UNIVERSITY OF CRAIOVA ROMANIA

UNIVERSITY OF CRAIOVA
The University of Craiova
Prestigious Romanian Institution of High Education
The University of Craiova was included among the Romanian universities at the
middle of the twentieth century, being the fifth university in the country.
The University of Iasi – founded in 1860 housing three faculties: Law,
Philosophy and Theology;
The University of Bucharest – founded in 1864. It initially housed the
faculties of Law, Letters and Sciences;
The University of Cluj – 1959;
The University of Timisoara – 1962 – housing the faculties of
Mathematics, Physics and Philology
The University of Craiova – 1966 – with seven faculties (Mathematics,
Philology, Electrotechnics, Agriculture, Chemistry and Economics.
The next university was that of Brasov, founded in 1971.
During the academic year 2001 – 2002 the Romanian cities recorded with a
large number of institutions of high education were the following (taken in
decreasing order):
1. Bucharest – 44 5. Constanţa– 6
2. Iasi – 12 6. Craiova – 4
3. Cluj-Napoca – 10 7. Braşov – 4
4. Timişoara – 8 8. Sibiu– 4
Picture taken during 1920 – 1925
The attempts to found an academic institution in the center of Oltenia were
successful due to the Law no.138/25.04.1947 in favor of the foundation and
organization of the University of Craiova and its auxiliary branches.
Regarding the number of faculties, these are mainly to be found in the following
cities:
1. Bucharest – 193 7. Oradea – 23 13. Târgovişte – 11;
2. Iaşi – 64 8. Braşov – 22 14. Piteşti – 11;
3. Cluj-Napoca – 58 9. Sibiu – 19 15. Tg. Jiu – 10;
4. Timişoara – 53 10. Galaţi – 14 16. Alba Iulia – 10;
5. Craiova – 28 11. Tg. Mureş – 14 17. Bacău - 10.
6. Constanţa – 28 12. Arad – 14
The most important moments in the history of the University of Craiova are
related to:
the stage previous to its official foundation (1848 – 1945)
the period of emergence and functioning of the first academic institutions (1947 – 1965)
the foundation and evolution of the University of Craiova (1966 – 1989)
development, extension and improvement of the University of Craiova (1990 – 2002)
Photocopy of the Official Monitory (Monitorul official) of the Romanian Kingdom (25.04.1947)
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