The Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services is an academic division of the
Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of
Iaşi,
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...
, devoted to study and research in
civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...
.
History
The Romanian
engineering
Engineering is the use of scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad range of more speciali ...
school was founded when
Gheorghe Asachi
Gheorghe Asachi (, surname also spelled Asaki; 1 March 1788 – 12 November 1869) was a Moldavian, later Romanian prose writer, poet, painter, historian, dramatist, engineer- border maker and translator. An Enlightenment-educated polymath and ...
succeeded in persuading the Prince
Scarlat Callimachi
Scarlat Callimachi or Calimachi (; nicknamed ''Prinţul Roşu'', "the Red
Prince"; September 20, 1896 – June 2, 1975) was a Romanian journalist, essayist, futurist poet, trade unionist, and communist activist, a member of the Callimachi fa ...
of
Moldavia
Moldavia ( ro, Moldova, or , literally "The Country of Moldavia"; in Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, Romanian Cyrillic: or ; chu, Землѧ Молдавскаѧ; el, Ἡγεμονία τῆς Μολδαβίας) is a historical region and for ...
to establish the foundations of a "class of surveyors and building engineers in Romania" on November 15, 1813.
As a result of Asachi's endeavours, the Michaelian Academy (in Romanian:
Academia Mihăileană
Academia Mihăileană was an institution of higher learning based in Iași, Moldavia, and active in the first part of the 19th century. Like other Eastern European institutions of its kind, it was both a high school and a higher learning institute ...
) was established in
Iaşi between 1835 and 1847. Having amongst its scholars the most representative men of science at that time. This first official institution representing Romanian Higher Education in Moldova, succeeded in addressing local needs pertaining to the Higher Technical Syllabus.
Higher Education in Civil Engineering and
Architecture
Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...
in
Iaşi was initiated and established by the great scholar Gheorghe Asachi in 1848 with the assistance of the Application School for Engineering and Constructions. It was only in 1941 that the Faculty of Civil Engineering (later included architectural studies) became part of the Higher Polytechnic School of Iaşi, which is known today as
Gheorghe Asachi Technical University.
Structure
*Department of Concrete Structures, Building Materials, Technology and Management
*Department of Transportation Infrastructure and Foundations
*Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering
*Department of Descriptive Geometry and Drawing
*Department of Building Services
*Department of Structural Mechanics
Degrees awarded
The following Degrees are awarded in civil engineering and industrial engineering:
*
Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years.
The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University o ...
*
Master of Science
A Master of Science ( la, Magisterii Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree in the field of science awarded by universities in many countries or a person holding such a degree. In contrast t ...
*
Doctor
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Personal titles
* Doctor (title), the holder of an accredited academic degree
* A medical practitioner, including:
** Physician
** Surgeon
** Dentist
** Veterinary physician
** Optometrist
*Other roles
** ...
References
External links
Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services
{{DEFAULTSORT:Faculty Of Civil Engineering, Iasi
Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași