Sapientia EMTE • University Brochure

RECTOR’S GREETINGS Sapientia is a Latin word meaning wisdom, discernment and the sage application of knowledge.

Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania is an independent university of the Hungarians in Romania, aiming at educating members belonging to this community as well as carrying out high-level scientific research. The University is responsible for the knowledge provided to students, the future of its academic faculty, the quality of their research and transparency in functioning. The institution came into being with the support of the Hungarian State in 2001, and today it functions in four cities: Miercurea Ciuc (Csíkszereda), Târgu-Mureș (Marosvásárhely), Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár) and Sfântu

Gheorghe (Sepsiszentgyörgy). Although these are four different educational locations, they form a unitary university structure. The University is striving to guide its community towards proximity to the citizen, Christian charity, equity, consistency and righteousness. Among its fundamental expectations are ethical conduct, knowledge and respect for Hungarian and universal cultural values.

University life is vigorously marked by attendance and the practice of institutional autonomy.

Dr László Dávid rector of Sapientia EMTE

CONTENTS Transylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Transylvanian Hungarians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Denominational and Cultural Diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Varied Landscape and Fauna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Historical Monuments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Famous Scientists of Transylvanian Origin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Milestones of the University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Organisational Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 The Mission of the University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Sapientia Foundation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Csíkszereda • Miercurea Ciuc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Faculty in Miercurea Ciuc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 BA/BSc Study Programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 MA Study Programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 University Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Bölöni Farkas Sándor College of Advanced Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 The Research Centres of the Faculty of Economics, Socio-Human Sciences and Engineering, Miercurea-Ciuc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Kolozsvár • Cluj-Napoca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Faculty in Cluj-napoca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Study Programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 MA/MSc Study Programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 University Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Faculty of Sciences and Arts, Cluj-Napoca, Research Centres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Marosvásárhely • Târgu Mureș . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Faculty in Târgu Mureș . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 BA/BSc Study Programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 MA/MSc Study Programmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Dormitory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 University Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Research Centres – Institutes – Outstanding Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Education Centre in Sepsiszentgyörgy (Sfântu Gheorghe) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 The Scientific Research Department and the Institute of Research Programmes . . . . . . . . 32 Teacher Training Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Legal Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 International Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Institutions in Romania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Higher Education Institutions Abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 ERASMUS+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Students’ Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Alumni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

TRANSYLVANIAN HUNGARIANS

DENOMINATIONAL AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY

More than 1.2 million ethnic Hungarians, almost every fifth person is an ethnic Hungarian

The region has been the homeland of various ethnic groups and religious communities for centuries.

Population with Romanian and Hungarian mother tongue in Transylvania

Population with Romanian and Hungarian mother tongue in Transylvania Source: National Institute of Statistics (INS)

VARIED LANDSCAPE AND FAUNA

HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

The natural sights of Transylvania are almost untouched.

The rich built heritage is part of Transylvania’s diverse cultural legacy.

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János Bolyai

Ferenc Nopcsa (baron)

Sándor Gaál

mathematician, the founder of non-Euclidean (absolute) geometry.

His birthplace is in Cluj-Napoca.

palaeontologist, geologist, expert in Albanian Studies, aspirant to the Albanian throne, corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

an undeservedly forgotten physicist who discovered the principle of cyclotron.

Árpád Kelemen

Sándor Müller

János Xántus

electrical engineer, university professor and inventor.

chemist, awarded with the Kossuth Prize in Hungary. He is the initiator of theoretical organic chemistry in Hungary.

geographer, geography teacher, a famous promoter of science.

(1802–1860)

(1932–1997)

(1877–1933)

(1903–1966)

József Sebestyén (1878–1964)

expert in heraldry, coat of arms painter, genealogist.

(1883–1972)

(1917–1982)

FAMOUS

László Sáska

Lajos Kelemen

Zoltán Óváry

physician, expert and writer of natural sciences, interested in treating malaria, tropical diseases and cancer prevention.

archivist and historian. First an honorary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, then a full member.

born in Kolozsvár, physician, university professor, world-famous immunologist established in New York.

