University of Iasi

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University of Iasi

The University of Iasi (in full: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi; Romanian

Romanian language

Romanian or Daco-Romanian ; self-designation: limba rom?na, ) is a Romance languages spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova....
: Universitatea "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" din Iasi) is a university

University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
in Iasi

Iasi

Iasi , is a Cities in Romania and Municipality in Romania in north-eastern Romania. The city was the capital of Principality of Moldavia from the 16th century until 1861 and of Romania between 1916?1918 during World War I....
, Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
. It was the first institution of its kind in the Danubian Principalities

Danubian Principalities

Danubian Principalities was a conventional name given to the Principality of Moldavia and Wallachia, which emerged in the early 14th century. The term was coined in the Habsburg Monarchy after the Treaty of Kuchuk Kainarji in order to designate an area on the lower Danube with a common Geopolitics situation....
, opening in 1860.

The university is made up of 15 faculties (History, School of Law, School of Business and Administration, Philosophy, Letters, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, School of Pedagogy, Geography, Orthodox

Romanian Orthodox Church

The Romanian Orthodox Church is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodoxy church. It is in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox churches, and is ranked Eastern Orthodox Church organization in order of precedence....
Theology, Catholic

Roman Catholicism in Romania

The Roman-Catholic Church in Romania is a Latin Rite Christianity church, part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and Roman Curia in Rome....
Theology, and Sport) with more than 35,000 students.

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The University of Iasi (in full: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi; Romanian

Romanian language

University

Iasi

Romania

Danubian Principalities

Romanian Orthodox Church

Roman Catholicism in Romania

Rector

The word rector has a number of different meanings, but all of them indicate an academic, religious or political administrator.The word "rector" also appears in many modern languages, such as Albanian, Dutch language, Spanish language, Catalan language and Romanian language....
is Professor Vasile Isan.

The Iasi campus

Campus

A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a campus includes library, lecture halls, residence halls and park-like settings....
is situated on Copou hill in the northern part of the city. The main building of the university was built in 1896, and was enlarged in the 1930s.

History

The university was founded by an 1860 decree of Domnitor
Domnitor

Domnitor was the official title of the ruler of the Danubian Principalities between 1859 and 1866. "Domnitor" was used in medieval times along with the slavonic-derived term of "Voievod"/voivode, and it derives from the 'cultivated Latin' term Dominus "; ....
Alexander John Cuza

Alexander John Cuza

Alexander John Cuza was a Moldavian-born Romanian politician who ruled as the first Domnitor of the Danubian Principalities between 1859 and 1866....
, under whom the former Mihaileana Academy was converted to a university.

Corneliu Zelea Codreanu

Corneliu Zelea Codreanu

Corneliu Zelea Codreanu was a Romanian politician of the far right, the founder and charismatic leader of the Iron Guard or The Legion of the Archangel Michael , an ultra-nationalist and violently Antisemitism organization active throughout most of the interwar period....
had been a student at Iasi until his expulsion in 1922. In June 1923, poor university conditions and the modification of Article 7 of the new Romanian Constitution

1923 Constitution of Romania

The 1923 Constitution of Romania, also called the Constitution of Union, was intended to align the organisation of the state on the basis of universal male suffrage and the new realities that arose after the Union of Transylvania with Romania of 1918....
to allow immigrants, including Jews

History of the Jews in Romania

The history of Jews in Romania concerns the Jews of Romania and of Romanian origins, from their first mention on what is nowadays Romanian territory....
, to gain citizenship, led to student strikes throughout Romania. The National Christian Defense League, founded by Codreanu and Professor A. C. Cuza

A. C. Cuza

A. C. Cuza was a Romanian far right politician and theorist....
, took over the university and flew its swastika

Swastika

The swastika is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at Angle#Types of angles, in either right-facing form or its mirrored left-facing form....
banner over the entrance. These events were leter investigated by a committee headed by Rector Traian Bratu, Constantin Radulescu-Motru

Constantin Radulescu-Motru

Constantin Radulescu-Motru was a Romanian philosopher, psychologist, sociologist, logician, academic, dramatist, as well as centre-left Nationalism politician with a noted Anti-fascism discourse....
, and Nicolae Basilescu.

Notable past and present faculty

Notable alumni

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External links

Utrecht Network
Utrecht Network

The Utrecht Network is a network of European University. The network promotes the internationalisation of tertiary education through summer schools, student and staff Student exchange program and joint degrees....