The University of Bucharest recently became a signatory of the Magna Charta Universitatum – MCU 2020, confirming UB’s commitment to promoting academic freedom, institutional autonomy, social responsibility and higher education values.
The Magna Charta Universitatum is a document signed by 388 rectors from Europe and beyond, on September 18, 1988, on the 900th anniversary of the University of Bologna. It contains principles of academic freedom and institutional autonomy, as a guideline for good governance and self-understanding of universities.
The new version of the MCU 2020 has been adopted by the Governing Council of the Magna Charta Observatory. This new version removes nothing from the original core values to which universities signed up but is a response to the latest challenges facing universities, recognizing both the global impact of university activities and the expanded responsibilities that universities have at local level. More details on the MCU 2020 can be accessed here.
Also, on September 16, 2022, prof. Romiță Iucu, PhD, president of the Orientation and Strategic Analysis Council of the University of Bucharest and teaching staff at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Bucharest, was appointed, by the representatives of the Magna Charta Observatory, ambassador of Magna Charta Universitatum.
