Brosura Unibuc En

University of Bucharest

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The University of Bucharest is a very important and influential player within the community, within the sphere of higher education and research. It is part of a global intellectual collectivity activating towards protecting and reinforcing academic values, as well as towards promoting diversity and international collaboration.Being one of the most important institutions of higher education in Romania, it bears both the responsibility as well as the obligation to be a pioneer and a model.In its 145 years of existence, the University of Bucharest has gained solid national and international prestige, be-ing the first Romanian academic institution in the top 600 universities in the world.The University of Bucharest offers numerous study pro-grams, for all cycles and forms of organized university training, as well as other numerous higher postgraduate programs, programs for professional re-conversion and enhancement. At the same time, it constantly works with 124 prestigious universities from forty different countries. All programs are accredited or authorized. The degrees granted by the University of Bucharest are recognized in most countries of the world.Many graduates from the University 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 other academies in other countries, writers, politicians (members of Parliament, ministers, prime-ministers, and presidents), diplomats, high clerics, etc.


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Mission

Vision

The University of Bucharest contributes through research and higher education to the development and use of knowledge, at both national and international level. The University of Bucharest is a university with academic integrity and concern for critical thinking, a significant point of reference in society.

Through its high standard of the academic endeavor ensured at the level of all departments, the University of Bucharest sets forth to become, very soon, the most important institution of higher education in Romania.The main objective of the University of Bucharest is getting higher-quality educational services and research activities, maintaining competitive standards at an international level, and manifesting a continuous concerning for ensuring quality, inter-disciplinary collaboration, leadership and excellence in the activity of teaching staff and employees. Through its high standard of the academic endeavor ensured at the level of all departments, the University of Bucharest sets forth to become, very soon, the most important institution of higher-education in Romania.


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Position in National and International Ranking Lists

What the University of Bucharest imposes on the Romanian academic environment is the constant effort of traditional training/teaching staff in the best and most modern sense of the term good quality, the high degree of innovation and an increasingly active involvement in the research activity based on good perspective. This is why


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The Times Higher Education Supplement classification ranked the University of Bucharest among the first 600 in the world in the last three years. The classification, according to fields of interest, is as follows: Arts and Humanities 277; Social Sciences 330; Engineering and Information Technology (IT) 336; Life Sciences and Biomedicine 427; and Natural Sciences 447.

And the proof for the diligence of the teaching staff to maintain and even increase the quality of the teaching act is the recent mention in the Thomson ISI in Essential Science Indicators classification of the University of Bucharest the only one in the country, as well as in the previous classification with the best Romanian presence in ISI indexed scientific publications with authors from Romania, according to the number of most-quoted papers, our University thus ranks 641 in Chemistry (out of 858 most-quoted such departments in the world), 543 in Physics (out of 642 most-quoted such departments), and 720 in Engineering (out of 995 departments).

For all fields of study, the University of Bucharest ranks 1368 out of the 3759 universities listed. At the same time, two of our professors, in virtue of the great number of quotations for their scientific papers, have entered the top 7000 most-quoted chemistry specialists in the world. These are Prof. Dr. Marius Andruh and Prof. Dr. Vasile Prvulescu, both from the Faculty of Chemistry.

Over the last five years, the University of Bucharest occupied the 1st or 2nd place in the national classification regarding quality indicators in the field of scientific research. Furthermore, UB ranked among the first three places, as far as the value of research contracts obtained, within national competitions was concerned.

The University of Bucharest has a significant competitive capacity at a European level as well. The value of research contracts obtained within national competitions ranks UB among the first places in the national classification of universities.

Far from considering ourselves lacking in modesty, such presence on a prestigious ranking list is all the more obvious for the formation of future specialists since there are 18,074 universities worldwide.


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Laboratories

Due to the diversity of academic training domains, the teaching activity at the UB is carried out along nineteen distinct locations, where there are 286 laboratories for undergraduate studies, 187 laboratories for research and activities of master students, and the teaching process is carried out in amphitheatres with a total of 7900 seats, 1941 seats in lecture halls, and 4409 in seminar rooms. The average surface is above two sqm per student.


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Continuing-Education (Life-long Learning) Programs

A program for educating adults rapidly developed. The University of Bucharest was one of the first universities in the country that highlighted the importance of lifelong learning programmes. An important part in the rapid development of continuing education (life-long learning) programmes is played by the CREDIS department, which offered methodology and infrastructure for the functioning of those programmes, or at least supported certain faculties during the first years when those programmes came into force. By means of its continuing-education (life-long learning) programmes, the University of Bucharest proves its capacity of adjustment to the dynamic requirements on the labor market, answering important social needs and ensuring increasingly bigger self-financing.


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International Academic Cooperation

One of the main objectives the University pays great attention to is international academic cooperation. There are 200 agreements for bilateral inter-university and inter-departmental cooperation with universities from Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Chile, China, Egypt, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, India, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Morocco, the Republic of Moldova, Senegal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Slovenia, the United Arab Emirates, USA, Sweden, Russia, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, etc.

The University has 130 bilateral agreements for joint supervision doctoral studies and an intense collaboration within numerous community programmes:ERASMUS, LEONARDO DA VINCI, and GRUNDTVIG.


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Its intense international activity makes the University of Bucharest increasingly more notorious in Europe and worldwide. The number of ERASMUS students who come to learn with us is close to 100 per year, and many choose to remain a second semester as well, because the learning environment seems favorable to them. The number of students coming from African and Asian countries has also risen. The University has programmes in foreign languages that are offered on a yearly basis to the 1000 foreign students.The ERASMUS programme is a component of the Community Education Programme (Lifelong Learning Programme LLP), which sets out to help university mobility both for undergraduate students / master students / doctoral students as well as teaching staff. Another ERASMUS objective is encouraging the cooperation between universities in Europe in the field of higher education. The development of the European dimension of graduate and post-graduate studies is supported through ERASMUS, since the programme covers all disciplines and study areas within the University of Bucharest.The purpose of the ERASMUS programme is to facilitate the creation of European unity and identity by means of study travel from one country to another. It is not a physics or theology programme. The European Union wishes to lay the human foundations of a European identity through a means that are, at the same time, simple and inevitable: travel. Travel favors direct contact between people and cultures. They remove clichs learned through life experiences. They replace memories from books as well as personal memories. They reward you with friends. They offer you the opportunity of speaking another language, of tasting unknown dishes, of seeing new landscapes, of observing how the trade you train for is learned in another country, with a different history, with other customs, with a different social structure. This is valuable in itself, and does not need other excuses or explanations.Within this programme there are 286 agreements with European universities that offer opportunities for both students and professors to carry out study terms, teaching terms, take part in common projects to be implemented in curricula, intensive courses or activities in thematic networks dedicated to the development of a graduate domain. The mobility offered within this programme is coordinated by the ERASMUS Office for Community Programs within UB.


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The University is also a member in several European and international academic organizations the European Universities Association (EUA), the University Agency for Francophony (AUF), the Association of Universities from European Capital Cities (UNICA), and the Black Sea University Network (BSUN).The University has established partnerships with other governmental or non-governmental organizations such as DAAD, USIA, the Humboldt Foundations, Volkswagen, Fulbright, Nippon, and Onassis.


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The entire structure of the curricula has been made compatible with the Bologna process. This restructuring has involved a considerable effort of readjustment on the part of all of the Universitys faculties. The University of Bucharest currently offers thirty-eight graduate domains with approximately 100 majors in all three forms of education: day courses, minimal attendance, and distance learning. The educational offer at the level of masters studies is extremely diversified, the current offer amounting to 180 programmes. This has allowed for the continuous increase in requests for masters programmes, from graduates of other faculties, as well as requests for professional re-conversion. The University of Bucharest has the necessary human resources for developing masters programmes at an adequate level of quality.The system of doctoral schools has been generalized in all faculties, ensuring a much more consistent training of the PhD students. The doctoral schools are currently financed by structural funds within three-year projects.

