UNIVERSITY OF ORADEA - FACULTY OF ORTHODOX THEOLOGY

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University of Oradea
Faculty of Theology

Rector	Professor Teodor Maghiar
Address	5 Armatei Romane Street 3700 - Oradea, Romania
Tel. No.	+40 59 432 889
Fax No.	+40 59 432 789
E-mail address	rectorat@uoradea.ro
Faculties & Colleges	The Faculty of Letters The Faculty of Social Humanistic Science The Faculty of Physical Education and Sport The Faculty of Science The Faculty of Economics The Faculty of Law and Jurisprudence The Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy The Faculty of Electrotechnics and Informatics The Faculty of Management and Technological Engineering The Faculty of Energy Engineering The Faculty of Environmental Protection The Faculty of Theology The Faculty of Fine Arts The Faculty of Music The Faculty of Textiles and Leatherworks The University College of Technology, Economics and Administration The University Medical College The University College of Schoolmasters - Foreign Languages - Oradea The University College of Schoolmasters - Music - "Iosif Vulcan" - Oradea The University College of Schoolmasters - Drawing "Nicolae Bolcas" - Beius The Teacher Training Department The Department of Distance Learning Education The International Geothermal Training Center Research Centers and Teams
Type of courses	See individual faculties and colleges
Length of courses	See individual faculties and colleges
Date of commencement	1st of October - the opening of the academic year
Class size	Class size for courses: minimum 60 students For seminars and laboratories activities classes are organized in groups and subgroups. A group can contain 25 - 30 students, subgroups contains 12 - 15 students.
Accommodation	Part of the students of our university are accommodated in places having this very destination. These include: 2 own hostels situated in the campus that offer 656 seats, 3 hostels situated in Oradea and Sânmartin (588 seats) and a hotel in Baile Felix Spa (300 seats). Moreover, it is stipulated the construction of 6 own hostels having 800 seats. Equipped according to the actual requirements, they are estimated to satisfy to a large extent the demand for the future students. Foreign students who are studying at our university can obtain accommodation and food in the campus facilities upon room availability. Students benefit from discounted transportation and room and board, subject to availability. Our campus, covering an area of 14300 square m., it is one of the cosiest university campuses in Romania. This aspect is given by the successful combination between the architecture of the buildings and the little dendrological park having species like: "Rododendron skocsky", "Fortitia suspeusa Catalpa", sp "Belula Verucosa", "Cerasus Aoium", "Sophora Japonica", "Salix Babylonica" etc., some of them being rarities.
Fees	Technical, Economic, Agronomy, Physical Education and Sports, University Full-time Higher Education - 320$ monthly Post-academic Education (Ph.D. with full-time attendance) - 340 $ monthly Ph.D. Dissertation Examination - 845 $ Medical and Pharmaceutical Full-time Higher Education - 360$ monthly Post-academic Education (Ph.D. with full-time attendance) - 380 $ monthly Ph.D. Dissertation Examination - 995 $ Music and Plastic Arts Full-time Higher Education - 470 $ monthly Post-academic Education (Ph.D. with full-time attendance) - 495 $ monthly Ph.D. Dissertation Examination - 1350 $ Dramatic Arts, Theater and Film Full-time Higher Education - 760 $ monthly Post-academic Education (Ph.D. with full-time attendance) - 800 $ monthly Ph.D. Dissertation Examination - 1550 $ Fees in the above table are for September 2001. Fees are subject to change without notice. Foreign citizens who are financing their own studies must pay for the vacation period (109 $/ monthly + free medical insurance). Foreigners who do not require a visa to stay in Romania and have medical insurance in their country valid for Romania are exempt.
Admission requirements	Foreign students who wish to study in Romania are invited to send the registration form directly to the education institution or to the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research, Department of International Relations at the address: Str. G-ral Berthelot nr. 28 - 30, Bucuresti 70738, Romania, Phone: 40-1-3131013, fax: 40-1-3126614. Foreign students are accepted to study in Romania based on the approval of the Ministry of Education and Research. The entry visa to Romania (if required) can be obtained at the Romanian Embassy in your country. List of documents required for the application to study: Application (registration) form; Record of studies as proof of level of studies completed (High School Diploma or if the case is such, License Diploma); Record of School transcripts for the completed years of studies, in the case of partial comparative studies or continuing post-academic studies. These documents have to be presented in original, accompanied by certified translations into an international language (English, French or German, if the case is such) and validated as authentic by the Romanian Embassy and the Ministry of Education from your country. Foreign students are enrolled in the program without admission examination, above the set number of Romanian students approved. Generally, foreign students are enrolled in university and post-academic programs after completing the preparatory year of Romanian language study. During this year you also benefit of specific training for your future education. After completion of the preparatory year you will hold a test which confers a Certificate of Graduation of the Preparatory Year. For registration in faculties where teaching is held in a foreign language, you will have to pass a test in that specific language. Persons who are from a country having the official language the language of study and have taken courses previously in the same language, are exempted from the test. Applicants who studied in their country for a period of 4 years in Romanian language, are exempt from the language test and the preparatory year. Also, applicants who speak Romanian and are able to hold the language test without the preparatory year may do so. Foreign citizens who intend to study architecture, arts or sports must hold an aptitude test specific to their specialization, prior to enrollment. For Ph.D. programs, applicants must hold a pre-examination to determine their level of knowledge in the field. The exam can be held at the higher education institution chosen by the applicant. Foreign citizens can cover study expenses through Romanian Government scholarships or through their own financing. At the University of Oradea there operates an International Relationship Department since 1996. The coordinator is Ph.D. Prof. Ioan Horga, Phone No. +40 59 432 830 ext. 183, Fax: +40 59 467 642 or +40 59 432 789, E-mail: horga@rdslink.ro
Contact for application	Cornel ANTAL - Ph.D. Assoc.Prof. Eng. Scientific Secretary of the University of Oradea cantal@uoradea.ro or Webmaster of the University of Oradea mavrichi@uoradea.ro

