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Alexandru Ioan Cuza University

January 11, 2023

The Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (Romanian: Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza"; acronym: UAIC) is a public university located in Iași, Romania. Founded by an 1860 decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza, under whom the former Academia Mihăileană was converted to a university, the University of Iași, as it was named at first, is one of the oldest universities of Romania, and one of its advanced research and education institutions.[2] It is one of the five members of the Universitaria Consortium (the group of elite Romanian universities).[3]

Alexandru Ioan Cuza University
Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza" din Iași
Former names
University of Iași
Mihăileană University
Cuza Vodă University
MottoPer libertatem ad veritatem (Latin)
Motto in English
Through freedom to the truth
TypePublic
EstablishedAcademia Vasiliană: 1640
Princely Academy of Iași: 1707
Academia Mihăileană: 1835
Current institution: 26 October 1860; 162 years ago (1860-10-26)
AffiliationCoimbra Group (CG), Utrecht Network, European University Association (EUA), International Association of Universities (IAU), Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)
RectorTudorel Toader
Academic staff
1,723
Students24,047 (2019-2020)[1]
Undergraduates18,594
Postgraduates7,200
Location
Iași
,
Romania
CampusUrban
ColorsYellow White and Sky Blue    
Websitewww.uaic.ro

The Alexandru Ioan Cuza University offers study programmes in Romanian, English, and French. In 2008, for the third year in a row, it was placed first in the national research ranking compiled on the basis of Shanghai criteria.[4][5] In the 2012 QS World University Rankings, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University was included in the Top 700 universities of the world, on the position 601+ , together with three other Romanian universities.[6][7]

The university is a member of some of the most important university networks and associations: the Coimbra Group (CG), Utrecht Network, European University Association (EUA), International Association of Universities (IAU), University Agency of Francophony (AUF), and the Network of Francophone Universities (RUFAC).

History

 
Portrait of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza

Iași has a long tradition in higher education, the first institute that functioned on the territory of Romania was Academia Vasiliană founded in 1640 by the Moldavian Prince Vasile Lupu,[8] followed, in 1707, by Princely Academy of Iași. The Princely Academy (renamed, in 1812, The Academy of Filology and Science) matched up to the standards of the other European Academies of the time and the Romanian language gained importance over the Greek language.

The foundation, in 1835, of the Academia Mihăileană is considered a landmark in the history of Romanian higher education. The Academia Mihăileană was created under the auspices of Prince Mihail Sturdza (hence its name), striving for progress and for "meeting the standards of the enlightened Europe". Three faculties were set up: the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Philosophy and the Faculty of Theology and the curriculum resembled to a great extent that of Austrian and German academies.

After the Unification of the Romanian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia by the Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza, the inauguration, at 26 October 1860, of the University of Iași, the first Romanian modern university, was to be a stepping stone to modern higher education in Romania.[9]

By 1879, the University of Iași had four faculties: Law, Letters and Philosophy, Sciences, and Medicine. In 1892, the Faculty of Sciences added the Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, followed by the Department of Agricultural Chemistry, in 1906, and the School of the Industrial Electricity, in 1910.

In March 1937, the technical higher education departments and the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences were transferred to the newly established Gheorghe Asachi Polytechnic School, and in 1948, the Medical School became the independent Institute of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iași.[10]

Blazon

Its coat of arms with the Y shaped heraldic pall symbolizes the three initiatives which led to the foundation of the university: the Academia Vasiliană, the Academia Mihăileană, the University of Iași. The central element is the Bible, the classic emblem of higher education. The three shiny stars stand for the three faculties of the university at its foundation moment, Philosophy, Law and Theology, on blue and argent background, the same colors used on the Cuza family shield.

Grounds

 
The University Square

The university grounds lie on Copou Hill in the northern part of the city.

The main university building, known as the University Palace, was erected between 1893 and 1897, and extended in 1933–1937, on the site of the first Iași National Theatre which had burned down in 1888. The Hall of the university, known as The Hall of the Lost Footsteps, served as a parliamentary debating chamber between 1917 and 1918 when, during the Great War, Iași was the capital of Romania. In 1968–1978, the painter Sabin Bălaşa created a series of strongly romanticized frescoes for the arcades. The University Palace is shared with the Gheorghe Asachi Technical University.