Academic Structure


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The Faculty of Business and AdministrationAddress: No. 4-12 Regina Elisabeta Boulevard, District 3, BucharestTelephone/Fax: +40.21.310.49.20WEBSITE: http://www.faa.ro

Dean: Professor Magdalena Iordache Platis PhD

The Faculty of Business and Administration


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The Faculty of Business and Administration is a new, modern, and attractive academic structure, functioning within the University of Bucharest since the year 2000. The students benefit from interactive courses, active seminars, scientific conferences, student circles and internship programmes.The Faculty of Business and Administration distinguishes itself by its complete openness to potential collaborations abroad, having partnerships and collaborations with universities and research institutes from Poland, Italy, Great Britain, Greece, and Japan. It is also an associate member of: - The Romanian Association of Faculties of Economics (A.F.E.R.); and - The Association of Public Administration Schools and Institutions (A.S.I.A.P).The faculty currently gives great importance to the international component and includes curricular orientations connected to the Economics of Environment Protection, European Community Law, and Comparative Public Administration.The faculty has signed agreements in domains regarding scientific research and teaching activities with several foreign universities: Waseda, Okayama, and Sapienza.Within the faculty, there are two research and activities centers training the students: the Centre for Administrative, Cultural, and Economic Studies; and the Reference and Information Centre for Professional Practice and Entrepreneurship.

Graduation Domains:Number of Active Teaching Staff:

14

Specializations:

Administrative Sciences

Public Administration (day courses, minimal-attendance)

Business Administration (day courses)

Marketing

Economic SciencesNumber of Undergraduate Students: 1629

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Number of Master Students:

Number of Laboratories:



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Employment Opportunities:

The Faculty of Business and Administration provides, for the labor market, specialists that:

- The National Agency for Civil Servants;- District City Halls;- Regional Agencies for Employing Labor Force;- Ministries: Public Administration and Internal Affairs, Transportation and Finance.

Have high-quality professional skills in the field of public administration, in accordance with the Statute of Civil Servants. Initiate solid business activities, with the capacity of valuing market and business opportunities through free initiative and entrepreneurship. Are capable of seriously activating, under the circumstances of certain inevitable risks, operative decisions having a scientific basis. Think in an integrating, systemic, and scientific manner, are receptive to change, and prove greater flexibility towards professional adjustment.

The graduates will become specialists with jobs at different levels of public administration, but also in other public structures, or may become business persons, accountants, or private entrepreneurs.The curriculum gives special attention to learning foreign languages and computer science for public administration and business.The faculty offers social and/or merit study scholarships, along with scholarships for studying abroad (ERASMUS and/or bilateral programmes).



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The Faculty of BiologyAddress: 91-95 Splaiul Independenei, Sector 5, BucharestTelephone: +40.21.318.15.66WEBSITE: http://www.bio.unibuc.ro

Dean: Professor Tatiana Vassu Dimov

The Faculty of Biology


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In 1866, the University of Bucharest established the Faculty of Sciences, comprising two departments: the Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences and the Department of Physical and Natural Sciences. Natural History functioned within the second department that was subsequently divided into three departments: Zoology, Botany and Physiology. In the beginning, the studies lasted only three years; it has since increased to four years.

In order to carry out high-performance activities, the Faculty of Biology has specialized laboratories with modern equipment, as well as a rich book fund. The knowledge received in classrooms and laboratories is completed by interesting, practical applications performed in the middle of nature every year at the end of each semester.

The faculty has bilateral agreements offering undergraduate and post-graduate students the opportunity to carry out practice and research terms in renowned foreign universities and institutions.

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The Faculty of Sciences is re-organized into other faculties, among which was the Faculty of Natural Sciences.

The Faculty of Sciences becomes the Faculty of Biology.

Alongside Biology, a second specialization is founded: Biochemistry.

A third specialization is founded: Ecology.



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Graduation Domains:

Number of Active Teaching Staff:

Number of Laboratories and Research Centres:

81

Specializations:

Biology

Biology(day courses)

Biochemistry(day courses)

Ecology and Environment Protection

(day courses)

Environmental Science

Number of Undergraduate Students:

Laboratories

Lecture Halls

504

79

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180

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130

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Seminar Rooms

Number of PhD Students:

Research Centers

Great personalities that taught or attended training courses here: Radu Corneanu, Dimitrie Voinov, Andrei Popovici-Bznoanu, Constantin Mota, Mihail Ionescu, Gheorghe Dornescu, Ion Steopoe, Nistor anta, Eugen Tarnavschi, Traian tefureac, and Traian Svulescu.



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- Undergraduate and graduate education, as teacher and/or researcher;- Biologist in research, clinic, ecologic and quality control of the products within biosynthesis industry laboratories;- Inspector within the Preventive Medicine and Sanitary Police Inspectorate.- Biologist or Microbiologist in research institutes;- Biologist in phytosanitary quarantine laboratories or public health departments;- Biologist in the pharmaceutical industry;- Inspector for certain agencies for environmental protection;- Employee at museums of natural sciences, botanical gardens, zoos;- Specialist within the Environmental Police;- Pharmaceutical industries;- Research centres.

The scholarships and the jobs may also be accessed on the website of the Faculty of Biology, the University of Bucharest, at: http://www.bio.unibuc.ro/job/index.html.



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The Faculty of ChemistryAddress: 4-12 Regina Elisabeta Boulevard, Sector 1, BucharestTelephone/Fax: +40.21.315.92.49E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.chimie.unibuc.ro

Dean: Professor Dumitru Oancea

The Faculty of Chemistry


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Chemistry was included in the University of Bucharest in the first curriculum, approved as a consequence of the establishment decree of the university, signed in 1864 by Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza.

Upon its establishment, in the autumn of 1864, the Faculty of Sciences, at the University of Bucharest, functioned with six professors: Alexandru Orscu, Dumitru Petrescu, Emanoil Bacalogu, Carlo Ferrari, Alexe Marin, and Grigore tefnescu (teaching in the two departments: Department of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and Department of Physical and Natural Sciences). Dr. Constantin Istrati PhD in Chemistry in Paris, member of the Chemistry Society of France and Germany, chairman of the Romanian Academy in 1899, was a physician, chemist and university professor. He befriended young people, was a great animator of scientific life in our country, and the one who laid the foundation for higher education in chemistry in Bucharest. From 1903, Dr. Constantin Istrati was a secretary and a guide for the Romanian Society of Sciences for twenty-five years. The successors of Dr. Constantin Istrati at the Organic Chemistry Department of the Faculty of SciencesProfessors tefan Minovici and Eugen Angelescumade younger generations aware of his work. The Romanian Chemical Society was founded in 1919 by Professor tefan Minovici.

There is a 145-year standing tradition at the University of Bucharest, as far as higher-education in the domain of chemistry is concerned. Devoted and enthusiastic professors have contributed to the development and progress of chemistry, within this institution, both nationally and internationally: Alexe Marin, Constantin Istrati, Gheorghe Longinescu, tefan Minovici, Gheorghe Spacu, Eugen Angelescu, Ilie Murgulescu, I.V. Nicolescu, Grigore Popa, Maria Brezeanu, George-Emil Baiulescu, and many others.



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- In 1906, chemistry was studied at the University of Bucharestat the Institute of Chemistrywith the following specializations: industrial chemistry, food chemistry, and agricultural chemistry.- The Institute of Technological Chemistry was founded in 1914, and, in 1938, the Faculty of Industrial Chemistry was derived from it, subsequently being transferred to the School of Roads and Bridges (this one becoming the Bucharest Polytechnic Institute, nowadays referred to as the Polytechnic University of Bucharest).- An important part in the dynamics of scientific and cultural life after the First World War (1914-1918) was played by the Association of University Professors, founded in 1923. The Chemistry discipline consisted of: inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, and analytical chemistry.- In 1925, the University of Bucharest laid the foundation for the Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, located on 87-89 Splaiul Independenei, near the Hadeu Bridge.- In 1948, it becomes the headquarters of the Faculty of Chemistry founded as a consequence of the education reform, as an independent faculty by breaking away from the Faculty of Sciences. In 1998, the Faculty of Chemistry celebrated fifty years of existence.