(1890–1978)

János Kriza (1811–1875)

ethnographer, poet, literary translator, bishop of the Unitarian Church, full member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

(1877–1963)

(1907–2005)

Sándor Kőrösi Csoma János Apáczai Csere (1784–1842)

(1625–1659)

philologist and Orientalist, librarian, author of the first Tibetan–English dictionary and grammar book, canonised as a Buddhist saint in Japan (1933).

polyglot and mathematician, the leading Protestant scholar and writer of 17th century Hungary.

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MILESTONES OF THE UNIVERSITY 16 MARCH 2000, Sapientia Foundation (SA) is established by leaders of Transylvanian Hungarian historic churches.

FEBRUARY 2001, Sapientia Hungariae Foundation (SHA) is established.

MARCH 2001, SA purchases Harghita Hotel in Miercurea Ciuc, turning it into one of the faculties.

3 OCTOBER 2001, First Sapientia University opening ceremony 8 OCTOBER 2001, Education starts within two faculties located in Miercurea Ciuc (Csíkszereda) and Târgu Mureș (Marosvásárhely).

30 SEPTEMBER 2002, Education starts within the Cluj-Napoca faculty aswell.

6 JUNE 2003, Inauguration of the renovated Bocskai / Heltai House in Cluj-Napoca, home of the head offices of Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, its Faculty of Sciences and Arts and the Sapientia Foundation.

7 NOVEMBER 2004, Ceremonial inauguration of the new faculty building in Târgu Mureș.

13–16 APRIL 2010, Assessment of the University by a board of experts of the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education.

28 MARCH 2012, The President of Romania passes the law on the establishment of the Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania as an accredited higher education institution.

4 OCTOBER 2013, The new faculty building in Cluj-Napoca is inaugurated.

3 OCTOBER 2014, Inauguration of the dormitory in Târgu Mureș.

14 SEPTEMBER 2015, Ceremonial opening of the Educational Centre in Sfântu Gheorghe, a new location of the Sapientia University.

2–5 DECEMBER 2015, Another successful periodical quality evaluation of the institution.

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THE MISSION OF THE UNIVERSITY Endorsing Christian and universal human values; Assuring competitive and quality-oriented education and research, continuing the traditions of the Transylvanian Hungarian education; Transparent and consistent university functioning, endorsing values of professionalism and academic spirit; Creating an adequate and modern organization, serving regional needs as well in a unified institutional framework; Building comprehensive relations based on mutual openness, trust and devotion towards partners.

SAPIENTIA FOUNDATION The Government of Hungary funds the Transylvanian Hungarian network of private universities (the Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania and the Partium Christian University) through the Sapientia Foundation, established by the historic Hungarian churches of Transylvania. Today, as a direct result of the supervision of the historic churches, the Foundation is one of the minority organizations with the widest possible social legitimacy.

The Sapientia Foundation was created by the Roman Catholic, Reformed, Unitarian and Evangelical-Lutheran churches in Transylvania in March 2000. The Board of the Foundation is appointed by the founding churches; their task is to define and carry into effect the objectives of the Foundation aiming to support Hungarian-language higher education in Romania. The Board is composed of twelve members, including leaders of Hungarian companies and the representative of the Hungarian Government in addition to the experts representing the churches.

The objectives of the Foundation, as set forth in its Statutes are the support and the development of culture, education and science by the establishment and financing of a privately owned higher education institution, with Hungarian tuition language. The Board of the Foundation has the right to decide, among other things, on the development strategy of the University, its budget and financial policies, as well as the adoption and amendment of its Charter.

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CSÍKSZEREDA MIERCUREA CIUC Miercurea Ciuc (Csíkszereda) lies in the central part of the Ciuc Basin enclosed by the volcanic mountain ranges of Harghita and Ciuc in the eastern part of Transylvania.

The first chartered document about the market town dates from 5th August 1558 and was issued by the Queen consort of Hungary, Isabella Jagiellon. The settlement came into being at the crossroads of major roads as a marketplace on Wednesdays – hence the name (Szereda – Wednesday).

Traditionally, Miercurea Ciuc and its neighbouring area are considered to be one of the citadels of Roman Catholic religion in Transylvania. A Franciscan school opened its gates in 1630 in Șumuleu Ciuc, in the immediate neighbourhood of Miercurea Ciuc, and then Johannes Caioni’s famous printing-press started to function here in 1676.

