University of Bucharest
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In 1694 Constantin Brâncoveanu, ruler of Wallachia, founds the Princely Academy of Saint Sava in Bucharest with lectures delivered in Greek. In 1776 Alexandru Ipsilanti, ruler of Wallachia, reforms the curriculum of the Saint Sava Academy, where courses of French, Italian and Latin are now taught. In 1859, the faculty of law is created. In 1885 Carol Davila creates the National School of Medicine and Pharmacy. In 1857, the foundation stone of the University Palace in Bucharest are layed. On July 4/16 1864 Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza creates the University of Bucharest, bringing together the Faculties of Law, Sciences and Letters as one single body. In the next years new faculties are created: 1884 – the Faculty of theology, 1906 – the Institute of Geology, 1913 - the Academic Institute for Electrotechnology, 1921 - the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 1923 - the Faculty of Pharmacy, 1924 - the Mina Minovici Institute of Forensic Medicine.
Recent history
The area around the old University building (the University Square), adjacent to the C.A. Rosetti, Roman, Kogălniceanu 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 from the Jiu region.
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.
Faculties
Currently the university has 18 departments, covering fields such as natural sciences humanities, social sciences and theology.
- [Faculty of Biology]
- [Faculty of Law]
- [Faculty of Chemistry]
- [Faculty of Physics]
- [Faculty of Geography]
- [Faculty of Philosophy]
- [Faculty of Geology and Geophysics]
- [Faculty of Journalism and Communication Studies]
- [Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science]
- [Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures]
- [Faculty of Political Study]
- [Faculty of Letters]
- Faculty of Sociology and Social Work
- Faculty of History
- Faculty of Psychology And Educational Studies
- Faculty of Baptist Theology
- Faculty of Orthodox Theology
- Faculty of Roman-Catholic 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. 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.
Facilities
The University of Bucharest has a number of buildings throughout Bucharest, in that respect, not having a single campus. Its main two buildings are the Old Building, in the University Square (and practically right in the center of the city) - housing the Faculties of Mathematics, Informatics, Chemistry, Geography and Literature, and the Kogălniceanu Building, near the Opera House - housing the Administrative section and the Faculty of Law . Other faculties have their own buildings and research facilities, scattered throughout the city, such as the Faculty of Political Science (on Sfântu Ştefan Street), Faculty of Physics (in the small town of Măgurele - 16 km/10 miles from Bucharest), Faculty of Philosophy, Faculty of Languages (on Pitar Moş street), and so on. This, mixed with the fact that student dormitories and other facilities are located in very different locations prompted the university to print a yearly guide for freshmen.
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