Faculties & Colleges
The Law Faculty
Address: 94 Revolution Boulevard, 2900 Arad, Romania
Telephone: Dean’s Office – 0040/57/210171
Secretary’s Office – 0040/57/280411
Dean: Prof.Univ.Dr. Ioan DELEANU
It has been accredited in 1998, got a juridical status identical with
the state faculties. It has more than 1,600 students attending every day
and half time courses. The transferable credit system has been
introduced since 1997. The curricula has 61 subjects divided in: 41
compulsory; 10 optional; 10 elective courses. In 1998 the curricula was
completed with subjects helping the students to face the European
integration targets.
The teaching staff is formed of 44 persons (university professors, 9
readers, 16 lecturers, 12 assistant lecturers, and 2 prepares); 19
members of the staff are Doctors in Law and 15 are candidates for the
doctor’s degree.
Marketing, Management, Informatics Faculty
Address: 33-35 Calea Victoriei, 2900 Arad, Romania
Telephone: 0040/57/230416
Dean: Prof.Univ.Dr. Alexandru CIOARNA
It has more than 1,600 students who attend the 4 year full time
programme and the 5 year part time one. It is included in the system of
transferable credits beginning with 1998. The teaching staff is formed
of professors, university readers, lecturers, assistant lecturers, and
prepares. Its library has 3,000 economic volumes. The research activity
is co-ordinated by the teaching staff. All the curricula subjects are
compulsory, optional and elective graduates would facing easily the
European Community targets.
The entrance examination is based on: two compulsory parts (IQ and
Mathematics) and an optional one (Romanian Geography/Economy).
Faculty of General Medicine
Address: Feleacului Str., 2900 Arad, Romania
Telephone: 0040/57/256391 ; 0040/57/256845
Dean: Conf.Univ.Dr. Dorin LAZAR
Duration: 6 years/12 semesters
License: physician-medical doctor (MD)
Its purpose is to train specialists in the field of medicine–general
practice basically. Since 1997, the European Credit Transfer system has
been introduced in our Faculty. The admission exam consists of tests
Biology, Chemistry and Physics and an IQ evaluation. We admit around one
hundred students each school-year, 40 are for students trained in
French. There are three laboratories and three major hospitals providing
over 3,000 hospital beds for our 600 students; three libraries with over
150,000 volumes, written īn Romanian, English, French, German. The 180
teachers are highly qualified; 30% are Professors, half of our teaching
staff consists of medical doctors with different forms of undergraduate
professional education and grades.
The Stomatology (Dentistry) Faculty
Address: Feleacului Str. , 2900 Arad, Romānia
Phone: 0040/57/256391 Ext. 23Dean’s Office
Secretary’s Office - Ext. 22
Dean: Prof.Univ.Dr. Ovidiu GRIVU
Duration: 6 years/12 semesters
Degree: Medical Doctor
The Faculty came to life in 1991. The students are selected based on an
admission examination that consists in a multiple-choice test with
questions from Biology, Chemistry and Physics, followed by IQ questions,
high-school graduation exam has a 50% weight in the final admission
grade. Faculty has over 80 teachers: 30 professors and lecturers. The
teaching staff includes 3 members of the Medical Science Academy, 28 are
Doctors of Medical Science, and 14 members of international scientific
societies.
The School of Humanist-Christian Sciences
Address: 1-3 Unirii Str., 2900 Arad, Romania
Telephone: Dean’s Office : 004057/280871
Secretary’s Office: 004057/282324
Dean: Conf.Univ.Dr. Alexandru ROZ
The factors of an ethic-moral and Christian spirituality were taken
into consideration in the founding of our school. The school forms
specialists/teachers in the field of History and English language and
literature, and journalists. The admission examination consists of
multiple-choice tests: History, English and Romanian and an IQ test.
Consequently, our school has headquarters consisting of halls for
courses, rooms for seminars, laboratories for the mass-media and
computers.
The Faculty of Physical Education and Sports
Address: 2 Praporgescu Str., 2900 Arad, Romania
Telephone/Fax: 0040/57/254108
Dean: Lector Univ. Ioan MARCONI
Duration: 4 years/8 semesters
It has been settled in the university year 1993/1994 on the basis of the
Government Decision no. 568/1996, and has been granted the right of
functioning.
