Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași
| Universitatea Tehnică „Gheorghe Asachi” din Iași | |
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Former names
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Gheorghe Asachi Polytechnic School, Gheorghe Asachi Polytechnic Institute |
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| Motto | Ipsa scientia potestas est (Latin) |
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Motto in English
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Knowledge itself is power |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1813/1937 |
| Rector | Dan Cașcaval |
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Academic staff
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1,100 |
| Students | 16,382 (2012-2013) |
| Undergraduates | 11,939 |
| Postgraduates | 4,443 |
| Location | Iași, Romania |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www |
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The Gheorghe Asachi Technical University (Romanian: Universitatea Tehnică „Gheorghe Asachi” din Iași; acronym: TUIASI) is a public university located in Iași, Romania. It has the oldest tradition in Romania in engineering education. Gheorghe Asachi Technical University is classified by the Ministry of Education as an advanced research and education university.
In 1813, the scholar Gheorghe Asachi set up the first centre for technical education taught in Romanian language, beginning with a civil engineering class which was later developed within the Academia Mihăileană (1835) and the University of Iași (1860).
In November 1912, an independent section of the Faculty of Sciences - department of the electro-technical, applied chemical and agricultural sciences - was set up. This event represents what may be called the birth certificate of what later became The Polytechnic Institute of Iași.
In March 1937, when the Parliament of Romania voted the Law of Education, the technical higher education is transferred to the new established Polytechnic School which was, at that time, one of the few higher education institution in Romania qualified to issue engineer's degrees. The new institution took from the very beginning the name of Gheorghe Asachi, the founder of the Romanian technical education, while professor Cristea Otin was elected its first rector.
In 1948, the name was changed to Gheorghe Asachi Polytechnic Institute and, on 17 May 1993, it became the Gheorghe Asachi Technical University.
Gheorghe Asachi Technical University has ranked the first among the technical institutions of higher education, and the fourth among all universities in Romania, in the national research ranking compiled on the basis of Shanghai criteria.
According to the Scimago Lab, based on data collected between 2007 and 2011, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University ranked 1258 in the World, 70 regionally and 7 in the country by number of publications.
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