The Mikó Castle, the oldest architectural sight is one of the main landmarks of Miercurea Ciuc. Its name derives from Count Ferenc Hídvégi Mikó, the chronicler and counselor of Gabriel Bethlen, Prince of Transylvania (1613–1629). It has been the home of the Szekler Museum of Ciuc since 1970. One of the most beautiful and impressive buildings of the town is the high school bearing the name of Áron Márton, bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in Transylvania (1938– 1980). The Segítő Mária (Our Lady of Perpetual Help) Roman Catholic High School also functions here.

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FACULTY IN MIERCUREA CIUC The Faculty of Economics, Socio-Human Sciences and Engineering in Miercurea Ciuc of Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania knowingly undertakes the university functions which are strategically important for the region. Hence, its educational offer contains study programmes which suit best the specific needs of the Szekler-

land region, in fields such as economics, biotechnology, social sciences or philology.

The Campus in the town centre was converted from a hotel in two steps to fulfil educational purposes. Thus, the building comprises modern lecture rooms and labs, a library, a canteen, as well as a dormitory with 270 beds.

530104 Csíkszereda (Miercurea Ciuc) Szabadság Sq. 1., (Piaţa Libertăţii nr. 1.)

Harghita County Tel.: +40-266-314-657 Fax: +40-266-372-099 E-mail: csikszereda@sapientia.ro Web: csik.sapientia.ro/en

BA/BSC STUDY PROGRAMMES • Agroalimentary Economics • General Economics • Accounting and Information Systems • Economic Informatics • Marketing • Sociology • Human Resources • Communication and Public Relations • Biotechnologies in Food Products Engineering

• Food Products Engineering • Genetic Engineering • Environmental Engineering and Environmental Protection in Industry Engineering and Management in Catering and Agrotourism • Romanian Language and Literature – English Language and Literature • Universal and Compared Literature – English Language and Literature

MA/MSC STUDY PROGRAMMES • Sustainable Biotechnologies • Translation and Interpretation • Management and Leadership • Applied Economics and Finance • Communication and Public Relations

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UNIVERSITY LIBRARY The University Library in Miercurea Ciuc wasfounded in 2001, together with the educational start. The primary function of the specialised library is to offer informational background and support for teaching and scientific work.

At present, there are about 58,000 documents available for the benefit of readers. The public space of the library is a modern and stylish area with a reading room of 90 seats and an open-shelf section.

BÖLÖNI FARKAS SÁNDOR COLLEGE OF ADVANCED STUDIES The idea of founding a special(ised) college emerged in the spring of 2002, becoming a reality in 2004. As the founders envisaged, the role of the special college is to offer additional practical education for students of economics. However, today, the students of philology are also active participants of college programmes.

THE RESEARCH CENTRES OF THE FACULTY OF ECONOMICS, SOCIOHUMAN SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING, MIERCUREA CIUC • Biochemistry and Biotechnology Research Centre (BIBIRC) • Food Products Research Centre (STIALIM) • Intercultural Interactions Research Centre • OECONOMICA SAPIENTIAE Research Centre • Applied Social Sciences Research Centre

KOLOZSVÁR CLUJ-NAPOCA Cluj-Napoca is the centre of Transylvania and its most important city, the birthplace of Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus and of Stephen Bocskai, Prince of Transylvania (1605–1606).

The cradle of Unitarian religion, the town today is the second most populous city in Romania, following the capital city. Its nickname, “Treasure City”, dates from the late 16th century, referring to its wealth in the Middle Ages.

Abounding in monuments, we only mention St. Michael’s Church in the Union Square, the statue of King Matthias Corvinus (sculpted by János Fadrusz) next to the church, the Reformed Church (21 Mihail Kogălniceanu Street) and the Bánffy Palace.

The vibrant cultural and scientific life of the city act as a magnet to thousands of Transylvanian Hungarian students, while the international theatre and film festivals, book fairs, operas and concerts regularly see outstanding figures from the cultural life of the entire Europe.

The end of August marks the celebration of Hungarian culture in Cluj-Napoca. Over the years, the Hungarian Days (Kolozsvári Magyar Napok) have grown into one of the largest cultural parades in the Carpathian Basin. This series of events celebrated the 700th birthday of the city in 2016, as King Charles I of Hungary returned the settlement its old privileges, extended them, and gave it municipal standing on 19th August 1316.

