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The Gheorghe Asachi Technical University (; acronym: TUIASI) is a public
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located in
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. Classified by the
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as an ''advanced research and education university'', it has the oldest tradition in Romania in engineering education. Gheorghe Asachi Technical University is a member of the Romanian Alliance of Technical Universities (ARUT).


History

In 1813, the scholar Gheorghe Asachi set up within the Princely Academy of Iași, the first
Romanian language Romanian (obsolete spelling: Roumanian; , or , ) is the official and main language of Romania and Moldova. Romanian is part of the Eastern Romance languages, Eastern Romance sub-branch of Romance languages, a linguistic group that evolved fr ...
higher education courses, as the ''School of Surveying and Civil Engineers'' (), beginning with a civil engineering class which was later developed within the Academia Mihăileană (1835), and the
University of Iași The Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (; acronym: UAIC) is a public university located in , Romania. Founded by an 1860 decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza, under whom the former was converted to a university, the University of , as it was named ...
(1860). In November 1910, within the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Iași, an independent section, named ''School of Industrial Electricity'', was set up. Soon renamed as the ''Institute of Electrical Engineering'', the school was the first of its kind in Romania. On 7 November 1912, within the Faculty of Sciences, the electrotechnical, applied chemistry and agronomy departments are established. This event represents what may be called the birth certificate of what later became the Polytechnic School of Iași. In March 1937, when the Parliament of Romania voted a new Law of Education, the technical higher education departments of the University of Iași were reorganised as faculties and integrated into the newly established ''Gheorghe Asachi Polytechnic School'', which was, at that time, one of the few higher education institutions in Romania qualified to issue
engineer's degree An engineer's degree is an advanced academic degree in engineering which is conferred in Europe, some countries of Asia and Latin America, North Africa and a few institutions in the United States. The degree may require a thesis but always require ...
s.Metropolitan Area Iasi
The new institution took from the very beginning the name of Gheorghe Asachi, the founder of the Romanian technical education, while professor Cristea Niculescu-Otin was elected its first rector. In 1948, it was renamed as the ''Gheorghe Asachi Polytechnic Institute'', and the Faculty of Agronomy became independent as the Agronomic Institute of Iași. On 17 May 1993, the Polytechnic Institute of Iași became known as the ''Gheorghe Asachi Technical University''.


Ranking

Gheorghe Asachi Technical University has ranked the first among the technical institutions of higher education, and the fourth among all universities in Romania, in the national research ranking compiled on the basis of Shanghai criteria. According to the Scimago Lab, based on data collected between 2007 and 2011, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University ranked 1258 in the World, 70 regionally and 7 in the country by number of publications.


Academics

Gheorghe Asachi Technical University is organized into 11 faculties and 3 departments: * The ''"G.M. Cantacuzino" Faculty of Architecture'' was founded in 1970 as a department of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, and organized as faculty in 2003

* The ''Faculty of Automatic Control and Computer Engineering'' was founded in 1977 as a department of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, and organized as faculty in 1990. It offers programs in
Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...
and
Information Technology Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields within information and communications technology (ICT), that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, data processing, data and information processing, and storage. Inf ...
, and
Systems Engineering Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering and engineering management that focuses on how to design, integrate, and manage complex systems over their Enterprise life cycle, life cycles. At its core, systems engineering uti ...


* The ''"Cristofor Simonescu" Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Protection'' was founded in 1912 as an independent section of the Faculty of Sciences of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, University of Iași. In 1937, it became a faculty of the new Gheorghe Asachi Polytechnic School. It offers programs in
Chemical A chemical substance is a unique form of matter with constant chemical composition and characteristic properties. Chemical substances may take the form of a single element or chemical compounds. If two or more chemical substances can be combin ...
and
Environmental Engineering Environmental engineering is a professional engineering Academic discipline, discipline related to environmental science. It encompasses broad Science, scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiolo ...
and
Management Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a Government agency, government bodies through business administration, Nonprofit studies, nonprofit management, or the political s ...


* The Faculty of Civil Engineering, Iași, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Building Services (founded in 1941). * The Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Energetics and Applied Informatics, founded in 1910 as a department of the Faculty of Sciences (part of the University of Iași). In 1937, it was organized as a faculty of the Gheorghe Asachi Polytechnic School. * The ''Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology'' was founded in 1975 as a department of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, and organized as faculty in 1990. It offers programs in Applied Electronics, Telecommunications Technologies and Systems, and
Microelectronics Microelectronics is a subfield of electronics. As the name suggests, microelectronics relates to the study and manufacture (or microfabrication) of very small electronic designs and components. Usually, but not always, this means micrometre ...
,
Optoelectronics Optoelectronics (or optronics) is the study and application of electronic devices and systems that find, detect and control light, usually considered a sub-field of photonics. In this context, ''light'' often includes invisible forms of radi ...
and
Nanotechnologies Nanotechnology is the manipulation of matter with at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometers (nm). At this scale, commonly known as the nanoscale, surface area and quantum mechanical effects become important in describing propert ...


