Thai Nguyen University of Medicine and Pharmacy (TUMP) was established in 1968 as a Campus of Mountainous Medical University (under the Decision No.116/CP dated July 23, 1968 of the Government Council). Up to now, the University’s name has been changed for 3 times: (i) Bac Thai Medical College (under the Decision No.33/CP dated January 24, 1979 of the Government Council), (ii) Thai Nguyen Medical University – a member-university of Thai Nguyen University (under Decree No.31/CP dated April 4, 1994 of the Government), (iii) Thai Nguyen University of Medicine and Pharmacy (under Decision No.1602/QĐ-TTg dated November 8th, 2008 of the Government).