- On March 4th, 1977, the headquarters building for the Faculty of Chemistry, located on Splaiul Independenei, is destroyed in an earthquake. The teaching staff, students, and structure are assimilated as a department of the Faculty of Technological Chemistry of the Polytechnics Institute in Bucharest. Two departments functioned during this period, Chemistry and Physics-Chemistry, with the duration of undergraduate studies lasting four years. The first fifteen students, ranked among 100 students of the Chemistry Department, could pursue one year of specialized studies.- In 1990, the Chemistry Department once again becomes the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Bucharest, with its headquarters located in Block D of the Universitys downtown building; the laboratories for the Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, and Technological Chemistry and Catalysis Departments were established in the old building located at 90, oseaua Panduri. For the reconstruction of the Faculty of Chemistry, in 1990, an association was constituted with Ilie G. Murgulescu (Academy member and former-Minister of Education) as Honorary Chairman and Mihai Gheorghiu (the - General Manager of the medicine plant in Bucharest) as acting-President.



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Between 1992 and 1995, improvements were made regarding the teaching conditions in the lecture halls and amphitheatres of the building located on oseaua Panduri, where the laboratories for Organic Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry Departments were established. A wing for Inorganic Chemistry was also established, while the Technological Chemistry and Catalysis Department was relocated to the building on 23, Dumbrava Roie Street. The laboratories of the Physical Chemistry and Physics Departments were established in the Universitys downtown building (Block D). In 1992, the Department for Applied Mathematics and Programming was founded, and two computer science laboratories were established (one located on the fourth floor of the main building; and the other located in the building on oseaua Panduri). A process of upgrading curricula for all specializations was also started. Since 1990, the curricula have introduced a compulsory course in Computer Science for all specializations.In 1993, within the chemistry specialization, a group with classes taught in French was founded; another, with classes taught in English, was founded in 1999.Following the process of academic development and integration of education in all European academic directions, the first master programmeswith day courses and one-year durationstarted in 1993.



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Great personalities that taught or attended training courses here: N. Teclu, Alexe Marin, tefan Minovici, C.I. Istrati, Acad. G.G. Longinescu, Acad. G. Spacu, Acad. P. Spacu, Acad. M. Brezeanu, Acad. I.G. Murgulescu, Acad. E. Angelescu, Acad. E. Macovski, Acad. A. Popescu, I.V. Nicolescu, Grigore Popa, and George-Emil Baiulescu.

There are currently renowned personalities of Romanian scientific life who have teaching as well as research activities within the faculty, some of them being members of the Romanian Academy: V. Em. Sahini, E. Segal, and M. Andruh.


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Specializations:

Chemistry

Chemistry(day courses)

Technological Biochemistry(day courses)

Ecology and Environment Protection

(day courses)

Environmental ScienceNumber of Undergraduate Students:

Number of Laboratories

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88

203

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- Teacher and/or Researcher in higher- or pre-university education;- Researcher at research institutes;- Specialist in analysis and quality control laboratories (food, public health, clinical analysis, anti-doping control, agencies for environmental protection, etc.);- Chemist and/or Biochemist at respective industries (pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, detergents, building materials, etc.);- Chemist in laboratories for the recycling of waste and environmental protection;- Inspector in anti-drug laboratories.

Students and graduates of the faculty will also be able to work in research centres that work with the faculty. The list of those centres can be accessed at the following web address: http://www.chimie.unibuc.ro/index.php/centre-de-cercetare.



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The Faculty of LawAddress: 36-46 M. Koglniceanu Boulevard, Sector 5, 05017, BucharestTelephone/Fax: +40.21.315.71.87/187 or 115; Fax: +40.21.312.07.19E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.drept.unibuc.ro

Dean: Professor Flavius-Antoniu Baias

The Faculty of Law


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The Faculty of Law is one of the oldest faculties at the University of Bucharest, with a rich tradition in education of Romanian law.In 1832, as a consequence of Petrache Poenarus school reform, higher legal and scientific courses were created at the St. Sava National College.On October 17, 1850, the Faculty of Law was founded, within the study group at the St. Sava National College, the first promotion of law makers being recorded in 1854. On November 25, 1859, by royal decree, the Faculty of Law becomes an independent institution, its first Dean being Constantin Boianu. On July 4-16, 1864, by Decree No. 765, Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza approves the founding of the University of Bucharest, by reuniting the three existing faculties: the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Sciences, and the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy.In its beginnings, the Faculty of Law had nine departments, nine professors, and thirty students.On August 13, 1866, the courses taught at the Faculty were: Roman Law, Civil Law and Civil Law Procedures, Criminal Law and Criminal Law Procedures, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, and Political Economy. The studies lasted four years.In 1908, the first doctoral title in law was awarded. Between 1921 and 1923, according to the statistics of the times, 43.1% of the students in Greater Romania were students of the Faculty of Law; the statistics included students from every university in Romania. For the training of such a great number of students, the Faculty of Law in Bucharest pursued the creation of a special infrastructure. Between 1943 and 1936, with the help of funds gathered by the initiative of the dean, Nicolae Basilescu, and with the subsidies from King Carol II and the Minister of Education, the curent head-

quarters of the facultythe Palace of the Faculty of Lawwas built, following the plans of the great architect, Petre Antonescu. This would not have been possible without the persistence of teachers, graduates, and students of the faculty a remark that is also found on the frontispiece of the Aula inside the building.Since 1962, the Faculty of Law has organized post-graduate courses, with a view to improve law-makers in the state, administration, and economic sectorscourses that are organized on different basis nowadays. In 1975, following the spirit specific to that periodof unifying the teaching activity of higher-education with that of scientific researchthe dean of the Faculty of Law took charge of the Institute for Legal Research of the Romanian Academy (founded in 1954), coordination that was maintained until the beginning of 1990.Between 1968 and 1989, within the Faculty of Law, there functioned two departments: Law and Economic-Administrative Law, with an approximate number of 120 students for the first department and thirty students for the second one, in day courses.Since 1990, the Faculty of Law has enhanced the prestige it enjoys. The number of students has increased considerably, and the courses are organized within a unique profile: Legal Sciences, with one main specialization: Law; with four years of day courses or five years of minimum attendance courses. Starting with the 2004-2005 academic year, long-distance learning courses have been organized, thus giving up the need for minimal-attendance courses.

The Faculty of Law


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Great personalities that taught or attended training courses here: Gh. Costaforu, Constantin Bosianu, Vasile Boerescu, Nicolae Titulescu, Constantin Stoicescu, V. Dongoroz, Iacob Negruzzi, Gheorghe Beleiu, Avram Filipa, A. Iorgovan, Ion Neagu, Valeriu Stoica, Adrian Nstase, Corneliu Brsan, Al. Athanasiu, Constantin Mitrache, Emilian Stancu, I.P. Filipescu, Viorel Ciobanu

Graduation Domains: Number of Active Teaching Staff:

83

Specializations:

Law

Law(day courses)

Number of Undergraduate Students: 2739

183

162



Organization and Structure of the Faculty

The faculty works with three departments:- Private Law- Public Law- Criminal Law

The Faculty of Law


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- Magistrates judges or prosecutors;- Attorneys;- Notaries;- Legal Counsellors;- European Affairs Counsellors;- Counsellors with the Probation Services;- Notary;- Professors and/or Researchers in higher-education

The graduates of the Faculty of Law will be able to work in legal fields as judges, prosecutors, lawyers, magistrates, criminologist, bailiffs, executors, etc.; in the economic-financial domain; in international relations; in the administrative field; in diplomatic fields; within the institutions of the European Union; in education; etc.