Academics

 
The Hall of the Lost Footsteps

Nowadays, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University is made up of 15 faculties and one department:[11]

  • The Faculty of Biology, founded in 1864 as a department of the Faculty of Sciences, became part of the Faculty of Natural Sciences in 1948, and organized as faculty in 1990. [1]
  • The Faculty of Chemistry was founded in 1864 as a department of the Faculty of Sciences, and organized as faculty in 1948. It offers programs in chemistry, technological biochemistry, and medical chemistry. [2]
  • The Faculty of Computer Science was founded in 1965, as the Department of Computing Machines of the Faculty of Mathematics. In 1991, it became the first faculty in Computer Science of a non-technical university in Romania. [3]
  • The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, founded in 1962 (as the Faculty of Economics). [4]
  • The Faculty of Geography and Geology, founded in 1865 as the Department of Geology-Mineralogy of the Faculty of Sciences. In 1948, it became part of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, and organized as the Faculty of Biology-Geography-Geology, in 1977. [5]
  • The Faculty of History, founded in 1860 as a department of the Faculty of Philosophy. It was part of the Faculties of History-Geography, Letters, or History-Philosophy until 1990, when it was organized as an individual faculty. [6]
  • The Faculty of Law, founded in 1856, it is one of the founder faculties. [7]
  • The Faculty of Letters, founded in 1860, as part of the Faculty of Philosophy, renamed in 1864 as Faculty of Philosophy and Letters. It became an individual faculty in 1960.[8]
  • The Faculty of Mathematics, was founded in 1864 as a department of the Faculty of Sciences, and organized as faculty in 1948. [9]
  • The Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences, founded in 1856 as the Faculty of Philosophy, became one of the founder faculties. [10]
  • The Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, founded in 1960. [11]
  • The Faculty of Physics, was founded in 1864 as a department of the Faculty of Sciences, and organized as faculty in 1962. It offers programs in physics, medical physics, biophysics, computational physics and engineering physics. [12]
  • The Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, founded as the Departments of Pedagogy and Psychology starting 1878, it became a faculty in 1997. [13]
  • The Faculty of Orthodox Theology, founded in 1860, as one of the founder faculties. [14]
  • The Faculty of Catholic Theology, founded in 2002. [15]
  • Centre for European Studies, founded in 2000. [16]

Library

Founded in 1835 as Library of the Academia Mihăileană, Mihai Eminescu Central University Library holds about 2.5 million volumes that form the main collection and an old and rare collection, from the 15th to the 19th centuries, of over 100,000 Romanian and foreign documents, manuscripts, books, albums, maps, stamps, archive items.

The building that houses the main collection is located at the base of Copou Hill, and it was built between 1930 and 1935 to serve as the headquarters of King Ferdinand's Cultural Foundation. The triangular building with Doric columns and cupola is decorated with Carrara marble and Venetian mosaics. By 1945, the Foundation library had become one of the biggest in the country. Today, the library is the largest in Moldavia, with a great number of manuscripts and old books.

Research

Alexandru Ioan Cuza University is involved in over 400 national and international research projects, with the logistic support of 24 research centres.

International relations

The university is a member of different university networks and associations, such as the Coimbra Group, the European University Association, the Utrecht Network, the International Association of Universities, or the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie.

Gallery

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    The Main Building (Corp A) of the Al.I.Cuza University

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    Building B, front view

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    Building C, Faculty of Computer Science

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    Al.I.Cuza University, building D

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    The Mihai Eminescu Central University Library

