Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine from Timişoaraand Veterinary Medicine from Timişoara

RomaniaCorina ABRAHAM-BARNA

RomaniaRomania

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The university is placed in the Western part of Romania, in the Banat Region, which is well-developed, with the unemployment increased at about 2%, after years of zero

lunemployment. Many foreign companies, both European and

International, opened their factories in Banat.

TimişoaraTimişoara

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TimişoaraTimişoara

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Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine from Timişoaraand Veterinary Medicine from Timişoara

UNIVERSITATEA DE STIINTE AGRICOLE SIUNIVERSITATEA DE STIINTE AGRICOLE SI MEDICINA VETERINARA A BANATULUI DIN TIMISOARA

The Banat’s University of AgriculturalThe Banat s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine is a state university founded in 1945university, founded in 1945.

It offers university courses at undergraduate d t d t l l i l diand post graduate levels, including

post doctoral level.

UNIVERSITATEA DE STIINTE AGRICOLE SI MEDICINA VETERINARA A BANATULUI DINMEDICINA VETERINARA A BANATULUI DIN TIMISOARA

In the recent university ranking exercises carried out by the competent authorities in Romania, the y puniversity received the qualification of High Degree after the institutional evaluation carried out by the Romanian Quality Assurance Authority in Higher Education (ARACIS).

A di t th ti l l ifi ti f d bAccording to the national classification performed by the EUA, the university is an educational and scientific research institution (2011)scientific research institution (2011)

FacultiesFaculties

F lt f A i lt• Faculty of Agriculture• Faculty of Horticulture and ForestryFaculty of Horticulture and Forestry• Faculty of Farm Management• Faculty of Food Processing

T h lTechnology• Faculty of Veterinary MedicineFaculty of Veterinary Medicine• Faculty of Animal Sciences and

Biotechnologies

Faculty of AgricultureF lt f H ti lt d F tFaculty of Horticulture and Forestry

Faculty of Farm ManagementFaculty of Food Processing

TechnologyTechnology

Faculty of Veterinary MedicineFaculty of Animal Sciences and

BiotechnologiesBiotechnologies

• The teaching staff of BUASVMT numbers 336 members, of which: 84 professors, 59 associate professors, 99 assistant professors, 86 assistant lecturer and 8 junior teaching

• BUASVMT has 6.990 students enrolled in study programmes

• Most of the doctoral students and all theMost of the doctoral students and all the post-doctoral students are financed through structural funds for human resourcesstructural funds for human resources.

• A large number of our university graduates are now professionals in 77 different countries

• Undergraduates and PhD students from Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Austria, Germany, France, Italy, Hungary, USA, Iran, Israel, Syria, Morocco, Serbia, Moldova are studying at the BUASVMT

Our number of foreign students increased four times in last years. Their number is equilibrated between European and third country students.

Scientific researchScientific research

S i ifi h i j f hScientific research is a major concern of the academic and research staff in our university.

O h i d ti l dOur researchers are recognized on a national and international level for research in areas related to agriculture and veterinary medicine such as:agriculture and veterinary medicine, such as:

• breeding varieties and hybrids of agricultural and horticultural species through classical methodshorticultural species through classical methods and genetic engineering;

• sustainable technologies in agriculture andsustainable technologies in agriculture and horticulture;

• improving the integrated crop protection system;improving the integrated crop protection system; sustainable use of agricultural land;

Scientific researchScientific research

i i d i f• improvement, preservation, and restoration of degraded soil;

ti d t l f ll ti i i lt• prevention and control of pollution in agriculture; • obtaining genetically modified plants, • environmental impact assessment and ecological

restoration; • alternative energy resources; • agricultural restructuring and sustainable rural

d ldevelopment; • financing systems in agriculture;

Scientific researchScientific research

h d f h i l d li bl• the study of chemical compounds applicable to the food industry; f d d lit• food produce quality;

• food safety and security; • food science research;• domestic animals protection and welfare; • animal disease prevention and control; • techniques and technologies in animal breeding

and amelioration by embryo transfer and genetic engineering;

Scientific researchScientific research

f i h l i i• farming technologies improvement; • improvement of production, harvesting,

ti d f ti i tipreservation, and forage crop optimization technologies;

ti i ti f i l f di f• optimization of animal feeding as a means of improving the quality of foods of animal origin.