The Faculty of Law


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The Faculty of PhilosophyAddress: 204 Splaiul Independenei, Sector 6, 060024, BucharestTelephone: +40.21.318.65.76, +40.21.318.15.56, +40.21.318.29.74WEBSITE: http://www.ub-filosofie.ro

Dean: Professor Romulus Vasile Brncoveanu

The Faculty of Philosophy


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The Faculty of Philosophy is a founding faculty of the University of Bucharest, created through Decree No. 756, dated July 14-16, 1864, signed by Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza. The Faculty of Philosophy has contributedand still does, through its profile and activityto the achievements of the University of Bucharest as a whole, as well as to those of higher education in Romania.

The Faculty of Philosophy has a deeply rooted tradition. The importance attached to the study of philosophy in this faculty is proven by the provisions of the Regulations of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters promulgated on February 20th 1899. According to the Regulations, the Faculty has the right to grant graduation degrees in philosophy as well as PhDs. Philosophy has been taught at the University of Bucharest, even during the last years of the communist regime. Among the first rectors of the University of Bucharest, we can mention: Ioan Zalomit (May 1871 April 1885), professor of History of Philosophy; Titu Maiorescu (October 1892 November 1897), professor of Philosophy; and C. Dimitrescu-Iai (October 1898 January 1911), professor of Philosophy, and author of the first doctoral thesis on aesthetics (The Concept of Beauty Leipzig 1877).In 1948, following the communist reform of education, the framework within which the Faculty of Philosophy functioned was changed. In spite of huge difficulties, repeated attempts to dissolve or integrate it into the partys education system, during this period, the faculty managed to maintain the study of philosophy as an independent discipline, distinct from ideology, highly-professional, and the scientifically adequate training of the students.

After 1989, the faculty underwent a deep restructuring: the teaching staff was almost completely renewed; the curricula were changed, ensuring great flexibility of the study programmes. Thus, the students have the opportunity to choose from a large number of subjects.Our teachers and students are present in great universities abroad or receive visits from representatives of such prestigious institutions; they are hired by important research programmes, offering solutions and skills for the process of educational, political, economic and social reform in Romania. The collaborations with European and American universities Oxford, Paris (Nanterre), Lyon, Amsterdam, Bochum, Dijon, with the Catholic University of Brussels, or with the University of Tulsa, USA, with which our faculty has constantly developed a fruitful exchange of teaching staff are the proof of quality education, of reaching European and international standards.



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Great personalities that taught or attended training courses here: Titu Maiorescu, Constantin Rdulescu-Motru, Ioan Petrovici, Dimitrie Gusti, P.P. Negulescu, Mircea Florian, Nae Ionescu, Mircea Eliade, Mihail Sebastian, Mircea Vulcnescu, Grigore Moisil, Tudor Vianu, Mircea Eliade, Emil Cioran, and Constantin Noica.



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Specializations:

Philosophy

Philosophy(day courses)


1

140

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Computer Science Laboratory

The students from the Faculty of Philosophy can also be employed by research centres that work with the faculty. The list of such centres can be accessed at the following web address: http://www.ub-filosofie.ro/cercetare.



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The Faculty of PhysicsAddress: Mgurele Platform, Atomitilor Street, 405 CP Mg 11, Bucharest-Mgurele RO 077125, BucharestTelephone: +40.21.457.44.21

Dean: Professor Alexandru Jipa

The Faculty of Physics


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The discipline of Physics has been taught at the University of Bucharest ever since its beginnings in 1864. At first, there was the Faculty of Science, then, in 1948, the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics. Since 1967, the Faculty of Physics has been functioning within the University of Bucharest.The year 1962 is the moment when the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics divided into the Faculty of Mathematics-Mechanics and the Faculty of Physics. In 1974, the latter moved to the new campus in Mgurele, near the Central Institute for Physics, thus making up the National Physics Platform. Thus, student training opportunities are enhanced by direct involvement in research programs, and by the availability of documentation offered by the two largest Physics libraries in the country: that of the Atomic Physics Institute and of the Faculty of Physics.The entire teaching activity of training-specialization and scientific research is carried out within the six departments of the faculty that benefit from an extremely valuable academic body both at a teaching level as well as a scientific one involved, together with many undergraduate, master, and PhD students in prestigious international research programs.



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Great personalities that taught or attended training courses here: Constantin Sttescu, Dimitrie Negreanu, Dragomir Hurmuzescu, Constantin Miculescu, Horia Hulubei, Eugen Bdru, Theodor V. Ionescu, erban iteica, Ioan Ursu, etc.

Graduation Domains:


97

Specializations:

Physics

Physics(day courses)

Physics for Computer Science (day courses)

Medical Physics(day courses)

Biophysics(day courses)

Technological Physics (day courses)

Applied Engineering Sciences



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110

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- Physicists and Researchers with scientific research centres;- Teachers and/or Researchers within higher- and pre-university education;- Specialists in IT technologies;- Physicists in the domain of biotechnology and nuclear technology;- Specialists in the domain of communications;- Physicists in the domain of archaeology;- Specialists in the medical field;- Biophysicists;- Specialists in the domain of environmental protection;- Physicists in the field of non-conventional energy sources.

The students and graduates of the Faculty of Physics at the University of Bucharest can also be employed by one of the research centres that work with the faculty. You can access the list of those centres at the following web address: http://www.fizica.unibuc.ro/fizica/Cercetare/Main.asp.



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The Faculty of GeographyAddress: 1 Nicolae Blcescu Boulevard, Sector 1, 010041, BucharestTelephone: +40.21.314.35.08 or +40.21.315.30.74Email: [email protected], [email protected]: http://geo.unibuc.ro

Professor Floare Grecu

The Faculty of Geography


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By establishing the University of Bucharest at first and later the Romanian Academy (1866) and the Romanian Royal Society for Geography (1875), the institutional foundations for geography research and higher-education were laid in our country.Therefore, the idea of setting up a Geography Department at the University of Bucharest the first of this type in the country has been the main topic of discussion within the Royal Society of Geography ever since 1898, and it materialized on March 18th, 1899.A law enacted on November 4th, 1938 included two geography departments within the Faculty of Sciences, and changed their names into the Department for Physical Geography of Romania and the Department of General and Human Geography.The Education Reform in 1948 led to the creation of new structures, geography having been associated with history until 1950, when it separated from the latter and became a section of the Faculty of Geology and Geography at the University of Bucharest. In 1986, by associating with the Faculty of Biology, the Faculty of Biology, Geography and Geology was born.In 1990, at the end of an evolution that was not always smooth, geography registered a dramatic leap forward by setting up the Faculty of Geography, with an autonomous status, conceived to ensure diversity, updating and expanding on multiple levels of training and research activity in the field of geography. The College for the Geography of Tourist Activities from Climneti was added in 1998, and in 1999 the distance learning programme began.

An important factor in the European system of student training and in organizing the program for environmental protection of the Danube canyon and the southern part of the Banat Mountains, is played by the Geographic Station at Orova. The faculty collaborates in research and teaching with faculties from France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, and Italy.



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Great personalities that taught or attended training courses here: Simion Mehedini, C. Brtescu, G. Vlsan, N. Gheorghiu, V. Meruiu, Vintil Mihilescu, N. Popp, and D.D. Burileanu.

Graduation Domains:


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Specializations:Geography Geography - Bucharest

(minimal-attendance courses, long-distance learning)

Geography of Tourism- Drobeta Turnu-Severin(day courses)

Environmental Geography Bucharest(day courses, minimal-attendance courses)

Geography of Tourism - Bucharest (minimal-attendance courses, long-distance learning)

Geography of Tourism - Climneti(day courses)

Territorial Planning - Mcin(day courses)

Hydrology-Meteorology - Bucharest (day courses)

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School teachers, Professors and/or Research scientists in pre-university and higher education;

Research scientists in Research and Development of environmental protection;

In private companies that make impact assessments, environmental balances and audits;

In private companies specialized in cartography, topography, and survey;

In tourism; In medicine; In urbanism; Environmental analysts; Topographer; City and territorial planning specialist; Meteorologists; Hydrologists; Geology Engineers; Hydro-geologists; Geo-technicians; Palaeontologists; Research scientist in technical and experimental

mineralogy; Geochemists; Environment inspectors; Environment monitoring specialists.