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FACULTY IN CLUJ-NAPOCA The University founded its faculty in Cluj-Napoca in 2002, choosing to share a famous downtown monumental building, the Bocskai House, as the university’s head offices. Ten years later, the Faculty in Cluj-Napoca opened the gates of its new building located at Calea Turzii 4 in September 2013. The main values of this Faculty consist in its high-qual-

ity, market-oriented education, focusing on students, as well as its institutional openness and flexibility. The quality of education is ensured by a well-equipped TV and film studio, labs for the Environmental and Media Studies, completed by the Tonk SĂĄndor Library with a rich collection of specialist books and journals.

400193 Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca) Calea Turzii 4 Cluj County Tel.: +40-372-788-890 Fax.: +40-364-410-069 E-mail: office@kv.sapientia.ro.

Web: kv.sapientia.ro/en

STUDY PROGRAMMES • Environmental Science • Cinematography, Photography, Media • International Relations and European Studies • Law

MA/MSC STUDY PROGRAMMES • Diplomacy and Intercultural Studies • Film Studies • Protection and Monitoring of the Environment

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UNIVERSITY LIBRARY The library within the Faculty of Sciences and Arts in Cluj-Napoca was established in 2003.

It was named after Sรกndor Tonk in 2005 to commemorate the first President of the Sapientia Foundation and Founding Rector of Sapientia University. The collection of the library has reached 19,000 entries, which are indispensable for education, including books, journals in Hungarian and foreign languages, as well as audio-video materials.

The online catalogue is available on the computers in the library, where access is also provided to scientific databases (EISZ, EBSCO).

FACULTY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS, CLUJ-NAPOCA, RESEARCH CENTRES • STIMEDIA Environmental Studies Research Centre • Film and Media Studies Research Centre • Social Sciences Research Centre • Kolosváry Bálint Law Studies Research Centre

MAROSVÁ SÁRHELY TÂRGU MUREȘ The first written record of Târgu Mureș dates from 1323 as Novum Forum Siculorum. The name refers to a marketplace, which is connected to the settlement of the Szeklers in the Mureș area. Important figures connected to the development of the settlement are King Matthias Corvinus, Stephen Báthory (Prince of Transylvania, 1576–1586), Isabella Jagiellon, the Queen consort of Hungary. Gabriel Bethlen (Prince of Transylvania, 1613–1629) gave its municipal standing in 1616.

The style of the sixth largest town in Transylvania is defined by Art Nouveau houses and public buildings, remarkably the Administrative Palace (Prefecture) and the Palace of

Culture. The main attractions of the city are the Rose Square, the Saint John the Baptist Church, the famous tower of the Franciscans in the town centre, the Fortress with bastions and the Fortress Church.

Thanks to the National Theatre, the Teleki Library and other public libraries, its museums and art gallery exhibitions, the town is considered to be Szeklerland’s cultural centre. The Târgu Mureș State Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the most reputable ones in Transylvania. The International Book Fair, the Alternative Film Festival, or the Târgu Mureș Whirl (Vásárhelyi Forgatag) organised each year all contribute to the image of Târgu Mureș as a university town.

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FACULTY IN TÂRGU MUREȘ The need for Hungarian technical education was explicitly clarified in 1990, when almost 100,000 people called for an autonomous Hungarian university in the town centre. In addition to existing public universities, the Sapientia University opened its gates in Târgu Mureş in 2001, with its Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences. The Faculty is the most important centre of technical and agricultural sciences in Hungarian, offering a unique opportunity in Romania in eight engineering study programmes in Hungarian.

To answer the challenges of modern education, the Campus has three amphitheatres, ten lecture rooms and forty-five well-equipped labs to serve the theoretical and practical instruction of students. The cafeteria and the canteen offer various refreshments and a menu of the day. The 27-hectare area around the central building is an ideal spot for students of horticulture and landscape architecture to carry out their professional training.

