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UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST CULTURE AND DISCOVERY

1 UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST CULTURE AND DISCOVERY UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST CULTURE AND DISCOVERY University of Bucharest

CONTENTS

RECTOR’S MESSAGE 3

1. BRIEF HISTORY 4

2. IDENTITY, MISSION AND VISION 6 2.1. Identity 6 2.2. Mission 6 2.3. Vision 7 3. EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH 8 3.1. Priorty areas of research 8 3.2. The Reearch Institute of the University of Bucharest 8 3.2. Research Results in 2016 9 4 .UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST − FACTS AND FIGURES 10 5. ACADEMIC STRUCTURE 11 6. FACULTIES 12 6.1. The Faculty of Business and Administration 12 6.2. The Faculty of Biology 14 6.3. The Faculty of Chemistry 16 6.4. The Faculty of Law 18 6.5. The Faculty of Philosophy 20 6.6. The Faculty of Physics 22 6.7. The Faculty of Geography 24 6.8. The Faculty of Geology and Geophysics 26 6.9. The Faculty of History 28 6.10. The Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences 30 6.11. The Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures 32 6.12. The Faculty of Letters 34 6.13. The Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science 36 6.14. The Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences 38 6.15. The Faculty of Sociology and Social Work 40 6.16. The Faculty of Political Science 42 6.17. The Faculty of Orthodox Theology 44 6.18. The Faculty of Roman-Catholic Theology 46 6.19. The Faculty of Baptist Theology 48 7. INTERNATIONALIZATION 56 7.1. Bilateral Inter-University Agreements 56 7.2. Rankings and Awards 57 7.3. Messages from Personalities who Received the Title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Bucharest 57 8. OPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS 58 8.1. Scholarships 53 8.2. The Department for Long Distance and Part-Time Education 53 8.3. Getting International 53 8.3. Students Guidance and Counselling 54 8.4. Staying Informed 54 9. SPORTS FACILITIES 55 10. LIBRARIES 57 11. PUBLISHING HOUSES 58 12. TOURIST ATTRACTIONS 60 12.1. The University Museum 60 12.2. The “Dimitrie Brândză” Botanical Garden 62 12.3. The Hațeg Geopark 64

2 university of bucharest Rector’s Message

Young people are constantly faced with truly important decisions, whose influence reverberates throughout their careers. Choosing a university is one of these decisions. Why would someone opt for the University of Bucharest? One might choose it due to the wish to train in a competitive environment, to be in touch with the world’s universities, to build a solid base for one’s professional training or to gain access to important positions in Romanian society − in short to obtain a true education. Over time, the academic community at the University of Bucharest has actively sought to ensure excellent higher education, to provide high-quality educational services and to maintain its research activity at the highest international standards − all these things making the University of Bucharest stand out as one of the most important educational, research and cultural institutions in Romania. At the University of Bucharest, there is a competitive environment, if we consider the more than 30 000 candidates fighting for the 8 000 subsidised places. There are 29 fields of study leading to the Bachelor’s Degree, with a total of nearly 100 majors. The degree granted by the University of Bucharest after final examinations is recognised all over the world and recommends graduates as being thoroughly trained in the field of study of their choice. The Bachelor’s Degree may be followed by a Master’s, characterized by in-depth study, undertaken in a critical spirit, and leading to openings in research or leadership in various organizations. Master’s studies may be either vocational or academic. Doctoral and postdoctoral studies benefit from significant financing. Participation in mobility periods and conferences is encouraged, offering opportunities to young researchers, who thus align the Romanian higher education with European trends. The doctoral schools’ criteria are demanding and PhD students enjoy exceptional conditions for their research, which lead to a high percentage of successful theses. Researchers who have been trained at the University of Bucharest have a good reputation throughout the world. The international relations of the University of Bucharest are based, primarily, on 342 Erasmus agreements, thanks to which 259 students have gone to study abroad for one or two semesters, while 154 have come here, during the academic year 2014−2015. Moreover, the 246 bilateral cooperation agreements with foreign universities result in conferences, lectures held by invited professors, research courses and joint supervision agreements. The University of Bucharest has granted the title of Doctor Honoris Causa to important international figures. Exceptional intellectuals and friends of Romanian culture, they have been proud to become members of our academic community: Rolf-Dieter Heuer, General Manager of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN); Jean Delumeau, the greatest French historian of Christianity; Saul Kripke, a genius in logic; Amos Oz, the most beloved and famous contemporary Israeli writer; Hélène Carrère D’Encausse, Permanent Secretary of the French Academy; Philip Kotler, the father of contemporary marketing; Anders Fogh Rasmunssen, Secretary General of NATO; His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales; Theophilos III, the Patriarch of Jerusalem − to name just a few. The University of Bucharest provides a serious, solid education. An exciting tempo of life is created at the University by such things as its laboratories equipped in line with international standards, a large number of research centres, magazines, student debating societies, foreign lectures, events organized by the Students’ Association and the The Center for Information, Vocational Guidance and Professional Counselling, exhibitions and concerts. We are lucky that there is still time for tennis, basketball, football, body-building, aerobics and sports dance, which are practised in the sports halls and playing fields of the University of Bucharest. I wish all young people who choose the University of Bucharest the enjoyment of enthusiastic college years, full of hopes and ambitions!

The Rector of the University of Bucharest, Mircea Dumitru, PhD Corresponding Member of the Romanian Academy

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1. Brief History

1857 The cornerstone of the Palace of the University of Bucharest was laid. The Palace, which is located in the University Square, was designed by the president of Romanian architects, Alexandru Orăscu, on the same lines as the Western universities.

1859 The establishment of the Faculty of Law.

1863 The Faculties of Science and Letters are founded.

1864 Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza (1859−1866) creates the University of Bucharest. The academic institution brings 4/16 July together the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Letters.

1884 The establishment of the Faculty of Theology, which has been under the authority of the University of Bucharest since 1890.

1944 A long process of purging of the academic body begins, characterized by abuses and reprisals on the part of the new authorities of the Communist Party.

1948 The Education Reform Law is promulgated and the Soviet model of higher education is introduced. As a consequence a full reorganization of the University of Bucharest begins: The Faculties of Theology, the Faculty of Human Medicine and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine are detached from the University of Bucharest. The academic institutions are dissolved and new institutions subordinated to the Academy of Romanian People’s Republic are created.

1989 After the abusive disestablishment of many departments and faculties, the University of Bucharest has no more than 6 faculties and 8 000 students.

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1990 A renewal process of the University of Bucharest begins: new faculties are founded, the teaching process is radically reorganized, new departments and research centres are created and the number of students increases significantly. There is also a spectacular increase of the international contacts and agreements of the University of Bucharest.

1996 The adoption of the University of Bucharest Charter.

2000 The University of Bucharest has 18 faculties and more than 20 000 students and 3 000 teaching positions.

2004 The 19th faculty, the Faculty of Business and Administration, is created.

2011 The University of Bucharest was classified by the Ministry of Education, Reasearch, Youth and Sports as the first university of advanced research and education in Romania.

2014 The University of Bucharest celebrates its 150th anniversary in the company of representative members of the national and international academic communities.

Currently, there are approximately 32 000 students and over 1 300 teaching positions at the University of Bucharest. Many generations of students and academics were able to impose our university as one of the institutions of reference for the entire Romanian society.

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2. Identity, Mission and Vision

2.1. Identity

The University of Bucharest is one of the most important universities in Romania and in the South-East of Europe. In its over 150 years of existence, the University of Bucharest has gained solid national and international prestige.

The University of Bucharest covers the fields of Human and Social Sciences, Natural Science and Engineering, Exact Sciences (Mathematics and Computer Science). UB offers numerous study programmes, for all cycles and forms of organized university training, as well as numerous other higher postgraduate programmes, and programmes for professional re-conversion and enhancement. All programmes are accredited or authorized. The degrees granted by the University of Bucharest are recognized in most countries in the world.

The international programme ERASMUS, and the 246 constant partnerships with 53 countries have contributed to the raising of educational standards and to many FP7 and “Life Long Learning” projects.

The University of Bucharest is proud of a great and very strong student culture as there are 17 faculty student associations, federated as the ASUB, and branches of some international student associations. These work in partnership with the University of Bucharest. They organize events, concerts, campaigns, and conferences, constantly making their contribution through voluntary activities. The students are an inexhaustible source of energy and UB supports their projects, offering the necessary resources for these to take shape.

Many graduates from University of Bucharest have become important personalities and can be encountered as professors and researchers in great universities around the world, or as members of the Romanian Academy or of other academies in other countries, writers, politicians (members of parliament, ministers, prime-ministers, and presidents), diplomats etc.

for scientific research in the Romania. The University of 2.2. Mission country, and it contributes to the Bucharest cultivates and supports development of human knowledge the values of academic freedom and The University of Bucharest through its research centers. The university autonomy, of academic contributes through research University of Bucharest forms integrity and responsibility for a and higher-education to the students capable of critically lasting evolution. development and use of knowledge, examining social and natural The University of Bucharest at both national and international phenomena, of seeking solutions supports the innovation of level. UB is a university with to problems they face, of imagining higher education, working on academic integrity and a concern alternatives to existing solutions, the European integration of our for critical thinking, a significant young people prepared to accept country, on the consolidation of point of reference in society. other cultures’ visions of life and to the European Higher Education The institution is in the top rank assume a leading role in tomorrow’s Area and the European Research

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Area. UB students are educated in the spirit of civic responsibility, tolerance, equality of opportunity, and involvement in the eradication of poverty and social exclusion.

The institution is deeply involved in quality improvement in the learning and teaching processes, through a continuous reflection on didactic activities, through a sustained research effort, and through the solidarity of the academic staff and students in pursuit of creative solutions with regard to the consolidation of an educational process focused on student. In order to achieve these objectives, the internationalization of education through common diplomas with other universities, semesters of study abroad and invitations addressed to eminent personalities from different domains of study are organized.

2.3. Vision

The University of Bucharest, through its high standard of academic endeavour, ensured in all its departments, sets forth very soon to become the most important institution of higher education in Romania.

The main purpose of the University of Bucharest is to provide the highest-quality educational services and research activities, maintaining competitive standards at an international level, while showing a continuous concern for ensuring quality, inter-disciplinary collaboration, leadership and excellence of academic staff and of employees’ activities.

The University of Bucharest moulds its educational process taking into consideration the needs of the knowledge society, in which the formation of competences and abilities plays an essential role. Innovation and reform are constitutive processes. In order for efficient methods to be introduced into this process, UB makes public its objectives and strategies, opens them to debate and applies them so that the members of the academic community will feel encouraged to contribute with their own ideas and initiatives. UB promotes an ethical climate of confidence and communication at all levels, anticipates changes and makes proactive plans.

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3. Excellence in Research

An essential parameter of academic activity that defines the quality of the educational approach 3.2. The Research of academics − scientific research − is both the reference element common to all national and Institute of the international university rankings and the essential benchmark that contributes to the ranking of higher University of education institutions. Bucharest The University of Bucharest is acknowledged nationally and internationally for the experience The Research Institute of the University of Bucharest in research of its specialists. The most eloquent (ICUB) is a research division of the University evidence of appreciation of research at the University of Bucharest whose mission is to promote and of Bucharest came from Ad-Astra Society which stimulate outstanding research in all disciplines. placed the university at the top on the Scientific The institute has four sections: Research Map of Romania, but also from QS World University Rankings which placed University of Exact Sciences Bucharest among the first 700 universities in the Social Sciences world in 2014 and 2015 and first at national level in 2017 and 2018, quality of teaching and research Earth, Environmental and Life being among the evaluation criteria. Sciences

Humanities 3.1. Priority areas The institute encourages international and of research interdisciplinary projects, offers grants and scholarships and is actively engaged in establishing, The most important areas in research are related promoting and encouraging international to the current trends and opportunities in science collaborations among scholars, at all levels. Starting at national and international level. Thus, the three with 2016, The Research Institute of the University of main research directions of the University of Bucharest offers a series of scholarship programmes Bucharest are: and grants to young researchers, and has introduced a fellowship programme for visiting professors with an The environment outstanding track-record in their field of study. New materials

Cognitive sciences There is also great interest for socio-human research and for development of interdisciplinary projects.

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3.3. Research Results in 2017

| 5 research resorts “Sfântu Gheorghe” Research Center, Habitat and Species Monitoring Center – Eşelniţa, Research Center from Orşova, Research Center from Brăila, Teaching and Research Center “Prof. Dr. Ștefan Atanasie Pătrașcu”– Surlari)

286 undergraduates laboratories } ~ 1 300 academics and 626 researchers

| 187 laboratories for the research and activity of PhD students

~ 84 research centers

| Over 46 000 citations on Thomson Reuters ISI platform

| 326 PhD thesis completed

772 articles in ISI magazines ~

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4. University of Bucharest − Facts and Figures

| 93 bachelor Programmes

~ 29 bachelor Domains

~ 208 Master Programmes ~ 19 Faculties

~ 21 Doctoral Schools

~ 22 038 Bachelor Students

~ 7 903 Master Students

~ 1 503 PhD Students ~ 31 444 Students

~ 873 Foreign Students

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€ Master Studies – 3 510, with an average of 1.05 enrolled candidates / place

~ Bachelor Studies – 20 812, with an average of 4.6 enrolled candidates / place

~ Candidates ~ PhD Studies – 476 (2016) for July 2017 Admission

| Dorms Capacity: 5 274 Beds

~ 19 Dorms

~ Rooms with 2, 3, 4 and 5 Beds ~ One Cafeteria 5. Academic Structure

The whole structure of the curricula has been translated according to Bologna process. The University of Bucharest has achieved the objectives of Bologna process, and has created an educational structure fostering a strong research infrastructure.

Phd Studies Years of Study: 3 (6 semesters)

Master Studies Years of Study: 1 / 2 (2 / 4 semesters) / Credits: 60−120

subsidised places for 2017 admission: 3 200

bachelor Studies years of Study: 3 / 4 (6 / 8 semesters) / credits: 180−240

subsidised places for 2017 admission: 4 310

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Faculty of Business and 6.1. Administration

Address: 4–12 Regina Elisabeta Blvd., District 3, Bucharest, Romania, 030018 90–92 Panduri St., District 5, Bucharest, Romania, 050663 Telephone: +4021–305.37.38, +4021–305.37.40, +4021–305.37.41, +4021–305.37.43, +4021–305.37.45 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Website: faa.unibuc.ro

The Faculty of Business and Administration is one of Projects and Awards the most important higher education institutions in Romania. It is a new, modern and attractive structure • Excellent Business School Three Palms in 2008, 2009 of the University of Bucharest. During the years, the and 2010, awarded by EDUNIVERSAL International Faculty of Business and Administration had constantly Association in Paris developed and became a solid and performing entity • The Faculty of Business and Administration is a member in all its domains of activity. Three main directions of of 1000 Best Business Schools club. study were created – Public Administration, Business • The CRIPpA Centre – The Centre for Reference and Administration (in Romanian and English) and Information for Professional and Entrepreneurial Practice Marketing. Within the first two directions ten master • CReBUS – Creating business in the digital age – study programmes were created. developing entrepreneurship competencies for young In recognition of the competences developed, the Europeans through eMentorship Faculty of Business and Administration became a • Participation in the “Economics e-Translations into and member of several renowned associations, such as: from European Languages (EE-T)” project • The Association of Romanian Faculties of Economic • The AERS Science Circle − Business, ethics and social Studies responsibility – Cooperation with the Japanese Universities • The Association of Public Administration Schools and of Okayama and Reitaku Institutions • Centre for Organizational Strategies and Leadership • The TEMPUS Association -University of Bucharest (CSOL-UB) • Network of Institutes and Schools of Public • Participation in international competitions, such as Administration in Central and Eastern Europe MARKSTRAT The Faculty’s professors have a rich experience creating • Participation in projects that support students career, such scientific, competitive, complex and practical courses as “The successful career in accounting and auditing”, “The and seminars adaptable to labor market needs. student practice is the foundation work!”, “Active measures The Faculty’s professors are currently involved in to support students of economics and administrative research projects and grants. Annually, the Faculty of profiles labor market insertion”. Business and Administration organizes the International • The professors of the faculty are involved in coordinating Conference on Economics and Administration (ICEA), and editing the following journals indexed in international which brings together renowned researchers, scientists, databases: Manager (publication of articles in Economic scholars and specialists from all areas of economics Sciences), Annals: Economic and Administrative Series and administration. Annually, the Faculty of Business (publication of articles in the field of Economic and Administration receives the visit of professors, from Administrative Sciences), The International Journal of universities that participate in Erasmus +, based on Health Economics (publication of articles in the field collaboration agreements. of Economics, especially of Health Economics), The For teachers there is a number of 55 Erasmus+ International Journal of Economic Behavior (publication agreements, totaling 91 places, with universities from: of articles in the field of Economics, especially Behavioral Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Economics). Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, • The Faculty of Business and Administration provides Spain and Turkey. specialized practice programmes to its students. In order to For students there is a number of 56 Erasmus+ achieve professional practice collaboration agreements were agreements, totaling 151 places, with universities from: signed with major public and private institutions. Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden and Turkey. Also, in each academic year, foreign students participating in Erasmus + are enrolling in the Faculty of Business and Administration.