The graduates of the Faculty of Geography have the opportunity to be employed with research centres that can be accessed at the following web address: http://www.geo.unibuc.ro/cercetare.html on the faculty web site.



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The Faculty of Geology and GeophysicsAddress: 6 Traian Vuia Street, Sector 2, BucharestTelephone: +40.21.314.35.08 (Traian Vuia Office)Telephone: +40.21.314.35.08 (Nicolae Blcescu Office)E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.unibuc.ro/ro/fac_fgg_ro

Dean: Prof. Eng. Victor Mocanu

The Faculty of Geology and Geophysics


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The Faculty of Geology and Geophysics originates in three faculties with geology and geophysics specializations, organized according to the education reform in 1948. At present, it continues the tradition of Romanian geology with high standards of scientific and didactic approach based on permanent update and modernization. The current organization of the faculty dates back to 1990 and it shows continuous dynamism, offering graduated students career opportunities in industry as well as in science and academia.The research activity is extremely intense; the faculty is under a large number of research contracts to the Ministry of Education, Research and Innovation, CNCSIS, CNFIS, the World Bank and specialized establishments, such as PETROM, GEOCOMAR, GEOTEC, the Institute of Geodynamics of the Romanian Academy and many others, and many students are also involved. The teaching staff and great numbers of students participate in research programmes that are carried out in collaboration with universities and research institutes from Germany, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Greece, England, U.S.A., Italy, Ukraine, and Hungary.



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Great personalities that taught or attended training courses here:

Mineralogy, Petrography, Ores: Ludovic Mrazec, tefan Giuc, Alexandru Codarcea, and Nicolae Petrulian;

Regional Geology, Palaeontology, Stratigraphy: Gregoriu tefnescu, Sabba tefnescu, Sava Athanasiu, D.M. Preda, Ion Simionescu, Ion Popescu-Voiteti, Ion Atanasiu, Mircea Pauc, Gheorghe Munteanu-Murgoci, Grigore Rileanu, Nicolae Grigora, Gheorghe Macovei, and Theodor Joja;

Structural Geology and Tectonics: Ion Dumitrescu, Vasile Lzrescu, and Vasile Drago; Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology: tefan Ghika-Budeti, Mathei Drghiceanu, Ion

Bncil, Emil Liteanu, and Vasile Harna; Geophysics: Sabba tefnescu, Liviu Constantinescu, Iulian Gavat, and Radu Botezatu.


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Geology(day courses)

Geophysics(day courses)

Geological Engineering(day courses)

Geological Engineering Number of Undergraduate Students:


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School teachers, professors or research scientist; Research scientists in oil geology and mineralogy; Geoservice stations specialists; Wastes and chemicals management specialists; Inspectors specialized in assessment and monitoring

the quality of soil; Museum specialists; Assessors of precious stones; Research scientists working for research institutes; Resources and world economy analysts; Natural hazards management and mineral resources

administration and management specialists; In large oil companies; In territorial companies that prospect and explore

for hydrocarbons and ores; In oil fields, in companies that explore and exploit

natural gas and radioactive substances; On marine drilling platforms; In institutes and companies that deal with

environment protection, geotechnical and hydro-technical works and construction.

For further details regarding the educational offer of the Faculty of Geology and Geophysics, you can access the web page on our site: http://www.unibuc.ro/ro/fac_gg_ro.



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The Faculty of HistoryAddress: 4-12 Regina Elisabeta Boulevard, Sector 5, 030018, Bucharest Telephone: +40.21.314.53.89 or +40.21.314.35.08E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.unibuc.ro/ro/fac_fistr_ro

Dean: Professor Gheorghe Vlad Nistor


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The studies in the field of History at the University of Bucharest date back to the creation of this higher-education institution, by means of the decree of 1864 issued by Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza. The first courses, organized at the Faculty of Letters, Law, and Philosophy, referred to the study of antiquity and of the archaeological heritage. The topics have changed in the course of time, and historical sciences had been represented by major personalities of the Romanian culture at the University of Bucharest for more than a century. After 1990, the graduate and the master programmes of the faculty have been diversified. Within the traditional History Department, there have been added courses like History of Art, International Relations and European Studies. The master programmes have continuously developed, and, in 2008, nine other programmes were authorized in the Bologna system.At the moment, the Faculty of History includes the largest number of courses which it has proposed all along its existence. Certain courses are unique to the Romanian academic environment: from the Greek-Roman, Oriental and Egyptian antiquity to the History of Communism; from Byzantine and Archaeological studies to the History of the Modern World and of Euro-Atlantic accession. History is approached from various perspectives: political, anthropological, military as well as history of religions, mentalities, imaginary, economic history, intellectual and diplomatic.

The Faculty of History


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Great personalities that taught or attended training courses here: Dimitrie Onciul, Constantin Giurescu, Nicolae Iorga, Vasile Prvan, Gian Luigi Frollo, Aaron Florian, B.P. Hadeu, Alexandru Odobescu, Gr. Tocilescu, Ioan Bogdan, Gheorghe Brtianu, Mihail Berza, Emil Condurachi, Ion Nestor, Dionisie Pippidi, and Constantin C. Giurescu.

Graduation Domains:

Specializations:

History

History(day courses, minimal-attendance courses,

long-distance learning)

The History of Art(day courses)

International Relations and European Studies

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International Relations and European Studies


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In the field of scientific research; Archives; Museographers; In state administration institutions; In diplomacy; In international political consultancy; Specialists in international relations for

state institutions and for NGOs; Historians; Archaeologists; Librarians.

For details about the educational offer of this faculty, access the web page of the Faculty of History at: http://www.unibuc.ro/ro/fac_fistr_ro.



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The Faculty of Journalism and Communication SciencesAddress: No. 1-3 Iuliu Maniu Boulevard, Building A, 6th Floor, Sector 5, BucharestTelephone: +40.21.318.15.55; Mobile: +40.724.39.00.38WEBSITE: http://www.fjsc.ro

Dean: Professor Mihai Coman

The Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences


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FJCS is the first faculty of journalism established after 1989, acknowledged nationally and internationally as a space of professional formation at the highest of standards. Furthermore, it is the only faculty that offers a full-study program in the field of Communication Sciences. Starting with the 2005-2006 academic year, undergraduate studies have three-year duration, master studies two years, and doctoral studies three years, thus aligning them to the European higher-education system of the UMD (Undergraduate Master Doctorate).FJCS is the chairman of the Association of Journalism Schools from Eastern and Central Europe; associate member of the European Association for Training in Journalism (EJTA) with its headquarters in Maastricht; of the Francophone Schools of Journalism "Theophraste Renaudot" network and of the European Centre for Research in Mass Communication of ORBICOM-UNESCO (the international network of the communication departments). Every year, students and professors of the FJSC are involved in European journalism programs or academic and journalism exchange programs with countries from Eastern and Western Europe. The faculty has academic and research relations with prestigious institutions from abroad, such as: cole Suprieure de Journalisme from Lille, Universit du Quebec from Montral, Mid-Sweden University from Sweden, Universit de Grenoble from France, Universit Paul Valry-Montpellier from France and many others.



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Graduation Domains:

Specializations:

Communication Sciences

Communications Sciences (day courses, long-distance learning)

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Number of Laboratories 9

Great personalities that taught or attended training courses here: : Lucian Mndru, Eugen Chelemen, Maria Coman, Petrior Obae, Sorana ovu, Ioana Mnoiu, Oana Bistriceanu, Mihai Dragnea, Alice Ttaru, Adriana Sftoiu, Valeriu Turcan, etc.