540485 Târgu Mureş 1C Târgu Mureş/Corunca (Marosvásárhely/Koronka) Mureș County, PO 9, POB 4 Tel: +40 265 206 210 Fax: +40 265 206 211 E-mail: office@ms.sapientia.ro Web: ms.sapientia.ro/en

BA/BSC STUDY PROGRAMMES • Informatics • Automation and Applied Informatics • Computer Science • Telecommunication Systems and Technologies–Mechatronics

• Machine-Manufacturing Technology • Communication and Public Relations • Translation and Interpretation

• Public Health Services and Policies • Horticulture and Landscape Architecture • Agriculture

MA/MSC STUDY PROGRAMMES DORMITORY • Intelligent Control Systems • Advanced Mechatronic Systems

• Plant Protection • Software Engineering

The Campus dormitory was inaugurated at the beginning of the 2014/15 academic year, with a capacity of 240 beds in 24 apartments, 30 studio flats and 2 rooms for the disabled.

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UNIVERSITY LIBRARY The Faculty Library of the Sapientia University is a partially public library. Its services are primarily provided for the benefit of faculty members, but the reading room is available for the large public as well.

The collection consists of 30,000 entries necessary for professional education, including printed and electronic books, encyclopaedias, dictionaries and journals in Hungarian and foreign languages, as well as audio-video materials.

RESEARCH CENTRES – INSTITUTES – OUTSTANDING PROJECTS • MATINFO Mathematics and Information Science Research Centre (in collaboration with the Faculty of Economics, Socio-Human Sciences and Engineering, Miercurea Ciuc) • ACFA Automation, Computer Science and Applied Physics Research Centre • Research Centre for Industrial Engineering and Applied Physics • Applied Horticulture, Biology and Chemistry Research Centre • Media and Communication Research Centre • DAMERG Linguistics Research Centre

EDUCATION CENTRE IN SFÂNTU GHEORGHE (SEPSISZENTGYÖRGY) In 2015, as a result of a two-year development process, the University established a new education centre in Sfântu Gheorghe, operating as an organisational unit affiliated to the Faculty in Târgu Mureș. The modernly renovated and well-equipped building, provided for educational purposes by the local administration, includes

17 professional labs, 3 lecture and seminar halls, and a well-stocked library. In a unique manner today in Romania, a programme of Agricultural Engineering functions here in the Hungarian language, and the study offer of the educational centre is about to be completed with a new agricultural science and forestry programme.

520036 Sfântu-Gheorghe (Sepsiszentgyörgy) Csíki St. utca 50 (Str. Ciucului nr. 50) Tel: +40-740-170-100 E-mail: stk@ms.sapientia.ro Web:

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THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH DEPARTMENT AND THE INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH PROGRAMMES The Scientific Research Department coordinates, supports and keeps the records of scientific activity at Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, it operates the Institute for Research Programmes (KPI), and the university publishing house (Scientia). The Institute for Research Programmes (KPI) supports the scientific research carried out within the Transylvanian Hungarian private university network (Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania and Partium Christian University) an internal platform (University Research Programme), and also ensures other grants related to the scientific activity of the academics. The Scientia Publishing House, the scientific publishing house

of Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, was established in the fall of 2001, and it publishes the specialised books, lecture notes, textbooks and workshop papers written by the academic staff of the university. Since 2015, it also openly invites applications for the publishing of Transylvania-related scientific, technical, art or literary history works.

Scientia Publishing House publishes Acta Univer-

sitatis Sapientiae, the English-language scientific journal series of the University. Acta Universitatis Sapientiae includes the following series: Alimentaria, Communicatio, Informatica, Mathematica, Philologica, Agriculture and Environment, Economics and Business, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, European and Regional Studies, Film and Media Studies, Legal Studies, and Social Analysis.

Scientific Research Departament: 400112 Kolozsvรกr (Cluj-Napoca) Mรกtyรกs kirรกly St. 4. (Str. Matei Corvin nr. 4) Tel./fax: +40-364-401-454 E-mail: kpi@kpi.sapientia.ro Web: kpi.sapientia.ro

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TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTE The Teacher Training Institute of Sapientia University offers theoretical and practical training for all study programmes. After successfully finishing Psycho-Pedagogical Module I and II BA/BSc and MA/MSc level, students will obtain a certificate enabling them to become teachers.

The Teacher Training Module offers the possibility to become teachers in the compulsory education system: primary and secondary school education. Furthermore, in case of completing the second cycle, students may become teachers in the upper secondary or high school education, as well as in post-secondary or higher education.