* The ''Faculty of Hydrotechnical Engineering, Geodesy and Environmental Engineering'' was founded in 1962. It offers programs in Civil and Environmental Engineering, and
Geodesy Geodesy or geodetics is the science of measuring and representing the Figure of the Earth, geometry, Gravity of Earth, gravity, and Earth's rotation, spatial orientation of the Earth in Relative change, temporally varying Three-dimensional spac ...


* The ''Faculty of Industrial Design and Business Management'', formerly known as the Faculty of Textiles, Leather and Industrial Management, is the oldest textile technologies and design institution of higher education in Romania. Founded in
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in 1934, under the name Superior School of Light Industry, then Institute of Light Industry, it was transferred to Iași in 1952, and integrated into the Gheorghe Asachi Polytechnic Institute, in 1955, as the Faculty of Light Industry. It offers programs in Industrial Engineering (
Industrial design Industrial design is a process of design applied to physical Product (business), products that are to be manufactured by mass production. It is the creative act of determining and defining a product's form and features, which takes place in adva ...
, Textile technology and
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, Knitted and ready-made clothing technology, Technology and design for
leather Leather is a strong, flexible and durable material obtained from the tanning (leather), tanning, or chemical treatment, of animal skins and hides to prevent decay. The most common leathers come from cattle, sheep, goats, equine animals, buffal ...
garments and substitutes),
Chemical Engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of the operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials ...
(Textile chemical technology, Chemical technology for leather products and substitutes), and Management and Economic Engineering (
Industrial engineering Industrial engineering (IE) is concerned with the design, improvement and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment and energy. It draws upon specialized knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical, an ...
, Engineering and Business Management)

* The ''Faculty of Machine Manufacturing and Industrial Management'' was founded in 1948 as a department of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, and organized as faculty in 1990. It offers programs in
Industrial Engineering Industrial engineering (IE) is concerned with the design, improvement and installation of integrated systems of people, materials, information, equipment and energy. It draws upon specialized knowledge and skill in the mathematical, physical, an ...
,
Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...
, and Engineering and Management

* The ''Faculty of Material Science and Engineering'' was founded in 1977 as a department of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, and organized as faculty in 1990. It offers programs in Materials science, Materials, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

* The ''Faculty of Mechanical Engineering'' founded in 1948, it offers programs in Automotive engineering, Automotive and Mechanical Engineering,
Mechatronics Mechatronics engineering, also called mechatronics, is the synergistic integration of mechanical, electrical, and computer systems employing mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electronic engineering and computer engineering, and also ...
and
Robotics Robotics is the interdisciplinary study and practice of the design, construction, operation, and use of robots. Within mechanical engineering, robotics is the design and construction of the physical structures of robots, while in computer s ...


* Centre for Research and Technology Transfer ''Polytech''. * Counselling Centre for Pro and Postgraduate Guidance. * Department of Teacher Education and Training.


Library

Established as a reference and research technical library, th
“Gh. Asachi” Technical University Library
holds 1 million-plus volumes covering a wide range of subjects on engineering and technology, science, economics and law. It is organised in a Central Library, 6 branches and 8 departments.


Programmes

Gheorghe Asachi Technical University offers 4-year programmes, awarding the Academic degree, degree of Bachelor of Science ("Engineer"), and graduate/postgraduate programmes awarding the degrees of Master and Doctorate/PhD. The degree of "Architect" is awarded at the end of a 6-year programme as a combined Bachelor/Master's degree programme. There is also a postgraduate school of Management and Business Administration. The academic year consists of two 14 weeks semesters, each of them ending with an examination session. The weekly workload is about 28 hours. There is also a 3-week period of industrial placement during summer, while half of the final semester (the eighth) in the last year of study, is devoted to completing the diploma thesis and dissertation. The first two years of the 4-year programmes are devoted to providing an introduction to engineering as well as the necessary background in Physics and Mathematics. Beginning with the third year, students can choose from a number of specializations. Students who obtain a score of at least 8 out of 10 in the "licence exam" at the end of their "Engineer" degree courses are eligible to take an entrance examination for 1.5 to 2-year Master's course, the length of studies depending on the chosen specialization. All graduates awarded a master's degree, are eligible to enrol on a PhD Programme - full-time (3-year) courses.


Administration

The university is administered by the University Senate, which is made up of representatives from the eleven Faculty Councils. The Senate elects the rector, the vice-rectors and the chancellor every four year.


Student life


Student housing

The University Campus accommodates 8,100 students, in 21
residence halls A dormitory (originated from the Latin word ''dormitorium'', often abbreviated to dorm), also known as a hall of residence, a residence hall (often abbreviated to halls), or a hostel, is a building primarily providing sleeping and residential qu ...
, in the
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Campus area, which is near the university grounds and is situated at 5 minutes by car from the center of the city. The buildings in the campus have a number from 1 to 21 and are prefixed with letter T. The T17 students residence hall was, as of 1987, the biggest student residence hall in all of
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. The neighborhood of the campus is dominated mainly by retail and commercial centres and the Bahlui River.


See also

*
List of modern universities in Europe (1801–1945) The list of modern universities in Europe (1801–1940) contains all University, universities that were founded in Europe after the French Revolution and before the end of World War II. Universities are regarded as comprising all institutions ...


References


External links


Official websiteTechnical University of Iași-2009 Evaluation ReportForeign students - undergraduate studiesStudents Forum
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