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In the field of mass-media (radio, television, newspapers, magazines, press agencies);

In advertising agencies; In the field of public relations; In communications departments.

The graduates of the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences have the opportunity to work in the media space, coming into contact with public persons already known in the media. For further information regarding the research activity for the students of this faculty, you may access the link: http://www.fjsc.ro/cercetare/index.html.



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The Faculty of Foreign Languages and LiteraturesAddress: 5-7 Edgar Quinet Street, Sector 1, 70106, BucharestTelephone: +40.21.312.13.13Email: [email protected]: http://www3.limbi-straine.ro

Dean: Professor Alexandra Cornilescu

The Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures


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The 146-year history of the University of Bucharest is an ever-ascending history in the teaching of foreign languages and literatures. Naturally, the first two languages taught were Latin and Old Greek, which were taught since the very foundation of the University in 1864. Ten years later, in 1874, through the great B.P. Hadeu, who started his lectures on Comparative Indo-European Philology, the University enters the circuit of great and European values.So far, the last half-century has marked the greatest development of foreign language education at the University of Bucharest. Undergoing various organizational changes, the study of foreign languages has become of major importance within the University.An inventory of all languages taught here, at different times and levels rounds up their number to an impressive forty-four languages. Nowadays, there are thirty-seven languages taughtamong which Modern Greek, Turkish, Catalan, Romany, Slovenian, Croat, Bulgarian, Korean, and Swedishthat are not available in the study portfolio of other faculties.The graduates of the faculty answer, through their training, a large range of job offers from various fields, such as education, research, culture, mass media, editorial activities, and international relations. The creation of the Modern Applied Languages and Translators-Interpreters departments is also significant.



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Great personalities that taught or attended training courses here: Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, B.P. Hadeu, Tudor Vianu, Ana Cartianu, Ioan C. Chiimia, and Vladimir Drimba.

Graduation Domains: Specializations:Communication Sciences English (day courses),

American Studies (day courses), French (day courses), German (day courses), Spanish (day courses), Italian (day courses), Portuguese (day courses), Arabic (day courses), Chinese (day courses), Japanese (day courses), Russian (day courses), Hungarian (day courses), Slavic Languages (day courses), Classical Philology (day courses), Modern Greek (day courses), Translation and Interpretation (day courses), Applied Modern Languages (day courses), Rromani (long-distance learning).


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Researchers; Teachers in pre-university and higher-edu-

cation; Editors for publishing houses and in the

written press; Audio-television programmers; Translators and terminologists; Conference interpreters; Specialized referents.

Those who follow the courses of this faculty will have the opportunity to easily find a job, even while attending faculty or after graduating higher-education specialized studies. For further details, you may access the Careers section of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures site at: http://www3.limbi-straine.ro/category/cariera.



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The Faculty of LettersAddress: 5-7 Edgar Quinet Street, Sector 1, BucharestTelephone: +4021.313.88.75E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.unibuc.ro/ro/fac_litr_ro

Dean: Professor Liviu Papadima, PhD

The Faculty of Letters


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The faculty was established on November 2nd 1863. At first, it was named the Higher School of Letters. A year later, when the University of Bucharest was founded, it becomes part of the new academic structure, under the title Faculty of Letters and Philosophy, kept until the 1947 reform. During the 1864-1865 academic year, there were only twenty-two students enrolled in six courses; in 1878, there were already nine departments; and at its peak, during the 1937-1938 academic year, fifty professors, from thirty-one departments, were delivering courses for 3,035 students.During the period between the two World Wars, the Faculty of Letters, at the University of Bucharest, had a teaching body of great value, school creators in the domain of philology, who distinguished themselves through the effort of developing scientific research.The cultural potential of the faculty was also supported by an intense publishing activity, at the head of institutions as directors, professors within the faculty. Among these, King Carol II Foundation for Literature and Art, led by Alexandru Rosetti, editor of the Magazine of the Royal Foundations can be mentioned. The international prestige of the faculty was gained by editing and publishing scientific papers of the professors and the development of a training centre for philologists. After 1990, the Faculty of Letters recovered the traditional components the communist regime had dissolved and, at the same time, it continued its modernization process, through a dialogue with society and reintegrating itself in the European academic environment. Combining the classic rigor with the dynamism and flexibility of the contemporary world, the Faculty of Letters is nowadays a complex higher-education structure in Romania.



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Great personalities that taught or attended training courses here: August Treboniu Laurian, Bogdan Petriceicu Hadeu, Alexandru Odobescu, Titu Maiorescu, Ioan Bogdan, Ovid Densuianu, Ion Banu, Mihail Dragomirescu, Eugen Lovinescu, Alexandru Rosetti, Ion Aurel Cndrea, Nicolae Cartojan, Dimitrie Caracostea, tefan Ciobanu, Tache Papahagi, Nicolae Iorga, Camil Petrescu, George Clinescu, Tudor Vianu, Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Boris Cazacu, Ion Coteanu, erban Cioculescu, Silvian Iosifescu, Alexandru Piru, Ovid S. Crohmlniceanu, Zoe Dumitrescu, Dimitrie Macrea, Mihai Pop, Emanuel Vasiliu, etc.

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Language and Literature

Cultural Studies

Communication Sciences

Administrative Sciences


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(day courses)

Comparative and Universal Literature -Modern Language and Literature -

(day courses)

Library Management and Information Science (day courses)

Managerial Assistance and Secretariat (day courses)

Managerial Assistance and Secretariat Crevedia (day courses)

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Number of Laboratories and their Purpose:


4 Specialized Laboratories Laboratory for Managerial Assistance Laboratory for Audio-Video Laboratory for Dig-Info (Digital Information) Laboratory for Computational Linguistics

Laboratory for Cataloguing used by the Stu-dents specializing in: Romanian Language and Literature Foreign Languages and Literature Communications and Public Relations Managerial Assistance and Secretariat Library Management and Information Science

for Applied Seminars 15 multimedia laboratories (lecture and

seminar halls) equipped with audio-video.

Teachers in pre-university and higher-education sectors;

Researchers in philological domains (linguistics, history, literary theory)

Editors, editors in the written press, radio and television;

Managers or cultural clerks in public or private institutions;

Translators; Agents for public relations and advertising; Euro-counsellors on integration of

governmental departments; Researchers, librarians and bibliographers; Mass-media specialists.

Details about the Faculty of Letters educational offer for the 2009-2010 academic year, can be found at the following web address: http://www.unibuc.ro/ro/fac_litr_ro. For those willing to obtain a specialization in Communication and Public Relations, we recommend the following link: http://www.commuicare-relatiipublice.ro.



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The Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science

Address: 14 Academys Street, District 1, 010014 BucharestTelephone: +40.21.314.35.08

E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.fmi.unibuc.ro

Dean: Associate Professor Victor igoiu, PhD



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When the University of Bucharest was established in 1864, one of its first three faculties was the Faculty of Physics, Mathematics and Natural Sciences (which became later the Faculty of Sciences). In 1866, it was divided into two departments, one of Physics and Mathematics and the other of Physics and Natural Sciences. The curriculum of the faculty inclu-ded: Introduction to Calculus, Abstract Algebra and Differential and Integral Calculus, Elementary and Rational Mechanics, Descriptive Geometry, Analytic Geometry, Theoretical Geodesy and Astronomy and Linear Sketching and Topography. One of the first professors of the faculty, Alexandru Orscu, studied equally mathematics and architecture and he is the creator of the University Palace.The Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Sciences (which is located in the centre of Bucharest, sharing the same building with the Faculties of Letters, History, Geology, Geography, Business and Public Administration and Chemistry and is a step away from the Institute of Architecture and the National Theatre) is one of the best faculties of its kind in the country.



