There are 99 scientific-didactic departments: 82 specialty chairs, 3 specialized courses, 14 scientific laboratories, including the Central Laboratory of Scientific Research at the University. During the last 5 years the collaborators of SMPhU "Nicolae Testemitanu" elaborated and put into medical and pharmaceutical practice over a thousand of new methods of diagnosis, treatment and prophylaxis, obtained 116 invention patents and proposed 860 rationalisations, published over 8600 scientific materials, including 69 monographs, organized 151 national and international scientific forums (congresses, conferences, symposiums), defended 184 theses of PhD and Doctors in medical and pharmaceutical sciences.
Students take an active part in scientific research too. Beginning from the first course of their studies at the University every student has an opportunity to choose from a wide range of subjects and experimental theme of their interest for research. In the 3 -6lh years of studies, the students participate at performing the surgical interventions, creation of modern medical manoperas, analysis of the results of clinical research. Students successfully participated and participate at the scientific conferences in Moscow (Russia), Kiev, Lvov, Dnepropetrovsc Cernauti (Ukraine), Sofia, Plovdiv (Bulgaria), Bucharest, lasi, Timisoara, Craiova (Romania).
There is always a large number of students involved in scientific activities and thus the scientific research society always remains young.