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Degrees

Bachelor’s Degree • Public administration • Business administration (in Romanian; in English) • Marketing

Master’s Degree • Public Administration and the Efficiency of the Administrative System • Management of Small and Medium Enterprises • Administration and Public Policies in European Union • Public Relations Administration and Management Assistance • Administration and Development of Human Resources • Business Consulting (in Romanian; in English) • Behavioral Economics (in English) • Crisis Management

Career Opportunities

• Civil servants in central and local Government (municipalities, ministries and units of ministries) • Specialists in the County Agencies for Employment • Economists • Consultants • Entrepreneurs • Marketing Specialists • Specialists in human resources

Number of Tenured Professors: 44 Number of Students: 2 000 Number of Laboratories: 4

If you get involved, you have everything to gain. I was the students’ representative and I can say that teachers help students through lectures and interactive seminars. If you like extracurricular activities, this faculty represents the best choice. The faculty has numerous partnerships that give the opportunity to participate to interesting trainings or courses in foreign languages. (Păun Adela, Marketing Officer VIP)

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6.2. Faculty of Biology

Address: 91–95 Splaiul Independenței, District 5, Bucharest, Romania, 050095 Telephone: +4021−318.15.66 Fax: +4021−318.15.66 Website: bio.unibuc.ro

As part of the University of Bucharest, the Faculty of Projects and Awards Biology has gradually grown into a complex platform for schooling and advancement of human resources and for • 10 UNESCO awards for human resources programmes fundamental and applied research in the fields of biology in Ecotechnics and environmental science. It allows its undergraduates to • Integration in numerous academic and research investigate biological systems starting from the molecular networks (Alternet, ILTER, LifeWatch) level and up to the ecological systems and it satisfies the • Ford Motor Company Award for the international demands of “post-normal science”, oriented towards project “Identification of Important Plant Protection understanding and managing nature and human society. Areas in Romania” The Faculty of Biology has signed a series of bilateral • Involvement in numerous research projects (over 15 mobility agreements with Erasmus+, which allow projects) within the framework of the European systems alumni, master students and postgraduates, as well (sponsored by FP 5,6,7) as professors to go to European universities such as • Another proof of the international recognition that the University of Padova, University of Bonn, University of Faculty of Biology enjoys is the presence of several of Hamburg, University of Paris XI, University of Limoges, its members in international professional bodies, such University of Lille, University of Munchen, University of as: the European Study Group on Biofilm, the Society Thessaloniki. of Microbial Ecology and Disease, the International An essential factor is the contribution that the faculty Association for Danube Research, the International has made in the development of the highly dynamic Union for Conservation of Nature, the European fields of biology and environmental science, even more Centre for Nature Conservation, the European Bank so now, in this century of expanding knowledge about for Reconstruction and Development, the International biology. This is put into practice through a large number Society of Limnology, the International Association for of research projects, whose essential objective is to Plant Taxonomy, the Physiological Society, The Royal attract and involve students from the basic programme Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, the and especially MA and PhD students. Steering Committee PLANTA EUROPA, the Steering One of the main areas is development of infrastructure Committee of European Science Foundation etc. and implementation of research, supported by inter-, • The professors of the Faculty of Biology are constantly multi- and trans-disciplinary approaches. The promotion involved in elaborating national or European policies, and consolidation of the postgraduate programmes, as well as social development and community policies closely connected to the development of infrastructure programmes. and of research activities, is a long-term strategic objective of the faculty, integrated with the reform and development programme of the University of Bucharest.

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Degrees

Bachelor’s Degree • Biology • Biochemistry • Ecology and environmental protection

Master’s Degree • Medical Biology • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology • Applied Genetics and Biotechnology • Applied Microbiology and Immunobiology • Integrated Management of the Natural Capital / Sustainability of Socio-Ecological Systems (in English) • Neurobiology • Taxonomy and Biodiversity • Applied Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (college fee) (in English) • Cellular physiology and membrane biophysics • Systemic biology • Evolutionary Anthropology • Quality management in medical laboratories

Doctoral Studies (PhDs) • Ecology

Career Opportunities

• University and pre-university education • Institutes of fundamental and applicative research • Public and private clinical laboratories for human medical analysis, forensic and veterinary medicine, and environmental quality control • Biotechnological laboratories for food industry, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries • Clinical laboratories, crime laboratories, sanitary police laboratories, preventive medicine • Industry of cosmetics and pharmaceutics • Control laboratories to test food quality • Museum restoration • Central administration (ministries) • Local administration (City Hall, Councils) • Decentralized territorial units: environmental agencies, forestry departments, water agencies, cadastral offices • Environmental consultancy, impact studies • Consultancy in private sector • Formal and informal education • Communication, media, NGOs

Number of Tenured Professors: 68 Number of Students: 973 Number of Laboratories: 104

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6.3. Faculty of Chemistry

Address: 4–12 Regina Elisabeta Blvd., District 3, Bucharest, Romania, 030018 23 Dumbrava Roșie St., District 2, Bucharest, Romania, 020462 90–92 Panduri St., District 5, Bucharest, Romania, 050663 Telephone: +4021–315.92.49 Fax: +4021–315.92.49 E-mail: [email protected] Website: chimie.unibuc.ro

Chemistry is a discipline of tradition in the University physics, ecology, medicine, pharmacy, materials science. of Bucharest, as part of the first curriculum approved as Traditional courses are accompanied by computer-aided a result of the decree of founding the University, signed teaching and learning materials. On the basis of in 1864 by Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza. In 1925, the experiments made, the lessons’ concepts for Master and Institute for Theoretical Chemistry was established PhD students are connected both to the outcome and to within the University of Bucharest and chemistry is the processes of research. beginning to take personality from this moment on. Various programmes (Bachelor, Master, PhD degree) The Faculty of Chemistry became an independent are currently attended by students from other countries. faculty, through its separation from the Faculty of Preparing, improving and continually updating Sciences in 1948. Since then, the Faculty of Chemistry the experimental set-ups for students represents an passes through various transitional forms (including important goal of the faculty members, as well. moving within the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest in In order to maintain the contact and facilitate 1973 from which it returns to University of Bucharest collaborations with its graduates, the Faculty of in 1990) and restructuring. Nowadays, the Faculty of Chemistry founded in 2014 the group CHIMIE_UB_ Chemistry has four teaching departments and eight ALUMNI which is continuously growing. centers of advanced research. The development of education in chemistry at the University of Bucharest has a rich tradition and is linked Projects and Awards to the work of illustrious teachers, founders and followers • Research projects and scientific collaborations with of the school of chemistry: Alexe Marin – materials prestigious institutions in France, Spain, Germany, United chemistry, Constantin Istrati – organic chemistry Kingdom, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, etc. (member of Romanian Academy), Ștefan Minovici – • Formative cooperation projects for undergraduate and organic chemistry (corresponding member of Romanian postgraduate students within the framework of both the Academy), Gheorghe Longinescu – inorganic chemistry European (Erasmus, Horizon 2010) and bilateral projects (honorary member of Romanian Academy), Gheorghe • The Faculty of Chemistry opened its doors to scholars Spacu – inorganic chemistry (member of Romanian in secondary education by conducting experiments Academy), Eugen Angelescu – physical-chemistry and with children taking part in “Children’s University” organic chemistry (member of Romanian Academy, and “Researchers’ Night” and by presenting the faculty dean), Ilie Murgulescu – physical-chemistry (member during the “Education Fair”, organized by the University of Romanian Academy, minister, rector), Petru Spacu – of Bucharest and during the visits of scholars within the inorganic chemistry (member of Romanian Academy), framework of “A Different Week”. Grigore Popa – analytical chemistry (dean), Ioan V. • During the last 5 years, the faculty members published Nicolescu – technological chemistry, Alexe Popescu – 705 papers in international peer-reviewed journals in technological chemistry (member of Romanian Academy, chemistry, environment control and material science and deputy minister), Maria Brezeanu– inorganic chemistry they contributed with 353 oral and poster presentations at (member of Romanian Academy), Eugen Segal- physical- international conferences and workshops. chemistry (member of Romanian Academy). • The Faculty of Chemistry coordinates and supports the As a result of the work of these great scientists, the activity of a number of scientific associations in the field Faculty of Chemistry has a collection of prestigious of chemistry: Romanian Chemical Society, Romanian scientific books, articles and patents. Professors of the Catalysis Society, “Profchim” Society of Chemistry Faculty of Chemistry are members of editorial boards Teachers in Romania. of prestigious international journals, they are present • The Faculty of Chemistry is involved in the development as guest professors at other universities in Romania of National Chemistry Olympiad topics and in all steps of and abroad and they make invited talks at high-level selection and training of the national team of chemistry international conferences and congresses. for the International Chemistry Olympiad. In addition to research, the Faculty of Chemistry offers • The Faculty of Chemistry organizes, in collaboration courses which present topics of worldwide high interest. with the Ministry of National Education and Scientific These topics are addressed in various ways: from a Research, the national stage of the Session of papers fundamental point of view, studying computer results and scientific communications for high-school students and interpreting experimental data. Some topics are “Chemistry – friend or enemy?!” interdisciplinary, connecting chemistry with biology, 16 faculties

Degrees

Bachelor’s Degree • Chemistry • Technological Biochemistry • Pharmaceutical Chemistry • Medicinal Chemistry

Master’s Degree • Pharmaceutical and Cosmetics’ Chemistry • Chemistry of Advanced Materials (in English) • Biomolecules • Chemical Education • Integrated Approach of Natural Science (interdisciplinary master’s degree) • Chemical Pollution of the Environment

Doctoral Studies (PhDs) • Inorganic Chemistry • Organic Chemistry • Catalysis • Analytical Chemistry Career Opportunities

• Secondary education and university teachers (after graduating the course units of pedagogy and psychology and the Master’s and PhD programmes) • Researchers in academic research institutes focused on fundamental or applied research, in clinical, industrial, ecological and quality control of various products (drugs, cosmetics, oil products, dyes and paints) laboratories • Chemists and biochemists in laboratories of chemical process technology’s control, or in monitoring, quality analysis and control of environmental pollution laboratories • Chemists in specialized laboratories of food industry, of human and veterinary health units, of forensic, custom, anti-doping control laboratories • Chemists and biochemists in profile industries (medicines, cosmetics, detergents, building materials, etc.)

Number of Tenured Professors: 88 Number of Students: 427 Number of Laboratories: 68

Between 1984 and 1989 I was an undergraduate student of the Faculty of Chemistry, the Chemistry Department. To paraphrase the Romanians’ saying about the importance of the “five years of home education” for one’s behaviour during the rest of his / her life, I can honestly say that the five years at the faculty have prepared me very well for a successful career in chemistry. When I am teaching the inorganic chemistry to the US undergraduates, I often remember the Romanian teachers who have taught me the fundamentals of chemistry, which challenged me to thoroughly think at their significance, how they can be applied and how they interconnect among themselves or with concepts and applications from other fields of chemistry and science in general. The direct interaction with excellent teachers, recognized for their educational talent or for their international research, allowed me to choose personal models that I am still trying to emulate them. I am convinced that the life of a person can be planned to an extensive degree, but I do admit that the external influence of things such as chance, good or bad luck limits the control that some people, including myself, aspire to. My opinion is that these external influences could be limited by acquiring knowledge and experiences that no one can take away from you. For me, the Faculty of Chemistry from Bucharest was the source of a large quantity of such knowledge, a source that accessed it in crucial moment of my education. I will be forever grateful to the people that offered me professional and personal education during my five years at the faculty. (Cătălina Achim, Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA, and Program Director in the Chemistry Division of the US National Science Foundation – member of CHIMIE_UB_ALUMNI)

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6.4. Faculty of Law

Address: 36–46 M. Kogălniceanu Blvd., District 5, Bucharest, Romania, 050107 Telephone: +4021–303.51.87, +4021–303.51.15, +4021–315.59.47, +4021–312.49.48 Fax: +4021–315.59.47, +4021–312.07.19 E-mail: [email protected] Website: drept.unibuc.ro

The Faculty of Law is one of the oldest faculties of the French-Romanian Law College was established within University of Bucharest. Established on November the Faculty of Law in 1995, as a result of successful 25, 1859 through a proclamation signed by Prince collaboration with various universities: Paris I Panthéon- Alexandru Ioan Cuza, the Bucharest School of Law Sorbonne, Aix-Marseille, Bordeaux, Evry-Val-d’Essonne, preceded the establishment of the University of Lille 2 Droit et Santé, Montpellier, Orléans, Paris II Bucharest, founded in 1864, by five years. Panthéon-Assas, Paris X Ouest Nanterre-La Défense, The structure of activities has been adapted to the Poitiers, Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Rennes I, most recent education modernization demands, with Strasbourg and Toulon. Also, the School of Law is the specific characteristics of the field of law; the part of prestigious international networks, such as educational plans, analytic programmes and training the Rotterdam Law Network (comprising more than methods have been perfected. The research activity 30 higher education institutions). Equally, the School benefits from an adequate organizational structure: of Law of Bucharest University is actively involved in research centres operate within the faculty (the Centre Erasmus Plus project, both in its component related to for Constitutional Law and Political Institutions, the incoming students and academic staff from the partner Centre for Studies in Competition Law, the Centre for universities, and in its outgoing component. Human Rights, the Centre for Comparative Social Law, the Centre for Jurisprudence and New Rights, the Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property Law, the Centre for Projects and Awards Civil Procedure, the Centre for Studies in Criminal • The professors of the Faculty of Law have distinguished Law, Center of Studies in International Commercial themselves by drawing up treatises, monographs, Arbitration) and they host multiple academic activities: commented and annotated legislation papers, and international sessions and conferences, debates, round by publishing articles, studies and notes on cases, tables, practical seminars, case studies, mock trials, summarized and commented on in specialized national methodological seminars, international schools, holiday and international magazines. Taking this context into schools, pleading and essay competitions, magazine account, one should mention the fact that the Faculty launch events etc. has obtained several famous academic awards for the For several generations, the professors at the Faculty of work carried out by its teachers, such as: awards of the Law have been involved in creating the most important Romanian Academy, awards of the Romanian Jurist legislation in Romania: the Romanian Constitution, Association etc. the civil, criminal, and procedure codes – civil and • Moreover, the professors of the Faculty of Law have criminal. They have always been involved in the turmoil taught as visiting professors in foreign universities. Their of politics, often at the highest positions of the state active participation with papers and communications hierarchy: presidents of the chambers of Parliament, of high academic quality at national and international prime ministers, ministers and secretaries of state. At conferences, symposiums, congresses, and various work the same time, the teachers of this Faculty have authored meetings with specific topics, should also be noted. the most important scientific works in the field of • In their turn, the students of the Faculty of Law have law published in Romania and they have often been been awarded, throughout the years, with distinctions recognized internationally by renowned experts. at important international competitions, such as Philip The Faculty is engaged in collaboration with similar C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, institutions in Romania and in other countries, Ben Telders International Moot Court Competition, Vis successfully participating in the national effort for International Commercial Arbitration Moot, René Cassin integration in the global academic world. Thus, the European Human Rights Law Moot Competition.

