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Taking into consi<strong>de</strong>ration the <strong>de</strong>mographic <strong>de</strong>crease registered in Romania in the last 20 years (of about 22%)<br />

and the great emigration rate (more than 2 million, i.e. 10% of population), we are aware of the major impact<br />

that this can have on the prospective young population. Therefore, the university’s strategy was focused in the<br />

last year to extend the study in Romanian aboard, by our extension in Italy, and to attract foreign stu<strong>de</strong>nts to<br />

study in our university in English and French.<br />

The total number of USAMV Cluj-Napoca staff is of 572 that inclu<strong>de</strong>s 366 aca<strong>de</strong>mics, 127 didactic auxiliary<br />

staff and 79 persons as administrative staff. Also, 59 persons are employed as research staff: 9 researchers<br />

and 50 research assistants. Each faculty has its <strong>de</strong>partments that are structured based on the specific areas of<br />

competence and technical domains, specific to each study program. The aca<strong>de</strong>mic stuff is composed of 66<br />

professors, 48 associate professors, 129 lecturers, 115 assistants and 9 preparatory (see: Appendix – Aca<strong>de</strong>mic<br />

staff).<br />

3. NORMS AND VALUES, MISSION AND GOALS<br />

3.1. Governance and management<br />

The vision of USAMV Cluj-Napoca focuses on Excellence in Research and Education, competitiveness at<br />

national and International level, and Societal Integration as an entrepreneurial university connected to the<br />

socio-economic environment of the region and at national scale.<br />

As a “first class” university of “advanced research and education” according to the 2011 National classification,<br />

the university aims to reinforce its leading role in promoting the Sustainable Development of the Aca<strong>de</strong>mic<br />

excellence and related activities integrated into the European Higher Education and Research Areas, for the<br />

benefit of the national and international community.<br />

The mission of USAMV Cluj-Napoca as an “advanced research and education” institution aims to secure a<br />

knowledge-based <strong>de</strong>velopment of research, innovation and technology transfer in its specific areas of<br />

competence: Life Sciences (agriculture and horticulture, animal science, food science, veterinary medicine), as<br />

well as in the related areas of engineering/(bio)technology and economics in agrifood.<br />

USAMV Cluj-Napoca took full advantage of its aca<strong>de</strong>mic autonomy and, according to the provisions of the<br />

Education Law No. 1/2011, produced a renewed and updated Charter of the University that was approved by<br />

the newly elected Senate in its first meeting, on the 26 th of January 2012. The USAMV Charter inclu<strong>de</strong>s the<br />

mission and the strategy regarding the University <strong>de</strong>velopment for the next 4 years, the university’s<br />

objectives, as well as the regulations concerning the management of every compartment of the university (49<br />

regulations). All these documents are known by the university’s community and are presented on the<br />

university’s website.<br />

According to its Charter, USAMV Cluj-Napoca has as mission the professional formation at university level and<br />

the scientific knowledge production by research and innovation. The assumed mission is realized by education<br />

and advanced scientific research. The University will fulfil its mission by promoting excellence in education,<br />

research and innovation, by initial and post-university formative programs, by long-life learning system, and by<br />

the integration of the universal values in accordance with the requirements of a knowledge-based society.<br />

The Strategic Plan of USAMV Cluj-Napoca 2012-2016 (see: Appendix – Strategic plan) sets as main objective<br />

the consolidation of the university’s position as the best performing aca<strong>de</strong>mic agricultural institution at the<br />

national level by <strong>de</strong>veloping and providing advanced knowledge in the areas of competence, fully integrated<br />

into the European Higher Education and Research Areas and validated by the international recognition. The<br />

strategic plan is different from the earlier ones, due to the profound changes un<strong>de</strong>r consi<strong>de</strong>ration concerning<br />

the current societal era, marked by the effects of the world economic crisis and substantial budgetary<br />

<strong>de</strong>creases in the society.<br />

USAMV Cluj-Napoca organizational structures. The university’s organizational chart took into consi<strong>de</strong>ration<br />

the changes in the election of the university management: the establishment of a <strong>de</strong>limitation between the<br />

Senate, as the main legislative coordinator of the university, and the executive management, represented by<br />

the rector, 6 vice rectors, 4 <strong>de</strong>ans, a director for Doctoral Studies and the Administrative General manager<br />

Page 5 SELF-EVALUATION REPORT, March, 2012

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