Faculty of Theology

General Presentation

The Faculty of Orthodox Theology as part of the University of Oradea was instituted in March 1991 and carries on the activity of the former theological Academy in Oradea, founded on May 29, 1923. The appearance, soon after the 1989 events, of this faculty within a lay University meant not only the insurance of diversity that was to define such an institution of higher education but also a comeback of Christian spirituality in the general framework of the University. The priority of the educational curriculum is to mould the future congregations and teachers of religion for the public educational system.

In accordance with the stipulations of the protocol between the Romanian Patriarchy and the Ministry of Education, concerning the double subordination of the faculty to both the above mentioned institutions one seeks for a proper balance in consistently observing the lawful stipulations referring to the statute of the institutions of higher education as well as maintaining and assimilating in Orthodox doctrine, the Christian moral principles and norms of the Orthodox canon.

Contact details

Address: Str. Armatei Române nr. 5, 3700 Oradea, Bihor, România
Phone: +40 59 432 830 ext. 143
Fax: +40 59 432 789

Specializations

Undergraduate Programs

· Pastoral Orthodox Theology - Long-term education, 4 years / full-time, 5 years / D.L.E. - University Diploma

· Didactic Orthodox Theology - Letters (Romanian Language and Literature or A Foreign Language and Literature: English, French, German, Russian - optional) - Long-term education, 4 years / full-time - University Diploma

· Didactic Orthodox Theology - Social Attendance - Long-term education, 4 years / full-time - University Diploma

· Cultural Patrimony (Church Art) - Long-term education, 4 years / full-time - University Diploma

Postgraduate Programs

· Biblical Theology - In-depth Studies, 1 year / full-time - In-depth Studies Diploma
· Historical Theology (Church History) - In-depth Studies, 1 year / full-time - In-depth Studies Diploma
· Systemic Theology - In-depth Studies, 1 year / full-time - In-depth Studies Diploma
· The Study of the Old Testament - Doctorate (full-time / part-time) - Doctorate Diploma
· Patrology and Pospatristics Literature - Doctorate (full-time / part-time) - Doctorate Diploma

Facilities

For a good development of the didactical activity, the faculty has got at its disposal, as a part of the University, six courses rooms and six seminar rooms. For the moral religions training and the liturgical activity (of specialty) of the students the faculty has at its disposal a church acknowledged as a historical monument built between 1760 - 1762, and it was moved from the Letca commune, Salaj county, on the premise of the University in 1991. For study and research the staff and the students have unlimited access to the library of the Orthodox Bishopric of Oradea, which has 22.300 volumes normal stock and 1957 volumes for patrimony. The Library has at its disposal reading room with a capacity of 30 seats. The Library of the University from Oradea has a fund of theological book which contains more than 4.000 volumes. Beside the two mentioned libraries the students can also resort to the theological book fund from the County Library.

Leadership of the Faculty

Dean: Archdeacon.Ph.D. Univ. Prof. Constantin VOICU
Area of competence: Patrology and Postpatristics Literature.

Vice-Dean: Ph.D. Univ. Reader Liviu BORCEA
Area of competence: Bizantinology, The History of the Middle Ages of Romania.

Scientific Secretary: Priest Ph.D. Univ. Lecturer Pavel CHERESCU
Area of competence: The History of the Orthodox Church

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