"has 5 faculties. It offers bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degrees, along with advanced postgraduate studies. Here is the list of the faculties, along with the languages in which their courses are taught: Cycle 1 (Bachelor's Degree) Cycle 2 (Master's Degree) Cycle 3 (Doctorate - PhD) The University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca is member in the following international associations: University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca The University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca (USAMVCN), ) in Cluj-Napoca is a university in Romania. With around 6,000 students, the university offers 21 undergraduate programs;"
"be completed in 2018. Timișoara is the main educational and academic centre in west of Romania. Timișoara has four public universities and four private universities. The number of students of higher education institutions reached 60,000 in 2015. Public Private Historic Timișoara has 17 twin towns and sister cities, as listed below: Timișoara Timișoara (; , also formerly ""Temeschburg"" or ""Temeschwar""; , ; ; / ""Temišvar""; Banat Bulgarian: Timišvár; ; ) is the capital city of Timiș County, and the main social, economic and cultural centre in western Romania. The third most populous city in the country, with 319,279 inhabitants as"
"km in contemporary Romanian documents). Nowadays, due to the several administrative reorganisations, the territory covers 16 counties (Romanian: ""judeţ""), with an area of , in central and northwest Romania. The 16 counties are: Alba, Arad, Bihor, Bistriţa-Năsăud, Brașov, Caraș-Severin, Cluj, Covasna, Harghita, Hunedoara, Maramureș, Mureș, Sălaj, Satu Mare, Sibiu, and Timiș. Transylvania contains both largely urban counties, such as Brașov and Hunedoara counties, as well as largely rural ones, such as Bistriţa-Năsăud and Sălaj counties. The most populous cities as of 2011 census (metropolitan areas, as of 2014): Cluj-Napoca, commonly known as Cluj, is the second most populous city in"
"in high-tech sectors, has risen. In an article in late 2005, French magazine ""L'Expansion"" called Timișoara Romania's economic showcase, and referred to the increased number of foreign investments as a ""second revolution"". In 2016, Timișoara was awarded by Forbes as the most dynamic city and the best city for business in Romania. Apart from domestic local investment, there has been significant foreign investment from the European Union, particularly from Germany and Italy. Continental AG has produced tires since opening a plant in 1998. In the years that followed, Continental also established an automotive software engineering division in Timișoara. All in"
"History of Timișoara This article is about the History of Timișoara, the largest and most important city in the Romanian Banat. Timișoara is also known by the following names: Hungarian: ""Temesvár"", German: ""Temeswar"" / ""Temeschwar"" / ""Temeschburg"", Serbo-Croatian: ""Temišvar"" / ""Темишвар"", Turkish: ""Tamışvar"" / ""Temeşvar"". All names of the city are derived from its Hungarian name ""Temesvár"" meaning ""Castle on Temes river"". Archaeological discoveries prove that the area where Timișoara is located today has been inhabited since ancient times. The first identifiable civilization in this area were the Dacians who left traces of their past. From coin finds, it is"
"Northern Ireland. The ""Derry stroke Londonderry"" spoken form of this has in turn engendered the city's nickname ""Stroke City"". In Romania, the city of Cluj was renamed Cluj-Napoca for political reasons in the 1970s, as the communist government wanted to emphasize the city's Roman origins. Another example of the phenomenon can be seed in the name of the capital of the Spanish Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz. This combines the city's Spanish name of Vitoria and Basque name of Gasteiz. The official names of bilingual areas of Alsace, France, and Switzerland also apply. For instance, the German and French Swiss town of"
"Romania Romania ( ; ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the southeast, Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, and Moldova to the east. It has a predominantly temperate-continental climate. With a total area of 238,397 square kilometres (92,046 sq mi), Romania is the 12th largest country and also the 7th most populous member state of the European Union, having almost 20 million inhabitants. Its capital and largest city is Bucharest and other major urban areas include"
"Timișoara Timișoara (; , also formerly ""Temeschburg"" or ""Temeschwar""; , ; ; / ""Temišvar""; Banat Bulgarian: Timišvár; ; ) is the capital city of Timiș County, and the main social, economic and cultural centre in western Romania. The third most populous city in the country, with 319,279 inhabitants as of the 2011 census, Timișoara is the informal capital city of the historical region of Banat. In September 2016, Timișoara was selected as the European Capital of Culture for 2021. Timișoara was first mentioned as a place in either 1212 or 1266 as Castrum Temesiensis. The territory later known as Banat"
