International Staff Training University of Pisa, Italy June 19th-23rd, 2017 Roxana-Iuliana POPESCU Cristina CÎRTIȚĂ-BUZOIANU Silvia LEONTE Vice-rector for Ethics and University Image International Relations Officers BACAU COUNTY BACĂU • is the main city in Bacău County, Romania. • It has a population of 172,697, which makes it the 15th largest city in Romania. •The city is situated in the historical region of Moldavia, at the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains BACAU Brief history of our university • the Pedagogical Institute of Bacau was founded in 1961; • in 1990 the former Institute became the University of Bacau; • in October 2009, the University of Bacau took the name of a famous 19th century Romanian poet, Vasile Alecsandri; FACTS AND FIGURES 5 faculties about 5000 students University staff 31 Bachelor programs • 230 full-time academic 26 Master programs staff 2 PhD programs •124 administrative personnel ”VASILE ALECSANDRI” UNIVERSITY OF BACĂU ROMANIA FACULTY OF ENGINEERING FACULTY OF LETTERS FACULTY OF ECONOMIC SCIENCES FACULTY OF MOVEMENT, SPORTS AND HEALTH SCIENCES www.ub.ro FACULTY OF SCIENCES DEPARTMENT FOR TEACHER TRAINING Bachelor’s Degree Programmes Faculty Domain Specialization Machine Building Technology Quality Management and Industrial Engineering Engineering Industrial Design Food Product Engineering Food Product Engineering Mechatronics and Robotics Mechatronics Economic Engineering in the Field of Mechanics Engineering and Engineering Management Economic Engineering in the Field (4 years of of Electricity, Electronics and study) Power Engineering Computer and Information Information Technology Technology Power Engineering Industrial Power Engineering Equipment for Industrial Mechanical Engineering Processes Environmental Engineering and Environmental Engineering Protection in Industry Chemical Engineering Biochemical Engineering Master’s Degree Programmes Strategies for Quality Assurance in Industry Industrial Engineering Management of Industrial Product Manufacturing Ecological Food Science and Food Product Engineering Engineering Mechatronics and Robotics Advanced Mechatronics Engineering and Management of the Industrial Management Production and Services Systems Computer Science and Applied Information Technology Information Technology in Industry Engineering Modern Equipment and (2 years of Power Engineering Technologies in Power study) Engineering Management and Optimization of Mechanical Engineering Equipment for Industrial Processes Management of Environmental Protection in Industry Environmental Engineering Environmental Quality Control and Monitoring Chemistry of Bioactive Molecules- Production, Valorisation, Quality, Chemical Engineering Assurance and Control (in French) Romanian Language and Literature – English Language and Literature Language and Foreign Language and Literature Literature – Foreign Language and Literature Faculty of (English / French) Letters (3 years of French Language and study) Literature – Romanian Language and Literature Applied Modern Translation and Languages Interpreting Communication Communication and Sciences Public Relations Master’s Degree Programmes Romanian Culture and Literature English Language. Philology Communication Practices (in English) Faculty of Letters (2 years of French Language. study) Communication Practices (in French) Communication in the Communication Public Space Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Programmes Mathematics Mathematics Informatics (full-time Informatics and part-time Faculty of attendance courses) Sciences (3 years of study) Biology Biology Ecology and Environmental Environmental Sciences Protection Pedagogy of Preschool Education Sciences and Primary Education Master’s Degree Programmes Mathematics Didactic Mathematics Applied Informatics in Informatics Sciences and Technology Faculty of Sciences Medical Biology (2 years of study) Valorisation of Biological Biology Resources and Environmental Protection Innovative Strategies in Education Sciences Education Accounting and Management Information Systems Accounting (full-time and part- Faculty of time attendance Economic courses) Sciences Marketing (full-time (3 years of Marketing study) and distance courses) Business Business Administration Administration Master’s Degree Programmes Accounting, Auditing Accounting and Management Information Systems Faculty of Economic Sciences Marketing and (2 years of Marketing Business study) Communication Small and Medium Business Enterprise Administration Management and Administration Physical and Sports Education (full-time and part-time attendance courses) Physical Education