1–2 year post-graduating specialisation is for Methodology of Physical
Education and Sport, Scientific research in sports (Pedagogy,
Psychology, Sociology and Ecology), and in Sports Management.
The entrance examination, consists in sports skills tests (eliminatory)
and IQ capacity. The teaching staff has 48 members: 17 professors and
readers; 6 Ph. D’s and 5 members of very well – known scientific
societies.
Faculty has sports grounds and facilities (gymnasium, sports games hall,
football ground, track ground), rooms for courses and seminars,
laboratories, library (over 1,000 books). It is a project for building a
sports base (sports grounds and swimming pool), in the University
Campus.
Pedagogical Universitarian College, Arad
Address: 57 Cocorilor Str, 2900 Arad, Romania
Telephone: 0040/57/243777
Dean: Prof.Univ.Dr. Vasile POPEANGA
3 year universitarian institution for the students training in two
specialities, institutors and teachers (II), in fields of music,
drawing, foreign languages (English or French), and Physical Education.
The graduates can occupy the position of institutors in any school.
4 halls for courses and 6 rooms for seminars, a painting/graphics
workshop, a sports-hall, a room for the musical instruments are the
basic material background. Specialised library around 10,000 volumes.
Admission consists of a test of aptitudes (musical, artistic, diction or
physical), followed by a multiple-choice test with questions on Romanian
language, Mathematics and Logic.
The teaching staff has 40 members: 13 with a Doctor’s Degree (PhD), 5
university professors, 4 readers, 24 lecturers, and 5 assistants.
The framework plan consists of: the fundamental subjects, speciality and
optional ones.
Graduates have the right to teach in primary schools (grades 1-4);
second speciality īn secondary schools (grades 5-8).
About the University
Juridical frame:
The "Vasile Goldis" Western University was founded in 1990 and functions
within the structure of the "Vasile Goldis" Foundation, having as
founding members local authorities and personalities of Arad. The
University has the juridical statue of an institution with non-profit
activity and was constituted according to the Law’s Dispositions
21/1924, article 31 from Decree 31/1954 and the Civil Sentence no:
6516/30.06.1993.
Mission and objective:
The "Vasile Goldis" Western University contributes to the reinforcement
of the scientific, cultural, social and economic life in the western
region of Romania. The present creation of the free trade zone of
Curtici, the building of the European highway Nadlac-Bucuresti and the
modernisation of the international airport will promote the city of Arad
as the main gateway into Romania. In this new frame, the "Vasile Goldis"
Western University is developing autonomously and is assuming
responsibility of the following objectives:
- to assure the institutional frame for the training as qualified
persons;
- to prepare specialists in domains needed by the society and the
socio-economic development of this zone;
- to promote the historic-cultural traditions of this zone, and
scientific research;
- to offer different social and cultural services to the members of our
academic community by developing cultural-scientific values: to create
the necessary balance between scientific, humanist, political and civil
culture; change outlooks and attitudes and promote international
relations; and
- socially, the university mission is to contribute to the effective
assurance that equal opportunity for higher education exists for
students with economic disadvantages, by granting social scholarships.
The University staff:
The structure and composition on levels of preparation are in accordance
with legal norms and assures the proper development of the
didactic-scientific and administrative activities.
The University have 610 didactic personal and 135 administrative and
auxiliary personal.
The students situation:
The professional activity of the students is recorded by the secretarial
services, which are co-ordinated and controlled by the technical
administration department - chief secretary. The university uses the
same forms as state institutions.
The number of students from other geographical areas outside Arad County
increase to 55%. The transfer of students from other universities that
did not get the provisory authorisation, was made in compliance with
legal instructions and conformed to the curriculum and to the program
for studying disciplines.
The University provides lodging facilities to students in a Dormitory
situated on 57 Cocorilor Str. (400 places); it also provides three
canteens and a Club.
A limited number of scholarship and social scholarship are offered to
the best students.
At the Macea Complex, composed of a castle and a Botanical Garden (22
ha), the University organises weekends and summer campus for students.
The Macea Complex has a capacity of 120 people.
Material base:
Today, the University owns property evaluated at more than 50 billion
ROL. Starting with the year 1998/1999, it will be inaugurated a new
space for the Marketing Faculty, situated on Cocorilor Str.,
University’s propriety, worth more than 2 billion ROL. The University
will also rebuild the Sport Centre (buildings, and sport arenas)
situated on Praporgescu Str. for the Sport Faculty. The University’s
assets that were a decisive criteria for the authorisation of the
institution by the Romanian Government include:
- the mini-campus, composed of three buildings: p+2; p+3; p+4;
- the hotel and restaurant for professors; and
- the lodging facilities and cantinas for students.