18 faculties

Degrees

Bachelor’s Degree: • Law

Master’s Degree • Business Law • Judiciary Career • Private Law • Labour Law, Working and Industrial Relations • Public International Law • European Union Law • Criminal Law • Fiscal Law • Law and Governance of International and European Affairs (in French) • Public Acquisitions, Concessions, Public-Private Partnerships • International Arbitration (in English) • Urban Planning and Land Development Law (in French)

Doctoral Studies (PhDs) • Law Career Opportunities

• Magistrates – judges or prosecutors • Lawyers / Solicitors • Public Notaries • Legal Counsellors • European Business Counsellors • Counsellor within the Probation Service • Bailiffs • Insolvency Practitioners • Court Clerks • Professors and Researchers in academia

Number of Tenured Professors: 74 Number of Students: 3874 Number of Laboratories: 5

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6.5. Faculty of Philosophy

Address: 204, Splaiul Independenței, District 6, Bucharest, Romania, 060024 Telephone: +4021–318.15.56, +4021–318.29.74 Fax: +4021–318.52.89 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Website: filosofie.unibuc.ro, www.interculturel.org

Established in 1860, the Faculty of Philosophy is an essential universities, who come here to teach or give lectures. institution for the Romanian modern and contemporary Recently, the Faculty received guest scholars such culture. In 1864, the Faculty of Philosophy became one of as: Roger Crisp (University of Oxford), Peter Anstey the founding faculties of the University of Bucharest after (University of Sydney), Axel Gosseries (University of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza’s establishment proclamation. Louvain), Gabriel Sandu (University of Helsinki), Ion In its over 150 years of existence, various projects Vezeanu (Lyon). have been initiated at several stages at the Faculty of Philosophy, contributing to a diverse educational offer, The UNESCO Chair for Inter-cultural and Inter-religious modern research infrastructures and allowing the faculty Exchanges, recently a part of the Faculty of Philosophy, to meet educational requirements in a global context has been organizing three MA programmes in English. All which is increasingly changing and characterized by a three programmes benefit by the know-how of prestigious high interdependence. Currently, the Faculty also offers professors and experts from universities and research study programmes in associated fields, such as: European institutes abroad. Some of the international partners of studies and international relations, community law, public UNESCO Chair are: the Universities of Fribourg, Hamburg, policies, cultural management, knowledge management, Dortmund, Geneva, Pasquale Paoli University of Corsica etc. for which many professors have already acquired and the Swiss Institute for Sustainable Management. significant teaching and research experience. The UNESCO programmes provide students with The training provided by the faculty allows graduates to innovative educational experiences and train specialists in work not only in education and research, but also in areas intercultural management and intercultural communication, where critical thinking, as well as skills of presentation, offering prospective graduates a wide range of courses in interpretation and decision-making are required at a the fields of philosophy, history, sociology, political science creative level in activities of analysis, research, innovation and cultural diplomacy. The MBA graduates acquire and development, in political analysis and consulting, essential managerial skills – leadership, human resource ethical consulting, organizational management, management, entrepreneurship – in a learning environment communication, mass media, administration, etc. focused on strenghtening the dialogue between cultures. The Faculty of Philosophy is structured in two departments: the Department of Theoretical Philosophy and the Department of Practical Philosophy and History Projects of Philosophy, which includes the UNESCO Chair for • The Faculty of Philosophy has a strong interest in Inter-cultural and Inter-religious Exchanges. the development of philosophical research in the Graduates of various generations are working at famous newest international directions and various research universities: Radu J. Bogdan (Tulane University), Vladimir centres operate within it: the Centre for the Study of Tismăneanu (University of Maryland), Adrian Miroiu Rationality and Beliefs, the Centre for Research in (SNSPA), Sorin Băiaşu (Keele University), Sorin Bangu Logic, Philosophy and History of Science, the Centre (Cambridge University), Alex Preda (University of for Research of the History of Philosophical Ideas, the Edinburgh), in high schools from Bucharest and other Centre for Phenomenological Studies, the Centre for towns – Mihaela Găvănescu, Gabriel Săndoiu, Dan Research in Applied Ethics, and the Research Centre Petrache – in international organizations - Dakmara for Intergenerational Justice, Social Responsibility and Georgescu (UNESCO), Gabriel Ivan (British Council), Sustainability. or as high ranking diplomats (Bogdan Tătaru-Cazaban, • Professors and researchers of the Faculty have been Ambassador). Other graduates made a significant actively involved in national and international research contribution in literature and arts, as well as in the public programmes dedicated to issues of ethics, normativity, discourse – Matei Vișniec, Călin Vlasie, Elena Ștefoi, nuclear energy usage policies, education, environment Stelian Tănase, Cristian Pârvulescu, Cristian Preda, and the use of new communication technologies. Alexandru Radu, Anda Onesa; media and television – • The Faculty of Philosophy has been publishing the Dana Deac, Raul Florea, Andreea Ofiţeru, Simona Soare, international journal for philosophy and ethics Public Cătălin Bălan, Dan Suciu; in the management of top Reason, and also the Romanian Journal for Analytical companies – Silviu Culea, Ioan Sâmihăian and others. Philosophy, as well as the Annals of the University of Each semester, the Faculty of Philosophy benefits by the Bucharest – the Philosophy series. presence of professors from European and American

20 faculties

Degrees

Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy Study modules: • History of Philosophy and Philosophy of Culture • Political and Moral Philosophy • Theoretical Philosophy • European Studies

Master’s Degrees • History and Circulation of Philosophical Ideas • International Development Studies and Ethics of International Relations • Applied Ethics in Society, Business and Organizations • European Studies and the Ethics of International Relations • Art History and Philosophy of Culture (with the Faculty of History) • Analytic Philosophy (in English) • Analytic Philosophy with a Concentration in Cultural Diplomacy (in English; in partnership with the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy in Berlin) • Philosophy, Politics and Economics • Intercultural Management (in English) • Intercultural Communication (in English) • Business Administration (in English) • OPEN MIND – Cognitive Sciences (in English)

Doctoral Studies (PhD) • Philosophy Career Opportunities • Research: philosopher, logician, researcher in the fields of philosophy and logic, manager • Teaching and education: philosophy teacher and adjacent fields of interest in university and pre-university education, educational counsellor, trainer, personal development specialist, manager, mentor • Companies and public institutions: expert, public policies specialist, manager, civil servant, ethics officer, ethical auditing and corporate culture expert, trainer, training practitioner, knowledge management expert, specialist in analysis, research and development departments, public relations specialist, counsellor, mediator, social responsibility manager, cultural organizations manager • International organizations: international relations ethics expert, international development expert, high-ranking civil servant, specialist in the fields of analysis, research and development, manager, diplomatic attaché • Non-governmental organizations: analysis expert, research and development activities, trainer, training practitioner, manager, consultant in management and business administration, international relations expert, intercultural communication specialist • Publishing houses: editor, manager • Mass-media: political analyst, science journalist, cultural journalist, journalist, reporter, moderator, media analyst • Independent activities: philosophical counsellor, training practitioner, trainer, personal development counsellor

Number of Tenured Professors: 25 Number of Students: over 600 Number of Laboratories: 5

The Faculty of Philosophy is an excellent choice for academic studies. Due to its intellectual openness, it offers not only the chance to discipline one’s thinking, but also the opportunity to discuss fundamental questions with remarkable teachers and researchers. The philosophical education that I have received here is on par with the education that could be received from the best similar institutions anywhere in the world. (Sorin Bangu, Cambridge University)

My experiences from the lectures at the UNESCO Chair for the Study of Intercultural and Interreligious Exchanges at the Faculty of Philosophy are exceptionally positive! I was surprised not only about the language (English) skills of the students but even more how open and engaged the students entered discussions during and after the lectures. Anyhow I have to admit that the quality of the students in my Bucharest courses with regard to knowledge and interest is surprisingly high compared with students in Germany. My impression was that those students who attend the lectures at the UNESCO Chair represent a positive high quality selection driven by clear personal interests in intercultural, international affairs. For the future intensified inclusion of Romania into the European scientific, cultural and in particular business community these students represent a special human resources asset! (Professor Franz-Lothar Altmann, Faculty of Philosophy UNESCO Chair for Inter-religious and Inter-cultural Exchanges)

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6.6. Faculty of Physics

Address: 405 Atomiștilor St., Măgurele, Ilfov, Romania, 077125 Telephone: +4021–457.44.18, +4021–457.44.19 Fax: +4021–457.44.18, +4021–457.45.21 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: fizica.unibuc.ro

The Faculty of Physics of the University of Bucharest is and the most sophisticated theoretical methods to one of the top faculties in the field of physics in Romania. investigate nature at every scale. Physics is a tool to Belonging to an advanced research and education public expand human knowledge and benefit society through university, it has a large international visibility by its research integrated with education. The institution research results published in prestigious ISI international investigates the most challenging, fundamental problems journals and it offers modern programmes of study to all in science and technology in a singularly collegial, cycles: Bachelor, Master and Doctoral studies. In this way, interdisciplinary atmosphere, while educating outstanding it is strongly connected with education, science, culture students to become creative members of society. and economy of a modern society. All of the training-specialization and scientific research The discipline of Physics has been taught at the University activities take place within the four departments of the of Bucharest ever since its establishment in 1864. The faculty, which benefit from an extremely talented teaching physical sciences were, for the first time, established in the staff − both from an academic standpoint, as well as from Faculty of Science and in 1948 a new branch emerges as a scientific one – that is involved, together with many of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics. Mathematics and the students, in prestigious national and international Physics become standalone Faculties in 1962 in response research programmes: Electricity, Solid-State Physics and to the major advances in science and technology. The Biophysics; Theoretical physics, Mathematics, Optics, Lasers, new national and international challenges in physical and Plasma; Structure of Matter, Physics of the Earth, sciences, the increase of the number of research institutes, Atmospheric Physics, and Astrophysics; Physics Doctoral teaching physics at all education levels required a new School. Faculty of Physics, redesigned in 1974 as a large campus, Besides the teaching activity, the research and academic located in Măgurele city, today well-recognized as Physics staff carry out important research programmes in the Magurele Platform city. This way, the new student training nine research centres that operate within the faculty, all of opportunitites have been reinforced both by direct them benefiting of an adequate infrastructure for research involvement in research programmes and through the in their specific areas. The Faculty of Physics has its own open access to updated scientific information provided library with almost 105 000 books, journals and CDs. The by the two largest libraries of physics in the country, library is connected to the Central University Library and Physics National Library „Horia Hulubei” Physics and to Internet. Engineering Institute and Faculty of Physics Library. Nowadays, faculty members are active in the hottest topics in the field of physics; there is an ongoing effort Projects and Awards to permanently update the undergraduate and graduate • Collaboration with JINR (Joint Institute of Nuclear programmes by including relevant elements or new Research in Dubna), CERN (Geneva) scientific results in most key topics. The Faculty now • There is much new collaboration, established during the acts as a major actor in physics nationally and uses its last years, with famous universities or research institutes: recognized expertise to make a valuable contribution to Université Paris XI − Orsay, Université Paris VI, AMOLF- Romanian society’s future. The institution aspires to be Amsterdam, University of Catania, Université Libre one of the best physics faculties in national science by Bruxelles, Université Chatolique de Louvain, University conducting cutting-edge research and by teaching and of Hampton, and University of Pittsburgh, Pierre Auger developing the careers of the next generation of physicists. Observatory − studying the Universe’s highest energy The Faculty of Physics is intertwined to all National particles; GSI- FAIR. Institutes on the Platform, ensuring specialized human • European Researchers’ Night project resources, PhD students, trained in Master and Doctoral • National contact point for SCIENTIX project Schools, for projects in nanomaterials science, nuclear • HOPE − HOrizons in Physics Education project physics-astrophysics, solid-state and nanoelectronics, • Tuning educational structures in Europe I 2007−2008 lasers-spectroscopy & advanced optics, biophysics, • Stakeholders Tune European Physics Studies and TWO environmental science, renewable energy sources, space (STEPS TWO) sciences. • CoRe stands for Competences in Education and The Faculty works on major European facilities e.g., Recognition (CoRe2) GSI- FAIR, Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research, • The Goliath Project developing the most advanced experimental techniques

22 faculties

Degrees

Bachelor’s Degree: • Physics (in Romanian and in English) • Informatics Physics • Medical Physics • Technological Physics

Master’s Degree • Environmental Physics and Ecological Polymers • Medical Physics • Optics, Lasers and Applications • Physics of Advanced Materials and Nanostructures (in Romanian and in English) • Physics of Atoms, Nuclei, Elementary Particles, Astrophysics and Applications (in Romanian and in English) • Theoretical and Computational Physics (in Romanian and in English) • Renewable and Alternative Energy Sources

Doctoral Studies (PhDs) • Atomic and Nuclear Physics, Elementary Particles, Astrophysics. Applications • Biophysics and Medical Physics • Condensed Matter Physics • Educational Physics • Optics, Spectroscopy, Plasma and Lasers • Physics of the Atmosphere and of the Earth – Renewable Energy Sources • Theoretical Physics Career Opportunities

• Physicists and researchers in scientific research institutes • Professors and researchers in pre-university and university education • IT experts • Physicists in the fields of biotechnology and nuclear technology • Experts in the field of communications • Archaeological physicists • Experts in the field of medicine • Biophysicists • Experts in the field of environmental protection and meteorology • Physicists in the field of unconventional energy sources • Specialists in the field of advanced materials science and nanotechnologies

Number of Tenured Professors: 71 Number of Students: 600 Number of Laboratories: 9

Studying physics is an amazing experience, which prepares you for the future. The choice I made meant everything. Such an environment, within which questions get answered and you are encouraged to express your own opinions, is the necessary support structure for every student who desires to get the best training possible. This Faculty allowed me to become the president of an international society of physics students (International Association of Physics Students − IAPS). I also studied abroad through an ERASMUS scholarship offered by the university and I had an eye-opening experience that every student should have. You only need to take advantage of the opportunities that arise at every step and you can be more successful than you have ever imagined. (Camelia-Florina Florica)

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6.7. Faculty of Geography

ADDRESS: 1 Nicolae Bălcescu Blvd., District 1, Bucharest, Romania, 010041 TELEPHONE: +4021–305.38.09, +4021–305.38.10, +4021–305.38.13 FAX: +4021–315.30.74 E-MAIL: [email protected], [email protected] WEBSITE: geo.unibuc.ro

The law enacted on November 4, 1938 included two Human and Economic Geography, Meteorology- geography departments in the Faculty of Science Hydrology and Regional and Environmental Geography. and changed their names to Physical Geography of The undergraduates also take part in practical activities Romania, and General and Human Geography. The in the research stations in Călimănești, Drobeta Turnu educational reform of 1948 led to the establishment Severin and Sf. Gheorghe (the Danube Delta). of new structures, and geography was associated with history until 1950, when it became a department of the Faculty of Geology and Geography of the Projects and Awards University of Bucharest. In 1986, through the merging • Participation in the education project Integrated with the Faculty of Biology, the Faculty of Biology, environmental management and sustainable development, Geography and Geology was established. In 1990, carried out through a partnership with Willy Brandt The Faculty of Geography registered a dramatic leap Foundation and with La Tuscia University (Italy). forward through the establishment of the independent • Participation in the NaviNature project, developed Faculty of Geography, which was meant to ensure by SCHUBZ Centre for Environmental Education, the diversification, modernization and expansion of Luneburg, Germany. teaching and research activities in the field of geography. • Participation in the ERASMUS programme The Faculty of Geography is structured in four • Gaudeamus award for the Tourism Geography departments: Geomorphology-Pedology-Geomatics, bachelor’s programme

My studies in the field of Environmental Science at the Faculty of Geography have granted me a lot of opportunities that later became milestones in my career. I met wonderful people among my teachers and colleagues, willing to share their experience, passion and curiosity. I also had the opportunity to work with environmental professionals, who tried to impart their knowledge, despite the fact that they were not teachers, or maybe precisely because of that. I volunteered for the activities of the Carpathian-Danube Centre for Geoecology and of the Centre for Environmental Research and Impact Studies and to discover the joys of teamwork. I enjoy reminiscing about such wonderful moments as the workshops in geology and pedology, the annual meetings at the Symposium of the Students of Geography, the information centre in Berzasca (the Iron Gates), the Eco-School programme, the noise measurements on Pallady Boulevard for the Impact Study for the Motorway of the Sun (which has since been built), the practical courses in England and Wales, in Orșova, Călimănești and Breaza. The interesting activities I experienced during my studies led me to seek interesting programmes after I graduated, to become involved and to travel with the same state of mind I had while I was carrying out my practical courses (constantly trying to understand the world and the shapes around me). (Cristina Brăilescu, the European Commission, Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection)

24 faculties

Degrees

Bachelor’s Degree • Geography • Cartography • Meteorology-Hydrology • Territorial Planning • Tourism Geography • Environmental Geography

Master’s Degree • Climatology and Water Resources • Geomorphology and Cartography with Elements of Surveying • Tourist Space Management • Management of Tourism Resources and Activities • Territorial Planning and the Management of Urban and Rural Settlements • Applied Geography and Regional Development • Geographical Information Systems • Integrated Evaluation of the State of Environment • Disaster Management • Geodemography and Socio-Territorial Vulnerabilities • Intelligent Territorial Development • Environmental Policies and Sustainable Development

Doctoral Studies (PhDs) • Physical Geography • Human Geography • Regional Geography Career Opportunities

Geography • Schools, high schools, higher education institutions • The Institute of Geography • Ministries • Private cartography, topography and surveying institutions and companies • Tourism companies and agencies • Hotel complexes • Town planning and landscaping companies • Regional development and territorial planning agencies • City Halls • Institutions specialized in geopolitics and world economy issues • The National Meteorological Administration • Weather stations • The National Institute for Hydrology and Water Management • Hydrological stations

Environmental Science • The Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development • National and Regional Environmental Protection Agencies • Research and development institutes active in the field of environmental protection • Environment consultancy and audit companies • Administrative bodies of biosphere reserves, national parks, natural parks and protected areas • Non-governmental organizations

Number of Tenured Professors: 84 Number of Students: 2449 Number of Laboratories: 10

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Faculty of Geology and 6.8. Geophysics

Address: 6 Traian Vuia St., District 2, Bucharest, Romania, 020956 Telephone: +4021–318.15.99, +4021–318.15.57 Fax: +4021–318.15.57 E-mail: [email protected] Website: gg.unibuc.ro

