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Transilvania University of Brasov (UNITBV) is the largest
comprehensive
public university in the central region of Romania, founded in 1948,
with 19.038 students and 740 full-time teaching staff. UNITBV is
offering a diversity of study programs (100+ bachelor programmes,
70+
master programmes, 18 PhD programmes) covering 43 domains of science
in
the major fields of engineering, social sciences, humanities, arts,
medicine, mathematics and sports. In terms of number of students
UNITBV
is the 7th largest Romanian university, being focused on top
performance
in education, student international mobility, and the richness of
students' social and cultural experience in campus. Research at
Transilvania University of Brasov is supported by the
state-of-the-art
infrastructure of the R&D Institute, one of the largest research
platforms in South-Eastern Europe. Researchers, teaching staff and
students work together in 30 research centres and interdisciplinary
teams with results which have placed UNITBV among the most
prestigious
and competitive Romanian universities. UNITBV promotes
internationalization (at home and abroad), having strong
international
links with centres of excellence throughout Europe and overseas for
education and research. One of the main aim of the UNITBV is the
increased visibility at the international level, as well as
increased
quality of the education and scientific-research processes, by
extending
the cooperation with relevant institutions, both of the European
Union
countries, and of nonEuropean countries. Some of the measures for
this
aim implemented during the last four years focused on increasing the
number of study programs taught in foreign languages, support and
stimulation of the professional development of the academic staff to
participate in international mobility exchanges and collaborations,
internship programs, the development of professional competencies of
HEI’s teaching staff and students being central for the UNITBV
development strategy.