"1989, suffering 130 reported deaths and 3,352 wounded during the revolution [source needed]. Timișoara has 22,560 inhabitants. History of Timișoara This article is about the History of Timișoara, the largest and most important city in the Romanian Banat. Timișoara is also known by the following names: Hungarian: ""Temesvár"", German: ""Temeswar"" / ""Temeschwar"" / ""Temeschburg"", Serbo-Croatian: ""Temišvar"" / ""Темишвар"", Turkish: ""Tamışvar"" / ""Temeşvar"". All names of the city are derived from its Hungarian name ""Temesvár"" meaning ""Castle on Temes river"". Archaeological discoveries prove that the area where Timișoara is located today has been inhabited since ancient times. The first identifiable civilization"
"Romania, after the national capital Bucharest, and the seat of Cluj County. From 1790 to 1848 and from 1861 to 1867, it was the official capital of the Grand Principality of Transylvania. Brașov is an important tourist destination, being the largest city in a mountain resorts area, and a central location, suitable for exploring Romania, with the distances to several tourist destinations (including the Black Sea resorts, the monasteries in northern Moldavia, and the wooden churches of Maramureș) being similar. Sibiu is one of the most important cultural centres of Romania and was designated the European Capital of Culture for"
"Transilvania International Film Festival The Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF; ) is the first international feature film festival in Romania, which is held annually in the historic capital of Transylvania, Cluj-Napoca. Founded in 2002 by the Romanian Film Promotion (), TIFF has grown rapidly to become the most important film-related event in Romania. It is a member of the Alliance of Central and Eastern European Film Festivals (CentEast) and it is supported by the Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme. In February 2011, TIFF has been accredited by the FIAPF as a ""competitive festival specialised on first and second feature films""."
"Romanian airline Carpatair, and it serves now as an operating base for low-cost airlineWizz Air. Timișoara is a major railway centre and is connected to all other major Romanian cities, as well as local destinations, through the national CFR network. Timișoara is directly linked by train service with Budapest, Belgrade and Vienna. The main railway station of the city is Timișoara North railway station. More than 130 trains use this station daily. The other three railway stations of the city are mainly used by commuter trains. Currently, the tallest building is the Timișoara Orthodox Cathedral, at and the tallest office"
"(Rynair, Wizzair or Tarom) to Budapest, London, Barcelona, Bergamo, Bologna, Madrid, Rome, Bucharest, Brussels and Pisa. Odorheiu Secuiesc is twinned with: Odorheiu Secuiesc Odorheiu Secuiesc (; , ; ) is the second largest city in Harghita County, Transylvania, Romania. In its short form, it is also known as ""Odorhei"" in Romanian and ""Udvarhely"" in Hungarian. The Hungarian name of the town ""Udvarhely"" means ""courtyard place."" The city has a population of 34,257. Among those for whom data are available, 95.8% are ethnic Hungarians, making it the urban settlement with the third-highest proportion of Hungarians in Romania. The city is also"
"Shopping City Timișoara Shopping City Timișoara is a shopping mall located in Timișoara, Romania. At the time of its completion it was the second shopping mall in Timișoara. It has an IMAX and 4DX cinema which is the first and only cinema in the country with these cinema tehnologies in one cinema and the second cinema in Europe with these tehnologies in one cinema. Current stores include Adidas, Zara, Bershka, Pull&Bear, H&M, C&A, Intersport, Pizza Hut, KFC, Kenvelo, Lee Cooper, Tom Tailor, Levi's, New Yorker, Media Galaxy, Koton, Deichmann, Stradivarius, Cinema City, Lee Cooper, Kenvelo, Reserved, House, LC Waikiki, Peek"
"next 12 years. His tenure was marked by strong Romanian nationalism and acts of ethnic provocation against the Hungarian-speaking minority. This deterred foreign investment; however, in June 2004, Gheorghe Funar was voted out of office, and the city entered a period of rapid economic growth. From 2004 to 2009, the mayor was Emil Boc, concurrently president of the Democratic Liberal Party. He went on to be elected as prime minister, returning as mayor in 2012. Cluj-Napoca, located in the central part of Transylvania, has a surface area of . The city lies at the confluence of the Apuseni Mountains, the"
"& Cloppenburg, Fossil, Douglas, Starbucks and Sephora, as well as a 10,000 square meters Carrefour hypermarket and a pet-shop. The centre also includes a food-court, a semi-Olympic swimming pool, a fitness club, a casino, terraces and a playground for children. Shopping City Timișoara also houses six bank agencies and a post office. The mall has: Shopping City Timișoara Shopping City Timișoara is a shopping mall located in Timișoara, Romania. At the time of its completion it was the second shopping mall in Timișoara. It has an IMAX and 4DX cinema which is the first and only cinema in the country"
