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Universities in Cluj


Public schooling has existed in Cluj for over 600 years with the first higher education institution being founded by the Jesuits at the end of the 16th century. Cluj-Napoca is the second largest university centre in Romania: with 12 universities and an estimated 80,000 students. Below you can find a list of universities and Cluj.

Babeș-Bolyai University‎ – https://www.ubbcluj.ro/en/

Considered the largest university in Romania (around 44,000 students), Babeș-Bolyai University offers study programmes in five languages: Romanian, Hungarian, English, French and German (as well as a smaller number of programmes at the Master’s level taught in Spanish, Italian and Japanese).  More information about the academic programme: https://www.ubbcluj.ro/en/programe_academice/ 

“Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy from Cluj-Napocahttps://www.anmgd.ro/ 

It is one of the most active institutions of higher musical education in Romania, offering its students high-level qualification in the musical creation and performance fields, as well as musical education and musicology. More information about the academic programme: https://www.anmgd.ro/

“Iuliu Hațieganu”  University of Medicine and Pharmacy‎http://www.umfcluj.ro/en/ 

The oldest medical educational establishment in Transylvania, “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy is an international and multicultural university with more than 3,000 international students (from a total of 11,000 students) from more than 60 countries on all continents. It has study programmes with instruction in 3 languages – Romanian, English and French. More information about the academic programme: http://www.umfcluj.ro/images/fisiere/doc_umf/2020/GHID%20informational%20EN%20web.pdf

Technical University of Cluj-Napocahttps://www.utcluj.ro/en/ 

The Technical University of Cluj-Napoca comprises twelve faculties in the two academic centres with a wide range of fields of study, from engineering to architecture, fundamental sciences, socio-human sciences and arts.  More information: https://www.utcluj.ro/media/documents/2015/International_Student_Handbook.pdf

University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napocahttps://www.usamvcluj.ro/en/ | http://admitere.usamvcluj.ro/international-students/ 

The university provides the academic instruction of its highly qualified specialists in the main fields of agricultural and forestry sciences, engineering, veterinary medicine and natural sciences by promoting bachelor, masters, PhD and postgraduate studies based on the development of knowledge, research and innovation. More information about the academic programme: https://www.usamvcluj.ro/en/education/ 

University of Art and Designhttps://www.uad.ro/ 

The University of Art and Design in Cluj-Napoca is classified as a teaching and artistic creation university and it includes two faculties: the Faculty of Fine Arts and the Faculty of Decorative Arts and Design and operates in accordance with the principles of the Bologna Declaration, developing an educational process divided into three cycles: bachelor, master and doctorate. More information about the academic programme: https://www.uad.ro/international/erasmus/incoming_students/ 

Protestant Theological Institute of Clujhttps://www.proteo.cj.edu.ro/en 

It is a Protestant seminary and private university that trains ministers for four separate Protestant denominations: Calvinism (the Reformed Church in Romania), Lutheranism (the majority-Hungarian Evangelical Lutheran Church, the majority-Saxon Evangelical Church of Augustan Confession), and Unitarianism (the Unitarian Church of Transylvania). More information about the academic programme:   https://www.proteo.cj.edu.ro/en/application 

The Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvaniahttp://www.sapientia.ro/en 

The Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania is the independent university of the Hungarian community in Romania, which aims at providing education to the members of the community and performing scientific research on a high professional level. 

More information about the academic programme: http://www.sapientia.ro/en/faculties/cluj-napoca 

Other useful links: 
Centre for International Cooperation – https://cci.ubbcluj.ro/ 
Foreign Students Cluj-Napoca – https://www.facebook.com/groups/foreign.students.cluj/
 Babes-Bolyai University student organizations – https://www.ubbcluj.ro/en/studenti/viata_studenteasca/organizatii_ale_studentilor 
“Iuliu Hațieganu”  University of Medicine and Pharmacy‎ – student organizations: http://www.umfcluj.ro/en/educatie-uk/studenti-uk/organizatii-uk 
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca student organizations – https://www.utcluj.ro/studenti/organizatii/ 
Erasmus Student Network (ESN) Cluj-Napoca – http://cluj-napoca.esn.ro/esn-cluj-napoca 
AIESEC Cluj-Napoca – https://join.aiesec.org.ro/