The Faculty of Geology and Geophysics, the only one Projects and Awards of its kind in Romania, originates in three faculties with a geology and geophysics profile established through • Chile Ridge Subduction Project (in collaboration the 1948 educational reform. Today, it continues the with the University of Florida; project funded by the traditions of Romanian geology at a high scientific U.S. National Science Foundation and the Chilean and educational standard, through permanent CONICYT Funding Agencies) modernization and updating. The current organization • Deformation and magmatic modification of a steep of the faculty dates back to 1990 and it shows a dynamic continental margin, Western Idaho-Eastern Oregon approach, offering its graduates opportunities for a (project funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation; professional career in the industrial field, as well as in the in collaboration with 22 universities) scientific and academic field. • 3D Distribution of Elastic Waves Velocities in the Very intense research activity takes place in numerous Upper Litosphere of Romania (Partnerships Programme research centres: the Centre for Ambient Tectonics and UEFISCDI) Geology, the LYTHOS Centre, the Geomedia Centre, • Developing a concept for a European minerals deposit the Expertise and Consulting Office, the Ambient framework (Horizon2020 Project) Geology and Geophysics Research Department, the • Instruments for the sustainable management of active Research Collective for the Geology of Hydrocarbon and ancient salt mining areas (Romanian-Swiss Research Deposits, the Geological Exploration, Valorisation and Programme) Marketing Research Collective, the Research Centre for • A multiple space and time scale approach for the quantification of deep saline formations for CO storage Coal Deposit Geology and Environmental Protection 2 and the Mineral Resources and Environmental (FP7 Project) Management Research Centre. These centres carry out • Drivers of Pontocaspian biodiversity RIse and Demise many research agreements with important institutions (Horizon2020 Project) and organizations, such as CNCSIS, CNFIS and • Four-dimensional global evolution of magmatic arcs specialized units such as Prospecțiuni SA, PETROM, and the arclogite model for the origin of continents (Idei GEOECOMAR, GEOTEC, the Geodynamics Institute of UEFISCDI Programme) the Academy and many others, projects that also involve • Applied research for sustainable development and many undergraduates. Geology, the fundamental field in education following the principles of geoconservation: the large spectrum of Earth sciences, is inseparable from Supporting Buzău Land Geopark initiative (Programme the applied domain of data and sample collection in “Research within Priority Sectors”– implemented the field. Therefore, the specialized geological practical under the European Economic Area, EEA Financial courses represent an essential component in the solid Mechanism) training of the undergraduates. Students carry out • European Seminar in Sustainable Development field practice in areas such as Rucăr-Buzău, Lopătari, (partnership with seven European universities) Olăneşti, Orșova, Dobrogea, Baia Mare, Hațeg and • The projects Memory: The Dialogue of Man with the Leaota. Ground, Sîntămăria Orlea – European Self Portrait: Nature The Bucharest Student Chapter (BSC) distinguishes and Culture in Ţara Haţegului (a project financed by the itself among the professional student associations. This Ministry for Culture and Religious Affairs, in partnership is a scientific student body affiliated to the Faculty of with the Museum of the Romanian Peasant, the “Sîntămăria Geology and Geophysics of the University of Bucharest, Orlea” Primary and Middle School, the Sîntămăria Orlea with a 12 year history. Municipality and Local Counsel, Hunedoara County) • The scientific substantiation study for the creation of “Ţinutul Buzăului” Geological Park

The choice I made 10 years ago, through which I was going to enroll in the undergraduate programme of the Faculty of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Bucharest was a great moment of inspiration and a lucky twinkle, leading my life to a fascinating universe, very active, full of opportunities, where passion is a basic element of a universe at the interface between science, art and philosophy: the universe of geosciences. My college years were incredible, full of special moments and personal achievements, with major effects on my progress. I had the opportunity to travel all over the world through various projects, experiencing Europe far and wide, with its mountains, lakes, plains, seas, its great history and cultural variety. I climbed the Rocky Mountains with geophysical equipment in my backpack, I crossed legendary places like Death Valley in California, and I lived the unique experience of working with African students from Kenya to solve problems of drinking water resources using geophysical methods. As soon as I graduated, new opportunities have appeared quickly. Geology and Geophysics are basic branches of industries such as those dealing with environmental issues, construction, natural hazards, resource industry, including oil, gas, mineral deposits and water. This job is not easy, but it offers significant personal and financial rewards. Currently, I work for the company Prospectiuni SA, a leading Romanian company operating all over the world, using the most cutting-edge technology in a wide range of operations. I can only be glad that I chose this field and this faculty and look enthusiastically to the challenges of a fascinating job, supporting as much as possible the institution that formed me in the secrets of geosciences. (Cezar Iacob, PhD, Business Development Manager at S.C. Prospectiuni S.A.)

26 faculties

Degrees

Bachelor’s Degrees • Geological Engineering • Geophysics • Geology

Master’s Degrees • Evaluation of Sedimentary Basins and of Mineral Resources • Engineering Geology – Environmental Geotechnics • Geophysics • Applied Geophysics (in English) • Applied Geo-Biology in Conservation of Natural and Cultural Heritage

Doctoral Studies (PhDs) • Geology Career Opportunities

• Geologists, Geological engineers and Geophysicists • Teachers and researchers in university education • Researchers in research institutes • Researchers in oil geology • Researchers in mineralogy, petrography and geochemistry • Researchers in palaeontology • Geo-service stations experts • Specialists in waste and chemical substances management • Environmental inspectors • Environmental auditors • Expert hydro-geologists • Analysts in the fields of resources and world economy • Natural hazards management experts • Mineral resources handling and management experts • Museum curators • Gemmologists • In large oil companies • In mining companies that prospect and explore for hydrocarbons and ores • In natural gas exploration and exploitation companies • On marine drilling platforms • In institutes and companies specialized in environmental protection, geotechnical, hydro-technical and construction works

Number of Tenured Professors: 38 Number of Students: 650 Number of Laboratories: 40

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6.9. Faculty of History

Address: 4–12 Regina Elisabeta Blvd., District 3, Bucharest, 030018 Telephone: +4021–305.37.08, +4021–305.37.09 Fax: +4021–310.06.80 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Website: istorie.unibuc.ro

The study of history at the University of Bucharest dates back to its history; The history of the Ottoman Empire; Military history; very establishment as a higher education institution, by the means Economic history; Cultural history; The history and theory of of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza’s 1864 decree. The first courses international relations. organized within the Faculty of Letters, Law and Philosophy involved the study of antiquities and of archaeological heritage. Over time, classes diversified and, thus, historical sciences have been Projects and Awards represented for more than a century in the University of Bucharest • The archaeological mission of the University of Bucharest in the through great personalities of Romanian culture. island of Thassos, Greece (2013–2016), in association with the The Faculty of History has existed as a distinct structure within French Archaeological School in Athens the University of Bucharest since 1950. During 1977–1990, the • Digitization of medieval documents in the National Archives of Faculty of History was associated with the Faculty of Philosophy, Romania, project implemented by the University of Bucharest comprising the Faculty of History and Philosophy, so that in in partnership with the National Archives of Romania, the 1990, the two fields be again represented by separate faculties. “Babeș-Bolyai” University in Cluj-Napoca and the National After 1990, the faculty’s educational offer became more varied, Archives of Norway. both at Bachelor’s level and at Master’s level. Apart from the • The POSDRU/161/2.1/G/139278 project Write the history of traditional History department, other two specializations were your own career, by training during your studies created: in History of Art and in International Relations and • The POSDRU/161/2.1/G/140107 project EU-ACTIV! European Studies. The Faculty offers 11 Master’s programmes, Programme for the active learning of students in the fields of of which 5 have been accredited in the last 2 years. For the third international relations and European studies cycle, in accordance with Bologna system, studies are organized • The POSDRU/156/1.2/G/139330 project Digital history and the within the Doctoral School. informatisation of cultural heritage The Faculty is structured in four departments, whose specialists • The PN-II-ID-2012-4-0594 project Members, devotees and cover the following fields: “travel companions. The membership of the Communist Party in The Department for Ancient History, Archaeology and History Romania during illegality – prosopographical studies, coordinated of Art (DAHAHA: Prehistory and ancient history of Romania; by Prof. Adrian Cioroianu Oriental ancient history; Roman history; Egyptology; Greek, Latin • The PN-II-ID-PCE 2011-2011-3-0476 project Economic epigraphy and Egyptian palaeography; Prehistorical, protohistorical planning, higher education and the accumulation of human and classical archaeology; The theory and history of archaeology; capital in Romania during 1948–1989, coordinated by Prof. Early Christian archaeology; The study of ancient religions; The Bogdan Murgescu anthropology of ancient societies; Myth analysis; Archaeological • Contemporary art exhibitions (with the involvement of the techniques; The study of antiquities and of ancient art; Industrial Arche student club, which promotes young artists) – “Searching archaeology; The history and theory of Romanian and universal art 3”, 14th March 2014, the Faculty of History (14.03–20.05.2014); from ancient times to the 21st century. The “Born Before / Raised After ‘89” exhibition, organised as part The Department for the History of Romania and of South-Eastern of the White Night of the Art Galleries (23–24 May 2014) – (film, Europe (DHRSEE): Medieval, modern and contemporary painting, music, graphics, re-enactment – live performance, Romanian history; Military history; The history of education; photography, sculpture, animation); comics exhibitions: “Ioniță Cyrillic, neo-Greek and Hungarian palaeography; Museology; Tunsu, an outlaw from Bucharest” (24th February – 3rd March Archival science; Auxiliary sciences of history; Digital history; 2014); exhibitions on history and civic education (Historians, Cultural heritage; The history of art in Romania; Traditional Professors, Mentors at the University of Bucharest – together Romanian art; Women’s history; The history of costumes and with students from the Museum Studies Club – opening 20th jewellery; The history of prices; Urban history; Cultural studies. November 2014). The Department for International Relations and World History •Marian Coman, the “Nicolae Iorga” award of the Romanian (DIRWH): Medieval, modern and contemporary history; The Academy for the year 2013, conferred in December 2015 for the history of various civilisations and historical spaces: the Byzantine book Power and territory. Medieval Wallachia (14th–16th centuries) Empire, the Ottoman Empire, South-Eastern Europe, the United • Ovidiu Bozgan, Florentina Niţu, Cristina Gudin, Alexandru States of America, Russia, Europe; Medieval archaeology; The Murad Mironov, Matei Gheboianu, Andrei Florin Sora, the history of ideas, of the imaginary and of mentalities; The history of “Aurelian Iordănescu” award for the year 2015, conferred by the historiography; The history and theory of international relations; Romanian Society for Historical Sciences for the collective work The history of EU and NATO integration; The history of family; The history of the University of Bucharest, 1864–2014 The history of culture; Economic history; The history of art in the • Matei Gheboianu, the “Constantin C. Giurescu” award for the Middle Ages, the modern and contemporary era. The Department year 2015, conferred by the Romanian Society for Historical also manages the greatest part of the International Relations and Sciences for the book 1989–1992. Free press!? Press in post- European Studies (IRES) programme, which includes courses in communist Romania international law, the history and practice of diplomacy, economics, • Alexandru Murad Mironov, the “Gheorghe Brătianu” award for political communication, European institutions and policies, the year 2014, conferred by the Romanian Society for Historical security studies. Sciences for the book Times of Challenge. Romanian – Soviet The Doctoral School: Ancient history and archaeology; Medieval relationships, 1930–1940 history and archaeology; Modern history; Contemporary

28 faculties

Degrees

Bachelor’s Degree • History • International Relations and European Studies • History of Art

Master’s Degree • Experiments in Modernity • Cultural Interfaces in Prehistory and Ancient History • History of Art and the Philosophy of Culture • The History of Communism in Romania • The History of Ideas, Mentalities and Mass Culture • The History and Practice of International Relations • History, Cultural Resources and Heritage in Contemporary Society • History and Military Politics in 19th–20th Century Romania • Politics and Society • Medieval Studies • Diplomatic Techniques

Doctoral Studies (PhDs) • History Career Opportunities

• Professor / Teacher (for all educational stages); • Scientific researcher for compatible research institutions pertaining to the Romanian Academy • Archivist within public or private archive units (the conservation and restauration of documents, documentation, publications and scientific research) • Museographer (specialists in the fields of history, archaeology, numismatics, treasure studies, heritage and conservation, pluridisciplinary anthropological research, archaeological topography, paleometallurgy etc) • Art curator, art dealer, relationship manager (artist – client relationship), art valuer • Civil servant in centralized public administration (the government, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Culture, other ministries or governmental agencies) • Civil servant in local public administration (European Affairs departments within prefectures, county councils and townhalls) • Member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ diplomatic corps • Consultant in various fields (history, art, international relations and European studies) • Journalist (print media, audiovisual media, both cultural and political) • Expert in international and European organizations or their diplomatic missions in Romania (consultancy, human resources, communication) • Civil servant / official for non-governmental organizations and cultural institutions

Number of Tenured Professors: 47 Number of Students: 1134

The foundation of my professional success in America was laid down while I was a student at the University of Bucharest’s Faculty of History. What I learnt from my tutors is the bedrock of my career and my life. In my four years of university, they sowed in my mind a certain way of thinking and of viewing the world of which, only now, many years later, I have become aware. The values which consolidated the education I received from them are ones I also strive to pass on to my students: a high level of professionalism, intellectual honesty, scientific rigor. The specialisation courses from over a quarter of a decade ago are still useful when preparing my own courses. I have met very special people amongst my fellow students and with some of them I remained friends for life. If I had to start over again, I would do it with the same fellows at the same faculty. I am proud to be a graduate of the University of Bucharest. (Florin Curta, Professor of History and Medieval Archaeology, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States of America)

29 University of Bucharest

Faculty of Journalism and 6.10. Communication Studies

Address: 1–3 Iuliu Maniu Blvd., Leu Complex, Building A, 6th floor, District 6, Bucharest, Romania, 061071 Telephone: +4021–318.15.55, +40724.390.038 Fax: +4021–313.62.17 E-mail: [email protected] Website: fjsc.unibuc.ro

The first school of journalism and communication received the certification and qualification of “high studies in Romania, founded in 1990, the Faculty confidence”. of Journalism and Communication Studies is both nationally and internationally recognized as a place of professional training at the highest standards. Projects and Awards The Faculty of Journalism and Communication Studies Recent international projects imposed its professional prestige among the faculties and • Leonardo da Vinci Project “Euromedia Standards – the academic institutions in the field, both in Romania Eumesta” and abroad. The Faculty is a member of the European • The project “Adequate Information Management in Journalism Training Association (EJTA), of Réseau Europe” (AIM) – CORDIS, FP 6 des centres francophones de formation au journalisme • The project “Corporate Responsibility Education and “Théophraste”, of Réseau Transméditerranéen de Training: Innovative Operative Notions”, European Recherche en Communication (RTRC), of European Commission – Employment Social Affairs and Equal Institute for Commercial Communications Education Opportunity DG (a subsidiary of the European Association of • The project “Tous journalistes? Le défi de la formation Communications Agencies). des étudiants au professionnalisme journalistique face Each year, teachers and students of the Faculty are included aux nouvelles pratiques informationnelles d’expression in European projects devoted to professional training and amateur sur le Web”, CNRS France exchange of experience, through Erasmus+ programme • The project “Civil Society Dialogue – Cultural Bridge – and strategic partnerships concluded with prestigious Digital Bridges”, European Commission – CFCU universities and vocational institutions. The Faculty of • The project “Media Accountability and Transparency in Journalism and Communication Studies established Europe”, FP 7 academic and research relationships with partners such • The project “Global Media Monitoring Project”, UNO as Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme in Lille, Université du Québec à Montréal, School of Journalism and Mass Recent national projects Communications of the University of South Carolina, Cox • The project “Enhancement and development of the Center for International Mass Communication Training professional expertise of the Romanian audio-visual and Research, Department of Journalism of California sector”, PHARE State University – CHICO in the USA, Mid Sweden • The project “Media and democratic citizenship”, CNCSIS University, Université Stendhal-Grenoble 3, Université • The project “Designed development and performance of Paul Valéry-Montpellier III, Université de Lorraine, interdisciplinary doctoral research”, CNCSIS Université Lumière Lyon 2, Université Catholique de • The project “Adapting the educational offer to the Louvain, Universität Leipzig, Frankfurt University of professional world in public relations”, CNCSIS Applied Sciences, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, • The project “Research on blogging practices in Universidad de Sevilla, Instituto De Artes Visuais, Design Romanian journalism”, CNCSIS E Marketing of Lisbon, Universita degli Studi di Bari, • The project “Television practitioners of today, Uniwersytet Warszawski, National and Kapodistrian professionals of tomorrow”, POSDRU University of Athens etc. • The project “Strengthening francophone education in The Faculty of Journalism and Communication communication sciences”, financed by AUF Studies founded the Research Centre of the role of mass • The project “University for future communication communication in the development of the Public sphere, society”, POSDRU of Analysis on Reception and Analysis of Advanced • The project “European citizens – (De)legitimators of a Technologies – SPARTA and edits the scholarly periodicals network configured Europe (e-Eurociti)”, CNCS Romanian Journal of Journalism and Communication and • In 2010, on the occasion of the celebration of 20 years Communication Styles, indexed in databases recognized of establishment, the FJSC was awarded the Order for internationally. “Cultural Merit” in rank of Knight by the Romanian Following the evaluation by specialists of the Presidency and the Faculty dean received the Faithful “Théophraste” Network, in January 2010, the Faculty Service Order in rank of Knight.

