Universitatea Transilvania din Brașov | |
Motto | Learn to be central! |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1948/1971 |
Budget | €60,345,754 euro |
Rector | Ioan Vasile Abrudan |
Academic staff | 1339 |
Students | 20,255 |
Undergraduates | 16,263 |
Postgraduates | 3,529 |
463 | |
Location | Brașov , Romania |
Campus | Urban |
Website | www |
Transilvania University of Brașov (Romanian: Universitatea Transilvania din Brașov; UNITBV, also stylised UniTBv) is a higher education and research institution in Brașov, Romania, which comprises 18 faculties, with a number of over 19,500 students and over 730 teaching staff members. Currently, Transilvania University of Brașov is the largest university in the centre of the country,[1] a university that offers programmes in fields such as: mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, computers, construction, forestry, wood engineering, product design, nutrition and tourism, computer science, mathematics, economics, medicine, pedagogy, music, literature and linguistics, law, sociology and social work, psychology. There are 100 undergraduate programmes in the University: 83 full-time study programmes, 6 part-time study programmes and 11 distance learning programmes, 74 master's degree study programmes (70 full-time and 4 part-time) and 18 doctoral fields (full-time and part-time).[2]
The foundations of higher education in Brașov were laid in 1948, when the Institute of Silviculture was founded. In 1949, the Institute of Mechanics was established, and in 1953, the Institute of Silviculture became the Forestry Institute. The two institutes fused into the Polytechnic Institute of Braşov. In 1959 the Department of Wood Industry and in 1964 the Manufacturing Technologies Department were founded within the Polytechnic Institute. In 1960, the Pedagogic Institute (Mathematics, Physics-Chemistry, Biology) came into being in Brașov, followed by the Department of Music in 1969. In 1964, the Department of Manufacturing Technologies was founded within the Polytechnic Institute. In 1971, the Polytechnic Institute and the Pedagogic Institute merged to create the University of Braşov. The University’s structure as approved by Council of Ministers Decision No. 1285/October 15th, 1971 comprised eight faculties: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Forestry, Faculty of Wood Industry, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Faculty of Physics–Chemistry, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences and the Faculty of Music. In 1991, the University was renamed as Transilvania University of Braşov, at the University Senate’s request and according to the Government Decision of January 4th, 1991 and the Order of the Ministry of Education and Science No. 4894/March 22nd, 1991.
The academic year 1990-1991 marked the establishment of several other faculties: Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Music, Faculty of Sciences and Faculty of Economic Sciences, and a few other educational units were set up the following year: the Faculty of Medicine and two academic colleges, one of Forestry and another of Economics and Computer Science.
In 1995, the Department of Psychology – Pedagogy – Teaching Methodology, on the structure of which the University Pedagogical Seminar was established, became the Department of Teaching Staff Training, and the Faculty of Machine Building Technology was divided into: The Faculty of Technological Engineering and the Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering.
In 1998, the “Local contact point in the field of Distance Learning”, within the network of Distance Learning Study Centres and created through the PHARE programme, became the Department for Distance Learning, which in 2005 changed its name to the Centre for Distance Learning and Part-time Studies.
In 2001, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering expanded its array of specializations, thus having its name changed to the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
In 2002, the Faculty of Law and Sociology emerged from the Faculty of Economics, and the Faculty of Sciences divided into three faculties: The Faculty of Mathematics-Informatics, the Faculty of Letters and the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education. The Pedagogical and Philological University College and the Medical University College were established in the same year.
In 2003, the Faculty of Civil Engineering was created from the Faculty of Silviculture, and the Faculty of Mechanicsbecame the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
In 2004, the already existing Department of Psychology - Pedagogy – Teaching Methodology was established as an autonomous structure, namely the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences.
In 2010, the Faculty of Law and Sociology was redefined by two new structures, the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Sociology and Communication, the latter setting up a new undergraduate programme in 2017, Digital Media.
Starting with the academic year 2005-2006, the didactic activity is organized by study cycles: undergraduate studies, master's studies and doctoral studies. New curricula and new syllabi were designed, modern teaching, learning and assessment methods were introduced, which took account of the acquisition of knowledge and the creation of skills required of graduates on the labour market.
