University of Bucharest

University of Bucharest is a university founded in 1864 by decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Saint Sava Academy into the current University of Bucharest.

Related Topics:
University - 1864 - Decree - Alexandru Ioan Cuza - Saint Sava Academy

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The area around the old University building, adjacent to the Theodor Rosetti, Roman Square, Kog?lniceanu and Union Squares were the scene of many riots, protests and clashes with the security forces during the Romanian Revolution of 1989. During the months of April-June 1990, the University of Bucharest was the centre of anti-communist protests, directed mainly against the clique of the new president Ion Iliescu, who had taken power in December 1989. These non-violent protests of Romanian students were brutally crushed in the third Mineriad (13-15 June 1990) by the miners called by president Iliescu.

Related Topics:
Theodor Rosetti - Kog?lniceanu - Romanian Revolution of 1989 - Ion Iliescu - Mineriad

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In 1996, Emil Constantinescu, the then rector of the University of Bucharest, was elected president of Romania, after defeating Ion Iliescu in national presidential elections.

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Emil Constantinescu - Rector

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Currently the university has 19 departments, covering fields such as natural sciences humanities, social sciences and theology.

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• Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics
• Faculty of Chemistry
• Faculty of Physics
• Faculty of Biology
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Geography
• Faculty of Philosophy
• Faculty of Geology and Geophysics
• Faculty of History
• Faculty of Journalism and Communication Studies
• Faculty of Foreign Languages (with Departaments of English, French, German, Hungarian, Czech, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Hindi and Rromani)
• Faculty of Psychology And Educational Studies
• Faculty of Political Science (with Departaments in English, French and Romanian)
• Faculty of Literature, Language and Philology (officially Faculty of Letters)
• Faculty of Public Administration and Management (wirh Departaments in English)
• Faculty of Sociology and Social Assistance
• Faculty of Orthodox Theology
• Faculty of Catholic Theology and Social Assistance
• Faculty of Baptist Theology

The University also has a publishing house, different research instutes and research groups (such as the Institute for Political Research, Institute for Mathematics, Center for Bizantine Studies, Vasile Parvan Archeology Seminary, Center for Nuclear Research etc.), master and doctorate programmes and a number of life long learning facilities and programmes. It has partnership agreements with over 50 universities in 40 countries, and participates in European programmes such as Erasmus, Lingua, Naric, Leonardo da Vinci, UNICA, AMOS, TEMPUS, TEMPRA. It is an accredited Cisco Academy, has Microsoft curriculum, and is accredited by Red Hat for its academic programme.

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Cisco - Microsoft - Red Hat

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The University of Bucharest has been awarded the 2000 National Academic Excellence Diploma, and the 2004 National Academic Excellence Medal. All of the degrees and diplomas awarded by the university are internationally recognised.

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