Dorina Podar

Babes-Bolyai University

BBU is a public institution of higher education whose mission is to promote and sustain within the local, regional, national and international community the development of specific cultural components. Located in an area with a strong interethnic and interconfessional character, Babes-Bolyai University has chosen multiculturalism as its main direction of development, its students and teachers being Romanian, Hungarian, German and even representatives of the Romani people. Through its educational programs UBB enrolls more than 40,000 students. At BA level there are 22,771 undergraduate students studying in Romanian, 4,211 in Hungarian, 1,020 in German, 463 in English and 45 in French. At Master’s level 6,811 students are studying in Romanian, 840 students in Hungarian, 688 students in English, 163 students in German, and 49 students in French. The multicultural structure can also be found in postgraduate programs as well as in short duration programs within the network of 12 university extensions (depending on location) in Transylvania. Currently the 25 doctoral schools of UBB, covering 29 doctoral fields, enroll 2,564 doctoral students, out of which 152 doctoral students are foreign students. All doctoral students are advised by over 250 doctoral supervisors. In March 2013 the teaching and research staff of the Babes-Bolyai University amounted to 1,866 people, 82.2 % of them holding teaching positions, and 17.8 % research positions. Hungarian and German students have the right to participate in all academic activities, being able to choose by vote their representatives in the University Senate and Academic Council.