The National School of Political Science and Public Administration ( ro, Școala Națională de Studii Politice și Administrative din București, SNSPA) is a public university in

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, founded in 1991. SNSPA is a public institution of higher education and research (University) which was established in 1991 as a postgraduate teaching institution, incorporating in its structure the former Faculty of High Political Studies of the University of Bucharest. In 1995, SNSPA obtained the right to organize undergraduate level training in political science and public administration and communication and public relations. SNSPA is currently a public institution of higher education subordinated to the Ministry of Education, Research and Innovation. It is organised into four faculties (Public Administration, Communication and Public Relations, Political Science, Management) and one department (International Relations and European Integration). In September 2012, the

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and SNSPA launched a new master programme in Marketing, Advertising and PR, which offers its graduates a double diploma issued by both institutions. In December 2012, the rector of the School,

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, was appointed minister of education of

. SNSPA has finished in 2014 the construction of a new building started in February 2009 in the proximity of the

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exhibition complex in

History

From its origins, in practical terms, SNSPA can be considered to be a continuation of the

Ștefan Gheorghiu Academy The Ștefan Gheorghiu Academy (Romanian: ''Academia Ștefan Gheorghiu'', in full: ''Academia de învăţămînt social-politic Ștefan Gheorghiu de pe lîngă CC al PCR'' - approx. ''Ștefan Gheorghiu Academy for Socio-Political Education in Rel ...

, which provided training for the leadership of the

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(PCR) before the 1989 Revolution. The former party secretary from the

, Vasile Secăreș, creates in January 1990 the School of High Political Studies. Later, in spring of that year, he founds the Faculty of High Political Studies at the

University of Bucharest The University of Bucharest ( ro, Universitatea din București), commonly known after its abbreviation UB in Romania, is a public university founded in its current form on by a decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Princel ...

, which in 1991 is transformed in SNSPA. Secăreș would be the rector of the institution from its creation in 1991 to 2004.

International relations

The School is an active participant in the Erasmus+ programme of the

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, with partner universities all across

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, the

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, and

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External links

www.snspa.ro

References

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