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Great personalities that taught or attended training courses here: Spiru Haret, Dimitrie Pompeiu, Traian Lalescu, Gheorge ieica, David Emanuel, Simion Stoilow, Victor Valcovici, Dan Barbilian (Ion Barbu), Alexandru Ghika, Miron Nicolescu, Gheorghe Vrnceanu, Caius Iacob, Nicolae Teodorescu, Octav Onicescu, Grigore C. Moisil, and Gheorghe Mihoc.

Graduation Domains:Mathematics

Computer Science


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Specializations:Mathematics

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Computer Science(day courses, distance learning)


Banking specialists; Insurers; Financial analysts; Software development management

specialists; Research scientists; Statisticians; Marketing and market research

specialists; Programmers and web designers.

About the opportunities you have after having graduated from this faculty; you can get an idea by visiting the alumni list on the web site of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at: http://fmi.unibuc.ro/alumni.



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The Faculty of Psychology and Education SciencesAddress: oseaua Panduri, No. 90, Bucharest

Telephone: +40.31.425.34.45 or +40.31.425.34.46WEBSITE: http://www.fpse.ro

Dean: Professor Neculai Mitrofan PhD

The Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences


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More than 100 years have past since Prof. C. Rdulescu-Motru pupil and disciple of W. Wund, the one who set up the first laboratory of experimental psychology in Europe founded the laboratory of experimental psychology at the University of Bucharest (in 1906), which, since then, has had both a scientific and a didactic function. Under the influence of researchers in experimental psychology, studies in experimental pedagogy were immediately developed.The first courses in psychology and pedagogyincluding those of an experimental naturewere taught at our university towards the end of the 19th century. From the very beginning, a long-lasting cooperation has been established between these two scientific and professional fields. Education and research in both psychology and pedagogy have grounded this academic communion that has existed for over 100 years. As an institution, the old pedagogic seminar of the University underwent a series of transformations after 1948, thus becoming an independent faculty.Over the years, these academic domains have been marked by complex, nonlinear crises, growth and development, but also by dramatic and unfair changes that have hindered its natural development. For instance: in 1977, by an arbitrary decision of the former political regime, our specializations, together with Sociology, were considered to be subversive, undesirable and, as such, they were eliminated from the structure of higher-education. For 12 years, Romanian society, from that regimes strange point of view, did not need the services provided by specialists in the fields of psychology and education sciences.The founding of the Faculties of Sociology, Psychology, Pedagogy, and Social Care in 1990 meant reinstating a type of traditional education with brilliant representatives in the fields of social sciences, Psychology and Pedagogy. That particular year also led to the validation of the legitimacy and importance these fields have for our national culture and science, and their relevance for our social growth.In 2000, the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences was separated from the Faculty of Sociology and Social Care. This can be considered the modern rebirth of our institution, marked by the gaining of its true identity. The faculty has a strong institutional structure comprising of seven departments (two of them functioning with our subsidiaries in the country). It offers short and long-term training programs in four professional areas. In addition to this it provides the certifications one needs in order to become a teacher. It also carries out seven master programs and it has developed its own doctoral school.



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We have a considerable and valuable potential, both technical and human. Out of the total teaching staff, over 80% have a PhD in science, and 14 professors are PhD supervisors. The building has laboratories with suitable technical equipment (Experimental Psychology, Computer Science, Psycho-diagnostics, Psychology of Transportation, Educational Management, Career Counseling, Laboratory for accessing new and improved software, Display Reading and Voice Synthesizers), research laboratories, development and consultancy centers, under Aegis, or with help from the departments. We also publish three specialized magazines.The services provided by our teaching staff have helped around 7,000 of the Universitys students to attend the psychological-pedagogical module in order for them to obtain the certificate for teaching, hundreds of participants being enrolled on post-graduate or professional re-conversion courses.The scientific research made within the Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences is meritorious; it increasingly tends to be integrated into the international circuit. The faculty has extended its network of international relations with similar institutions from other countries.



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Great personalities that taught or attended training courses here: Constantin Rdulescu-Motru, Mihail Ralea, Gheorghe Zapan, Paul Popescu-Neveanu, Petre Pufan, Stanciu Stoian, Dimitrie Teodoran, Mielu Zlate, Ion Gh. Stanciu, Constantin Pufan, Dorin Damaschin, and Maria Giurgea.

Graduation Domains:Psychology

Education Sciences


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Specializations:Psychology

(long-distance courses are also available)

Pedagogy and methods of preschool and primary

education(Bucharest, Focani, Buzu, Crevedia)

Pedagogy

Special Psycho-Pedagogy

The Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences supports fresh graduates by showing them the opportunities for being hired on the labor market in Romania. For further details, you can access the Opportunities section on the faculty web site: http://www.fpse.ro/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&item=34



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Employment Opportunities: Pre-university education (theoretical high schools, pedagogical high

schools teaching psychological subjects) and higher-education (faculties, institutors colleges, specialized departments);

Researchers in the respective institutions; Counselors, school and professional orientation; Expertise in criminal and legal assessment laboratories; Psychological testing in transportation; Counseling and psycho-therapy (personal, family, group, etc); Psychological assistance in institutions, in the health domain and

that of social care; The management of human resources in organizations; Psychological consultancy in governmental, non-governmental, or

private organizations; Advertising; Analysis of social phenomena (politics, culture, religion); Psychological assistance in sports; Psychological expertise in the laboratories of military institutions; Management and administration of educational institutions; Research in the domain of education; Activities in specific non-governmental organizations; Educational marketing; Long-term learning programs; Long-term learning activities; Consultancy and program-assessment; Expertise in projecting and implementing the curriculum; Psycho-pedagogical and social assistance; Speech therapy; Recovery from different types of handicaps.




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The Faculty of Sociology and Social CareAddress: No. 9 Schitu Mgureanu Street, Sector 5, Bucharest

Telephone: + 40.21.311.21.68, + 032.733.073, + 40.21.314.03.26E-mail: [email protected]

E-mail: [email protected]: http://sas.unibuc.ro

Dean: Professor Marian Preda, PhD

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If, in 1906, sociology was among the subjects taught at the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy, in 1910 it is organized under the form of an independent specialization within the University of Bucharest. The period between the two World Wars is also the period of its classicization within the Sociological School of Bucharest, founded by the eminent professor, Dimitrie Gusti. Sociological education was abolished in 1947, re-established in 1966 and then again disbanded in 1978.Between 1929 and 1952, education in the field of social care functioned as a university profile within the Princess Ileana Higher School of Social Care, under the leadership of sociologist, Henri H. Stahl. Between 1952 and 1969, the 4-year Higher School of Social Care was reduced to 3 years and, in 1969, teaching social care was completely abolished, since it was considered that social issues can be solved through administrative-bureaucratic and political mechanisms based on the ideology of the communist system.After 1989, we witness the revitalization of teaching Sociology and Social Care. Our faculty currently trains specialists in social sciences among its three specializations: Sociology, Anthropology and Social Care. The Anthropology specialization was founded this year, within the Sociology domain of study.



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Great personalities that taught or attended training courses here: Dimitrie Gusti, Henri Stahl, Traian Herseni, Mattei Dogan, Paul Stahl, Ioan Mihilescu. Some of the former students of the faculty are now professors: Ilie Bdescu, Septimiu Chelcea, Ioan Drgan, Dumitru Sandu, Vasile Gheu, Maria Larionescu, Ioan Mrginean, Maria Voinea, Lazr Vlsceanu.

Graduation Domains:Sociology

Social Care


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Associated Teaching Staff

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The students of this faculty can also work for the Centre of Research and Innovation in Social Services that collaborates with the Faculty of Sociology and Social Care. For further details, you may access the address: http://sas.unibuc.ro/index.pl/centre_de_cercetare_ro on the faculty web site.

In institutes for testing public opinion; In human resources departments; In political counseling; In public administration; In non-governmental organizations; In the mass-media; In information services; In departments for Social Care and Specialized Services; In state institutions with special policies departments; In activities of victim counseling and protection.