30 faculties

Degrees

Bachelor’s Degree • Journalism • Communication and Public Relations • Advertising

Master’s Degree • Communication Campaigns in Advertising and Public Relations • Corporate Communication • Political Journalism • Specialized Journalism • Management of Media Institutions • Mass Media, Development, Society (in French) • Media, Public Communication and Globalization (in English) • Multimedia and Audio-Video Production • Theories and Research Methods in Communication Sciences

Doctoral Studies (PHDs) • Doctoral School in Communication Sciences Career Opportunities • Print and online journalist • Public relations specialist • Radio journalist • Event organizer • TV journalist • Animator of cultural projects • Editor • Press office coordinator • Reporter • Spokesperson • Producer • Specialist in lobbying • Coordinator of radio / TV programmes • Specialist in sales, marketing and public relations • Press correspondent • Specialist in human resources and personnel • Advertising and marketing specialist • Multimedia and graphic designer • Copywriter • Audio-video producer • Art director • Media researcher (PhD) • Brand manager • University teacher (PhD) • Media planner

Number of Tenured Professors: 40 Number of Students: 1259 Number of Laboratories: 7

The road can begin for you in the Faculty of Journalism, which can provide you with some of the important and necessary tools for the job. And most importantly, you should always keep your integrity, and write and speak Romanian correctly. (Oana Dan, journalist, Bucharest Daily News, Europa Liberă, NewsIn, Evenimentul Zilei, TVR, dela0.ro)

In 1997, with my backpack of a soldier who freshly passed the baccalaureate, I started the struggle with the unknown in journalism. I won some battles, but no victory would have been possible without the tools put in my backpack by the FJSC teachers, by our internship tutors, even by former colleagues. (Luiza Domnișoru, Head of Public Relations Department, Renault Romania)

I’m the type of the lucky graduate who came to work exactly in the desired domain, the targeted job. As to the link between how I was eight years and how I am now (a copywriter in one of the largest agencies in the country) is the very FJSC – the specialization of Advertising, the faculty where I met people and opportunities that have helped me turn my dream into reality. (Teodora Ștefan, copywriter, Leo Burnett Romania)

31 University of Bucharest

Faculty of Foreign Languages 6.11. and Literatures

Address: 5–7 Edgar Quinet St., District 1, Bucharest, Romania, 010017 7–13 Pitar Moş St., District 1, Bucharest, Romania, 010451 Telephone: +4021–305.19.54 Fax: +4021–312.13.13 E-mail: [email protected] Website: lls.unibuc.ro

The history of the University of Bucharest is also the Projects and Awards ever growing history of education in foreign languages and literatures. The first languages that were taught, • Gold Medal and First Place at the international at the establishment of the University in 1864, were, MARKSTRAT competition naturally, Latin and Ancient Greek, followed by French, • Liste Goncourt. Le Choix roumain – event under the in 1877. Ten years later, in 1874, the University joined the patronage of the Goncourt Academy European mainstream due to the great B. P. Hașdeu, who • The national literary text translation competition began his class of Comparative Indo-European Philology. “Festival di Lettura Giovane” New philological programmes were established in the • Over 120 annual extracurricular projects and events following years: Italian (1878), Slavic languages (1891), • The hosting of numerous international conferences and German (1905), Spanish (1930), Russian (1934), and scientific events English (1936). The second half of the century, up until • The 17 centres of the faculty are host to impressive present times, has seen the greatest development of research activity, each of them publishing its own journal foreign language education at the University of Bucharest. and collaborating with national and international The teaching of foreign languages has become a major organizations. preoccupation in the University, an essential condition • The Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures for the self-affirmation of young people. An inventory has developed multiple useful applications in the field of all the languages that have been taught, to different of foreign language studies, carrying out dynamic degrees and at different periods, puts their total number teaching activities for its students: the French essay at an impressive 42. 33 of these are taught nowadays, writing competition, the Online School Portal (the among which Greek, Turkish, Catalan, Romany, Slovene, French language department, the Slovak language Macedonian, Armenian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Korean, department etc.). Japanese and Swedish are not present in the curricula of other faculties.

Being a student of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures means being open towards the entire world, having the curiosity and the desire to discover something that exists beyond the borders. It means having passion not only for a certain foreign language, but also for art, history, economy, politics, for every building block of a nation. I enrolled in the English-French Philology programme of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures because I had a passion for communication, for anything involving the exchange of information and messages and the medium the exchange takes place in, but also to further my French studies that I began when I was only 6 years old. I wanted to find out more about the French culture, as well as about the British culture, about their origins and evolution and I ended up finding out more about myself. I was lucky to have some wonderful colleagues and to learn from true educators that cultivated and encouraged our curiosity, that imbued us with passion for language and literature, that developed our critical and analytical thinking, that encouraged us to ask questions of them and of each other and to desire to find out more. (Mihaela Drăghici, Marketing Manager at Central-Eastern Europe QS, London, the United Kingdom)

32 faculties

Degrees

Bachelor’s Degree • Foreign language and literature A and Foreign language and literature B/Romanian language and literature A languages: English, German, Swedish, Dutch, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Classical Languages (Latin and Ancient Greek), Greek, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Turkish, Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Ukrainian, Hungarian, Romany B languages: English, German, Dutch, Swedish, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Latin, Korean, Persian, Russian, Hindi, Romanian • Cultural Studies: American Studies, Jewish Studies • Translators, Interpreters, Terminologists: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian • Applied Modern Languages: English / French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Czech, Polish, Slovak, Croatian

Master’s Degree • European Master’s for Forming Conference Interpreters (in English) • Master’s of Linguistics (in English) • Islamic Space: Societies, Cultures, Mentalities • Communication and Intercultural Strategies – Literary and Linguistics • American Studies (in English) • Balkan Cultural Studies • British Cultural Studies (in English) • East Asia Studies • French and Francophile Studies (in French) • Specialized Translations and Terminology Studies (in English) • Translation of Contemporary Literary Texts (in English) • The Culture and Language of European Organizations (in English) • Religious Studies – Texts and Traditions • Slavic Cultural Studies: Russia and Slavic Countries in Centre and Eastern Europe • Latin-Romanic Translation • Medieval Studies

Doctoral Studies (PhDs) • Languages and Cultural Identities • Literary and Cultural Studies

Career Opportunities

• Teachers in pre-university and university education • Researchers • Editors at publishing houses and newspapers • Producers at radio / television stations • Translators and terminologists • Conference interpreters • Specialized readers

Number of Tenured professors: 200 Number of Students: 3870 Number of Laboratories: 12

33 University of Bucharest

6.12. Faculty of Letters

Address: 5–7 Edgar Quinet St., District 1, Bucharest, Romania, 010017 Telephone: +4021–313.43.36, +4021–313.88.74, +4021–313.88.75, +4021.314.61.77 Fax: +4021–313.43.36 E-mail: [email protected] Website: litere.ro

The history of the Faculty of Letters coincides with the benefit from classes taught by the staff of the Faculty of history of Romanian higher education. The Superior School Letters in the preparatory year and in the International of Letters was established on November 2nd, 1863, and was Summer School of the University (the 56th edition will integrated a year later into the newly founded University be held in 2016). The annual presence at national and of Bucharest under the title The Faculty of Letters and international conferences and the scientific and cultural Philosophy. At its beginnings, the Faculty incorporated publications are also numerous, a fact which places the several scientific disciplines from the field of Humanities Faculty of Letters in one of the highest positions in the and Social Sciences. Gradually, the University founded Romanian academic ranking system. new faculties to cover these areas of study. The Faculty of The Faculty of Letters has the privilege to function in the Letters currently fosters specializations and programmes Palace of the University of Bucharest, in the historic centre of studies from the following fundamental domains: of Bucharest. The impressive Marble Lobby is one of the Arts and Humanities, Communication Sciences and representative sites of the original building, alongside the Administrative Science. The Faculty of Letters currently Reading Room of the library, both recently restored and has five departments and two PhD schools. The BA, MA returned to the academic community with their remarkable and PhD programmes of study, as well as the postdoctoral cultural and historical value. research programmes offer a diversified range of analytical and theoretical directions of study and research. At the Faculty of Letters, one may study – from a theoretical, Projects and Awards applied, interpretative and historical perspective – topics • Internationally funded projects of development (POSDRU like the following: linguistic and literary phenomena; projects for doctoral and postdoctoral scholarships; cultural, artistic and multimedia phenomena; public space internships for students: SOCIUS; Atelier360; DigiPub) and public discourse; institutional communication and • Research projects with national funding (MARIS; cultural communication; databases and info documentary FIGURA: body/art/space/language) structures; contemporary information organization and • Integrated platforms (scientific research and cultural preservation tools and systems. activities) with public-private funding (DADA) Throughout its history the Faculty of Letters has represented • Research programmes with regional funding (Ethnology) a scientific standard of the Romanian society; many of • Series of annual international colloquia (Linguistics; the academics affiliated to the Faculty of Letters have Literary studies; Communication Sciences; Cultural studies) been outstanding cultural personalities. The teaching staff • Periodic lectures of guest scholars from foreign renowned continues to confer academic prestige and international universities visibility upon the Bucharest Letters. • Series of scientific publications (specialized journals; The links between the Faculty of Letters and the Romanian proceedings of international conferences) scientific and cultural life have always been tight and • Series research laboratories (InterArte; Communication extremely productive: in the interwar period the most Sciences research laboratory; The Centre for Computational important research institutes (subsequently affiliated to Linguistics; The DIGI-INFO Centre) the Romanian Academy) and academic journals were • Projects in collaboration with “Iorgu Iordan – Al. Rosetti” established at the Faculty of Letters. In the spirit of this Institute of Linguistics of the Romanian Academy tradition, the Faculty of Letters currently has projects • Awards for scientific volumes, essays or literary works and programmes in common with: the Romanian at literary festivals or granted by unions and professional Academy’s research institutes; the representative Romanian associations universities; libraries, book deposits and archives; art • Erasmus agreements for students and teachers (partners: galleries; theatres; professional associations and unions. University of Cambridge, University Sorbonne 1 Panthéon, The joint programmes and partnerships of the Faculty with Free University of Brussels, La Sapienza University, Rome etc.) public and private companies and associations have an • National annual student colloquia and volumes comprising international, national and even regional dimension. the best selected papers (Bucharest Letters Colloquia) The Faculty of Letters currently has representatives in the • Awards in students national colloquia Romanian lectureships in Padua, Calabria, Heidelberg, • Festschrifts and volumes dedicated to the memory of the Salamanca, Brussels, Oxford and Tel Aviv, and tight Faculty’s professors relations with the foreign specialists in Romanian studies • Cultural conferences (Our values; The Faculty of Letters and with the worldwide associations for the study of Alumni Conferences; Rendezvous at the Library; the Romanian. monthly conferences of the Departments of Linguistics and Academic (student and teacher) mobility programmes and of Communication Studies) summer school agreements with EU and American partners • Student art performances are currently developed. Hundreds of foreign students

34 faculties

Degrees

Bachelor’s Degree • Romanian language and literature – Modern language and literature • European studies • Ethnology • Comparative and world literature – Modern language and literature • Communication studies and public relations • Library and information sciences • Managerial assistance and secretarial science (AMS)

Master’s Degree • Literary studies • Theory and practice of editing • Advanced studies in linguistics • Didactics of philological disciplines • Communication and PR models • Consultancy and expertise in publicity • Information management in the contemporary society • Culture and politics in an European and international setting • Ethnology, cultural anthropology and folklore • Hebrew culture and civilization • Document and information management • Theory and practice of image • Society, multimedia, and spectacle

Doctoral Studies (PhDs) • The Philological Doctoral School (Linguistics, Literary Studies) • The Multidisciplinary Doctoral School “Space, Image, Text, Territory” Career Opportunities

• Teaching at all levels (with a double specialization for LLR-LLS and LUC graduates) • Cultural mass media (text editors, press attachés, specialized reviewers) • Publishing houses and editorship, cultural institutions (cultural officials, event planners, cultural managers, translators, etc.) • Research institutes in the field of Arts and Humanities (philology, history, cultural studies; arts and architecture) • PR and advertising companies (PR specialists) • Libraries, information and documentation centres, info-documentary structures and systems (experts in information transfer, specialized reviewers, high degree librarians, documentalists) • European institutions (consultants, Policy experts of the European Union, cultural managers) • Human relations and secretarial departments (assistant managers, high degree secretaries, documentation advisers, inspectors, etc.) • Cultural institutions (theatre, film, choreography, and visual arts historians and critics; scenographers and decorum architects; visual artists, museum curators and documentalists, cultural managers, editorial assistants, cultural editors, specialized reviewers)

Number of Tenured Professors: 124 Number of Students: 2 932 Number of Laboratories: 7

Why did I choose The Faculty of Letters? I chose the Bucharest Letters because of its professors. When I was a high school pupil in a town outside Bucharest, I used to watch «My profession, culture», a TV-show produced by Nicolae Manolescu for Pro TV, and someone had lent me Eugen Negrici’s Figure of the creative spirit. I knew then that I could not choose any other faculty. I had to be admitted to the Faculty of Letters in Bucharest in order to be Nicolae Manolescu’s and Eugen Negrici’s student! This was not an easy task for me. I had studied in a modest provincial high school in a science department, thus I had to try twice before being admitted as a student. But I have never regretted that first failure, because everything I learned and all the encounters I had throughout my college years were of an immense importance for me. Without the literary theory classes and the spirited support of Antoaneta Tănăsescu I would have probably never kept on writing literature or I would have written only conventional stuff – furthermore, years later, she challenged me into translating from Lewis Carroll. Who knows if I had ever succeeded in writing literary chronicles without Ioana Pârvulescu’ advice, the teacher who noticed me in the tutorials, and asked me to write reviews for România literară, the place where «my career» began?! In the literary society conducted at the time by Mircea Cărtărescu I discovered dozens of Romanian and foreign writers, who modelled me and were among my favourites at the moment(it is there where I first heard names such as Mircea Horia Simionescu or Ernesto Sábato). Mircea Vasilescu hired me at Dilema veche ever since I was an MA student, and a year later we were editing together Dilemateca. And generally I can’t actually measure what I owe to professors like Paul Cornea or others who unfortunately are no longer with us (Theodor Hristea, Dan-Horia Mazilu or Corneliu-Mihai Ionescu). It is not only knowledge that they have all given me, but also perspectives and opportunities. For example, together with Nicolae Manolescu, I managed to put together an anthology of Mihail Sadoveanu’s best stories… We were a very good generation, and we owe a lot to our professors for this. I am very proud to have been a student here. (Marius Chivu, editor, Dilema veche and Dilemateca). 35 University of Bucharest

6.13. Faculty of Mathematics and

Computer Science

Address: 14 Academiei St., District 1, Bucharest, Romania, 010014 Telephone: +4021–314.28.63 Fax: +4021–315.69.90 E-mail: [email protected] Website: fmi.unibuc.ro

When the University of Bucharest was founded in 1864, Integration of IT Systems, Telecommunications, as well it contained a Faculty of Sciences, with a Mathematics as other large companies, with their own IT division. The section. In 1949, a Faculty of Mathematics and Physics employment in the field rate of our alumni is very high separated itself from the Faculty of Sciences, out of (over 90%). which, in 1962, the Faculty of Mathematics was born. Since 2002, it is named the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science. Projects and Awards The Faculty is one of the best in the country, being • The students of the Faculty constantly participate at classified at national level in the A category for the national and international contests, where they obtain degrees in Mathematics (3rd place) and Computer prizes and honourable mentions: in Mathematics Science (1st place). Information Technology is a recently (the ”Traian Lalescu” contest, SEEMOUS, IMC), in introduced degree, but a very dynamic one. Computer Science (National Olympiad for Students The Faculty is well endowed, with libraries, conference in Informatics, ACM-ICPC), as well as various other halls and multimedia rooms, Computer Science labs, but contests of software projects and business ideas. also dedicated labs (of Databases, Networks, Robotics, • The Faculty staff is involved in research projects, both Applied Mathematics and Statistics). national and international, its members being highly State and private scholarships, and also scholarships rewarded (prizes for published papers, prizes for the abroad are provided for the students. research activity, prizes of the Romanian Academy, etc.) The Faculty cooperates with governmental institutions, and with companies in the fields of Finance-Banking, Insurance, Stock Exchange, Software Development,

36 faculties

Degrees

Bachelor’s Degree • Computer Science • Computer Science (Distance Learning Degree) • Mathematics • Applied Mathematics • Mathematics and Computer Science • Information Technology

Master’s Degree • Algorithms and Bioinformatics • Artificial Intelligence • Databases and WEB technologies • Databases and WEB technologies (Distance Learning Degree) • Declarative Programming • Distributed Systems • Software Engineering • Algebra, Geometry and Cryptography (in Romanian; in English) • Biostatistics (interdisciplinary with: Computer Science, Pharmacy) • Mathematical analysis and applications • Probability and statistics in finance and science

Doctoral Studies (PhDs) • Mathematics • Computer Science

Career Opportunities

• Actuary, Financial Banking Specialist, Insurance Specialist, Pharmacology Statistician • Database Administrator, Network Administrator and VoIP Network Administrator • Software Analyst, IT Consultant, Information Systems Designer • Information Systems Engineer, IT Specialist • IT Project Manager • K12 Teacher • Professor / Scientific Researcher • Programmer (enterprise, web and mobile systems)

Number of Tenured Professors: 90 Number of Students: 2205 Number of Laboratories: 20

My chosen field of research, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, is profoundly interdisciplinary, using mathematical and computational methods to further the understanding of complex biological phenomena. The Computer Science Bachelor’s at the University of Bucharest was essential in my development as a researcher. The well-rounded curriculum including continuous and discrete mathematics, logic, algebra and geometry, combined with courses on numerical methods, computational techniques and computer programming, have provided me with a solid foundation for my professional career. (Ion Petre, FMI’97, Professor at the Department of Information Technologies, Åbo Academi University, Turku, Finland)

37 University of Bucharest

Faculty of Psychology and 6.14. Education Sciences

Address: 90 Panduri St., District 5, Bucharest, Romania, 50663 Telephone: +4031–425.34.45 Fax: +4031–425.34.46 E-mail: [email protected] Website: fpse.unibuc. ro

The Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences is and regional strategies at both international and national a modern educational and research institution, with a levels in the area of expertise (e.g. educational and policies). national leading status in several areas of professional The expertise of the staff has been instrumental in developing and scientific development. The Faculty’s mission is to a variety of such documents and initiatives; important contribute by means of degree programmes and of research contributions have been made to the development of the and development or social responsibility projects to framework of the national curriculum, to the training policies the initial and continuous education of highly qualified for teaching staff across the country, to national strategies for specialists, to the progress of scientific research in the fields the socio-educational integration of individuals with special of psychology and educational sciences and to social and educational needs. community development. The faculty also hosts the Department for Long Distance This goal-oriented outlook requires concentrated efforts Learning and Part-time Education, established in 1991, towards providing a high standard of training for students, which offers the following study programmes: Pedagogy of supplying expertise and counselling services, developing primary and pre-primary education (Bachelor’s programme) research projects, as well as rendering personalized and Educational management, School Counseling, and professional services of the highest quality, according to the Information and Communication Technology in Education principles of a dynamic society based on the acquisition of (Master’s programmes), accredited by ARACIS for low knowledge and competitiveness. attendance study. The Faculty has a complex institutional structure consisting of the four main departments of Psychology, Education Sciences, Special Psychopedagogy and the Department of Projects and Awards Teacher Education, two affiliated teaching colleges (Buzău and • The double-degree Pedagogy Bachelor Programme, in Focşani) and a formidable doctoral school. partnership with Via University College in Denmark Through the activities associated with the degree • The cross-department master programme in Early programmes offered, and because of the nature of the Childhood Education and Development (ECED) ongoing projects, as well as the area of expertise of the • Dr. Alecu Lucian, Lecturer – “Bologna Professor” Award faculty’s teaching staff and alumni, the faculty is actively during ANOSR Gala. pursuing an increase in the visibility and the social • Dr. Golu Florinda, Associate Professor – “Alma Mater” responsibility of the institution in the Romanian society. Award – for contributions to scientific research and This is achieved by means of recruiting teaching staff and validation of DPU method in children counselling and students for projects with high-impact social goals, such education– awarded by SPER Institute in 2014 as: providing expert consultancy for state organizations • Dr. Negovan Valeria, Professor – 2015 – “BOLOGNA and NGOs on projects for the assistance of various Professor – Great Teachers that Inspire” awarded by the social groups, providing socio-educational assistance National Alliance of Student Organisations in Romania, to underprivileged groups, initiating programmes for ANOSR psychological recovery, social reintegration, urban • Dr. Podină Ioana, Assistant Lecturer – CNCS – UEFISCDI education and more. Award for scientific research publications, “Florian Ștefănescu- Also noteworthy is the contribution of the faculty’s experts to Goangă” Excellence Award for PhD research, UBB the drafting, research and implementation of public policies

I graduated from the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences in 1996 in the second generation of graduates after the reopening of the faculty in 1990. I still have the feeling that I had the privilege to belong to a generation of professionals. I am talking about professionals in their work, with their mind, their body and people’s soul. My teachers inspired me not only with the sciences of education but also with the guide of interpersonal relations and with the flame of the professional curiosity which mustn’t blow out. In the years that have passed since my graduation, I noticed with interest and I proudly recognize not only the varied directions of professional employment of graduates of our faculty but also their perseverance in changing their surrounding communities. And I think that the merit of this faculty is to train EDUCATORS, people who have vocation and intellectual training to teach, to promote education in school and especially out of it and to encourage through their work and personal example. We live hasty times marked by economic and political conflicts and especially by social and cultural ones. Uneducated people are more than ever exposed to abuses, marginalization and handling. Education has been losing ground in the list of international and national budget priorities. Paradoxically, at the same time education, understood as an expression and synthesis of the abilities to identify, process and use the information, becomes a tool of social reform, a stimulus of cultural and political revolutions. In such a context our faculty has to accept more than ever the challenge to form EDUCATORS: professionals with intellectual training and especially with vision and vocation to educate, professionals who have the courage to question and to rebel and to encourage changes as a constant. (Raluca Verweijen-Slamnescu, organizer of training workshops for children’s rights advocacy) 38 faculties

Degrees

Bachelor’s Degree • Psychology • Pedagogy • Special Psycho-Pedagogy • The Pedagogy of Preschool and Primary Education (in Bucharest, Buzău and Focșani)

Master’s Degree Psychology Educational Sciences

• Psychological Diagnosis, Unification Experiential • Train the Trainers Psychotherapy (UEP) and Personal Development • Management and Evaluation of Organizations and • The Evaluation, Counselling and Psychotherapy of Educational Programmes Children, Couples and Family • School Counselling and Career Development • Clinical Psychology − Evaluation and Therapeutic • Innovative Strategies of Learning. Didactic Master / Intervention Learning. Innovation and Coaching in Education • Management of Psychologists’ Training in • Pre-secondary Education. Policies and Developing the Psychology of the Working Environment, Strategies Transportation, and Customer Services • Psycho-pedagogy of Inclusive Education • Psychological Evaluation and Intervention in Education • Logopedic Therapy in Communication Processes • Organizational Psychology and Human Resources • Early Education Management • Educational Management (in Focșani and Buzău) • Applied Psychology in National Security • Mentoring in Education • Occupational Health and Performance in Human • Alternatives Pedagogies and Theatrical Art in Resources Education • Psycho-Traumatology and Psychological Assistance • Psychology of Health – Clinical Research and Behavioural Optimization

Doctoral Studies (PhDs) • Psychology • Education Sciences

Career Opportunities

• Teaching activities at university and pre-university level • Psychological assistance in sports • Research activities in specialised institutions • Psychological expertise in military institution • School and professional counselling laboratories • Expertise in criminal laboratories and legal • Management and administration of educational evaluation institutions • Psychological testing for transportation field • Activities in specialised NGOs • Counselling and Psychotherapy (personal, family, group) • Educational Marketing • Psychological Assistance in Health and Social • Permanent education programmes Assistance institutions • Programme counselling and evaluation activities • Human Resources Management in Organisations • Expertise in drafting and implementing the • Psychological Counselling in Governmental, NGOs curriculum or private organisations • Psycho-pedagogical and social assistance • Advertising and publicity • Logopedic therapy • Knowledge and analysis of social phenomena • Handicap recovery therapy (politics, culture, religion )

Number of Tenured Professors: 85 Number of Students: 3 331 for undergraduate studies + 6 050 teacher education department Number of Laboratories: 6

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6.15. Faculty of Sociology and Social Work

address: 9 Schitu Măgureanu St., District 1, Bucharest, Romania, 010181 telephone: + 4021–312.17.91; + 4021–311.21.68; + 4021–314.03.26 fax: +4021–315.83.91 e-mail: [email protected] website: sas.unibuc.ro

In 1906 sociology was being taught at the Faculty Security Policies, the Centre for the Prevention and of Letters and Philosophy, but by 1910 the subject Combat of Drugs and Delinquency, the Centre for matter was organized in the form of an independent Human Resources Research, the Centre for Management faculty, part of the University of Bucharest. The interim and Marketing, and the Centre for Research and period between the World Wars was the golden age of Innovation in Social Work. Romanian sociological education and research, as it saw its greatest growth and became firmly established in the academic world through the Sociological School of Projects and Awards Bucharest, which was founded by scholar Dimitrie Gusti. • The Faculty is involved in European projects Sociological study was abolished in 1947, reinstated in concerning large research infrastructures (ESFRI); for 1966, and again abolished in 1978. example, the ongoing projects FP6 CESSDA – PPP and Between 1929 and 1952 education in the field of social FP7, “Data without Boundaries”. assistance was conducted as a university department • Partnership in the running the FP7 EUCROSS project within Princess Ileana Higher School of Social Work, – “Crossing borders making Europe” under the supervision of sociologist Henri H. Stahl. • Partnership in the international HOUWEL project – Between 1925 and 1969, the four year curriculum was “Housing markets and welfare state transformations: reduced to three years, and in the year 1969 social work How family housing property is reshaping welfare education was abolished, as the government of the regimes”. time decided that social issues could be addressed by • The Faculty is part of the Korea Foundation Global administrative-bureaucratic and political mechanisms E-School in Eurasia Project (2012−2017). based on the ideology of the communist regime. • EU Kids Online III and Net Children Go Mobile – two After 1989, there was a revitalization of education in projects on the influence of the internet on children, the fields of Sociology and Social Work. Today, the coordinated by members of the teaching staff faculty trains specialists in social sciences through its • Partnership in several research projects in the field of four core departments: Sociology, Human Resources, justice financed by the European Union (e.g.: ISTEP; Anthropology and Social Work. The Faculty of Sociology ERASMUS – Criminal Justice Social Work) and Social Work has grown immensely over the past • The Faculty of Sociology and Social Work also few years, particularly because of the development of organizes summer schools open to international Master’s and Doctoral programmes. Logistically, this students, such as “Summer School on R”. continued growth has been supported by an increase • The editorial output of the faculty includes four in the number of classrooms, which has been achieved scientific journals written in English, which are through the construction of an expansion to the main circulated internationally: International Review of building of the faculty. Following the completion of this Social Research (www.irsr.eu), Compaso – Journal of construction, the space allocated to teaching facilities Comparative Research in Anthropology and Sociology and classrooms has doubled. (compaso.eu), European Journal of Probation (www. Applied research at the faculty is conducted in eight ejprob.ro), Revista de Asistență Socială / Social Work research centres: the Centre of European Studies on Review (www.revistadeasistentasociala.ro/). Employment and Social Policies, the Research Centre • The PhD candidates of the doctoral school also for Social Structures and Processes, the Centre for contribute to the Romanian edition of the journal of the Geopolitics and Visual Anthropology, the Centre for International Sociology Association Global Dialogue the Elderly, the Centre for Studies in Media and New (www.isa-sociology.org/global-dialogue/). Communication Techniques, the Centre for Regional

When I signed up for the admission exam at the Faculty of Sociology, I didn’t know much about it really. In high school I had taken a sociology class in the eleventh grade, and the teacher’s clear-minded and focused discourse on today’s society left a lasting impression on me. Now, being a fourth year student in the faculty, I can honestly say that studying here has radically changed my outlook on the world, and it has changed my perception, and consequently my ability to assess situations properly and develop an informed opinion, and I owe this primarily to the teachers, who are very open and truly listen to what you have to say. (Virgil Brumaru, alumnus of the class of 2008, Bachelor’s in Sociology, employed by UEFISCDI)

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Degrees

Bachelor’s Degree • Sociology • Human resources • Anthropology • Social Work

Master’s Degree • Human Resources Management • Advanced Sociologic Research • Security Studies • Anthropology and Community and Regional Development • Opinion polls, marketing and advertising • Social Deviance and Criminality • The Management of Social and Health Services • Public Policies and Public Administration Management • Drug Consumption Prevention • Risk Groups and Social Support Services • Social Counselling • Sociology Research (in English) • Probation

Doctoral Studies (PhDs) • Sociology

Career Opportunities Sociology Degrees Social Work Degrees • Public survey institutes • Public administration (agencies for social work • Human resources departments and special services, schools, hospitals, prisons, • Political counselling ministries etc.) • Public administration and policies • Child and family protection services • NGOs • Assistance for endangered groups • College and undergraduate education • Counselling and protection for victims • Agencies for European development projects • School counselling • Public relations • Psychosocial counselling • Marketing • Project management in specialized institutions • Urbanism and demography • Social policy departments within government • Academic research institutions • Mass-media and advertising • NGOs with social profiles • Information services • Social policies, probation, social and socio-medical projects • Supervision in social assistance

Number of Tenured Professors: 57 Number of Students: 2450 Number of Laboratories: 5

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6.16. Faculty of Political Science

Address : 3 Negru Vodă St., Bucharest, Romania, 030774 8 Spiru Haret St., Bucharest, Romania, 010175 Telephone: +4021–313.90.07, +4021–310.08.94, +4021–314.12.68 Fax: +4021–310.08.94 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Website: fspub.unibuc.ro

The Faculty of Political Science of the University of ambassadors, judges at international courts or experts in Bucharest, founded in 1991, has the most extensive international government agencies, non-governmental network of partnerships and collaboration with organizations, programmes and projects. international institutions, and it offers the most complex • The faculty offers international mobility stages to educational curriculum of any similar institution in students, having partnerships with over 50 universities Romania. It is also the only political science faculty in around the world, and also study programmes integrated Romania offering a full educational package (B.A. – in European university consortia and master’s degree M.A. – PhD programmes) in three different languages: programmes in foreign languages that allow double Romanian, English, and French. Among Romanian diplomas (one from University of Bucharest and one political science faculties The Faculty of Political from the foreign partner university). Science, has the highest proportion of professors with • The faculty offers students training and professional degrees in political science, and almost all of the faculty specialization programmes, through its partnerships members are educated or trained at prestigious Western with governmental and non-governmental international universities (e.g. École des Hautes Études en Science organizations, governmental institutions (Foreign Affairs Sociales, Institut d’Études Politiques Paris, University Ministry, Romanian Diplomatic Institute, the Presidency, of Oxford, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Université the European Institute, IICCMER), non-governmental Libre Bruxelles, Central European University, Pensylvania institutions as well as with mass media organizations, and State University). The Faculty of Political Science political marketing and consultancy companies. also offers its students an inter- or multi-disciplinary • Faculty members publish their research in prestigious perspective, having faculty members with degrees in national and international academic journals as well history, sociology, law, economy, or philosophy. as at renowned national and international publishing Each year, the faculty organizes national and international houses. They also coordinate a series of national and scientific and professional events that allow the students international research and/or institutional development to have a direct, first-hand contact not only with the most projects that include some of the faculty’s undergraduate recent research in political sciences, but also with possible and graduate students. employers and recruiters for the job market. All students • In 2012, the faculty initiated a project for the have the opportunity to be involved at least one semester establishment of a Francophone Centre for advanced in practice programmes in institutions of interest for the social studies, which earned the University of Bucharest students’ specializations. Students who graduate one of the prestigious award Louis D. from the French Academy. the foreign languages B.A. programmes can receive a • In 2015 the Centre for International Cooperation translation certificate authorized by the Justice Ministry and Development Studies (IDC) received from the without any additional testing. Romanian Foreign Affairs Ministry and its civil society, governmental, and business partners the award for academic excellence in international cooperation for Projects and Awards development. The award was received at the International • Some of the faculty members have extensive experience Solidarity Gala, the official event marking the end of the working outside the academic field, especially on 2015 European Year for Development, an initiative of the an international level, having held the positions of European Commission.

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Degrees

Bachelor’s Degree • Political Science (in Romanian; in English; in French) • Security Studies • International Relations and European Studies (in English)

Master’s Degree • Comparative Politics: Politics and Society in Central and Eastern Europe (in English) • European Politics: States, Borders, Societies (in French, double degree with EHESS Paris) • Equal Opportunity Policies in Romania and Europe (in Romanian and French, affiliated to the European M.A. Programme E.G.A.L.E.S.) • European and Romanian Politics • International Relations • European Studies

Doctoral Studies (PhDs) • Political Science Career Opportunities

• Government institutions – Foreign Affairs Ministry, Romanian Parliament, the Presidency, other ministries, the Romanian Diplomatic Institute, the European Institute • European institutions – European Commission, European Parliament, the Publications Office of the European Union • Embassies and international organizations – British Embassy Bucharest, Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie • Universities and research institutes – universities in Romania, Europe, Asia, USA, and Canada; Romanian and foreign research institutes • Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) – national and international • Political consultancy – national and international institutions, political parties • Mass media and communication – central and local mass media, communication departments of national and international companies

Number of Tenured Professors: 45 Number of Students: 1200 Number of Laboratories: 1 IT and languages laboratory, 4 research centres.

