For the seventh consecutive year, students from the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Bucharest have achieved outstanding results at the 19th edition of the South Eastern European Mathematical Competition for University Students – SEEMOUS 2025.
The 2025 edition took place from March 4-9 and was hosted by „Fan S. Noli” University in Korçë, Albania, in collaboration with the Albanian Mathematical Association. Teams from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Romania, and Turkmenistan competed in the event.
The University of Bucharest was represented by five students from the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, all of whom secured a spot on the podium at SEEMOUS 2025:
Gold medals: Ana Maria Negoiță, Vlad Perpelea (aur absolut, punctaj maxim)
Silver medals: Claudiu Blindu, Cezar Tulceanu și Dacian Robu.
Additionally, in the overall ranking, the University of Bucharest team took first place, winning the grand prize.
The team’s preparation was carried out within the Center for Excellence in Mathematics, coordinated by Associate Professor Cătălin Gherghe, PhD, Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Bucharest. The team was accompanied to Korçë by Dan Dumitrescu, a former medalist at this competition and currently a master’s student in the Didactic Master’s program.
This year, Romania was represented at SEEMOUS by students from several universities, including the University of Bucharest, „Babeș-Bolyai” University in Cluj-Napoca, West University of Timișoara, „Ovidius” University of Constanța, National University of Science and Technology „Politehnica” of Bucharest, „Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iași, and the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca.
Students from the University of Bucharest have consistently ranked on the SEEMOUS podium for the past years
For the past six years, students from the University of Bucharest have consistently ranked on the SEEMOUS podium: Gold in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and, of course, in 2024.
In 2019, Dragoș Manea, a second-year Mathematics student, represented the University of Bucharest and won the competition with a maximum score and a gold medal. He had also participated in SEEMOUS 2018, earning a silver medal.
That same year, Andrei-Robert Bâra, a first-year Mathematics student, finished 2nd-3rd, while Călin-Daniel Spiridon, a second-year student, took 4th place, both earning gold medals. Călin also won gold in the previous edition. Andrei-Alexandru Jelea, a first-year Mathematics student, won a gold medal as well, ranking 6th place while competing for the University Politehnica of Bucharest, where he was also a student. More details about this event are available here.
At the 2020 edition, held in Thessaloniki, Greece, from March 3-8, reunited students from 14 universities in Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia and Romania. Three students from the University of Bucharest represented the institution.
All three students won gold medals, with Andrei-Robert Bâra earning the absolute first place with a maximum score. A second-year Mathematics student at the time, Andrei had also ranked 2nd-3rd in 2019. Dan-Ștefan Dumitrescu (5th place) and Andrei-Vlad Cațaron (6th place), both first-year Mathematics students, also won gold medals. More details about this event are available here.
The 2021 edition of SEEMOUS saw another remarkable performance from University of Bucharest students. Three students won gold medals, with Sergiu-Ionuț Novac securing first place overall. Dan-Ștefan Dumitrescu and Vlad-Nicolae Robu tied for second place, both earning gold, while Ana-Teodora Bercaru won a silver medal. More details about this event are available here.
At the 2022 edition, hosted in Belgrade, Serbia, from May 27 to June 1, the University of Bucharest was once again represented by three students from the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science. All three secured podium positions: Gold medal – Vlad-Nicolae Robu, Silver medal – Andrei-Tiberiu Pantea, Bronze medal – Paul Florin Rebenciuc. The students were accompanied by Associate Professor Cornel Băețica, PhD, from the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science.
More details about the 2022 SEEMOUS edition are available here.
The 2023 edition of SEEMOUS continued the streak of excellence, with all three University of Bucharest students securing podium spots: Gold medals – Mario-Cosmin Drăguț and Octavian-Ionuț Joița, Silver medal – Divia-Petra Negoescu. A standout performance came from Mario-Cosmin Drăguț, who achieved the highest score in the entire competition.
More details about the 2023 SEEMOUS edition are available here.
At SEEMOUS 2024, the University of Bucharest won the grand prize of the competition.
All six students from the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science placed on the podium: Gold medals – Ana Negoiță, Lucia Râșnoveanu, Mario Drăguț, Silver medals – Cezar Tulceanu, Răzvan Terpeneu, Bronze medal – Ștefan Strugariu.
More details about the 2024 SEEMOUS edition are available here.
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