University of Pitești
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Universitatea din Pitești | |
Motto | Latin:Academia Magistra Vitae |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1991 |
Rector | Associate Professor, Ph.D. Dumitru Chirleșan |
Academic staff | 388 (2018)[1] |
Administrative staff | 133 (2018) |
Students | 9,087 (2017–2018) |
109 (2017–2018) | |
Location | ,, |
TheUniversity of Piteşti(Romanian:Universitatea din Pitești,abbreviatedUPIT) is a publicuniversityinPiteşti,Romania,founded in 1991.
History
[edit]The first Higher Education Institution in Piteşti was founded in 1962 and was called "The 3-year Pedagogical Institute" with pedagogical specialisations in Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Philology and Physical Education and Sports.[2]The opening of the technical specialisations followed, leading to the establishment of the Institute of Sub-Engineers (1969), united in 1974 under the name of the Institute of Higher Education. Subsequently, there were various other forms of organisation, in a period under the subordination of theBucharest Polytechnic Institute.In 1991, it became autonomous and received the name "University of Pitești".
Faculties
[edit]University of Pitești is organised into 6 faculties, comprising 16 departments:
- Faculty ofSciences,Physical EducationandComputer Science
- Faculty ofMechanicsandTechnology
- Faculty ofElectronics,CommunicationsandComputers
- Faculty ofEducation,Social SciencesandPsychology
- Faculty ofEconomicsandLaw
- Faculty ofTheology,Philology,HistoryandArts
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References
[edit]- ^University of Pitești Rector's Report 2018
- ^"About the University".University of Pitești's website.Retrieved16 November2018.