In hindsight I can argue with certainty that the Faculty of Political Science is the place to find out how politics and the society, as a whole, work. The faculty is internationally connected, offering us multiple opportunities of studying abroad.Doru Frănțescu (Director and co-founder at VoteWatch Europe, European affairs think-tank in Bruxelles)

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6.17. Faculty of Orthodox Theology

Address: 2 Sf. Ecaterina St., District 4, Bucharest, Romania, 040155 Telephone: +4021–335.61.17 Fax: +4021–335.41.83 E-mail: [email protected] Website: ftoub.ro

Following the Union of the Romanian Principalities to as part of its integration process in the European under Alexandru Ioan Cuza, there were several attempts Union. Consequently, all educational programmes by individual Church leaders and the Holy Synod of were brought together under the umbrella domain of the Romanian Orthodox Church to found a faculty of Orthodox Theology, with four specializations: Pastoral theology; they were successful in their efforts, and the Theology with Bachelor’s programmes of four years, grand opening of the Faculty of Theology took place Didactic Theology, Social Theology and Sacred Art, on November 12th 1881. The Faculty’s courses were with Bachelor’s programmes of three years, Master’s taught in the University building, and the teaching staff programmes of two years, and Doctoral school of comprised seven professors who were employed without three years. The protocol specified, under Article 4, pay and held lectures to approximately 50 students. that the number of students for the Pastoral Theology Because of financial difficulties, the Faculty was closed in specialization would be determined by the Romanian 1883, to be reopened on November 4th 1884. The Faculty Patriarchate, and for the double specialization, by the was officially acknowledged in the Law Regarding the Patriarchate in agreement with the Faculty. The new Faculty of Theology in Bucharest, published in the protocol also stipulated that: “The participation of Official Journal, no. 74, on Tuesday, July th15 1890. students in the liturgical program set by the Church for The political changes of 1948 entailed significant changes Faculties of Theology continues to be an indispensable to the legal status and the institutional structure of the component of theological training, and as such, is Faculty of Theology. On August th4 1948, the Faculty was m an d at or y.” reorganized into the Theological Institute which opened At the present time, the Faculty of Orthodox Theology its doors on January 30th 1949. It was headquartered in operates under the University of Bucharest and functions the building of the former Central Seminar, and later, under the supervision of the Romanian Orthodox starting with October 1949, in the building of the former Church and the Ministry of Education. Elementary School on 2 Sf. Ecaterina Street. His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Starting with the academic year of 1991−1992, the Orthodox Church, as Archbishop of Bucharest, is the Institute returned to its initial status as a Faculty of religious head of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology. The the University of Bucharest. In the academic year of leadership of the Faculty, as well as the teaching staff, act 2005−2006, the structure of Romanian higher education with the Patriarch’s blessing. in the field of theology was altered in line with the provisions of Bologna Charter, which Romania adhered

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Degrees

Bachelor’s Degree • Pastoral Orthodox Theology • Didactic Orthodox Theology • Social Assistance • Sacred Art

Master’s Degree • Sacred Art in the Contemporary World • Ecclesiastic communication and communion within the orthodox space • Christian culture and doctrine • Biblical exegesis and hermeneutics • Christian history and tradition • Pastoral and liturgical life • Religious studies and Christian education • Theology and the social mission of the Church

Doctoral Studies (PhDs) • Theology

Career Opportunities

• Representatives of the Orthodox Church, specializing in fields such as Pastoral Orthodox Theology, Didactic Orthodox Theology, Social Orthodox Theology and Sacred Art • Teaching assistants in higher education • Graduates of the Pastoral Orthodox Theology programme may be ordained as priests for parishes and chapels (in hospitals, asylums, military outfits, penitentiaries), or may choose to pursue research projects. • Graduates of the Didactic Orthodox Theology programme can become religion teachers in primary and secondary education. • Graduates of the Social Orthodox Theology programme can become social workers attached to parishes, presbyteries, dioceses, asylums, foundations, child protection centres under the patronage of the Church and selected associations. • Graduates of the Sacred Art programme can become church and religious art painters and restorers.

Number of Tenured Professors: 63 Number of Students: 1490

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Faculty of Roman Catholic 6.18. Theology

Address: 19 G-ral Berthelot St., District 1, Bucharest, Romania, 010164 Telephone / fax: +4021–314.86.10 E-mail: [email protected] Website: ftcub.ro

The Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology and Social Projects and Awards Work was founded in 1992, and became part of the University of Bucharest in 1995. It addresses itself to • In collaboration with the Council for Research in all those who seek to become familiar with theology Values and Philosophy (Washington, D.C.), the Church as a science in itself, or with its involvement in a faith- and People: Disjunctions in a Secular Age research inspired social work, regardless of denomination. The project was carried out, its findings being summed up Faculty trains specialists in communication and religious in the Faith and Secularization: A Romanian Narrative studies, teachers, researchers in the field of theology, and (Washington, 2014) volume; the project will continue social workers. with the organisation of international conferences on The study of theology represents a bridge between related themes. faith and science. The great variety of courses, treating • Organising, in collaboration with Tomas Aquinas interdisciplinary subjects among others, offers the International Society, the annual meetings of its students a better understanding of the Christian faith Romanian section and publishing its proceedings and of the role of the Church in nowadays world. The • Research on the phenomenon of abandoned children faculty specialisations lay stress on the social sciences, in Romania, a project that opened with case studies thus establishing a dialogue between theology and life. made with the participation of students of the faculty, The students deepen the Christian revelation, according which will continue with an international conference on to the teaching of the Catholic Church, in order to be the subject. ready to face the challenges of our contemporary society, • The presence of the faculty in the society at large, while offering their support to the local Church in its beyond the framework of the curriculum, through activity of spreading the Christian message. the organisation of courses of permanent formation (the course in Biblical Hebrew and the one in German theological terminology, in collaboration with the Faculty of Theology of Chur, Switzerland), of a series of conferences for the wide public, as well as of study trips

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Degrees

Bachelor’s Degree • Roman Catholic Theology and Social Work • Religious Studies

Master’s Degree • Church Social Work • Biblical and Ecclesiastic Communication

Doctoral Studies (PhDs) • Theology and Religious Studies Career Opportunities

• Priests • Social Workers • Researcher / Assistant researcher (according to the level of studies) in the field of social work or religious studies / theology • Counsellor (in the field of religious cults, employment placement, career guidance, addictions) • Social Welfare Inspector • Mediator • Social workers in parishes • Primary and secondary school teacher (after following additional courses for teaching certification)

Number of Tenured Professors: 16 Number of Students: 122

My name is Ciubotaru Cristina and I graduated the Faculty of Roman-Catholic Theology, Theology and Social Work specialization, class of 2007. I have heard about this faculty by chance from an academic who teaches here. I wanted to attend a Faculty of Social Work but I didn’t know what university to choose. Having clear answers to my doubts and overcoming my fears, I decided to prepare thoroughly for the entrance examination at the Faculty of Theology and Social Work and I succeeded. During my undergraduate studies I obtained useful information about the profession that I basically do now. Thanks to the fact that I got trained in different areas, from civil law and social welfare law in sociology, psychology, management and medicine, I have been able to do my job with professionalism. My theological training has a special role in the activities that I successfully carry out because it gives me the ability to see the human side of each beneficiary. I am thankful to all the academics from the Faculty of Roman-Catholic Theology and Social Work for all the knowledge I gained. (Cristina Ciubotaru, President of the Association of Protected Workshops)

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6.19. Faculty of Baptist Theology

Address: 29 Berzei St., District 1, Bucharest, Romania, 010521 Telephone: +4021–318.15.93 Fax: +4021–318.15.93 E-mail: [email protected] Website: ftb-unibuc.ro

The Faculty of Baptist Theology was founded in 1991, Projects and Awards and offers degrees in the specializations of Didactic Baptist Theology and Social Work Baptist Theology. • The Faculty of Baptist Theology started the Faith and The Faculty now also offers master’s programmes of two Culture Research Centre in cooperation with: Regent’s years, as well as a doctorate in theology. The Faculty of Park College, University of Oxford, TCMI Institute, Baptist Theology is part of the University of Bucharest USA and Fundatia Providenta in Romania. The centre and its purpose is to train young men and women in is involved in interdisciplinary research especially in the spirit of the Christian evangelical faith for work in the area of ethnography and ecclesiology and ethics and Churches, Church affiliated organizations, and a variety theology. of fields in contemporary society. • Every year, the faculty organizes in association with The faculty’s modern facilities are an indispensable part the Baptist Theological Institute of Bucharest one or of the teaching and research activities; the laboratory more academic colloquia, which are attended by both and library are equipped with advanced electronics, as Romanian and international invitees from countries well as laptops and video projectors. This means that such as England, Czech Republic, Austria, Holland, our educational curriculum can be more dynamic, and USA, Republic of Moldova, and others. Our scientific gives our institution greater credibility on the educational sessions have consistently grown each year, both in the services market. variety of subjects and in the number of participants. The Faculty of Baptist Theology actively supports students • The Faculty of Baptist Theology has partnership who are motivated to enter the field of academic research, with international universities and institutions from and it produces a significant number of theoretical and Great Britain, USA, Belgium, the Czech Republic, applied studies dealing with social and religious subjects. and the Republic of Moldova. The following are The main goal of the faculty is consistently to offer creative institutions with which the faculty is in cooperation contributions to the cultural, social and ethical, as well as TCMII of Indianapolis, USA, and TCMII of Vienna, spiritual consolidation of Romanian society as part of the Austria; Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford, European Union, promoting cultural diversity and the England; the Pedagogic Theology College of Chişinău, values of Christian civilization, particularly those of the Republic of Moldova, and the Providence Foundation, protestant, evangelical faith. Bucharest, Romania and the IBTS-C in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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Degrees

Bachelor’s Degree • Didactic Theology • Social Theology

Master’s Degree • Baptist Theology

Doctoral Studies (PhDs) • Baptist Theology Career Opportunities

• Priests • Social workers • Professors • Researchers • Public Administration • Mass-media • Public relations

Number of Tenured Professors: 7 Number of Students: 108 Number of Laboratories: 1

To me, studying at the Faculty of Baptist Theology meant taking a new direction in life. It meant having a new outlook on life and being aware of the needs of my fellow men – and doing something about it! It meant working with love and compassion for the greater good of society, and for the social, emotional and spiritual well-being of my peers. During my years studying at the faculty I learned methodologies, theories, and principles, and I saw my teachers as role-models worthy of admiration. However, facing the realities of life was an entirely different matter. Confronting the real needs of people, and facing the inability to solve everything, made me realize that it is only together that we can bring about true change. (Mihail Ciopasiu, CEO, Providence Foundation)

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7. Internationalization

One of the main objectives of the university is also risen. The University has programmes in foreign international academic cooperation. Its intense languages that are offered to 1 000 foreign students on international activity makes the University of a yearly basis. Bucharest increasingly well-known in Europe and The University is also a member of several European worldwide. and international academic organizations: the The University has 49 bilateral agreements for joint European Universities Association (EUA), Agence supervision of PhD studies and a strong cooperation Universitaire pour la Francophonie (AUF), the within the Erasmus community project, having Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe established 342 partnerships with foreign universities. (UNICA), and the Black Sea University Network The number of Erasmus students who come to study at (BSUN). The University has established partnerships UB is close to 100 per year, and many choose to remain with other governmental or non-governmental also for the second semester, because they find the organizations such as DAAD, USIA, the Humboldt learning environment advantageous. The number of Foundations, Volkswagen, Fulbright, Nippon and students coming from African and Asian countries has Onassis Foundation.

7.1. Bilateral Inter-University Agreements

53 Countries on 6 Continents

6% (3) 9,5% (5) 9,5% (5) 25% (13)

48% (25) 2% (2)

Foreign Students (2005−2015) Bachelor students – 8 254 Master students − 911 PhD students – 856

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7.2. Rankings and Awards

The university education market has become a global • 2015 – QS World University Rankings placed the market: students are travelling without borders, universities University of Bucharest among the top 700 universities from all the countries of the world attract students from in the world and in the first position among Romanian all the meridians through attractive offers, the number universities. The institution also appeared in the group of international students has increased to two million 101–150 in the section dedicated to Foreign Languages, and worldwide and it will increase further, thus the competition in group 301–400 dedicated to the Exact Sciences. for human capital has become stronger. The University • 2015 – Important international rankings evaluate the of Bucharest has a notable initiative, that of attempting University of Bucharest among the first 600 world-rank to accede to the elite international universities through a universities: US news – Best Global Universities and visible presence in world rankings. It is a feasible objective University Ranking by Academic Performance (place 588), which involves efforts from all staff and students, but that is while The Center for World University Rankings places the commensurate with the size, quality and the aspirations of University on position 237 in what concerns educational the university. management, one of the main selection factors. • 2011 – The University of Bucharest was declared the first • 2017 – The University of Bucharest appears in all the Advanced Research and Education university in Romania, rankings made by Quacquarelli Symonds on the first place, according to the classification of the Ministry of Education, at national level, with the best two fundamental areas: Research, Youth and Sports, completed in collaboration with Natural Sciences, namely Social Sciences and Management, experts from The European University Association (EUA). while at the international level, the University of Bucharest • 2012 − After a long, difficult and very tough competition, Bucharest is distinguished through the linguistics field, the innovative project for South-East and the establishment ranking 151–200. of Francophone Regional Centre of Advanced Studies • 2018 – QS-University Ranking by Subject 2018 places the in Social Sciences brought the University of Bucharest University of Bucharest as the first university in Romania an award of excellence from the Institut de France, the in Physics and Chemistry. Moreover, the University of Louis D. Grand Prix of the French Academy. Thanks Bucharest is the only university in Romania that appears to the involvement of numerous academic entities and in the top QS – Employability with a position in the group the importance of this project for the development of 301–500, proving its reputation among employers. Francophonie, the University of Bucharest will become a centre of excellence in research for the francophone researchers in Central and South Eastern Europe.

7.3. Messages from Personalities who received the Title of Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Bucharest

Thomas Nagel Hermenegildo Garcia Professor of Philosophy at New York University, U.S.A. Professor at the Technical University of Valencia – Spain It is a great honour and pleasure to be here and to receive the recognition I feel very honoured and proud to receive this nomination from the of a University whose dedication and excellence in philosophy is so well University of Bucharest. This moment will certainly be one of the known. A wonderful ceremony and an honour I will cherish. proudest and satisfying of my entire life. This award will serve, even more, to reinforce the links between our group and the University of José Manuel Durão Barroso Bucharest and I will commit to increase visibility of recognition of this President of the European Commission prestigious institution with you. Thank you very much and my best wishes to the future of the University of Bucharest! First of all, I want to say what an honour it is to receive the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Bucharest. I am very honoured, and it is a pleasure to share this moment.

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Jean Delumeau in the past, brought its contribution to the forging of Romania and Member of Institut de France and Professor at Collège de France its development. An academic community which today has placed the University of Bucharest on important positions in international Je tiens à exprimer ici ma très vive gratitude à l’Université de Bucarest et university rankings. The chance to be here, on the anniversary of 150 à mes collègues de cette université. Les Roumains ont été, hors de France, years since its establishment, gives me the opportunity to send my les premiers et les plus fidèles lecteurs de mes livres. J’espère contribuer homage to the teachers in the past and those in the present, to emphasize encore à l’avenir ou resserrement des livres entre nos deux pays. once more the special bonds between The National Bank of Romania and The University of Bucharest. Vivat, crescat, floreat! Pat Roger The Distinguished University Professor and DeBartolo Chair in the Liberal Arts, University of South Florida Bernard Cerquiglini It is a tremendous honour to be invited to this distinguished Rector of Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie university and to become a member, however insignificant, of your C’est un grand honneur, c’est une grande joie. Ma gratitude est à la community. I am deeply grateful and will always seek to preserve and hauteur de mon émotion. Merci, je suis fier. extend the reputation of the University throughout the world. Theophilos iii Amos Oz Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and all Palestine and Israel Professor of literature at Ben-Gurion University in Be’er Sheva We are grateful to the University of Bucharest for hosting us and To my dear friends at the University of Bucharest – Thank you for honouring us members of the University community in Bucharest. We warming my heart. From now on, I will regard myself as one of the pray the Almighty God to give strength and enlighten the minds of this family. Shalom! Academia in order to serve and lead Our Common humanity in the path of truth and freedom. Cédric Villani Professor at Université de Lyon Andrew Hamilton C’est pour moi un immense honneur de recevoir ce Diplôme Honoris Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford Causa de l’Université de Bucarest, cadre magnifique s’il en est, appelé à Thank you for this very great honour. I am delighted that the links un grand avenir – Vive la France, vive la Roumanie, vive l’amitié franco- between Oxford and the University of Bucharest grow stronger every day. roumaine et vive la mathématique – A Bucarest, le 28 août 2012. I will look forward to watching our friendship strengthen over the coming years. Neagu Djuvara Historian, diplomat, philosopher, journalist and Romanian novelist Grzegorz Rozenberg It is extremely emotional for the old man Djuvara, at the age of 96, Professor of Computer Science at Leiden University to receive such an exceptional distinction. I wholeheartedly thank the I feel very honoured and humbled by receiving this honorary doctorate. It esteemed university forum for granting me this latter appreciation. is very special to me because of the intense contacts, collaborations I had (and still have) with Romanian scientists during almost 50 years. Most of Anders Fogh Rasmunssen them were alumni of this University. My acceptance speech today was a Secretary General, NATO second talk I gave at the University of Bucharest – the first one was given in 1968! I am sure that my collaboration with the University of Bucharest I am honoured to be back at the University of Bucharest and receive your will continue for many years to come. highest award. I will cherish this as a symbol of free thinking excellence which this institution stands for. Adam Ledgeway Professor of linguistics at the University of Cambridge Mugur Isărescu Governor of the National Bank of Romania It it a great pleasure for me to accept this title which is not solely a personal honour, but also an honour for the University of Cambridge, and now I’m I thank the University of Bucharest for the high academic distinction very happy to be part of the community of the University of Bucharest. granted, and for the honour of being a part, starting today, of an exceptional academic community. An academic community which,

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Microsoft, ECDL, entry-level computer operation 8.1. Scholarships courses, and the continuing education programme for training teachers at pre-university level (Information For outstanding professional and scientific and Communication Technology Module, since 2004). achievements students may be granted the following: The CREDIS publishing house, as part of the • Scholarship for scientific achievements (Master studies); Department, is focused on publishing course material • Scholarship for scientific activity packages in both printed and digital formats for • Achievement scholarship students in distance and low attendance education. • Merit scholarship Since its establishment in 1999, it has published more • Study scholarship than 250 titles: university text books, academic works, • Scholarship for students residing in rural areas monographs, and anthologies of lectures from a • Scholarship for students belonging to poor families number of national and international conferences and • Scholarship for cultural and artistic activities scientific sessions. • Scholarship for activities in campus