• The scientific research in our university has ybeen honoured by a number of awards from the Romanian Academy and CNCSIS, by y , ydiplomas and medals at National and International Exhibitions for Research, ,Innovations and Inventions, by Excellence awards, etc,

F li i h EU i d d dFor alignment with EU requirements and standards, the laboratories belonging to the Research Platform passed through the process of sanitaryPlatform passed through the process of sanitary-veterinary evaluation and authorization, as follows:follows:

• Laboratory for food and animal feed microbiology (with specializations: Microbiologymicrobiology (with specializations: Microbiology of animal products and by-products, Microbiology of non-animal products, Microbiology of animal feed and water);

L b f h i l d h i l• Laboratory for physical and chemical analyses of food and animal feed (with specializations: Physical and chemical analysesspecializations: Physical and chemical analyses of animal products and byproducts, Physical and chemical analyses of non-animal productschemical analyses of non animal products, Physical and chemical analyses of animal feed);

• Laboratory for residue control (withLaboratory for residue control (with specializations: Residue control of live animals, Residue control of animal products, Residue control of water and animal feed, Residue control of non-animal products).

Banat’s University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine from Timişoara

DEVELOPMENT OF RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND SERVICESEDUCATION AND SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE FIELDS OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AND INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR RO 05

SECTORAL OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME INCREASE OF ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS

New building :New building :SmallSmall animal animal clinicsclinics –– ResearchResearch laboratorieslaboratories

SmallSmall animalanimal clinicsclinics –– ResearchResearch laboratorieslaboratoriesSmallSmall animal animal clinicsclinics –– ResearchResearch laboratorieslaboratories

Research laboratories Research laboratories –– ffirst floorirst floor

••Laboratory of Laboratory of Microbiological Risk Microbiological Risk Assessment in FoodsAssessment in Foods••Laboratory of Laboratory of research and research and diagnosis in diagnosis in infectious diseases infectious diseases with the help of with the help of t t e e p ot t e e p oimmunofluorescenceimmunofluorescence••The The ParasitologyParasitology and and MycoticMycotic DiseasesDiseasesMycoticMycotic Diseases Diseases LaboratoryLaboratory••Laboratory of toxic Laboratory of toxic pharmaceuticalpharmaceuticalpharmaceutical pharmaceutical researchesresearches••LaboratoryLaboratory for for

t b lit b li di ddi dmetabolic metabolic disordersdisorders

Research laboratories Research laboratories –– ssecond floorecond floor

••CellCell biologybiology••Molecular Molecular Molecular Molecular biologybiology••CellCell culturescultures••CellCell culturescultures••AntioxydativeAntioxydative

ttsystemssystems••ImmunologyImmunology

Research laboratories Research laboratories –– mmolecular biologyolecular biology

••GenomicsGenomics--proteomicsproteomics--metabolomicsmetabolomics••MicroarrayMicroarray platformplatform••MicroarrayMicroarray platformplatform••GC MSGC MS••LC MSLC MS

CompletedCompleted laboratorieslaboratoriesAUTOLABORATORY FOR ANIMAL GROWTH AND PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIESPRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES –TCPA (B13)

CompletedCompleted laboratorieslaboratoriesCompletedCompleted laboratorieslaboratories

LABORATORY OF BIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH OF ANTIOXIDANT SYSTEMSRESEARCH OF ANTIOXIDANT SYSTEMS (A1.c.)

Experimental Experimental researchresearch unitsunits andand biobasebiobase

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