformations. With changing times, the speed of developments in health care and education will require programs, learners, and educators to adapt throughout the continuum of training and practice, as a core quality.

Located in a multicultural and cosmopolitan town as Timisoara, ‘Victor Babes’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy was set up with the mission to contribute to the development of society, through education, research in the field of medical sciences and the promotion of the universal values of culture. The institute is home to students from all over the world, that can not only have access to modern tools of learning, but can even practice in hospitals starting from their third year of study, where they can be in direct contact with patients. This experience gives them the advantage to have practical skills and immediately when they finish their studies, in comparison with graduates from other European universities, they can start the practice right after finishing their studies.

Range of Courses & Amenities
The range of courses offered by ‘Victor Babes’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy have latest information included. They are continuously updated as per the latest research in the field of medicine and are provided by prestigious academic staff.

These courses are accredited by various top level accreditation bodies such as IAAR, recognized by the World Federation of Medical Education (WFME), European Quality Assurance Register in Higher Education (EQAR), European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA), Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education.While the courses are designed to make the students training

ready, ‘Victor Babes’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy also offers numerous amenities like Virtual reality programs: VR Labs, Simulation labs, Computer lab providing access to various scientific database, Web of Science, Scopus, Elsevier and more, which helps in smooth transitioning of students.

To add to it, all their premises have Central heating and air conditioners, and have latest digital support for courses to be presented, ebook library, 24hr physical library, round the campus Wi-Fi internet, hot and cold beverages and snacks automated machines available round the clock, dorms and much more. Additionally, ‘Victor Babes’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy is led by a team of learned professors who help students in their academic journey. Since 2013, all the faculty staff have done one-year intensive specialization course for Pedagogy. The institute also has various CME courses and post-graduation courses conducted at the university to keep up-to-date knowledge of its faculty members.

'Victor babes' university of medicine & pharmacy is led by a team of learned professors who help students in their academic journey

Opportunities for All
‘Victor Babes’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy has its doors open to students from across the globe. To encourage this, the college also offers scholarships to assist them through their journey. “Foreign students (EU and non-EU), enrolled in bachelor’s degree programs, taught in Romanian, English and French, who do not enter the reclassification process, may receive merit scholarships.

The number of merit scholarships is determined by calculating a percentage of 5 percent of the total number of foreign students/ study program/study year. The merit scholarship is granted to students who have completed all credits successfully, within the limits of the allocated funds, the minimum average grade from which the merit scholarship may be awarded being 8.50”, shares Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Claudia Borza.

Students during their entire study period at the institute undergo internships at various university attached hospitals. Medical collaboration is a must specially for the pharma

student as well as for the students willing to pursue their career in research and innovation, hence ‘Victor Babes’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy always looks to create opportunities to contribute to growth of students.

"Various courses and seminars are conducted by the Career Counselling department. Individual counselling for career orientation is also provided by the team of psychologists and academic staff. There are job fairs, and time management, CV building, Interview performance and more, is taken care of as per the individual needs of the students to recognize the weak-points and troubleshoot", shares Dr. Nilima Kundnani, Assistant Professor (Dep. Of Cardiology), and International Student Counsellor, ‘Victor Babes’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy.

The college also assists with Scientific writing courses, hands on practice sessions ERASMUS activities, and others. ‘Victor Babes’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy also has financial support provided to the students who want to participate in scientific conferences worldwide and publication fee waivers. “We aim to create a community in which to reinvent extracurricular activities in the cultural sphere, in an interactive manner, so as to offer the student the opportunity of involvement, socialization and expression.

Theatre, literature, fine/visual arts are just some of the areas proposed and in which they are able to contribute. Various cultural activities are organized by our international students”, adds Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Claudia Borza. Towards a Successful Future In this ever changing world, ‘Victor Babes’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy tries to match up with the demands, identifying the needs and working on feasible solutions.

Delegated teams are attending the national and international submits, education fairs, in close contact to national and international accreditation guidelines and making sure changes are made accordingly and personnel are trained as per the need arises, or new recruits are appointed if required. “The history of the ‘Victor Babes’ University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Timisoara was written by our forefathers, now it is written by us, and in the future, it will be written by those whom we today train to become the doctors of tomorrow”, signs off Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Claudia Borza.