Likewise, the faculties of the University of Bucharest grant students scholarships for extracurricular 8.3. Getting activities. International 8.2. The International Relations Department Department for The International Relations Department consists of two offices which manage the relations between the Long Distance University of Bucharest and the international scientific community, external academic partners, and foreign and Part-Time students:

Education Erasmus+ Office Address: 36–46, Mihail Kogălniceanu Blvd., C Telephone: +4021−307.73.23 Block, 1st floor, Bucharest, Romania, 050107 E-mail: [email protected] Telephone: +4021−315.80.95; +4021−311.09.37 Fax: +4021−315.80.96 The Erasmus+ Office is a division of the International E-mail: [email protected] Relations Department of the University of Bucharest for Website: credis.ro the implementation and coordination of programmes funded by the European Commission in the field The Department organizes and supervises the of education and training within the “Erasmus+ distance learning and low attendance programmes Programme 2014−2020”. offered by the University of Bucharest. At the present time, under the direct monitoring and supervision of the Department, operates Pedagogy External Relations Office of primary and pre-primary education study programme (Bachelor’s programme) and Educational Telephone: +4021−307.73.21, +4021−307.73.22 management, School Counselling and Information E-mail: [email protected] and Communication Technology in Education (Master’s programmes), accredited by ARACIS for The External Relations Office participates in low attendance study. coordinating the intense internationalization Since the beginning of its activity, the Department has supported and promoted by the University of also held continuing education programmes: CISCO, Bucharest. One of the most important solutions

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in this regard is the management of academic and research exchanges with foreign universities. 8.5. Staying In this context the main responsibilities include: advising and monitoring foreign students, foreign Informed lecturers who teach at the University of Bucharest and Romanian students and teachers studying or conducting activities abroad. Department of Communication, Public 8.4. Students Relations and Marketing Telephone: + 4021−307.73.26, +4021−307.73.25, Guidance and +4021–305.82.27 E-mail: [email protected] Counselling Website: en.unibuc.ro Facebook: facebook.com/Universitatea.din.Bucuresti Department for Career Guidance and Counselling The Department of Communication, Public Relations and Marketing of the University of Telephone: +4021−315.80.93 Bucharest manages the flow of information Fax: +4021−317.05.27 between the University and the general public, E-mail: [email protected] communicates the goals, values and needs Website: ciocp.ro of the University of Bucharest and takes into Facebook: facebook.com/ consideration the audience’s feedback. DepartamentulServiciiPentruStudenti The Department of Communication, Public Relations and Marketing helps primarily to The Department for Counselling and Career Guidance maintain the reputation of the University of was designed to assist Romanian and foreign students, Bucharest through effective communication and it currently comprises two offices: strategies. The dimensions of communication developed by the department are internal communication, external communication (media The Center for relations and online communications) and Information, Vocational branding (event management, identity management Guidance and Professional components).

Counselling focuses on career guidance and personal development of students, graduates and future students of the University of Bucharest and the provided services include psychological counselling and evaluation, trainings and workshops.

The Office of Labour Market Relations runs programmes of interest for students in relation with private companies and labour market; organizes career events, trainings, workshops, events were students can meet specialists in various domains; gives assistance in finding professional opportunities (internships, voluntary work, part time jobs, project based jobs) and alternative accommodation; develops social integration programmes for students; represents the university in educational and career fairs.

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9. Sports Facilities

Students of the University of Bucharest can practice the Education Law, chapter II, article 1, which stipulated: physical education within the Department of Physical “Physical education represents an obligation for the Education and Sports. youth and will be taught in every public and private The first modest attempts to organize sports events school and in special organizations.” occurred between 1875−1905 on the occasion of The Department of Physical Education was established foundation of “Student Societies” in faculties. The in 1950, with the Council of Ministers’ Decision for the first step of organization of sports activities among stimulation and continuous development of physical students in the University takes place in 1904 through culture and sport. the establishment of “The General Association of the After 1951 there is an increase in the number of students University Students”, association which represented the who practice different sports. The number of representative first nucleus in the organization of university sports. teams by sport is growing and there is also an increase of the In 1916, an enthusiastic group of students and teachers number of sport competitions between faculties or years of led by the Rector of University of Bucharest, a well- study. Since 1951, lessons of basketball, handball, football, known mathematician, Traian Lalescu, formed the volleyball, fencing, shooting are organized in every faculty. students sports movement in Bucharest. The new club If in 1951 218 students were participating in competitive was named “Sporting Club Universitar Studențesc”, and activities, in 1970 the number grew to 4065 participants, by the ’50s it changes its name into “Știința București”. and in the academic year 2014−2015 a number of 4600 The importance and value of physical education was students were involved in physical education courses. recognized and generalised by its inclusion in 1929 in

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The Mission of Sports Disciplines

the Department Improving the educational offer is a constant concern of the Department of Physical Education and Sport. The Department of Physical Education and Sports aims at The strategy of approaching the teaching of physical creating skills specific to the physical education and sport education must start from the guidelines inserted in sports domain, and also at creating transversal competences, programmes, which provide different approaches of the directed towards the harmonious development of the didactic process. future specialists’ personality and the creation of a lifestyle The feedback from the direct beneficiaries of the adapted to the current socio-economic requirements. training process represents the starting point in the The Department of Physical Education and Sports development and the continued restructuring of the addresses its courses to students enrolled in all faculties curriculum. Thus, besides the disciplines already of the University of Bucharest. consecrated, new ones have been introduced in the Permanent education through movement is part of the programme at the demand of the students from the Department’s priorities and it aims at raising awareness University of Bucharest: mountaineering, athletics, self- of the health benefits of practicing a sport either for defence, badminton, basketball, fitness, bodybuilding, maintenance, relaxation or therapeutic purpose. dance, folk dance, football, judo, handball, karate, The training process is developed gradually, from aerobics, medical gymnastics, swimming, chess, tae-bo, “introductory” courses in the respective field, whose tennis, table tennis, volleyball. purpose is to stimulate interest and create the habit of practicing systematic physical exercise for quick integration in social life, to disciplines practiced at performance level in the representative teams of the University.

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10. Libraries

“CAROL I” Central University “I.C. Petrescu” Pedagogical Section within the central Library building offers to school-level teaching staff specific documents for exam training, necessary in obtaining the different and final didactic degrees. Address: 1 Boteanu St., District 1, Bucharest, 010027 “CAROL I“ Central University Library has as its Telephone: +4021−312.01.08, +4021−313.16.05, main mission the support of the academic learning +4021−313.16.06 E-mail: [email protected] process and research, but it also organizes, on a yearly Website: bcub.ro basis, events having a special cultural meaning such as “Night of Museums” (part of the European Nights), The “CAROL I” Central University Library is a and as “Strada de C’Arte” (The Book and Arts Street) structure integrated in the academic education system Festival. During these events people participate to which, through its encyclopaedic collections (both public debates on education and civic themes, book on traditional and electronic support), provides an launches, exhibitions, jazz and classical music concerts. important documentary and information basis for Through internet services, the “CAROL I” Central the Romanian academic community. The library University Library network is integrated in the information resources sum up over 2,5 million world information system. Access to open sources volumes in different areas: literature, psychology, and academic databases maintains the high level of philosophy, law, history, geography, management, scientific knowledge, offering users a remarkable economics, mathematics etc. output for research and studies. The research process is sustained by the 16 branches, through their specialized collections at the level of The University of Bucharest has also a virtual library each faculty, online access to databases, national and which is made up of reference sites from the internet. international interlibrary service, printing, copying, Furthermore, the site of the University, Unibuc media documents. Both the Central Unit as well as the Classica, hosts seminal works by several professors of branches supply free access to e-books, bibliographical the institution. references, bibliometrics, and to 20 scientific databases covering about 65000 periodicals.

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The Publishing House of the University of Bucharest was founded in 1994. It publishes over 250 titles annually 1. The Publishing House of the University of Bucharest with an average circulation of over 25 000 samples per year. The Publishing House of the University of Bucharest Address: 90−92 Panduri St., District 5, Bucharest, Romania publishes treaties, monographs, collections of studies, Telephone/Fax: +4021−410.23.84 scientific papers used in the teaching process − both E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] for Romanian students and foreigners − specialized Website: editura.unibuc.ro dictionaries, national and international scientific periodicals related to the study programmes offered by the University of Bucharest. The Publishing House of the University of Bucharest is Bookstore authorized by the National Research Council. Address: 4−12 Regina Elisabeta Blvd., District 1, Bucharest (the hall of the Faculty of History) Telephone: +4021−305.37.03

Ars Docendi is a publishing house of academic and cultural profile within the University of Bucharest and 2. Ars Docendi Publishing House it has functional autonomy and distinct statute. Ars Address: 94 Panduri St., District 5, Bucharest, Romania Docendi press has been acknowledged by the National Telephone / Fax: +4021−410.25.75 Council for Scientific Research in Higher Education and E-mail: [email protected], is a member of the Romanian Association of Publishers. [email protected] Since 1998, Ars Docendi press has published over Website: arsdocendi.ro 800 books, periodicals, as well as multiple materials concerning various national and international events. The books proposed by the publishing house are addressed to a wide audience, covering many domains: socio-human sciences, exact sciences, literature, monographs and albums. Among the authors who sign books published by Ars Docendi we can mention various personalities from the University of Bucharest and from other higher education institutions in Romania, and professionals from the Romanian Academy, Romanian Peasant Museum, École Nationale Superieure de Chimie (Montpellier, France), Université Marseille (France), Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique (France). Ars Docendi is appreciated by the institutions with which it has collaborated: the Romanian Presidency, the National Commission for UNESCO, “Save the Children” Organization, “Caţavencu” Press Monitoring Agency the Socrates National Agency, the France Embassy in Romania, the Italian Institute in Bucharest, the National Theatre of Bucharest, the Notara Theatre of Bucharest etc.

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The Contemporary Literature Press functions under 3. Contemporary Literature Press the auspices of the following forums: the University of Bucharest, the British Council, the Romanian Address: 7−13 Pitar Moş St., CLP office, ground floor, Cultural Institute and the Embassy of Ireland. The District 1, Bucharest, Romania publishing house specializes in “learning English Telephone/Fax: (+4)021−250.14.43 through literature”: it publishes books of specialized E-mail: [email protected] research (Finnegans Wake lexicons), Romanian Website: editura.mttlc.ro literature translated into English (parallel texts), English literature translated into Romanian (parallel texts), books for learning English, linguistic and literary research books and dictionaries.

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12. Tourist Attractions 12.1. The Museum of the University of Bucharest

Address: 36–46 M. Kogălniceanu Blvd., District 5, Bucharest

The Museum of the University of Bucharest The facsimiles of documents issued by Phanariote was founded on 29th July 1967; its collection princes, such as Grigore Ghica or Constantin comprises documents and valuable objects, Mavrocordat, are of particular interest: these with great significance for the history of the documents reference important moments in prestigious Bucharest educational institution. These the history of the Royal Academy in Bucharest. testimonies describe a narrative that goes back in Furthermore, facsimiles of some courses by illustrious time to the establishment of the Royal Academy Academy professors (Neofit Duca, D. Notara) can in Bucharest by Prince Constantin Brâncoveanu, be found on display. Some of the textbooks (on institution that became an important educational grammar, arithmetic, geometry, trigonometry) written and cultural centre for Eastern Europe. Having been by Gheorghe Lazăr and Alexandru Orăscu for the closed for renovation and modernisation for a year, students’ benefit come from St. Sava Academy’s library. the museum was reopened to the public on 16th July 2015, on the 151st anniversary of the founding of The founding event is set apart by Alexandru Ioan the University of Bucharest. Cuza’s decrees on the founding of the University of Bucharest, the confirmation of the University’s first The University’s Museum holds over 2000 original chancellor (Gheorghe Costaforu), of the deans of the and facsimile pieces in its collection, from the Faculty of Legal and Political Sciences (Constantin University’s own collection, as well as from private Bosianu), the Faculty of Sciences (Alexandru Orăscu) donations from its academic personnel and their and the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy (August descendants. The typology of these exhibits is diverse: Treboniu Laurian). Moreover, a reference point is the documents, manuscripts, rare books, university cornerstone of the University’s old building, placed on courses, lithographies, photographs, blueprints, the foundation date of the edifice, 10th October 1857. medals, booklets, insignia, flags, paintings, sculptures, The University of Bucharest was brilliantly represented inscriptions and furniture. in the interwar period by its academic personnel and its

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students, and the Museum hosts the Doctor Honoris Causa same time, the Doctor Honoris Causa diploma awarded diplomas of the Universities of Oxford and Paris received to Nicolae Ceaușescu in 1973 is also on display. by N. Iorga, the PhD diplomas earned at prestigious foreign universities by Al. Orăscu, Spiru Haret, Nicolae The last part of the exhibit portrays the way the Măldărescu, as well as other titles and distinctions. University has changed from 1989 to the present day, following its institutional development, international Academic activity during the communist era can be visibility and the evolution of student life. construed via a series of novel photographs, diplomas or transcripts of records. For the Centennial, a series of prestigious higher education institutions from Museum Visiting Hours: around the world (Cambridge, Oxford, Paris etc) sent Monday – Thursday: 08.00 –14.00 congratulatory messages, diplomas and booklets to the Friday: 08.00–12.00 University; these are exhibited in the museum. At the

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12.2. The “Dimitrie Brândză” Botanical Garden

Address: 32 Cotroceni St., District 6, Bucharest Telephone: +4021–410.91.39

The Botanical Garden in Bucharest was founded in 1860, during the reign of Alexandru Ioan Cuza, at the initiative of physician Carol Davila. If in the beginning it was coordinated by the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, since 1874 the Botanical Garden belongs to the University of Bucharest. Professor Dimitrie Brândză had a great contribution in establishing and developing the botanical garden on the current place, in Cotroceni area, on the right side of the Dâmboviţa River. Nowadays, the Botanical Garden “D. Brândză” is managing plants collections (living and preserved), which are well identified and used for the purpose of training students, for scientific research, for phyto-diversity conservation and for the purpose of environmental education and public information. Spreading over an area of 18.2 ha, the Botanical Garden “D. Brândză” is currently organised in specific outdoors sections (e.g. Decorative, Rare plants, Flora of Dobrogea, Rosarium, Iridarium, Taxonomic, Flora of Asia) and indoors sections (Greenhouses, Herbarium, Museum, Library, Centre of Ecological Education). In the last years, new sections were developed to better Visiting hours: suit its objectives: Grandma Garden – a traditional country garden, Children’s Garden, Books’ Garden. Garden The living collection of the Botanical Garden “D. opened daily Brândză” counts over 2,600 taxa, while the General 8.00–20.00 (16 March–15 October) Herbarium shelters over 300,000 specimens. There 9.00–17.00 (16 October–15 March) are also diverse and interesting collections in Greenhouses the Botanic Museum: more than 1,500 aquarelle opened representing wild and cultivated plants in Romania, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 10:00–15:00 vegetable products and objects made from plants, Saturday, Sunday, 09:00–13:00 some historical exhibits, and a few dioramas. Botanical Garden “D. Brândză” develops many Botanical Museum programmes collaborating with volunteers, and opened Tuesday – Friday one of these programmes was awarded in 2011 with 10.00–15.00 the “Green Areas Award” for the project Grandma opened Saturday – Sunday Garden. Another programme on Spring Cleaning was 9.00–13.00 awarded in 2013 with the “Civil Society Award”.

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12.3. Hațeg Country Global UNESCO Geopark

Address: 9A Libertății St., Hațeg, Hunedoara County Telephone: +4025–477.78.53 Email: [email protected] Website: hateggeoparc.ro

Hațeg Country area has one of the most beautiful For researchers, teachers and students of the University countrysides in Romania, with superb rural of Bucharest, creating the Geopark is an exercise of landscapes, so diverse that it has often been referred sustainable approach, it takes time, a lot of skills and to as little Transylvania. The region has rich geological opportunities to learn, discover and share. Behind the heritage and spectacular internationally important success story of a UNESCO Global Geopark are people sites that contain fossils of dwarf dinosaurs, unique animated by this state of mind. in the world. Local communities are the guardians of important traditions enriched with elements from the foreign cultures that have interacted with and left their mark on the local community throughout the ages. For Romania, the global geopark concept has opened a new era in approaching natural and cultural heritage conservation in the context of local development. Hațeg Country Global UNESCO Geopark was created as a grass roots project by a consortium of universities, local administrations, local and national institutions coordinated by University of Bucharest. It aims to protect the local heritage, to reinforce the potential for the development of the region and to strengthen the local identity. Hateg Geopark has created the framework, motivation and support to integrate research, education and training. The Geopark provides the setting for the development of a less conventional tourist destination, with focus on the promotion of geo and bio-diversity and cultural heritage. For this reason, the efforts concentrate on designing thematic tourist routes, visiting and interpretation spots subsumed under the slogan Walk through the ages. The purpose is to give visitors the opportunity to discover the Hațeg Land, beginning with the time when the landforms took shape under the Tethys Sea waters, advancing through the age of dinosaurs, of the Dacians, Romans, the knights, getting to know the traditions and culture specific for this area to this day. Therefore, the management team has chosen the variant of fitting out several visiting points and not a classic museum collecting everything under one roof, in order to give visitors the opportunity to spend as much time as possible in Hațeg Country.

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