International Relations and European Studies

WELCOME!
Brief history:
• In 2013, we celebrated 50 years of continuous higher
education in Oradea and also we attained “High
Degree of Confidence” rating.
• In this year, we celebrate 235 years since the
establishment of higher education in Oradea.
In 1780, a higher education institution in Philosophy
was created in Oradea. In 1788, it became the Faculty
of Law; yet it was transferred to Cluj‐Napoca in 1934.
• The continuous higher education – on the 1st of
October 1963, an order of the Ministry of Education
settled a three‐year Pedagogical Institute in Oradea.
• In May 1990, a Decree of the Romanian
Government established the Technical University of
Oradea, later called the University of Oradea.
• The mission of the University of Oradea is to train
specialists in different fields of science and culture
and to provide knowledge for social and economic
development.
– 15.724 BA students (641 foreigners), 1.666 MA students
and 322 doctoral students, 678 residents, 4.897
candidates for didactic training and 1.282 candidates for
didactic degrees;
– Approximate 1.062 members of the academic staff;
– The University of Oradea is the 19th university in the
country out of 100 public and private higher education
institutions as a result of an assessment carried out by
the Ministry of Education, Research Youth and Sports in
2011.
Our university has 15 faculties providing: – 51 BA fields with 108 BA programmes;
– 40 MA fields;
– 11 doctoral fields.
‐ Arts
‐ Constructions and Architecture
‐ Law
‐ Geography, Tourism and Sports
‐ Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
‐ Energy Engineering and Industrial Management
‐ Management and Technological Engineering
‐ History, International Relations, Political Science and Communication Sciences
‐ Letters
‐ Medicine and Pharmacy
‐ Environmental Protection
‐ Science
‐ Economic Sciences
‐ Social and Humanistic Sciences
‐ Orthodox Theology “Episcop Dr. Vasile Coman”
• Teachers’ Training Department
• Distance Learning Department
• International Relations Department
• Research centres- Over 27 institutional research centres.
Our university has six Doctoral Schools in the following fields:
Philology, Geography, Biomedical Sciences, Engineering, and Social
Sciences.
We offer courses in English for the following specializations:
1. Undergraduate level:
a. BA in International Relations and European Studies (3 years) at the Faculty
of History, International Relations, Political and Communication Sciences
b. BA in Tourism Geography (3 years) at the Faculty of Geography, Tourism and
Sport
c. BM in Medicine (6 years) at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy
d. BA in International Affairs (3 years) at the Faculty of Economic Sciences
e. BA in Mathematics (3 years) at the Faculty of Sciences
2. Postgraduate level:
a. MA in European Studies (2 years) at the Faculty of History, International
Relations, Political and Communication Sciences
b. MSc in Advanced Mechatronics Systems (2 years) at the Faculty of
Engineering and Technology Management
c. MA in Tourism, Management and Planning (2 years) at the Faculty of
Geography, Tourism and Sport.
International relations
• Over 250 international partners
• European mobilities: Erasmus, Leonardo, scholarships granted by
agencies and EU Member States
• The University of Oradea was placed first in Romania in the
Leonardo da Vinci programme in the academic year 2006‐2007
• From the point of view of Erasmus mobility, the University of
Oradea was the fourth higher education institution in the country in
the academic year 2010‐2011
• Since 2005, 1100 students received scholarships by means several
programs; 1300 visits in the European countries have been made by
didactic and non‐didactic staff
• 300 students and 170 teachers and members of administrative staff
visited the University of Oradea by means of community programs
Material support
• Total surface of educational area: 45.000 sqm
• 250 laboratories
• 95 seminar rooms
• Over 100 lecture rooms and lecture halls
• Aula Magna (300 places), Aula of the Faculty of
Medicine and Pharmacy (200 places), Aula of the
Faculty of Environmental Protection (200 places)
• Expoflora Complex
• Sports grounds
• Agricultural lands
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The university library has 520 places in the reading rooms
4 dormitories are available for students (total 1700 places)
Students’ canteen
The wooden church “Sf. Arhanghel Mihail şi Gavril” (Saint
Archangels Michael and Gabriel), a historical monument
• The “Gaudeamus” didactic and research unit at Stâna de Vale
• 2 medical units
• The University Press