The history of the Tver State Medical Academy opens up in 1902 when courses for dental students were arranged. In 1936 the Leningrad Dental Institute was founded. In 1954 by decision of the Soviet government the Institute was transferred from Leningrad to the city of Kalinin.

In 1986 the Institute was awarded the prestigious Nations Friendship National Award for outstanding contribution to international education, collaboration and development. In 1994 after renaming of Kalinin to Tver, the Institute was also renamed and got the status of the Academy.

• 1902 – Dental School was founded in St. Petersburg by I. A. Pashutin

• 1919 – the Institute of Public Dentistry was founded and led by E. N. Anderson

• 1924 – the 1st Dental Laboratory was founded and led by Z. B. Pirjatinsky

• 1926 – St. Petersburg Scientific Dental Polyclinic was founded

• 1927 – St. Petersburg Scientific Dental Institute was founded

• 1933 – Leningrad Dental Institute was founded

• 1936 – Leningrad State Dental Institute was founded

• 1954 – Kalinin State Medical Institute was formed

• 1957 – first graduation at the Dental Faculty

• 1958 – first graduation at the Faculty of General Medicine

• 1962 – the Institute started to train doctors for foreign countries

• 1989 – the Faculty of Postgraduate Studies was founded

• 1990 – the Faculty of Pediatrics was founded

• 1994 – Tver State Medical Academy was formed

• 2001 – the Pharmaceutical Faculty was founded

• 2003 – the Faculty of the Advanced Nursing Education was founded