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27-878: The university is a member of the European Association for International Education (EAIE), the European University Association (EUA), the EUA Council for Doctoral Education, the CESAER (Council of Universities of Science and Technology in Europe), and the Romanian Alliance of Technical Universities (ARUT). Politehnica University of Bucharest is the largest technical university in Romania. Its traditions are connected to

54-648: A new commission was set up. Its main role was to issue equivalency certificates for the engineering diplomas obtained abroad, thus transforming this national school into a model for evaluating higher technical studies. Nicolae Vasilescu-Karpen was appointed director of the School in February 1920. As a direct result of his endeavors, the government approved the establishment of Polytechnic Schools in Romania, conceived as higher education institutions, similar to universities, having as their final aim engineering training under

81-987: A number of commonalities: all the faculties provide only engineering degrees, there is a largely common curricula that is observed in the first year of studies, there are shared teaching facilities and shared student facilities. Teaching is conducted in Romanian and at the Faculty of Engineering in Foreign Languages teaching is conducted in one of the languages: English, French, and German. Currently there are fifteen faculties. : The university organizes important conferences such as International Conference on Control Systems and Computer Science and symposiums like Interdisciplinary Approaches in Fractal Analysis. European Association for International Education Too Many Requests If you report this error to

108-470: A while (in the 1950s and early 1960s), it was called the "C. I. Parhon University", after Constantin Ion Parhon . Most of the building is still intact, however during the bombardments of Bucharest in 1944 , the central corpus of the building was heavily damaged and demolished due to Luftwaffe bombs, and was only re-constructed in 1969–1971. Other sections were also completed by 1980. The area around

135-446: Is an accredited Cisco Academy, has Microsoft curriculum, and is accredited by Red Hat for its academic programme. The University of Bucharest has a number of buildings throughout Bucharest, so in that respect it does not have a single campus. Its two main buildings are: Other faculties have their own buildings and research facilities, scattered throughout the city, such as: The university prints an annual guide for freshmen. In

162-696: Is classified as an advanced research and education university by the Ministry of Education . The University of Bucharest was founded by the Decree no. 765 of 4 July 1864 by Alexandru Ioan Cuza and is a leading academic centre and a significant point of reference in society. The University of Bucharest is rich in history and has been actively contributing to the development and modernization of Romanian education, science, and culture since 1694. In 1694 Constantin Brâncoveanu , ruler of Wallachia , had founded

189-730: The Academic School for Philosophy and Mathematical Sciences of the Saint Sava Princely Academy . In 1832 the school was reorganized, including four cycles, in accordance with the provisions of Organic Regulation . Among other faculties, the one dealing with exact sciences included courses such as applied trigonometry , geodesy , mineralogy , engineering graphics , descriptive geometry , mechanical elements applied to ordinary machines, principles of building roads and bridges, elements of architecture, etc. The graduates were obliged either to work for three years for

216-797: The Princely Academy in Bucharest with lectures delivered in Greek. In 1776, Alexander Ypsilantis , ruler of Wallachia, reformed the curriculum of the Princely Academy, where courses of French, Italian, and Latin were now taught. After 1821, the Princely Academy was continued by the Saint Sava College . In 1857, Carol Davila and Nicolae Crețulescu created the National School of Medicine and Pharmacy . In 1859,

243-643: The 2012 QS World University Rankings , the University of Bucharest was included in the Top 601-701 universities of the world, together with three other Romanian universities, including Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca , and Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in Iași . The University of Bucharest has been awarded the 2000 National Academic Excellence Diploma, and the 2004 National Academic Excellence Medal. All of

270-651: The Faculty of Law was created. In 1857, the foundation stone of the University Palace in Bucharest was laid. On 4/16 July 1864, Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza established the University of Bucharest, bringing together the Faculties of Law, Sciences and Letters as one single body. In 1869, the Faculty of Medicine is created through the transformation of the National School of Medicine and Pharmacy. In

297-730: The Institute for Political Research, the Institute for Mathematics, the Center for Byzantine Studies, the Vasile Pârvan Archeology Seminary, the Center for Nuclear Research, etc.), master and doctorate programmes, and a number of lifelong learning facilities and programmes. It has partnership agreements with over 50 universities in 40 countries, and participates in European programmes such as ERASMUS , Lingua, Naric, Leonardo da Vinci, UNICA, AMOS, TEMPUS, TEMPRA. It

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324-795: The Ministry of Public Works. The Polytechnic School was set up by transforming the "National School of Bridges and Roads" to the "Polytechnic School of Bucharest". In its initial stage it consisted of four sections: During this period, in addition to the Polytechnic School, there were Institutes for Engineers within Universities. For instance, the University of Bucharest hosted an institute for electrical engineering, an institute for industrial chemistry and another one for agricultural and food chemistry. Another important cornerstone

351-458: The University of Bucharest, was elected President of Romania , after defeating Ion Iliescu in the 1996 Romanian presidential election . The University of Bucharest has 19 faculties, covering various fields such as natural sciences, humanities, social sciences, and theology: The university has the following five interdisciplinary departments: The university also has a publishing house, different research institutes and research groups (such as

378-565: The Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.133 via cp1102 cp1102, Varnish XID 571754929 Upstream caches: cp1102 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:03:18 GMT University of Bucharest The University of Bucharest ( UB ) ( Romanian : Universitatea din București ) is a public research university in Bucharest , Romania . It