"a metropolitan area up to 20 times the area of the city proper. Another 19 cities have a population of over 100,000, with Cluj-Napoca and Timișoara of slightly more than 300,000 inhabitants, Iași, Constanța, Craiova and Brașov with over 250,000 inhabitants, and Galați and Ploiești with over 200,000 inhabitants. Metropolitan areas have been constituted for most of these cities. Since the Romanian Revolution of 1989, the Romanian educational system has been in a continuous process of reform that has received mixed criticism. In 2004, some 4.4 million of the population were enrolled in school. Out of these, 650,000 in kindergarten"
"Iași, Timișoara, Cluj-Napoca, and Constanța. The River Danube, Europe's second-longest river, rises in Germany's Black Forest and flows in a general southeast direction for , coursing through ten countries before emptying into Romania's Danube Delta. The Carpathian Mountains, which cross Romania from the north to the southwest, include Moldoveanu Peak, at an altitude of . Modern Romania was formed in 1859 through a personal union of the Danubian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. The new state, officially named Romania since 1866, gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1877. Following World War I, when Romania fought on the side of"
"in Romania: Cluj-Napoca, Brașov, Craiova, Timișoara and Bucharest. Over the last six years, Sibiu has enjoyed a revival of cycling. The bicycle way in the city span for 43 kilometers. Bicycle rentals have offered a boost for the local economy with several small rental centers and a bigger rental center that is administered by the I'Velo Bike Sharing group. Sibiu is one of Romania's most culturally lively cities. It has 2 theatres and a philharmonic orchestra along with other smaller private theatrical venues and a theatre studio housed by the Performing Arts and Acting section of Lucian Blaga University, where"
"Banca Transilvania Banca Transilvania S.A. is a banking institution with headquarters in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The bank was founded in 1993 in Cluj-Napoca by a local business people group, with a capital of 2 billion RON, of which 79% was Romanian and 21% foreign. In 2014, Banca Transilvania celebrates 20 years since it became operational, with the opening of Cluj branch. Currently, BT is on 2nd place among banks in Romania in terms of assets with a market share of over 8%. Its activity is organized into four main business lines: corporate banking, IMM, retail banking and medical division. Banca Transilvania"
"tournament, which is included in the ATP Tour. The outdoor tournament is hosted by the tennis complex BNR Arenas. Ice hockey games are held at the Mihai Flamaropol Arena, which holds 8,000 spectators. Rugby games are held in different locations, but the most modern stadium is Arcul de Triumf Stadium, which is also home to the Romanian national rugby team. The twin towns and sister cities of Bucharest are: Partnerships: Bucharest Bucharest (; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country,"
"city consists of several historic areas. These are: Cetate (Belváros in Hungarian, Innere Stadt in German), Iosefin (Józsefváros, Josephstadt), Elisabetin (Erzsébetváros, Elisabethstadt), Fabric (Gyárváros, Fabrikstadt). Numerous bars, clubs and restaurants have opened in the old Baroque square (Unirii Square). On 16 September 2016, Timișoara was selected as Romanian host city of European Capital of Culture in 2021. The city will co-host the event with Novi Sad and Eleusis. Due to high demand for business space, new commercial buildings have been built. The commercial sector is developing very quickly. Timișoara has two large shopping centres: A third mall, Timișoara Centrum, will"
"of the largest in the world. Of the electricity generated in 2007, 13.1 percent came from nuclear plants then in operation, 41.69 percent from thermal plants (oil and coal), and 25.8 percent from hydroelectric sites. The volume of traffic in Romania, especially goods transportation, has increased in recent years due to its strategic location in South-East Europe. In the past few decades, much of the freight traffic shifted from rail to road. A further strong increase of traffic is expected in the future. As of June 2015, 694 km of motorways are in use with Timisoara-Lugoj 26 km also to"
"football was played in Romania, with Timișoara being the true first city in Romania to host a football game. Other rivalries are shared with CFR Cluj, Bihor Oradea, Steaua București and Universitatea Craiova. Over the years, Politehnica Timișoara fans have established close friendships with the supporters of Rapid București and the Nordkurve from Borussia Mönchengladbach. ASU Politehnica Timișoara Asociația Sportivă Universitatea Politehnica Timișoara (), commonly known as ASU Politehnica Timișoara, or simply as ASU Poli, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Timișoara, Timiș County, currently playing in the Liga II. ASU Poli belongs to the"
"and Daniil Shafran. Other performers in Timișoara have included pianists Annie Fischer, Artur Rubinstein, and Carlo Zecchi; violinists Bronisław Huberman, Fritz Kreisler, Jacques Thibaud, and Eugène Ysaÿe; and cellists Pablo Casals and Gregor Piatigorsky. More recently vibraphonist Eldad Tarmu has played there. The orchestra has visited many European countries, including Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, and the former Yugoslavia. Banatul Philharmonic of Timișoara The Banatul State Philharmonic Orchestra is a musical institution in Timișoara, Romania. Established in 1871, it now comprises a symphony orchestra, professional chorus, and various chamber groups. The Philharmonic Society () was"