Every faculty has its own facilities; in 1998, new ones were opened for
the Law Faculty (94 Revolutiei Blvd.) and for the Humanist Science
University (1-3 Unirii Str.).
Today, the University has 30,000 sq.m. of learning space which equates
to 7 sq.m. / student, 32 laboratories . The dentistry facilities have
been extended by 17 units. The Central Library (6 V. Goldis Str.) has
annually increased its book circulation and presently contains 85,000
volumes. The University also provides specialised libraries for its
faculties and has opened a new lecture hall.
Students have access to computer centres and the Internet, 120 computers
are accessible. The University has its own publishing house where
courses and books for students are printed.
The University has a didactic base with a surface of 6,000 sq.m. sq.m.
Macea and a Botanical Garden, unique in South-Eastern Europe because of
the variety of trees and plants, with a surface of 22 ha. The garden has
exchange relations with 62 countries for the sharing of botanical
material.
The University benefits from the support offered by the Foundation for
Humanitarian Support ETH Zurich - Swiss, the WITTEN University –
Germany, and the Christian Foundation – Holland. As a result, the
University uses on a contract base:
- the entire clinical base of the Arad Country Hospital (1185 beds), the
Municipality Hospital and the Maternal Hospital (1602 beds);
- the sports hall (V. Ureche Str.) with out-door and in-door
swimming-pools;
- the Centre for Neuromotor Recovery and Kinetotherapy – Dezna.
The scientific activity:
From the beginning, the University initiated and maintained stable
relations of collaboration in didactic and research activities with
institutions of the same profile within Romania: the "Babes-Boliay"
University-Cluj-Napoca; the Western University Timisoara; the "Alexandru
Ioan Cuza" Police Academy- Bucharest; the "Transilvania"
University-Brasov; the "Spiru Haret" University-Bucharest; the "Lucian
Blaga" University-Sibiu; the Academy of Economics Study-Bucharest; the
"Carol Davilla" Medicine and Pharmacy University-Bucharest; the "Iuliu
Hatiegan" Medicine and Pharmacy University-Cluj-Napoca; etc.
The University hosts prestigious scientific events with international
participation such as:
- the Arad Academic Days;
- the Romanian-Hungarian Symposion for Obstretics & Gynaecology
- the 15-th National Conference in Physiology
- the 122-th P.A.M.M. International Conference in Applied Mathematics
and Informatics
- the Medical Informatics Congress.
Our university also maintains rich international collaboration through
connections with 31 universities from 22 countries (the Great Britain;
Austria; Australia; Canada; Denmark; Swiss; France; Germany; Greece;
Island; Israel; Italy; Yugoslavia; Holland; Poland; the Moldavia
Republic; Scotland; Spain; the USA; Turkey and Hungary) which is
manifested on different aspects like scientific and didactic.
The international collaboration was developed through the University’s
participation at scientific communication session (Italy; Yugoslavia;
the Moldavia Republic; Holland; the USA; Hungary) and our professors
participation to similar activities in other countries (England;
Austria; Australia; Swiss; France; Germany; Israel; Italy; Yugoslavia;
Holland; Spain; the USA; Hungary).
Scientific research is a top priority and strengthens the quality and
reputation of our institution. Some of the research projects made on a
contract base have as beneficiaries: the Ministry for Research and
Technology; Arad County Council and the SC Proiect SA; etc.
Since 1996 the University Centre for Research and Business has operated
in the field of assistance to small and medium sizes businesses
(business plans, marketing research, and training), environmental impact
studies, and tourism promotion: the Centre was set-up with European
Community financial support (Phare Programme) and becomes financially
self-sustainable.
Plans for the future:
The consolidation of the University involves the development of the
material base as a top priority.
The Arad local Council offered 70 ha for the University to build a new,
modern campus with all the needed facilities.
With the support of universities from Israel and Germany, which will
offer the equipment, our university will develop its own clinical base.
For the University Complex in Macea (Castle and Botanical Garden), there
is a project to transform the complex into a Conference Centre of the
highest standards.
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