The Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacău () is a public

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, located in

Bacău Bacău ( ; , ; ; ) is the main city in Bacău County, Romania. With a population of 136,087 (as of 2021 census), Bacău is the 14th largest city in Romania. The city is situated in the historical region of Moldavia, at the foothills of the ...

. Named in honor of the poet

Vasile Alecsandri Vasile Alecsandri (; 21 July 182122 August 1890) was a Romanian patriot, poet, dramatist, politician and diplomat. He was one of the key figures during the 1848 revolutions in Moldavia and Wallachia. He fought for the unification of the Roma ...

, it was founded in 1990.

History

The first higher education school in Bacău was founded in 1961 as the ''Pedagogical Institute of Bacău''.About the “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacău
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. In 1990, the institution became a university.

Timeline

*1961: the ''Pedagogical Institute of Bacău'' is founded (three faculties: Humanities, Mathematics, and Natural Sciences) **1964: the Faculties of History and Geography, and Physical Education are added *1976: renamed as the ''Institute of Higher Education of Bacău'' **1976: Faculty of Engineering is founded *1984: renamed as the ''Institute of Associate Engineering'' (part of the Gheorghe Asachi Polytechnic Institute of Iași) **1985: Inorganic Chemistry Technology study programme is introduced **1986: Power Engineering study programme is introduced *1990: renamed as the ''University of Bacău'' (two faculties: Engineering, and Letters and Sciences) **1996: the Department of Physical Education and Sports (part of the Faculty of Letters and Sciences) is transformed into the Faculty of Physical Education and Sports **2002: the Faculty of Letters and Sciences is split into two faculties (Letters, and Sciences) **2004: the Department of Economic Sciences (part of the Faculty of Sciences) is transformed into the Faculty of Economic Sciences **2009: renamed as the ''Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacău''

Faculties

The University of Bacău has 5 faculties: *Faculty of Economic Sciences *Faculty of Engineering *Faculty of Letters *Faculty of Movement, Sports and Health Sciences *Faculty of Sciences

References

External links

Official website
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