Babeș-Bolyai University

Babeș-Bolyai University (UBB) is a comprehensive public research university located in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, with an academic heritage tracing back to 1581. In 1959, the Romanian and Hungarian universities of Cluj merged to form the current institution. UBB is Romania's oldest university and its largest academic community, comprising approximately 55,000 members across 15 localities in 12 counties. It offers 277 bachelor's programmes and 268 master's programmes in 41 fields, along with 28 doctoral schools, across 23 faculties. Teaching is conducted in Romanian, Hungarian, German, English, French, Italian, and Finnish, reflecting the university's multicultural character. UBB was the first university in Romania to receive a QS Five Stars (world-class) rating (2021), is a founding member of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance, a member of GUILD (the network of research-intensive European universities), and holds the European Commission's HR Excellence in Research award. The university operates an advanced research infrastructure including STAR-UBB Institute and participates in numerous European research networks. International cooperation is coordinated through the Center for International Cooperation (CCI), which manages Erasmus+ and other global mobility programmes.