Universitatea din București | |
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| Latin:Universitas Studiorum Bucurestiensis | |
Other names | UB, UniBuc |
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| Motto | Virtute et Sapientia (Latin) |
Motto in English | Virtue and Wisdom |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1694 – Princely Academy of Bucharest 1821 – Saint Sava College 4 July 1864; 160 years ago (1864-07-04) |
Academic affiliations | IAU,UNICA,EUA,CIVIS |
| Endowment | RON 1.14 billion (US$274.76 million) (2018)[1] |
| Budget | RON 364.7 million (US$87.67 million) (2018)[2] |
| Rector | Marian Preda |
Academic staff | 1,300 (2022)[3] |
| Students | 32,576 (2022–2023)[3] |
| Undergraduates | 22,428 (2022–2023)[3] |
| Postgraduates | 8,911 (2022–2023)[3] |
| Location | , Romania |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | navy blue[4] |
| Website | unibuc.ro |
TheUniversity of Bucharest (UB) (Romanian:Universitatea din București) is apublicresearch university inBucharest,Romania. It was founded in its current form on 4 July 1864 (160 years ago) (1864-07-04) by adecree of PrinceAlexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the formerPrincely Academy into the current University of Bucharest, making it one of the oldest Romanian universities. It is one of the five members of theUniversitaria Consortium (a group of elite Romanian universities).[5]
The University of Bucharest offers study programmes in Romanian and English and is classified as anadvanced research and education university by theMinistry of Education.
The University of Bucharest was founded by the Decree no. 765 of 4 July 1864 byAlexandru Ioan Cuza and is a leading academic centre and a significant point of reference in society.
The University of Bucharest is rich in history and has been actively contributing to the development and modernization of Romanian education, science, and culture since 1694. In 1694Constantin Brâncoveanu, ruler ofWallachia, had founded thePrincely Academy inBucharest with lectures delivered in Greek. In 1776,Alexander Ypsilantis, ruler of Wallachia, reformed the curriculum of the Princely Academy, where courses of French, Italian, and Latin were now taught. After 1821, the Princely Academy was continued by theSaint Sava College. In 1857,Carol Davila andNicolae Crețulescu created theNational School of Medicine and Pharmacy. In 1859, the Faculty of Law was created.
In 1857, the foundation stone of the University Palace in Bucharest was laid.
On 4/16 July 1864, Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza established the University of Bucharest, bringing together the Faculties of Law, Sciences and Letters as one single body. In 1869, the Faculty of Medicine is created through the transformation of the National School of Medicine and Pharmacy. In the following years, new faculties were created: 1884 – the Faculty of Theology; 1906 – the Institute of Geology; 1913 – the Academic Institute for Electrotechnology; 1921 – the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; 1923 – the Faculty of Pharmacy, 1924 – theMina Minovici Institute of Forensic Medicine.
In 1956, student leaders, mainly from this university, planned a peaceful protest against Romania'sCommunist regime but were forcibly prevented from carrying it out. (SeeBucharest student movement of 1956).
For a while (in the 1950s and early 1960s), it was called the "C. I. Parhon University", afterConstantin Ion Parhon.
Most of the building is still intact, however during thebombardments of Bucharest in 1944, the central corpus of the building was heavily damaged and demolished due toLuftwaffe bombs, and was only re-constructed in 1969–1971. Other sections were also completed by 1980.
The area around the old University building (theUniversity Square), adjacent to theC. A. Rosetti,Roman,Kogălniceanu, andUnion squares was the scene of many riots, protests and clashes with thesecurity forces during theRomanian Revolution of 1989. During the months of April–June 1990, the University of Bucharest was the centre ofanti-communist protests.
In 1996,Emil Constantinescu, the thenrector of the University of Bucharest, was electedPresident of Romania, after defeatingIon Iliescu in the1996 Romanian presidential election.
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The University of Bucharest has 19 faculties, covering various fields such as natural sciences, humanities, social sciences, and theology:[3]
The university has the following five interdisciplinary departments:
The university also has a publishing house, different research institutes and research groups (such as the Institute for Political Research, the Institute for Mathematics, the Center for Byzantine Studies, theVasile Pârvan Archeology Seminary, the Center for Nuclear Research, etc.), master and doctorate programmes, and a number of lifelong learning facilities and programmes. It has partnership agreements with over 50 universities in 40 countries, and participates in European programmes such asERASMUS, Lingua, Naric, Leonardo da Vinci, UNICA, AMOS, TEMPUS, TEMPRA. It is an accreditedCisco Academy, hasMicrosoft curriculum, and is accredited byRed Hat for its academic programme.
The University of Bucharest has a number of buildings throughout Bucharest, so in that respect it does not have a single campus. Its two main buildings are:
Other faculties have their own buildings and research facilities, scattered throughout the city, such as:
The university prints an annual guide for freshmen.
| University rankings | |
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| Global – Overall | |
| QS World[6] | 851–900 (2024) |
| THE World[7] | 1001–1200 (2024) |
| USNWR Global[8] | =1066 (2023) |
In the 2012QS World University Rankings, the University of Bucharest was included in the Top 601-701 universities of the world, together with three other Romanian universities, includingBabeș-Bolyai University inCluj-Napoca, andAlexandru Ioan Cuza University inIași.[9][10]
The University of Bucharest has been awarded the 2000 National Academic Excellence Diploma, and the 2004 National Academic Excellence Medal. All of the degrees and diplomas awarded by the university are internationally recognised.
The University of Bucharest is a member of numerous international organisations and partnerships, including:
As part of the on-going ERASMUS programme, the University of Bucharest has approximately 225 Erasmus agreements with European partner universities.
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