Faculty, alumni and rectors

Past and present faculty
Alumni
Rectors

See also

References

  1. ^ "About the university". Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  2. ^ Institutii de invatamant superior clasificate ca universitati de cercetare avansata si educatie
  3. ^ Consorțiul Universitaria s-a întrunit la Tulcea (in Romanian)
  4. ^ "About the university". Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza" din Iași. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Topul universitatilor din Romania, realizat de Ad Astra". Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  6. ^ . topuniversities.com. 7 December 2012. Archived from the original on 28 December 2012.
  7. ^ "Cele mai bune universităţi din lume. Patru universităţi româneşti sunt printre primele 700" (in Romanian). Adevarul. 11 September 2012.
  8. ^ . Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  9. ^ Irina Livezeanu (2000). Cultural Politics in Greater Romania: Regionalism, Nation Building & Ethnic Struggle, 1918-1930. Cornell University Press. pp. 212–. ISBN 0-8014-8688-2.
  10. ^ A short history of the University of Iași (in Romanian)
  11. ^ Alexandru Ioan Cuza University at aracis.ro

External links

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to University of Iași.
  • "Al. I. Cuza" University of Iași Website
  • Alexandru Ioan Cuza University on Facebook  

Coordinates: 47°10′27″N 27°34′18″E / 47.174231°N 27.571691°E / 47.174231; 27.571691

