Babes-Bolyai University
| Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai (Romanian) Babeș-Bolyai Tudományegyetem (Hungarian) |
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Seal of the Babeș-Bolyai University
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| Latin: Universitas Napocensis | |
| Motto | Traditio Nostra Unacum Europae Virtutibus Splendet (Latin) |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1919/1959 |
| Budget | €76,315,113 |
| Rector | Ioan-Aurel Pop |
| President of the Senate | Ioan Chirilă |
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Academic staff
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2,603 |
| Students | 41,136 |
| Undergraduates | 27,541 |
| Postgraduates | 8,665 |
| 1,215 | |
| Location |
1 Mihail Kogălniceanu Street, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 46°46′04″N 23°35′29″E / 46.76767°N 23.59137°ECoordinates: 46°46′04″N 23°35′29″E / 46.76767°N 23.59137°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Language | Romanian, Hungarian, German, English, French |
| Colors | Black and White |
| Website | Official website |
The Babeș-Bolyai University (Romanian: Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Hungarian: Babeș-Bolyai Tudományegyetem, German: Babeș-Bolyai Universität), commonly known after its abbreviation, UBB, is a public university in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. With more than 41,000 students in 2014, it is the largest university in the country. The Babeș-Bolyai University offers study programmes in Romanian, Hungarian, German, English, and French. The university was named after two prominent scientists from Transylvania, the Romanian bacteriologist Victor Babeș and the Hungarian mathematician János Bolyai.
UBB is affiliated, inter alia, to the International Association of Universities, 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 as 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. In the 2012 QS World University Rankings, it was included in the Top 700 universities of the world,on the position 601+, together with three other Romanian universities.
The history of the education in Cluj begins in 1581, with the establishment of the Jesuit college by Stephen Báthory. The college received buildings and land within the medieval city walls, specifically on Platea Luporum (the present Mihail Kogălniceanu Street). The first rector of the college was the Polish Jesuit priest Jacobus Wujek (Vangrovitius). In 1585, there were 230 students studying here, divided into six classes. The language of instruction and learning was Latin. The college was disestablished later, and Protestants, Unitarians, Calvinists and Catholics established by turn other colleges. In 1776, Empress Maria Theresa founded in Cluj a German university, subsequently replaced with the far-famed Piarist high school, teaching in Latin.
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