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The Faculty of Political ScienceAddress: 24 Sfntul tefan Street, sector 2, postal code 023997, Bucharest

Telephone: +40.21.313.90.07 or +40.21.310.08.94Fax: +40.21.312.5378

E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.fspub.ro

Dean: Professor Cristian Preda PhD

The Faculty of Political Science


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The faculty offers undergraduate, master, and post-graduate programmes. Founded in 1991, its main objective is to take part in the constitution of Romanian political science as an autonomous study and research field. In the first four years, the teaching language was exclusively French, as the faculty was organized following the French model of an Institute for Political Studies, supported by a consortium of universities, such as the Universit Rennes 2, through the Centre de Droit Europen (CEDRE), the Institut dEtudes Politiques of Rennes, and the Universit Libre de Bruxelles, and financed by the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF).Starting with the 1995-1996 academic year, political sciences have been taught in Romanian as well as in English. Since 1995, the faculty has organized master studies for the following specializations: International Relations and European Studies, European and Romanian Politics, and Comparative Politics.The faculty has a computer lab which includes around 30 workstations connected to the Internet. The students can send all administrative requests online by A.D.M.A. (the Atlas Data Mining Application - the management system of the university). Since it is integrated within the network of the Central University Library, the students have access to the latest specialized literature in the field, mostly in French and English. The Francophone Centre of AUF is also in the library of the faculty.



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Great personalities that taught or attended training courses here: Cristian Preda, Daniel Barbu, Dan Pavel, Ioan Stanomir, Stelian Tnase and Teodor Melecanu.

Graduation Field:Political Sciences


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Political Science in English (day courses)

Political Science in French (day courses)


In central and local public institutions (the Romania Presidency, the Romanian Parliament, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of National Defense, the Governmental Department for Public Information, the National Bank of Romania, city halls, etc);

In higher-education and scientific research, following cycles of master studies; Political consultants; In the private sector (capital market; financial, audit and legal offices; written and

audio-visual press, etc).


For further details, please consult the website of the Faculty of Political Science: http://www.fspub.ro



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The Faculty of Orthodox TheologyAddress: St. Ecaterina Street, No. 2, Code 040155, Bucharest

Telephone: +40.21.335.61.17Fax: +40.21.335.41.83

WEBSITE: http://www.ftoub.ro

Dean: Pr. Professor tefan Buchiu PhD

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Following the union of the Principalities, there was a need for the foundation of a Faculty of Orthodox Theology. The repeated attempts of certain hierarchs, and of the General Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, finally led to the inauguration of this faculty at the University of Bucharest on November 12th 1881.On August 4th 1948, the Faculty of Orthodox Theology from Bucharest turned into a Theological Institute for University Degree, and the teaching staff, as well as the administrative one, together with the respective budget provisions, passed from the Ministry of Public Education to the Ministry of Cults.Starting with the 1991-1992 academic year, the Institute was again part of the University having the statute of faculty and, initially, two specializations: Theology Letters and Theology Social Care. Since 1995, two more specializations were founded: Theology Cultural Heritage and Theology Classical Languages: Greek and Latin. In 1996, another specialization was authorized: the Theology Church Painting.The faculty currently offers four specializations: Pastoral Orthodox Theology, Didactic Orthodox Theology, Social Theology, and Sacred Art-with a three-year term under-graduate studies, a two-year term master programs, and a three-year term doctoral studies. The Pastoral Orthodox Theology specialization continues to have a four-year term studies.The students attending the Didactic Theology specialization can acquire skills in teaching Romanian language and literature, English and French, only if - during the six semesters - they obtain 60 credits per semester, by attending courses at the respective faculties at the University of Bucharest.



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Great personalities that taught or attended training courses here: His Holiness, Father Patriarch TEOCTIST (Toader Arpau).

Graduation Domain:Theology


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Specializations:Pastoral Orthodox Theology

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Sacred Art (day courses)

Didactic Theology (day courses)

Social Theology (day courses)

As priests, representatives of the Orthodox Church, specialists in domains such as: Pastoral Orthodox Theology, Didactic Orthodox Theology, Social Orthodox Theology, Sacred Art;

The best graduates can occupy, by means of competition, a position as junior teaching Assistants or as a tea-ching assistant in higher-education;

The Pastoral Orthodox Theologys graduates can be ordained as priests in parishes or chapels (in hospitals, asylums, military units, penitentiaries) or they may pursue a career in research;

The Didactic Orthodox Theologys graduates can become teachers of Religion in pre-university education; The Social Orthodox Theologys graduates can become social care assistants in the various parishes, archpriest

offices and eparchy centers, asylums, foundations, centers for the protection of the underage, etc, placed under the patronage of the Church and other various associations;

The Sacred Art Theologys graduates can become church painters or restorers of church paintings.


For further details, you can access the web page of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology on the University of Bucharest website at: www.ftoub.ro



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The Faculty of Baptist TheologyAddress: 29 Berzei Street, 010521, Bucharest

Telephone/Fax: +40.21.224.88.49E-mail: [email protected]

WEBSITE: http://www.unibuc.ro/ro/fac_ftb_ro

Dean: Professor Otnei Ioan Bunaciu

The Faculty of Baptist Theology


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The Faculty of Baptist Theology was founded in 1991, specializing in Didactic Baptist Theology and Social Baptist Theology. The Faculty currently offers the opportunity of attending master studies for a period of two years, as well as doctoral studies in theology.

Great personalities that taught or attended training courses here: Prof. Dr. Paul Fiddes, Regents Park College, Oxford University; Prof. Dr. Patrick Nullens, Evangelisce Theologische Faculteit, Leuven; and Prof. Dr. Gary Weedman, Johnson Bible College.


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Specializations:Didactic Baptist Theology

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For further details, access the web page of the Faculty of Baptist Theology on the University of Bucharest website at: http://www.unibuc.ro/ro/fac_ftb_ro.

As pastors, representatives of the Baptist Church, specialists in the field of Baptist Theology.


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Faculty of Roman-Catholic TheologyAddress: 19 General Berthelot Street, Sector 1, Bucharest

Telephone/Fax: +40.21.314.86.10WEBSITE: www.fcunibuc.ro

Vice Dean: Professor Isidor Martinc

The Faculty of Roman-Catholic Theology and Social Care was founded in 1992, providing the following fields of specialization: Roman-Catholic Theology and Social Care.Since the 1994-1995 academic year, it has become part of the University of Bucharest.Since 2004, our faculty has started to teach master courses for the MA programme in Catholic Theology, Catholic Social Doctrine, and starting with the 2008-2009 academic year, three new master specializations have been introduced: Church Social Assistance, Biblical and Human Communication, and the Church History of the World, which has enjoyed real success.

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Specializations:Social Roman-Catholic Theology

(day courses)

For more details, access the Faculty of Roman-Catholic Theology and Social Care on the University of Bucharest website at: www.fcunibuc.ro

As priests, representatives of the Roman-Catholic Church, specialists in the field of Social Roman-Catholic Theology;

Workers in the social system of churches, research assistants, researchers;

In education; General departments of social care; Non-governmental organizations

(employee or project manager); Social care assistants in medical

institutions; Social care assistants in parishes; Responsible for human resources in

private companies; Responsible for public relations; Advertising; Social issues editors for newspapers, radio

and television stations; Researchers in the field of Social Sciences; Counseling companies and labor force

placement agencies.



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DEPARTMENT OF DISTANCE EDUCATION, LIFELONG LEARNING AND PROFESSIONAL CONVERSION

Address: Blvd. Mihail Koglniceanu, no. 36 - 46, Student Body C, et. I, Sector 5, Bucharest Phone: 021 315.80.95

Fax: 021 315 80 96 Website: www.credis.ro

Department Director: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Michaela Logofatu


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Distance education department of the University of Bucharest was founded on May 31, 1999, by bringing together

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