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The Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Romanian Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza acronym UAIC is a public university located in Iași Romania Founded by an 1860 decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza under whom the former Academia Mihăileană was converted to a university the University of Iași as it was named at first is one of the oldest universities of Romania and one of its advanced research and education institutions 2 It is one of the five members of the Universitaria Consortium the group of elite Romanian universities 3 Alexandru Ioan Cuza UniversityUniversitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza din IașiFormer namesUniversity of Iași Mihăileană University Cuza Vodă UniversityMottoPer libertatem ad veritatem Latin Motto in EnglishThrough freedom to the truthTypePublicEstablishedAcademia Vasiliană 1640 Princely Academy of Iași 1707 Academia Mihăileană 1835 Current institution 26 October 1860 162 years ago 1860 10 26 AffiliationCoimbra Group CG Utrecht Network European University Association EUA International Association of Universities IAU Agence universitaire de la Francophonie AUF RectorTudorel ToaderAcademic staff1 723Students24 047 2019 2020 1 Undergraduates18 594Postgraduates7 200LocationIași RomaniaCampusUrbanColorsYellow White and Sky Blue Websitewww wbr uaic wbr roThe Alexandru Ioan Cuza University offers study programmes in Romanian English and French In 2008 for the third year in a row it was placed first in the national research ranking compiled on the basis of Shanghai criteria 4 5 In the 2012 QS World University Rankings Alexandru Ioan Cuza University was included in the Top 700 universities of the world on the position 601 together with three other Romanian universities 6 7 The university is a member of some of the most important university networks and associations the Coimbra Group CG Utrecht Network European University Association EUA International Association of Universities IAU University Agency of Francophony AUF and the Network of Francophone Universities RUFAC Contents 1 History 1 1 Blazon 2 Grounds 3 Academics 3 1 Library 4 Research 5 International relations 6 Gallery 7 Faculty alumni and rectors 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksHistory Edit Portrait of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza Iași has a long tradition in higher education the first institute that functioned on the territory of Romania was Academia Vasiliană founded in 1640 by the Moldavian Prince Vasile Lupu 8 followed in 1707 by Princely Academy of Iași The Princely Academy renamed in 1812 The Academy of Filology and Science matched up to the standards of the other European Academies of the time and the Romanian language gained importance over the Greek language The foundation in 1835 of the Academia Mihăileană is considered a landmark in the history of Romanian higher education The Academia Mihăileană was created under the auspices of Prince Mihail Sturdza hence its name striving for progress and for meeting the standards of the enlightened Europe Three faculties were set up the Faculty of Law the Faculty of Philosophy and the Faculty of Theology and the curriculum resembled to a great extent that of Austrian and German academies After the Unification of the Romanian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia by the Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza the inauguration at 26 October 1860 of the University of Iași the first Romanian modern university was to be a stepping stone to modern higher education in Romania 9 By 1879 the University of Iași had four faculties Law Letters and Philosophy Sciences and Medicine In 1892 the Faculty of Sciences added the Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry followed by the Department of Agricultural Chemistry in 1906 and the School of the Industrial Electricity in 1910 In March 1937 the technical higher education departments and the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences were transferred to the newly established Gheorghe Asachi Polytechnic School and in 1948 the Medical School became the independent Institute of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iași 10 Blazon Edit Its coat of arms with the Y shaped heraldic pall symbolizes the three initiatives which led to the foundation of the university the Academia Vasiliană the Academia Mihăileană the University of Iași The central element is the Bible the classic emblem of higher education The three shiny stars stand for the three faculties of the university at its foundation moment Philosophy Law and Theology on blue and argent background the same colors used on the Cuza family shield Grounds Edit The University Square The university grounds lie on Copou Hill in the northern part of the city The main university building known as the University Palace was erected between 1893 and 1897 and extended in 1933 1937 on the site of the first Iași National Theatre which had burned down in 1888 The Hall of the university known as The Hall of the Lost Footsteps served as a parliamentary debating chamber between 1917 and 1918 when during the Great War Iași was the capital of Romania In 1968 1978 the painter Sabin Bălasa created a series of strongly romanticized frescoes for the arcades The University Palace is shared with the Gheorghe Asachi Technical University Academics Edit The Hall of the Lost Footsteps Nowadays Alexandru Ioan Cuza University is made up of 15 faculties and one department 11 The Faculty of Biology founded in 1864 as a department of the Faculty of Sciences became part of the Faculty of Natural Sciences in 1948 and organized as faculty in 1990 1 The Faculty of Chemistry was founded in 1864 as a department of the Faculty of Sciences and organized as faculty in 1948 It offers programs in chemistry technological biochemistry and medical chemistry 2 The Faculty of Computer Science was founded in 1965 as the Department of Computing Machines of the Faculty of Mathematics In 1991 it became the first faculty in Computer Science of a non technical university in Romania 3 The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration founded in 1962 as the Faculty of Economics 4 The Faculty