Organization:Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacău
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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
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
- 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
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
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