University of Bucharest
The development of international Copperation and the active participation at the academic community life represents an essential component of the strategy of the University of Bucharest. One of the main objectives the University pays great attention to is international academic Copperation. There are 200 agreements for bilateral inter-university and inter-departmental Copperation 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 programs: ERASMUS, LEONARDO DA VINCI, and GRUNDTVIG. 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 programs in foreign languages that are offered on a yearly basis to the 1000 foreign students.
The first university of Romania, according to the Romanian Ministery of Education, the University of Bucharest contributes through research and higher-education to the development and use of knowledge, at both national and international level. UB is a university with academic integrity and a concern for critical thinking, a significant point of reference in society. The institution is in the top rank for scientific research in the country, and it contributes to the development of human knowledge through its research centres. The University in Bucharest forms students able of critically examining social and natural phenomena, of seeking solutions to problems they face, of imagining alternatives to existing solutions, young people prepared to accept other cultures visions of life and to assume a leading role in tomorrows Romania. The University of Bucharest cultivates and supports the values of academic freedom and university autonomy, of academic integrity and responsibility for a lasting evolution. The University of Bucharest supports the innovation of higher education, working on the European integration of our country, on the consolidation of the European Higher Education Area and the European Research Area. Our students are educated in the spirit of civic responsibility, tolerance, equality of opportunity, and involvement in the eradication of poverty and social exclusion.
Foundation year:1864
Short name:UB
Type:Public
Students:31390
Faculty:1300
Faculty/Students Ratio:24:1
Region:Europe
Location:Bucharest
