Aside from the educational activity, the MUG focuses on scientific research. It is one of the only two medical universities in Poland that can boast the prestigious category of A+ for the Faculty of Pharmacy with Subfaculty of Laboratory Medicine and A for other faculties, as rated by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. In July 2012, the Faculty of Pharmacy with Subfaculty of Laboratory Medicine was designated one of Poland's 6 Leading National Research Centres (Krajowe Naukowe Ośrodki Wiodące, KNOW) by the Prime Minister's Office, as part of a wider strategy to make the country more competitive and innovative, and was granted a subsidy of 50 million Polish zlotys.