Key figures
University Leadership
| University Leadership | |
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| Position | Name |
Rector |
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President of the Senate |
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Vice-President of the Senate
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Anton Hadar |
Vice-Rector for infrastructure development and strategic investments |
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Vice-Rector for international relations and the relationship with social partners |
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Vice-Rector for education and quality assurance |
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Vice-Rector for graduate and postdoctoral studies |
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Vice-Rector for IT development |
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Vice-Rector for internal affairs and cooperation with students |
Cristian Negrescu |
Founded in 1818
900,000 Square Meters, mostly green space
Over 30 residences dedicated to student accommodation
15 Faculties
95 Bachelor’s Degrees (BSc)
176 Master’s Degrees (MA)
14 doctoral schools
Academics Fields
Bachelor’s degrees in 21 scientific fields
Master's degrees in 22 scientific fields
Doctoral schools in 16 scientific fields
The Faculty of Engineering in Foreign Languages (FILS) in 3 foreign languages of international circulation: English, French and German
Romanian Language Preparatory Year
30.000 students
more than 1000 international students from over 70 countries
15 student organizations
female students 36.03%
male students 63,97%
Employees:
Staff: Over 1500
Faculty: Over 1300
The Center for Advanced Research on New Materials, Products and Innovative Processes CAMPUS - 42 advanced research and innovation labs, spread over more than 8,000 square meters and connected in a complete inter - disciplinary technological flow, starting with the study of materials (chemical engineering), going to electrical engineering and electronics (e.g., circuits, antennas), power and mechanics (e.g., alternative energy sources, environmental protection), and then telecommunications, information technologies (e.g. multimedia processing) and computer science (e.g. artificial intelligence).
The Research Center for Smart Products, Processes and Innovative Services PRECIS - 28 advanced research and innovation labs, spread over more than 8,000 square meters. The research laboratories of PRECIS Centre focus on products, processes and services which include smart methods and technologies oriented to adaptive and innovative industrial processes, systems for increasing the quality of life, autonomous cognitive systems, on cloud services and the future of the Internet, the mobile smart society and digital medicine.
Both research institutes are also educational centers for undergraduate and postgraduate studies and e-learning.
70 Research Centers
Over 500 implemented research projects in the last three years
- Projects funded from European Funds: almost 40% of the total university project funds;
- GEX and GNaC grants from UPB own programmes - 225 research projects for young post-doctoral researchers;
- UPB received the ‘HR Excellence in research’ in 2020 for implementing the Human Resources Strategy for Researchers (HRS4R).
UPB is the top Romanian research institutions in terms of scientific publications indexed in Scopus and WoS for 2016-2018 and 2016-2019.