Ovidius University
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1961 |
| Rector | Prof. Dr. Sorin RUGINA |
| Students | over 16,500 |
| Location | Constanţa, Romania |
| Website | www.univ-ovidius.ro |
Ovidius University of Constanta is a public higher education institution in Constanţa, Romania founded in 1961 as a Pedagogical Institute and transformed into a comprehensive university in 1990. As the Charter of the university states, the Pedagogical Institute was founded by Order of the Ministry of Education no. 654 of 1961, comprising four faculties. By State Council Decree no. 209 of 1977 the institute was transformed in Higher Education Institute and reorganized. By Government Decision 209 of 1990 the institute was transformed in university and, a year later, by Order of the Ministry of Education and Science no. 4894 of 1991 the university was given the present name.
The university offers bachelor's degrees in over 90 programs, master's degrees in over 80 programs and doctoral degrees in 8 fields of specialization. At the moment programs in English are offered in Medicine and Computer Science as well as in Cultural Studies.
As of 2014[update], most of the over 1000 international students come from Moldova, Israel, Turkey, Albania, United Kingdom, Republic of Macedonia, Morocco, India, Turkmenistan, South Africa, etc. The tuition fee for international students, for an academic undergraduate year, varies from $3200 for technical, economics, humanities, agronomy, sport programs, $5000 for medical and pharmaceutic programs, $4700 for musical and artistic programs, to $7600 for dramatic arts, theatrical and film direction.
Ovidius University of Constanta also offers PhD programms in English, French or Romanian. The students enrolled in the International section are usually asked to learn Romanian during a preparatory year. Due to the resemblance of Romanian with all Latin-based languages, the language test has an extremely high rate of successful results. Additionally, the candidates who speak Romanian can skip the preparatory year after having passed a test of Romanian language. The candidates, who can formally prove that they have studied in Romanian for at least four years consecutively, do not need to pass the Romanian language test or to attend the preparatory year.
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