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The University of Craiova (Romanian

Romanian language

Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...

Universitatea din Craiova) is a university

University

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located in Craiova

Craiova

Craiova , Romania's 6th largest city and capital of Dolj County, is situated near the east bank of the river Jiu in central Oltenia. It is a longstanding political center, and is located at approximately equal distances from the Southern Carpathians and the River Danube . Craiova is the chief...

, Romania

Romania

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. It is an institution of higher education

Higher education

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of complex integration, founded in 1947, with four faculties in the beginning, it has developed continuously, the number of specialization's increasing and today it meets the standards of a high quality academic instruction. It is one of the most advanced universities in Romania, including short-term (3 years) as well as long-term (4-5 years) teaching programs, post-graduate studies (MA and doctoral) in more than 30 fields and 90 specialization's . The number of the teaching staff (over 1,000) and students (over 22,000) places the University of Craiova among the five largest universities in Romania . It comprises 17 faculties and 2 colleges, offering candidates training in fields of higher education.

History

The University of Craiova was founded on 25 April 1947, comprising four faculties: Human Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Economical Science, and Agronomy. During the 1948 reformation of education, it includes two additional faculties: Agriculture and Agricultural Machines. In 1951, the institute of Electromechanics started to work.
First organization of the mathematical research and education were started in 1958 by the foundation of the Pedagogical Institute including faculties for Mathematics

Mathematics

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, Physics

Physics

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, Chemistry

Chemistry

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, Philology

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and Agricultural. Respectively, it encompassed the faculties of Philology, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Agricultural, which were unified under the same administration known by the name of University of Craiova in 1965. In 1974, by union of Faculty of Mathematics

Mathematics

, Physics

Physics

and Chemistry

Chemistry

, the Faculty of Natural Sciences was founded. The Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics was founded in 1991 by union of the Department of Mathematics and Department of Informatics of the former Faculty of Natural Sciences.

Physics' teaching in Craiova has its beginning embodied by 1958 when, inside of the Teaching Institute, the "Physics

Physics

and Chemistry

Chemistry

Section", providing 3 years of study in regular classes, was founded. Since September, 1966, this Section was integrated to the University of Craiova, as the "Physics

Physics

and Chemistry' Speciality", providing 5 years of study, in regular classes. In 1971, a precisely focused Section was founded: the Physics Section, providing 4 to 5 years of study, in regular classes. To the number of students allowed to this Section was given the limit of 30, by that time. The usual syllabus was of 4 years, but the best among the graduates were enabled to continue their study by the 5-th speciality year. In 1974, the Physics

Physics

, Mathematics

Mathematics

, Informatics

Informatics (academic field)

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and the ancient "Physics

Physics

and Chemistry

Chemistry

" (that was still going on since 1958) Section gathered under the name Faculty of Natural Sciences. This structure kept on functioning till 1990. By then, the Faculty changed its name, becoming the "Faculty of Sciences", inside of which are the Physics

Physics

, Chemistry

Chemistry

(separated), and Geography

Geography

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-Geo-Ecology

Ecology

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(gathered) Specialities.

In 1991, it comprise two colleges: one in Craiova and another in Drobeta-Turnu Severin. The college in Craiova comprises four specializations: Technology, Economics

Economics

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, Informatics and Secretarial work. The college in Drobeta-Turnu Severin comprises two specializations: Administration and Informatics. During 90 decade all the faculties of the University developed, enriching their profiles and specializations. The academic year 1989 started with 7 faculties and 16 specializations. In the academic year 1996, it has grown to 14 faculties and 56 specializations. The colleges in Craiova and Drobeta-Turnu Severin offer 18 specializations .

Organization

Faculties

The University of Craiova comprises sixteen faculties and an autonomous branch in Drobeta-Turnu Severin:

Colleges

University College of Craiova
University College of Drobeta Turnu-Severin

Research Center

Research Center for Artificial Intelligence

Institution of Electrical and Electronics Technician Engineers (IEETE) Research Center

Multimedia Research/Development Center

Publication

Annals of the University of Craiova:

Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry Series
Mathematics and Computer Science Series
Physics AUC
Economic Sciences Series
Electrical Engineering Series
Automation, Computers, Electronics and Mechatronics Series
Theology Series
Medical Sciences Series
Philology, English Series
Geographies Series
ELSE Software
The Young Economists Journal

Sport

University Craiova Football Club

FC Universitatea Craiova

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was created in 1948. The team name had then been changed to CSU Craiova (1950) , Stiinta Craiova (1950) and finally Universitatea Craiova in 1966.

Partner Universities

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Université Libre de Bruxelles

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, Belgium

Belgium

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Germany

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Germany

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Spain

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(Grenoble I), France

France

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, France

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(Paris VI), France

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, France

France

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(Toulouse III), France

France

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, France

France

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, France

France

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, Greece

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, Italy

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, Italy

Italy

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Italy

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, Netherlands

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Portugal

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, Finland

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, Finland

Finland

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, UK

External links

University of Craiova Website

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History

Organization

Faculties

Colleges

Research Center

Publication

Sport

Partner Universities

See also

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