The institution has been managed since its foundation by:[3]
Institute of Silviculture | Emil NEGULESCU | 1948 – 1949 |
C.P. BREGA | 1949 - 1950 | |
Atanasie HARALAMB | 1950 – 1951 | |
Ioan DAMIAN | 1951 - 1953 | |
Traian POPOVICI | 1953 - 1956 | |
Institute of Mechanics | Werner VOINAROVSKI | 1949 – 1951 |
Mircea VOINESCU | 1951 – 1953 | |
Gheorghe NIȚESCU | 1953– 1956 | |
Polytechnic Institute | Gheorghe NIȚESCU | 1956–1961; 1966 – 1971 |
Victor HOFFMANN | 1961 – 1966 | |
Pedagogic Institute | Eugen CHIȘ | 1960 – 1971 |
University of Brașov | Marin UNTARU | 1971 - 1972 |
Bogdan C. RADU | 1972 - 1975 | |
Florea DUDIȚĂ | 1975 - 1984 | |
Filofteia NEGRUȚIU | 1984 - 1990 | |
Sergiu T. CHIRIACESCU | 1990 – 1991 | |
Transilvania University of Brașov | Sergiu T. CHIRIACESCU | 1991 – 2004 |
Ion VIȘA | 2004 – 2012 | |
Ioan Vasile ABRUDAN | 2012 – 2020 |
The University’s 18 faculties offer undergraduate, master’s and doctoral degree study programmes, as well as distance learning, full-time and part-time study programmes.
Academic year | Study programmes[2] | Doctoral fields | ||||
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Undergraduate | Master’s degree | |||||
Full-time | Part-time | Distance learning | Full-time | Part-time | ||
2019-2020 | 83 | 6 | 11 | 69 | 5 | 18 |
Faculty[4] | Study Programmes |
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Mechanical Engineering | Undergraduate: Automotive Engineering, Automotive Engineering (in English), Traffic and Transport Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering (in English)
Master’s degree: Motor Vehicles and Future Technologies, Virtual Engineering and Automotive Design (in English), Practical Integrated Methods for Propulsion Systems Engineering (in English), Road Safety, Transport and Interaction with the Environment, Simulation and Testing in Mechanical Engineering, Motor Vehicles and Environment |
Faculty of Technological Engineering and Industrial Management | Undergraduate: Aerospace Engineering, Engineering and Business Management, Engineering and Quality Management, Industrial Economic Engineering, Machine Building Technology, Digital Production Systems
Master’s degree: Innovative Manufacturing Engineering, Engineering of Advanced Manufacturing Processes, Industrial Business Management, Quality Management |
Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering | Undergraduate: Welding Engineering, Industrial Safety Engineering, Materials Science, Biomaterials Engineering, Economic Engineering in Mechanics
Master’s degree: Occupational Safety and Work Health Engineering, Engineering and Management of Advanced Metallic, Ceramic and Composite Materials, Welding Engineering of Advanced Materials |
Faculty of Product Design and Environment | Undergraduate: Industrial Design, Industrial Design (in English), Industrial Environmental Engineering and Protection, Engineering of Renewable Energy Systems, Medical Engineering, Mechatronics, Optometry, Product Design Engineering (in English)
Master’s degree: Sustainable Product Design and Environment Protection, Mechatronic Systems for Industry and Medicine |
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | Undergraduate: Automation and Applied Informatics, Computers, Applied Electronics, Telecommunication Systems and Technologies, Electrotechnics, Electrical Engineering and Computers (in English), Robotics, Information Technology
Master’s degree: Cyber Security (in English), Advanced Systems in Automation and Information Technologies, Advanced Electrical Systems (in English), Electronic and Communication Integrated Systems |
Faculty of Silviculture and Forest Engineering | Undergraduate: Wildlife, Forest Engineering, Terrestrial Measurements and Cadastre, Forest Management
Master’s degree: Management and Technical Systems in Forest Engineering, Forest Ecosystem Management, Multi-purpose Forestry (in English) |
Faculty of Wood Engineering | Undergraduate: Wood Processing Engineering, Wood Products Engineering and Design
Master’s degree: Furniture Eco-design and Restoration, Advanced Wood Structures and Innovative Technologies |
Faculty of Civil Engineering | Undergraduate: Railways, Roads and Bridges, Civil, Industrial and Agricultural Constructions, Installations for Civil Engineering
Master’s degree: Energy Modernization in the Built Environment |
Faculty of Economic Sciences and Business Administration | Undergraduate: Business Administration (in English), International Business, Accountancy and Management Informatics, Economy of Trade, Tourism and Services, Finance and Banking, Economic Informatics, Management, Marketing
Master’s degree: Business Administration in Tourism, Financial and Banking Management, Management and Business Strategies, Accounting Policies, Audit and Management Control, Internal Audit, Marketing Policies and Strategies, International Economic Relations, Integrated Business Information Systems |
Faculty of Food and Tourism | Undergraduate: Food Control and Expertise, Food Engineering, Engineering and Management in Food Service and Agri-Tourism, Engineering and Management in Tourism, Machinery and Installations for Agriculture and Food Industry
