Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava

Universitatea „Ștefan cel Mare” din Suceava
Type	Public
Established	7 March 1990 First as the Institute of Pedagogy in 1963
Rector	Mihai Dimian (as of March 2024)[1][2][3][4]
Students	10,174
Location	Suceava,Suceava County,Bukovina , Romania
Website	www.usv.ro

TheȘtefan cel Mare University of Suceava (Romanian:Universitatea „Ștefan cel Mare” din Suceava, USV), also known asUniversity of Suceava (Romanian:Universitatea din Suceava), is apublic university inSuceava,Suceava County,Bukovina, northeasternRomania, officially founded in 1990 and initially established in 1963 as theInstitute of Pedagogy (Romanian:Institutul Pedagogic).

It was named in honour of theMoldavian monarch (Romanian:Domn)Stephen the Great (Romanian:Ștefan cel Mare). It awardsbachelor's degrees,master's degrees, andPhD degrees. The university is also open to international students from theEuropean Union (EU) and/or outside of it. Thus, the Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava (USV) can also be regarded as aninternational university. However, it mostly attracts students from thehigh schools in Suceava and across Suceava County.

The Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava (USV) is situated on Strada Universității nr. 13 (University Street number 13) in the Areni neighbourhood from the town centre, also in the proximity of the town hall. As of 2023, it is currently ranked 16th in Romania by EduRank.^[7] According to the 2024 edition of theQS World University Rankings, the Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava (USV) is currently ranked on a certain position between the places 1201–1400.^[8]

The first public higher education institution in Suceava was founded in 1963 as theInstitute ofPedagogy. The institution had three faculties:Letters,Mathematics andPhysics, andHistory andGeography. In 1984, it was transformed into theSub-Engineering Institute, subordinated to theTechnical University ofIași.

In 1990, after officially given the university title by theRomanian government, the institution started to individualize throughout academic consolidation, didactic and scientific diversification, not least by getting better known nationally and internationally. In September 2008, the university was awarded with a High Confidence Rating by the executive bureau ofARACIS (Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education). In 2009, the Ștefan cel Mare University was ranked fourth on a list created by the Kienbaum Management Consultants firm in cooperation withCapital financial magazine about the images universities have among employers.^[9]

• 1963–1975: Higher educational phase - Institute of Pedagogy;
• 1976–1984: Joint Institute for Higher Education, Pedagogical and Technical;
• 1984–1989: Institute of Associate Engineering (part of theGheorghe Asachi Polytechnic Institute of Iași);
  • 1985: Power Engineering was introduced to train engineers (6 years of studies and evening courses only);
  • 1986: Evening courses in Automation and Computers were held for the first time (six years of studies).
• Post–1990: "Ștefan cel Mare" University of Suceava
  • 1990: Day courses on a five-year basis were first introduced for both specializations; Automation and Electromechanics specializations were established, Engineer degree, day courses (five years) and evening courses (six years); the Electrotechnics Chair was established, which represented the forerunner of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering;
  • 1991: The Faculty of Electrical Engineering was established; the Computers and Automation Chair was established; the Engineer Diploma was awarded to the first generation of graduates in Power Engineering.^[10]

Nowadays, the Ștefan cel Mare University (USV) has the following eleven faculties:

• Faculty of Economics and Public Administration;
• Faculty of Educational Sciences;
• Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science;
• Faculty of Food Engineering;
• Faculty of Forestry;
• Faculty of History and Geography;
• Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences;
• Faculty of Letters and Communication Sciences;
• Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics and Management;
• Faculty of Medicine and Biological Sciences;
• Faculty of Physical Education and Sports.

USV disposes of a noteworthy series of facilities including a student radio station (i.e. Radio USV), a student TV channel owned by Digital Media Center (DMC) with headquarters at the students' house, a large football pitch, a swimming basin, and numerous scientific laboratories equipped with the latest technology in the fields ofrobotics,mechanics,virtual reality (VR), and many more. Radio USV has been active since the early 2010s (more specifically from 2011 onwards) whereas Digital Media Center's student TV channel has been operating since 2018 to the present day.^[11][12] The student dorm buildings within the main campus have all been renovated as of late October 2023.

During the academic year 2018–19, USV reported international agreements with universities inAlgeria,Armenia,Azerbaijan,Bulgaria,Cameroon,China,Ivory Coast,Croatia,Czech Republic,Ecuador,France,Germany,Georgia,Hungary,Greece,Jordan,Indonesia,Israel,Italy,Japan,Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Morocco,Moldova,Poland,Portugal,Russia,Senegal,Serbia,Slovakia,South Korea,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,Togo,Turkey,Ukraine, andUnited Kingdom.^[13] It is also a partner of the EUROSCI Network.^[14]

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  Students of the Faculty of History and Geography at practice in the mountains
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  Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava in 2017
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  Building E of the university
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  One of the entrances to building E
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  Entrance to the building near the astronomical observatory
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  Building A of the university

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