George Emil Palade University is a public university in Târgu Mureș, Romania. Founded in 1945, it is classified as a research and education university by the Romanian Ministry of Education. It is one of the 6 traditional medical schools in Romania beside Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, Iași and Timișoara, all being founded before the 1989 Romanian revolution. In September 2019, George Emil Palade University opened its first medical faculty in Hamburg-Bahrenfeld, Germany, with the University Targu Mures Medical Campus Hamburg (UMCH). Since 2019, a 6-year study program of human medicine has been offered on that campus, leading to an approbable degree.