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Internationalization

Over the years, the University of Bucharest has developed partnerships with 214 universities around the world and is involved in 529 Erasmus + agreements. At the same time, the University of Bucharest is connected to national, regional, European and international university networks, including: The Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe (UNICA), The European University Association (EUA), The Balkan Universities Association (BUA), Black Sea Universities Network (BSUN), L’Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) and Central European Exchange Program for University Studies (CEEPUS).

Since 2019, the University of Bucharest is part of CIVIS – a European University Alliance along with ten other prestigious European universities: University of Aix-Marseille, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Free University of Brussels, Autonomous University of Madrid, Sapienza University of Rome, University of Stockholm, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, University of Glasgow, University of Lausanne, Paris Lodron University of Salzburg. 

Excellence in research

The University of Bucharest has more than 50 affiliated institutes, departments and research centers, linked to the fields of study within its faculties, as well as the “Dimitrie Brandza” Botanical Garden in Bucharest, the UNESCO Geopark Țara Hațegului, several Neolithic and medieval archeological sites and a series of research units: in ecology, in Sinaia and Brăila, in geography and geology, in Orșova, Eșelnița and Sfântu Gheorghe, and in physics, in Surlari. At the same time, the Research Institute of the University of Bucharest (ICUB), founded in 2014, was developed as an innovative structure that encourages excellence and interdisciplinarity in Life, Environmental and Earth Sciences, Exact Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences. ICUB’s mission is to provide a dynamic and creative environment for both young and reputable researchers and to establish itself as a central point in the international network of research institutes, promoting collaboration and partnerships with other research centers and projects.