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and case studies are not always as results of practical activities carried out during the students’ practical
activity.
5. Research weaknesses: Lack of full-time research staff; small number of European projects, low ratios
between the number of teachers and ISI publications, and small number of inventions and patents; Small
number of Master and PhD students involved in research projects and contracts.
6. Low efficiency of technology transfer of the research results (with low financial incomes), into the real
economic environment; No organizational structure at the university level handle the technology transfer,
consulting, outsourcing;
7. Insufficient visibility: Small number of interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary research with other universities in
Cluj-Napoca, other USAMV in the country, and EU universities;
8. Decreasing number of exchanges via Erasmus programs (teachers and students, from and to Romania)
9. Limited information on the labor market needs and on the graduates’ career track, poor involvement of
the ALUMNI Association.
10. Deficiencies in the management and attitude of administration services: need for training, procedures’
follow-up, and quality assessments
OPPORTUNITIES
1. The USAMVCJ classification among the "first class" category is a good pre-requisite for additional funding
in education and research;
2. Development of new collaborative networks and partnerships with foreign universities;
3. Accessing specific grants for student practice;
4. Collaboration with the economic environment for possible technology transfers, service offerings,
consulting;
5. The interest of young people from different countries and from outside the European space for the
undergraduate and master educational programmes we offer.
6. Valorization of HORIZON 2020 strategy to encourage and support University research programs
7. Allocation of significant financial support by the new Common Agricultural Policy, to finance the specific
innovation programs in agriculture and farm-level transfer;
8. Development of new European programmes type "Long Life Learning” and E-Platforms
9. Development of new National priority programs, e.g. human resources improvement, regional technology
parks, poles of competitiveness ,
10. Development of existing partnerships with public institutions and the private sector, generating new
sources of funding.
THREATS
1. The Governmental financing for higher education and research decreasing in the past year may result in
insufficient funds for the academic processes. The answer of the university consists of a permanent
struggle to increase the efficiency of these processes, while maintaining or increasing quality, and by
developing specific activities for attracting founds, valorizing the resources (lifelong learning programs,
RTD projects financed at national or EU level, RTD projects and research services developed for
companies).
2. National and international competition: open competition for attracting students, quality resources and
founds. The university’s answer is in the permanent effort for increasing the quality of the educational and
training offer, in launching new study programs requested by the labor market, in developing research
programs, and attractive, high-level programs, for advanced human resources training. The aggressive
policy of the important universities in attracting graduate students and post doctoral students;
Competition from other universities through tender based on the more developed material,
accommodation, sports facilities, sponsorship;
3. The National legislation which is not (yet) highly stimulating for attracting foreign students (outside EU).
The national legislation also raise threats related to the crisis measures which strongly limit new
employment within budgetary institutions. Short term measures to counterbalance this threat are
possible by increasing the efficient use of the existent resources.
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