Babeș-Bolyai University
The Babeș-Bolyai University (Romanian: Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai [ˈbabeʃ ˈbojɒ.i], Hungarian: Babeș-Bolyai Tudományegyetem, commonly known as UBB) is a public research university located in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It was created from a 1959 merger of Bolyai University (founded in 1945) and Victor Babeș University (founded in 1919), whose histories can be traced to the Jesuit Academy of Kolozsvár founded in 1581. It occupies the first position in the University Metaranking, initiated by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research in 2016
Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai (in Romanian) Babeș-Bolyai Tudományegyetem (in Hungarian) | |
| Latin: Universitas Claudiopolitana Values: Traditio et Excellentia | |
| Motto | Traditio Nostra Unacum Europae Virtutibus Splendet (Latin) |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1959 – Babeș-Bolyai University 1945 – Bolyai University 1919 – King Ferdinand I University (Victor Babeș University) |
| Affiliation | Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities, Eutopia, European University Association, International Association of Universities, Agence universitaire de la Francophonie, Association of Carpathian Region Universities, Santander Network, Balkan Universities Network |
| Budget | €77,237,173 |
| Rector | Daniel David |
| President of the Senate | Florin Streteanu |
Academic staff | 1,554 (2021–2022) |
Administrative staff | 1,596 (2021–2022) |
| Students | 48,620 (2021–2022) |
| Undergraduates | 33,139 |
| Postgraduates | 9,543 |
| 2,239 | |
Other students | 4,699 |
| Location | 1 Mihail Kogălniceanu Street, Cluj-Napoca , Romania 46.76767°N 23.59137°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Language | Romanian, Hungarian, German, English, French |
| Colors | Black and White |
| Website | Official website |
Babeș-Bolyai University is the largest Romanian university with about 50,000 students. It offers study programmes in Romanian, Hungarian, German, English, and French (as well as a smaller number of programmes at the Master's level taught in Spanish, Italian, and Japanese). The university was named, following the fusion in 1959 of the Romanian and Hungarian-language universities in Cluj, after two prominent scientists from Transylvania, the Romanian bacteriologist Victor Babeș and the Hungarian mathematician János Bolyai. It is one of the five members of the Universitaria Consortium (the group of elite Romanian universities, including UAIC, UB, ASE and UVT).
UBB is affiliated to the International Association of Universities, Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities, Eutopia, the Santander Group, the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie and the European University Association. Likewise, UBB signed the Magna Charta Universitatum and concluded partnerships with 210 universities in 50 countries, and it is widely considered one of the most prestigious in Eastern Europe. The Babeș-Bolyai University is classified as an advanced research and education university by the Ministry of Education.