"in the city. The Hungarian city of Temesvár became the first European city to have electric street lights in 1884, while the trams became electric in 1899 (after Bucharest in 1884). Temesvár was also the first city in the Kingdom of Hungary and later Romania to have an ambulance station. After World War I, following an ephemerous pro-Hungary Banat Republic, and a several occupation by the Serbian Army, Timișoara was incorporated into the Kingdom of Romania in 1919 together with most of the Banat region. In December 1989 a popular uprising began in Timișoara against the Communist regime of Nicolae"
"Cluj International Airport Avram Iancu Cluj International Airport is an airport serving the city of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Initially known as ""Someșeni Airport"", it is located east of the city centre, in the Someșeni area, which is now within the Cluj-Napoca city limits. The airport is named in honour of Romanian revolutionary Avram Iancu. In terms of passengers' traffic, Cluj Airport is the second busiest airport in Romania, after Bucharest Henri Coandă, handling 2.69 million passengers in 2017. Its size and location (on the European route E576 and close to A3 Transylvania Motorway) makes it the most important airport in the"
"DN69, DN59 and DN59A. The Romanian Motorway A1, under construction on some sections, will link the city with Bucharest and the eastern part of the country. The A1 is currently the only Romanian motorway that crosses a border, linking Timișoara with Hungarian motorway M43. The Timișoara Coach Station (""Autogara"") is used by several private transport companies to provide coach connections from Timișoara to a large number of locations from all over the country. The city is served by Romania's third busiest airport, Traian Vuia International Airport, located northeast away from the city centre. It used to be the hub of"
"green and white, in the second largest city in the country, Pointe-Noire, taxis are blue and white. Taxicabs in Romania are usually yellow, like in New York City, but this is not a universal rule. For instance, in Braşov County, some cabs are white; in Arad County, most are white. Many Romanian taxis are Dacia Logan. Others include Dacia Lodgy, Opel Astra, Skoda Octavia, some Mercedes-Benz E-Class. Company name, taxi fare and license number are written on the car doors. Taxis do not include the ride from the waiting station to the pickup point in the fare. Regulated official taxicabs,"
"States, eventually joining NATO in 2004, and hosting the 2008 summit in Bucharest. The country applied in June 1993 for membership in the European Union and became an Associated State of the EU in 1995, an Acceding Country in 2004, and a full member on 1 January 2007. During the 2000s, Romania enjoyed one of the highest economic growth rates in Europe and has been referred at times as ""the Tiger of Eastern Europe"". This has been accompanied by a significant improvement in living standards as the country successfully reduced internal poverty and established a functional democratic state. However, Romania's"
"- Arad - Oradea. Timișoara North railway station Timișoara North railway station is the main railway station in Timișoara, Romania. , Timișoara North serves about 126 trains, including domestic trains to the majority of Romanian cities operated by Căile Ferate Române as well international trains to Budapest in Hungary. Trains to Belgrade in Serbia have been discontinued as of the 1st of August 2017. The train route now only runs as far as the Romanian border village of in the commune of Moravița, 5km from the Serbian border. The main domestic lines are Bucharest - Craiova - Caransebeş - Timișoara"
"share of visits is made by those who visit Cluj-Napoca for a single day, and their exact number is not known. The largest numbers of foreign visitors come from Hungary, Italy, Germany, the United States, France, and Austria. Moreover, the city's 140 or so travel agencies help organise domestic and foreign trips; car rentals are also available. Cluj-Napoca has a diverse and growing cultural scene, with cultural life exhibited in a number of fields, including the visual arts, performing arts and nightlife. The city's cultural scene spans its history, dating back to Roman times: the city started to be built"
"(making it the country's second most populous at the time, after the national capital Bucharest), marking a slight increase from the figure recorded at the 2002 census. The Cluj-Napoca metropolitan area has a population of 411,379 people, while the population of the peri-urban area (Romanian: ""zona periurbană"") exceeds 420,000 residents. The new metropolitan government of Cluj-Napoca became operational in December 2008. According to a 2007 estimate provided by the County Population Register Service, the city hosts a visible population of students and other non-residents—an average of over 20,000 people each year during 2004–2007. The city spreads out from St. Michael's"