Master’s degree: Agricultural and Food Eco-Biotechnologies, Hospitality and Eco Agri-Tourism Management, Processing Systems and Quality Control of Agri-Food Products |
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science | Undergraduate: Computer Science, Applied Computer Science, Applied Computer Science (in German), Mathematics and Computer Science
Master’s degree: Mobile Applications and Internet Technologies in E-Business, Fundamental Mathematical Structures, Internet Technologies, Modern Technologies in Software Systems Engineering |
Faculty of Music | Undergraduate: Vocal Music Performance, Instrumental Music Performance, Music
Master’s degree: Music Therapy, Style and Interpretation in Instrumental and Vocal Performance, Musical Art and Techniques in the 20thCentury |
Faculty of Medicine | Undergraduate: Medicine, General Nursing, Balneo-physical-kinetic Therapy and Recuperation, Clinical Laboratory
Master’s degree: Palliative Care Management and Strategies, Management of Preventive Strategies and Health Policies, Traditional Chinese Medicine (in English) |
Faculty of Law | Undergraduate: Law
Master’s degree: Advanced Private Law, European Legislation and Judicial Careers, Systems and Institutions of European and International Law, Advanced Criminal Sciences |
Faculty of Sociology and Communication | Undergraduate: Social Work, Communication and Public Relations, Digital Media, Human Resources, Sociology
Master’s degree: Assistance and Community Development, Branding Campaign Management, Human Resources Management and Development |
Faculty of Physical Education and Mountain Sports | Undergraduate: Physical Education and Sport, Kinetotherapy and Special Motor Activities, Sports and Motor Performance
Master’s degree: Psychometric Diagnosis and Prognosis, Management of Formal, Non-Formal and Health Recovery Activities, Sports Performance and Management |
Faculty of Letters | Undergraduate:
- Chinese Language and Literature – A Modern Language and Literature (English/ French/ German) / Romanian Language and Literature; - English Language and Literature - A Modern Language and Literature (French/ German) / Romanian Language and Literature; - Romanian Language and Literature - A Modern Language and Literature (English/ French/ German); - Applied Modern Languages (French/ German – English) - American Studies (in English) Master’s degree: Cultural Innovation, Studies of Romanian Language and Literature, Intercultural Studies of German Language and Literature (in German), Language Studies for Intercultural Communication (in English), Romanian Language and Literature – Identity and Multiculturalism, Culture and Discourse in the Anglo-American World |
Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences | Undergraduate: Pedagogy of Primary and Preschool Education, Psychology, Special Psychopedagogy
Master’s degree: Work and Organizational Psychology and Human Resources, Clinical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy, Educational Psychology, School and Vocational Counselling, Early Education and Primary School Psychology, Human Resources In Education. Training and Management |
One of the strategic objective of this university, as is mentioned in their Strategic plan, is the internationalization achieved through: international affiliation,[5] partnerships with higher education and scientific research institutions around the world, ensuring the framework for student and teacher mobility, participation in international education and research projects, conducting joint or double-degree study programmes in partnership with universities abroad.
Currently, Transilvania University of Brașov has concluded partnership agreements with over 500 institutions from more than 80 countries on all continents.[6] Also, seeking to intensify this process, the University invests part of its own funds to support a series of programmes such as: Transilvania Academica Scholarship – a scholarship granted to international students, Transilvania Fellowship for Young Researchers, Transilvania Fellowship for Visiting Professors, Romanian Diaspora at Transilvania University, Rector’s Guests at Transilvania University (by which remarkable specialists from abroad are invited to the University, Artist in residence @ Tranilvania University.
UNITBV occupies honorary positions in the University Metarank as well, having been enlisted in the international visibility ranking of Romanian universities ever since its first edition, published in 2016. In the 2017 edition, it occupies the 5th position in Metaraking.[7]
An international ranking that evaluates higher education institutions according to how they align with the sustainable development objectives established by ONU, Impact Rankings 2020, made public by Times Higher Education – World University Rankings,[8] includes 766 universities from 85 countries. UNITBV is ranked within the range 301–400 and third out of seven Romanian universities which are listed in this ranking.