Faculty of and Sport Movement, Sports and Sport and Motor Health Performance Sciences (3 years of study) Physical Therapyand Special Motor Activity Physical Therapy (full-time and part-time attendance courses) Psychology Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Programme Curricular and Recreational Motor Activities Faculty of Movement, Sports and Sports and Physical Education Sports Performance Health Sciences Sciences (2 years of study) Physical Therapy and Functional Education in Re-education STUDENT FACILITIES University library 4 halls of residence A new and modern student canteen with Sports facilities 400 seats LIVE STUDENT’S RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCAST http://www.radio.unsr.ro/ Academic TV INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION • The International Relations Office was founded in 1997, as an expression of the international opening of our University; • Throughout the years, our international collaborations have been continuously extended and diversified. • Agreements and protocols with universities and research institutions worldwide ( 110 agreements and protocols with institutions from 31 countries); • Erasmus + Programme - academic year 2016-2017: 21 countries, 94 universities, 120 bilateral agreements. • Our University was involved in the European programmes since their launch in Romania in 1997 (Tempus, Socrates I and II, Lifelong Learning Programme, Erasmus + etc.). Survey of ERASMUS mobilities Academic Outgoing Outgoing Incoming Incoming year students professors students professors 1999-2000 7 - - - 2000-2001 29 10 - - 2001-2002 19 4 - - 2002-2003 35 19 4 - 2003-2004 41 17 6 3 2004-2005 36 23 12 7 2005-2006 36 29 5 6 2006-2007 42 33 3 14 2007-2008 42 35 7 12 2008-2009 53 31 22 12 2009-2010 52 36 11 18 2010-2011 66 46 8 20 2011-2012 66 50 16 8 2012-2013 68 51 11 20 2013-2014 71 57 18 22 2014-2015 88 64 15 8 2015-2016 93 65 17 15 100 90 80 70 60 outgoing students 50 outgoing professors 40 incoming students 30 incoming professors 20 10 0 2004-2005 2006-2007 2008-2009 2010-2011 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2005-2006 2007-2008 2009-2010 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015 2015-2016 Mobilities with programme countries 25 20 15 10 Partners 5 0 Italy Spain Turkey France Poland Greece Croatia Finland Holland Bulgaria Belgium Slovakia Portugal Slovenia Germany Denmark Czech RepublicCzech United KingdomUnited Rep. MacedoniaRep. SOME OF OUR ONGOING INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS • BLISS Project – “Bacau and Lugano – Teaching Informatics for a Sustainable Society” , with Universita dell Svizzera italiana of Lugano, Switzerland; • Intelligent Energy Europe . Towards 100% RES rural communities (100% RES Communities), with Le CLER – Réseau pour la transition énergétique, France; . DG Justice, Freedom and Security, European Commission • Reviewing social auditing practices to combat exploitative brokering in Southern Europe (ReSAurSe), with University of Coimbra, Portugal. 2014: ERASMUS INTENSIVE PROGRAMMES (MOBILITIES FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS with partner universities ) . TEI of Western Greece of Patras, Greece; . Innovative Training in Forest Biomass for Sustainable Rural Development (IT Forest) - University of Castellon, Spain; . Community Based Mental Health - HAN University, Nijmegen, Holland; . Active Ageing- Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Holland. GRUNDTVIG PROJECTS • Plurilingualism – Language Autobiographies (PLURI-LA) • Be European Parliament Part (Be-Epart) . STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP • IN2RURAL, University Jaume, Spain Awards for International Exchanges and Projects (2013, 2016) . Co-tutoring of PhD Students in Environmental Engineering, Industrial Engineering from “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacau with: . Politecnico di Torino, Italy . University of Orleans, France . University of Poitiers, France . University of Cadiz, Spain . State University of Moldova, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova FRANCOPHONE COLLABORATIONS • Since 2004 our University has been an associate member of AUF (Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie); • Starting with the academic year 2007-2008, our University hosts doctoral and post-doctoral students through the “Eugen Ionescu” Scholarship Programme from countries such as: Algeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal, Cameroon, Morocco, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Mauritania. Thank you for your attention! 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