of Geography and Geology founded in 1865 as the Department of Geology Mineralogy of the Faculty of Sciences In 1948 it became part of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and organized as the Faculty of Biology Geography Geology in 1977 5 The Faculty of History founded in 1860 as a department of the Faculty of Philosophy It was part of the Faculties of History Geography Letters or History Philosophy until 1990 when it was organized as an individual faculty 6 The Faculty of Law founded in 1856 it is one of the founder faculties 7 The Faculty of Letters founded in 1860 as part of the Faculty of Philosophy renamed in 1864 as Faculty of Philosophy and Letters It became an individual faculty in 1960 8 The Faculty of Mathematics was founded in 1864 as a department of the Faculty of Sciences and organized as faculty in 1948 9 The Faculty of Philosophy and Social Political Sciences founded in 1856 as the Faculty of Philosophy became one of the founder faculties 10 The Faculty of Physical Education and Sports founded in 1960 11 The Faculty of Physics was founded in 1864 as a department of the Faculty of Sciences and organized as faculty in 1962 It offers programs in physics medical physics biophysics computational physics and engineering physics 12 The Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences founded as the Departments of Pedagogy and Psychology starting 1878 it became a faculty in 1997 13 The Faculty of Orthodox Theology founded in 1860 as one of the founder faculties 14 The Faculty of Catholic Theology founded in 2002 15 Centre for European Studies founded in 2000 16 Library Edit Founded in 1835 as Library of the Academia Mihăileană Mihai Eminescu Central University Library holds about 2 5 million volumes that form the main collection and an old and rare collection from the 15th to the 19th centuries of over 100 000 Romanian and foreign documents manuscripts books albums maps stamps archive items The building that houses the main collection is located at the base of Copou Hill and it was built between 1930 and 1935 to serve as the headquarters of King Ferdinand s Cultural Foundation The triangular building with Doric columns and cupola is decorated with Carrara marble and Venetian mosaics By 1945 the Foundation library had become one of the biggest in the country Today the library is the largest in Moldavia with a great number of manuscripts and old books Research EditAlexandru Ioan Cuza University is involved in over 400 national and international research projects with the logistic support of 24 research centres International relations EditThe university is a member of different university networks and associations such as the Coimbra Group the European University Association the Utrecht Network the International Association of Universities or the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie Gallery Edit The Main Building Corp A of the Al I Cuza University Building B front view Building C Faculty of Computer Science Al I Cuza University building D The Mihai Eminescu Central University LibraryFaculty alumni and rectors EditPast and present faculty Petre AndreiVasile ArvinteViorel BarbuSimion BărnuţiuTraian BratuDimitrie BrandzăIoan CantacuzinoA C CuzaNicolae DascoviciEmil DumeaTahsin GemilDimitrie GustiDragomir HurmuzescuIorgu IordanNicolae IorgaGheorghe IvănescuTitu MaiorescuGrigore MoisilDumitru OpreaConstantin Ion ParhonIon PetroviciAlexandru PhilippideLuca PiţuAlexandru Florin PlatonDimitrie PompeiuConstantin StereSimion StoilowMihai Răzvan UngureanuAlexandru Dimitrie XenopolAlexandru Zub Alumni Sorin AntohiTeoctist ArăpasuGabriela CreţuBenjamin FondaneDimitrie GustiHoria HulubeiNicolae IorgaTraian LalescuNicolae MalaxaCristian MungiuGheorghe NichitaAlina Mungiu PippidiGeorge PruteanuIsaac Jacob SchoenbergGeorge SimionMarin SorescuConstantin StereMihai Răzvan UngureanuGheorghe VranceanuAlexandru ZubTaulant Balla Rectors Ion Strat 1860 1861 Filaret Scriban 1861 1862 Nicolae Ionescu 1862 1863 Titu Maiorescu 1863 1867 Ștefan Micle 1867 1875 Petru Suciu 1875 1880 Nicolae Culianu 1880 1898 Alexandru D Xenopol 1898 1901 Constantin Climescu 1901 1907 George Bogdan 1907 1913 Constantin Stere 1913 1916 Matei B Cantacuzino 1916 1918 Nicolae Leon 1918 Iulian Teodorescu 1919 1920 Nicolae Leon 1920 1921 Traian Bratu 1921 1922 Ion Th Simionescu 1922 1923 Alexandru Slătineanu 1923 1926 Petru Bogdan 1926 1932 Traian Bratu 1932 1938 Ion Tănăsescu 1938 1940 Virgil Nițulescu 1940 1941 Mihail D David 1941 1944 Alexandru Myller 1944 1945 Leon Ballif 1947 1948 Jean Livescu 1948 1955 Ion L Creangă 1955 1972 Mihai Todosia 1972 1981 Viorel Barbu 1981 1989 Petre Milcomete 1989 Petru Călin Ignat 1989 1992 Gheorghe Popa 1992 2000 Dumitru Oprea 2000 2008 Vasile Ișan 2008 2016 See also EditAcademia Mihăileană List of modern universities in Europe 1801 1945 Utrecht NetworkReferences Edit About the university Retrieved 8 May 2020 Institutii de invatamant superior clasificate ca universitati de cercetare avansata si educatie Consorțiul Universitaria s a intrunit la Tulcea in Romanian About the university Universitatea Alexandru Ioan Cuza din Iași Retrieved 19 July 2015 Topul universitatilor din Romania realizat de Ad Astra Retrieved 19 July 2015 Alexandru Ioan Cuza University topuniversities com 7 December 2012 Archived from the original on 28 December 2012 Cele mai bune universităţi din lume Patru universităţi romanesti sunt printre primele 700 in Romanian Adevarul 11 September 2012 Study in Romanian Learn amp Live Freely Archived from the original on 11 June 2015 Retrieved 19 July 2015 Irina Livezeanu 2000 Cultural Politics in Greater Romania Regionalism Nation Building amp Ethnic Struggle 1918 1930 Cornell University Press pp 212 ISBN 0 8014 8688 2 A short history of the University of Iași in Romanian Alexandru Ioan Cuza University at aracis roExternal links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to University of Iași Al I Cuza University of Iași Website Alexandru Ioan Cuza University on Facebook Coordinates 47 10 27 N 27 34 18 E 47 174231 N 27 571691 E 47 174231 27 571691 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alexandru Ioan Cuza University amp oldid 1110487931, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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