Transylvania University of Braşov

Transilvania University of Brașov

Type	Public
Established	1948
President	Ioan Vasile Abrudan
Administrative staff	764
Students	18.528
Location	Brașov, Romania
Campus	Urban
Website	www.unitbv.ro

Transilvania University of Brașov (UTBv) is a public institution of higher education in Brașov, Romania. It has sixteen faculties, a total of 25,000 students and 800 academic staff. The University offers 103 days license areas, 12 areas for Distance Education, and 5 areas for higher reduced frequency, as well as 17 graduate programs and 14 doctoral programs.

University level education came to be and evolved through the city of Brașov's strong cultural tradition and climate. Early notable cultural nuclei include the First Romanian School, the first printing press (introduced by Deacon Coresi), the Johannes Honterus High School, the activity centered on the newspaper 'Gazeta de Transilvania' (founded by George Barițiu), and many others.

The first higher education school in Brașov was founded in 1940 in the form of the 'Academy of Commercial and Industrial Studies', followed by the 'Institute of Forestry' and the 'Institute of Mechanics' in 1948 and 49 respectively. Following 1953, these merge into the 'Polytechnic Institute of Brașov', while 1960 sees the establishment of another institute, with departments of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology, followed by the founding of a department of Music in 1969.

In 1971 the 'University of Brașov' is founded by the merger of all higher education institutes through the Counil of Ministers' Decision no. 1285/15 October. There were eight departments at the time: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Forestry, Faculty of Wood Industry, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Faculty of Physics–Chemistry, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Science and the Faculty of Music.