The Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Timisoara was first founded as a modest faculty by the signing of the decree-law nr 660, on the 30th of December 1944, by King Mihai the First of Romania:

A total number of 24.366 graduates out of which 4.284 foreigners have successfully completed their medical studies in the University of Timisoara.  Nowadays the university has at its disposal 8 hostels, placed either in the close proximity of the university, or in the university campus. Today the university disposes of a total of 8 buildings (the former "Banatia" being the main quarters of the university) in which different disciplines carry on their specific every day activities.

The clinical teaching started initially in 4 hospitals, but today, students are being trained in more than 25 university clinics, belonging to 12 hospitals. The Institute of Medicine ,(which immediate after 1948) included three faculties: General Medicine, Pediatrics and Hygiene; after 1990 - the University of Medicine and Pharmacy and since 2001 the university proudly bares the name of the savant Victor Babes, who is rooted in Timisoara.

Today, there are 4273 students studying in the University, 1108 of them are foreigners coming from all over the world including India.