Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacău
Universitatea „Vasile Alecsandri” din Bacău | |
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| Established | 1990 |
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| President | Valentin Nedeff |
| Rector | Carol Schnakovszky |
| Students | 6,581 (2016–2017)[1] |
| Location | Bacău , Romania |
| Website | http://www.ub.ro/ |
The Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacău (Romanian: Universitatea „Vasile Alecsandri” din Bacău) is a public university in Romania, located in Bacău. Named in honor of the poet Vasile Alecsandri, it was founded in 1990.
History
[edit]The first higher education school in Bacău was founded in 1961 as the Pedagogical Institute of Bacău.[2] In 1984 it was transformed into the Sub-Engineering Institute, subordinated to the Technical University of Iași. In 1990, the institution became a university.
Timeline
[edit]- 1961: the Pedagogical Institute of Bacău is founded (three faculties: Humanities, Mathematics, and Natural Sciences)
- 1964: the Faculties of History and Geography, and Physical Education are added
- 1976: renamed as the Institute of Higher Education of Bacău
- 1976: Faculty of Engineering is founded
- 1984: renamed as the Institute of Associate Engineering (part of the Gheorghe Asachi Polytechnic Institute of Iași)
- 1985: Inorganic Chemistry Technology study programme is introduced
- 1986: Power Engineering study programme is introduced
- 1990: renamed as the University of Bacău (two faculties: Engineering, and Letters and Sciences)
- 1996: the Department of Physical Education and Sports (part of the Faculty of Letters and Sciences) is transformed into the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports
- 2002: the Faculty of Letters and Sciences is split into two faculties (Letters, and Sciences)
- 2004: the Department of Economic Sciences (part of the Faculty of Sciences) is transformed into the Faculty of Economic Sciences
- 2009: renamed as the Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacău
Faculties
[edit]The University of Bacău has 5 faculties:
- Faculty of Economic Sciences
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Letters
- Faculty of Movement, Sports and Health Sciences
- Faculty of Sciences
References
[edit]- ^ "Raport de activitate" (PDF) (in Romanian). December 2016.
- ^ About the “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacău
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