Transilvania University of Brașov is the only university in Romania that has built its own multidisciplinary research institute. At the time of completion, in 2013, the University’s Research and Development Institute was the largest investment in research infrastructure that a Romanian university made attracting European funds.[9]
The Research-Development Institute of Transilvania University of Brașov (ICDT) was established through a structural funds project intended primarily to facilitate the increase of the University’s competitiveness in national and international research.[9] In addition, the development of the Institute also aimed at anchoring the University in the business environment of the region, through technology transfer and the development of applied research, in close connection with local and regional needs for research-development-innovation.[10]
The scientific research at the University has been structured on 30 priority, interdisciplinary fields that enable its successful integration in the European Research Area. The 30 research centres are:[10]
1) Renewable Energy Systems and Recycling
2) High-Tech Products for the Automotive Industry
3) Numerical Simulation, Testing and Mechanics of Composite Materials
4) Sustainable Forestry and Wildlife Management
5) Forest Engineering, Forest Management and Terrestrial Measurements
6) Advanced Mechatronic Systems
7) Advanced Manufacturing Technologies and Systems
8) Economic Engineering and Production Systems
9) Eco-Biotechnologies and Equipment in Food and Agriculture
10) Advanced Electrical Systems
11) Advanced Metal, Ceramics and MMC-Composite Materials and Technologies
12) Process Control Systems
13) Industrial Informatics and Robotics
14) Furniture Eco-Design, Restoration and Certification in the Wood Industry
15) Advanced Welding Eco-Technologies
16) Embedded Systems and Advanced Communications
17) Innovative Technologies and Advanced Products in the Wood Industry
18) Mathematical Modelling and Software Products
19) Economic Research
20) Fundamental Research and Prevention Strategies in Medicine
21) Applied Medicine and Interventional Strategies in Medical Practice
22) Cultural Innovation and Creativity
23) Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
24) Life Quality and Human Performance
25) Design of Mechanical Elements and Systems
26) Communication and Social Innovation
27) Personal, Professional and Institutional Development and Education for a Sustainable Community
28) Centre for Law Studies “Emil Poenaru”
29) The Science of Music – Excellence in Music Performance
30) Civil Engineering Design Centre of the PRO-DD Institute
Publications fund:
- 567,335 books;
- 130,278 journals;
- 22,036 descriptions of inventions;
- 49,043 volumes of special collections.[11]
The Music Centre was founded in 2015 to organize artistic events with famous Romanian and international musicians and to promote gifted students and young graduates of the Faculty of Music at Transilvania University of Brașov or other faculties of music in the country. The events take place at the University’s Sergiu T. Chiriacescu Aula and offer concerts and recitals included in the Concert Season, the Brassovia Chamber Music Student Festival and the Opera Gala. The virtue of the musical performances is supported by the Steinway & Sons concert piano, the most modern digital organ in the country and the Neupert harpsichord “Blanchet”.
The opening of the academic year 2019-2020 marked the opening of a new concert season of the Music Centre and the debut of the Chamber Orchestra of Transilvania University of Brașov (TUCO) with a concert conducted by maestro Traian Ichim. The newly established chamber orchestra has as Honorary President Prof. Dr. Eng. Ioan Vasile Abrudan, Rector of Transilvania University of Brașov. [12]
The Confucius Institute at Transilvania University of Brașov was established in 2012, being created in partnership with Jianzhu University in Shenyang, China and operating under a cooperation agreement between Transilvania University in Brașov and Hanban – the Headquarters of the Confucius Institutes in Beijing. It is a non-profit organization that aims to teach and promote Chinese language learning, understanding Chinese culture and civilization, and to undertake cultural, educational and scientific exchanges with contemporary China.[13]
The Centre for Modern Languages at Transilvania University of Brașov is one of the interfaces of the University with the community to which it is addressed, while being also involved in research and training activities in collaboration with other departments of the University.[14]
Transilvania University of Brașov provides 13 dormitories for student housing, with a total of 4,234 beds. The dormitories are distributed across two campuses, namely Colina Campus and Memorandului Campus. UNITBV also has two cafeterias, one in each campus, which serve 1,000 students daily.
Within the Colina Campus complex is also Colina Arena, an outdoor soccer field covered with artificial turf where the students compete in the traditional soccer event Colina League Cup every autumn. Close to Colina Arena are four other indoor gyms for students, two of which are multipurpose ones, one is used for gymnastics, and another for fitness.[15]
The students at Transilvania University of Brașov take part in various scientific, cultural, sports, and administrative activities every year. They also participate in internal project competitions which are financed by the University and aim at providing solutions for the continuous improvement of student life on the University Campus.
Every year, the students of the BlueStreamline team represent Transilvania University at international level, in the formula-style races organized within the Formula Student competition.
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