LEGAL STATUS Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania is an accredited higher education institution. The University went through a two-stage accreditation system in Romania; the first study programmes underwent accreditation in 2007, while the university accreditation was requested in 2009.

The expert assessment took place in April 2010 – after the positive evaluation of the Accreditation Committee – the Chamber of Deputies voted the law enabling the establishment of the accredited Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, enacted after having been published in the Romanian Official Gazette in April 2012. The University underwent another successful quality evaluation in 2015.

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INSTITUTIONS IN ROMANIA • Transylvanian Museum Society (Cluj-Napoca) • Institute for Economic Forecasting, the • Transylvania University of Brașov Romanian Academy (Bucharest) • University Politehnica of Bucharest • Petru Maior University (Târgu Mureș)

• Institutul de Cercetări Electrotehnice – ICPE (Bucharest) • Ovidius University of Constanţa

HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS ABROAD • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

University of Debrecen (Hungary) Corvinus University of Budapest (Hungary) Eszterházy Károly University (Eger, Hungary) University of Pécs (Hungary) Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan) Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest, Hungary) Pázmány Péter Catholic University (Budapest, Hungary) Pallasz Athéné University (Kecskemét, Hungary) Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary) Selye János University (Komárno, Slovakia) University of Nyíregyháza (Hungary) Università degli Studi della Tuscia (Viterbo, Italy) University of West Hungary (Sopron, Hungary) University of Miskolc (Hungary) University of Pannonia (Veszprém, Hungary)

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Budapest Business School (Hungary) Szent István University (Gödöllő, Hungary) Kodolányi János University College (Hungary) National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (Japan) Ferenc Rákóczi II. Transcarpathian Hungarian Institute (Beregszász, Ukraine) National University of Public Service (Budapest, Hungary) University of Szeged (Hungary) Minzu University of China Széchenyi István University (Győr, Hungary) Technische Universität Ilmenau (Germany) Universidad Técnica del Norte (Ibarra, Ecuador) University of Kaposvár (Hungary)

ERASMUS+ Since its beginnings, Sapientia University has joined the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme, thus each year 130–150 students (about 6.5%), 40–45 academics (23%) and 60–70 (35%) administrative staff obtain this grant and travel abroad. The aim of Erasmus+ student mobility is to support the students’ education and traineeship at an international level, enabling them to obtain professional, linguistic and cultural experience in foreign educational or professional institutions. Erasmus+ for academics and administrative staff

offers educational and training possibilities at various foreign colleges, universities and institutions, contributing to their personal and professional development, as well as strengthening institutional collaboration and good relationship with

the economic sector. At present, Sapientia University has almost 100 contracts of collaboration with 43 higher education institutions in 13 countries in various fields, and the number of partner institutions and contracts are constantly on the rise.

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STUDENTS’ UNION The Students’ Union is a student organisation dedicated to protect the students’ interests. Membership is the subjective right of all university students. All three faculties within the University have their own Students’ Union.

Rights and responsibilities of student organisations: • sending the elected representatives to the University Senate, Faculty Councils and other governing bodies and taking part in the work of permanent committees; • suggesting optional courses; • organising Scientific Students’ Associations (TDK); • assessing the work of academic staff; • building educational, cultural and professional relationships for the benefit of students home and abroad; • presence in managing students’ studies, scholarhips and support; • presence in dormitory management; • organising various socio-cultural, community-building and leisure activities, depending on the possibilities;

SPORTS The faculties of Sapientia University offer a wide range of sporting possibilities for students. Compulsory PE classes may be completed with team sports (football, volleyball, basketball and handball) and other sporting activities (judo, aerobics, etc.). The faculties have also signed agreements with various sports facilities, where reduced prices are applied for the students.

Students’ Unions regularly organise championships, including student–teacher matches, competitions and other sporting events.

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ALUMNI

The aim of Sapientia Alumni is to keep in contact with former students of Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, to follow their careers and to promote the market-oriented development of educational quality based on their feed-back. All former students may become members of the Alumni, enabling them to participate in special programmes.

Facilities for Alumni members: • access to the Alumni database; • help in organising class reunions; • organising conferences (sections); • sending university press material to members; • invitations to professional and other university events; • free access to the university libraries.