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1694 |
Constantin Brāncoveanu, ruler of Wallachia, founds the Princely Academy of Saint Sava in Bucharest on the advice of Constantin Cantacuzino, a brilliant scholar and humanist educated at Padua. Lectures are delivered in Greek. |
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1776 |
Alexandru Ipsilanti, ruler of Wallachia, reforms the curriculum of the Saint Sava Academy, where courses of French, Italian and Latin are now taught. New buildings for the Academy are erected between 1776 and 1779. |
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1818 |
The Transylvanian scholar Gheorghe Lazar creates the Saint Sava School, with Romanian now introduced as the language of study. |
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1832 |
As a result of the reform initiated by Petrache Poenaru, the Saint Sava National College launches new courses of study. |
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1850 |
Education reform: courses of a legal and scientific character are developed at the Saint Sava National College. |
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1854 |
First graduates in law. |
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1855 |
Carol Davila creates the National School of Medicine and Pharmacy. |
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1857 |
Laying of the foundation stone of the University Palace in Bucharest. |
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1859 |
Establishment of the Faculty of Law. |
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1863 |
Establishment of the Faculties of Sciences and Letters. |
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1864,
iul. 4/16 |
Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza creates the University of Bucharest, bringing together the Faculties of Law, Sciences and Letters as one single body (decree no. 756 of 4/16 July 1864). |
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1869 |
The Faculty of Medicine is created through the transformation of the National School of Medicine and Pharmacy. |
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1884 |
Establishment of the Faculty of Theology, under the authority of the University of Bucharest from 1890. |
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1898 |
Establishment of the Academic Pedagogical Seminary, continuing the activity of the Pedagogical High School which had functioned between 1890 and 1898. |
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1906 |
Establishment of the Institute of Geology. |
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1908 |
Establishment of the Astronomical Observatory. |
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1913 |
Establishment of the Academic Institute for Electrotechnology. |
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1914 |
Establishment of the Institute for South-Eastern European Studies and Research. |
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1916 - 1918 |
Closure of the University of Bucharest as a result of German occupation during the First World War. |
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1919 |
Establishment of the Romanian Social Institute. |
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1921 |
Establishment of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, continuing the activity of the Veterinary School founded in 1861. Establishment of the Institute for Serum and Vaccines. |
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1923 |
Establishment of the Faculty of Pharmacy, the seventh faculty of the University of Bucharest. |
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1924 |
Establishment up of the Mina Minovici Institute of Forensic Medicine. |
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1934 - 1936 |
Construction of the Law Faculty building. |
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1941 |
Establishment of the Institute of Statistics and Actuarial Studies. |
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1942 |
Passing of the Higher Education Law, the most modern legislative document in the field. |
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1944 |
Establishment of the Geographical Research Institute of Romania. Beginning of the purge of University staff, a process marked by abuses and reprisals on the part of the new authorities collaborating with the Communist Party |
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1948 |
Passing of the Education Reform Law, which applies the Soviet model to higher education, leading to a thorough restructuring of the University of Bucharest. The Faculties of Theology, Human Medicine and Veterinary Medicine are detached from UB. The higher education institutes are dismantled and new institutes subordinated to the Academy of the Romanian People's Republic are created. |
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1975 |
A series of research institutes are integrated into the University of Bucharest. |
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1989,
nov. |
The abusive abolition of numerous departments and faculties leaves the University of Bucharest with only six faculties and 8000 students. |
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1990 |
The beginning of a renewal process for the University of Bucharest. New faculties departments and research centres are created, the teaching process is radically reorganised, and the number of students is considerably increased. There is also a spectacular increase in the international contacts and co-operation projects of the University of Bucharest. |
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1994 |
Celebration of 300 years since the foundation of the Princely Academy and 130 years since the establishment of the modern structures of the University of Bucharest. |
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1996 |
Adoption of the University of Bucharest Charter. |
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1999 |
Adoption of the Strategic Project of the University of Bucharest. |
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2002 |
The University of Bucharest now comprises 18 faculties, with over 20,000 full-time students of whom 1000 foreign students, and some 3,000 teaching positions. |
