University of Bucharest

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The University of Bucharest (Romanian: Universitatea din Bucureşti) was founded in 1694 by Constantin Brâncoveanu as the Academy of Saint Sava (Bucharest), with initially griechischsprachigem theology and philosophy classes; Alexandru Ipsilanti advanced lectures in 1776 in Latin, French and Italian. In the 19th century, the university was extended by the faculties of medicine, pharmacy, law, science, and literature.

The University of Bucharest is today a state university with 43,550 students, 1,477 professors and 18 faculties. Its main building is located at University Square ( Piata Universitatii ) in the center of the city. The certificates issued are in the whole of Europe, and is recognized in most countries of the world.

Faculties

  • Faculty of Biology
  • Faculty of Chemistry
  • Faculty of Law
  • Faculty of Philosophy
  • Faculty of Physics
  • Faculty of Geography
  • Faculty of Geology and Geophysics
  • Faculty of History
  • Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences
  • Faculty of Letters
  • Faculty of mathematics and computer science
  • Faculty of Foreign Languages ​​and Foreign Literature
  • Faculty of Political Science
  • Faculty of Social Sciences
  • Faculty of Psychology and Education
  • Faculty of Baptist Theology
  • Faculty of Orthodox Theology
  • Faculty of Roman Catholic Theology
  • Faculty of Management and Administration

Rector of the University is Mircea Dumitru.

Known graduates

  • Georgi Stranski (1847-1904), Bulgarian politician and Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Eugène Ionesco (1909-1994), an important Romanian- French playwright of the postwar period
  • Mihai Nadin ( b. 1938 ), Romanian computer
  • Ioan Moisin ( born 1943 ), Romanian inventor, politician and publicist
  • Dan Voiculescu ( born 1949 ), Romanian - American mathematician
  • Arben Ahmetaj (* 1969), Albanian politician and minister

Building

The main building of the University in the interwar period

The Rector of the University

The University Library as seen from the University Square of ( neo-baroque style)

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