405-503: The World, 15 regionally and number one in the country by number of publications. At the 29th annual ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest, held at Shanghai Jiao Tong University , on April 6, 2005, Politehnica student team ranked 10th. The university is structured into faculties. The faculties are distinct academic entities, each having its own admission criteria, largely distinct staff and limited interaction. However, there are

432-666: The following years, new faculties were created: 1884 – the Faculty of Theology; 1906 – the Institute of Geology; 1913 – the Academic Institute for Electrotechnology; 1921 – the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; 1923 – the Faculty of Pharmacy, 1924 – the Mina Minovici Institute of Forensic Medicine. In 1956, student leaders, mainly from this university, planned a peaceful protest against Romania's Communist regime but were forcibly prevented from carrying it out. (See Bucharest student movement of 1956 ). For

459-739: The founding of the first higher technical school in Wallachia , in 1818, by Gheorghe Lazăr . Born in Avrig , Transylvania , Gheorghe Lazăr studied in Sibiu , Cluj , and Vienna . In 1817–1818 he endeavored to convince the local noblemen of the need to support a modern technical school in Romania. Thus, on 24 March 1818, by a princely edict of Ioan Caragea , it was organised the Technical Superior School for Surveying Engineers ( Școala Tehnică Superioară pentru Ingineri Hotarnici ) within

486-614: The name of the school was "The Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest". For some years it was called "Institutul Politehnic 'Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej' București". Based on a resolution of the Senate (November 1992), the Polytechnic Institute of Bucharest turned into University Politehnica of Bucharest. According to the Scimago Lab , based on data collected between 2007 and 2011, Politehnica University of Bucharest ranked 546 in

513-632: The new universities, institutes or faculties had their roots in the old "Politehnica of Bucharest". Thus, the following establishments, were initially faculties or departments at "Politehnica" of Bucharest: Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest ; Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism ; University of Agronomic Sciences ; Faculty of Forestry - Transilvania University of Brașov ; School of Mines - Petroșani ; Oil & Gas University of Ploieşti ; Faculty for Food Chemistry - University of Galați ; Faculty for Textile Industry - Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași . In 1948–1992,

540-554: The old University building (the University Square ), adjacent to the C. A. Rosetti , Roman , Kogălniceanu , and Union squares was the scene of many riots, protests and clashes with the security forces during the Romanian Revolution of 1989. During the months of April–June 1990, the University of Bucharest was the centre of anti-communist protests. In 1996, Emil Constantinescu , the then rector of

567-682: The school. Indeed, at the beginning, the preparatory year had no admission tests. Starting with 1881, an admission test was introduced; the top priority was the quality of candidates, the number of the selected ones being less important. Gheorghe Duca tried and succeeded to bring the best professors to the “National School of Bridges and Roads”; among these were David Emmanuel (Elementary Mathematics), Spiru Haret (Higher Algebra and Analytical Geometry), C. M. Mironescu (Statistics and Engineering Graphics), Constantin Istrati (Physics), or Anghel Saligny (Bridges and Roads). Moreover, Gheorghe Duca himself

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594-541: The state or to return the grant received. In 1862, the ruler of the United Principalities , Alexandru Ioan Cuza , had established by another Princely Decree a set of rules for the organisation of civil engineers, the hierarchy of engineers or conductors, their salaries, the conditions for admission and promotion, were clearly defined. On 1 October 1864, the School of Bridges and Roads, Mines and Architecture

621-550: Was Decree 3799 of 1938 stating that higher education could be provided only by universities, Polytechnic Schools, or Academies for Commercial Studies. As a direct result, the Academy of Higher Agricultural Studies, the Academy of Architecture, the Institute of Industrial Chemistry and Agricultural and Food Chemistry, respectively, were introduced in the framework of "Bucharest Politehnica". The change of name from "Polytechnic School of Bucharest" into "Politehnica Carol II of Bucharest"

648-641: Was accompanied by other changes as well. Thus, Politehnica depended on the Ministry of National Education (instead of the Ministry for Public Works), the former director became Rector of Politehnica, the different sections became Faculties, their presidents in turn, became Deans etc. Between 1938 and 1948 Politehnica of Bucharest had seven faculties: Civil Engineering , Electro-mechanics, Metallurgy , Industrial Chemistry , Silviculture , Agronomy , and Architecture . Another important transformation took place in 1948, when several Politehnica or even specialities became independent, or even moved to other cities. Some of

675-432: Was considered the greatest authority in railways at the end of the 19th century. This was perhaps a turning moment, when it was clearly demonstrated that Romania was capable of achieving on its own what had been deemed likely to be obtained only abroad, namely the training of highly qualified science and engineering specialists. The year 1890 also represented a momentous point, when at the National School of Bridges and Roads

702-505: Was established. An important figure in the "School of Bridges, Roads and Mines" was Gheorghe Duca  [ ro ] . As early as 1887, he analysed the content of courses, finding the weaknesses of the school, as well as the best solutions to improve its academic level. In those times, a substantial condition was the severity imposed on the conduct of students, in addition to evaluation. Students obtaining insufficient results, or having an erratic course attendance, were quickly removed from

729-540: Was founded in its current form on 4 July 1864 (160 years ago)  ( 1864-07-04 ) by a decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Princely Academy into the current University of Bucharest, making it one of the oldest Romanian universities. It is one of the five members of the Universitaria Consortium (a group of elite Romanian universities). The University of Bucharest offers study programmes in Romanian and English and

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