Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai

Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca (UBB) has a complex, multicultural academic profile with three lines of study, featuring cultural, scientific, technological and vocational dimensions, from arts and theology to humanities, social and natural/life sciences, mathematics/computer science, engineering/technology and sport. UBB is a key actor in Cluj, Transylvania, and Romania. UBB’s primary strategic objective is to consolidate these aspects, while at the same time enhancing its level of impact and quality so that it may compete in a generally accepted sense of the term in the international academic environment, along the main players in the global higher education. In other words, to develop and confirm a world-class university status. In essence, this is the continuation of the vision of the founding fathers of the University, who already wanted it to be anchored in the most advanced international academic models.

Babeș-Bolyai University has been actively involved and/or encouraged the participation in research and educational activities relating to the main topics concerning the European Union, congruently with the European Unions objectives on education, innovation, inclusion, employment, and climate/energy.
In line with the roadmaps designed, UBB is interested in being actively involved in the following fields pertaining to the Transparency Register:
COMMUNICATION. As a main goal, UBB aims to improve its representation policies and branding, respectively that contribute to the global outreach of the university.
CULTURE. UBB is the most complex Romanian university, counting 22 faculties as subdivisions. With a prevailing academic logic of supraorganization in 6 academic schools, the university wishes to correlate the organizational culture with the relevant faculties so as to create a niche professional culture which outlines the specific organizational framework.
DEVELOPMENT. Considering its evolution from 6,000 students (1990) to 39,264 students (2023) and from 6 faculties to 22, Babeș-Bolyai University’s interest for institutional development is obvious. In its search for possible main tracks, UBB has adopted and developed multiculturalism as its main feature, looking into its sustainable growth and advance.
EDUCATION. UBB engages to be a pilot institution in the implementation of the innovative didactic programmes through its departments and affiliated structures, in all fields of study.
REGIONAL POLICY. UBB is an aggregating pillar in the development of the relation with the society, being an indicator or the guiding lines for societal evolution. The University acts as a consultant of the local authorities, an active member of the regional development bodies, shaping its position and vision in the national and European milieus and long term strategies.
RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY. As the main goal in the internationalization process is to access the first 500 positions of the global rankings, UBB has emphasized the European dimension of its research mission doubled by innovation.
YOUTH. We are now the first Erasmus+ engine in the country, attracting the most considerable share national funding for student mobility in the programme. Moreover, skills development had been adopted as a strategic target in the internationalization process of the University, as well. Moreover, it has become the first Romanian university to use the HEInnovate tool of the OECD and EC focusing on supporting future entrepreneurs and the innovation trend in the region, and a considerable number of other programs that target inclusiveness and increased employability.
Furthermore, UBB is the holder of the Erasmus Charter for higher Education 2021-2027, being the most active Romanian university in this programme.

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