QS World University Rankings 2021 - Top Universities in Romania
Rank | University |
1 | Babes-Bolyai University |
2 | University of Bucharest |
3 | Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi (UAIC) |
4 | Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iaşi |
5 | Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu |
6 | Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava |
7 | Technical University of Cluj-Napoca |
8 | Transilvania University of Brașov |
9 | University Politehnica of Bucharest |
10 | West University of Timisoara |
1. Babes-Bolyai University
It is a public research university located in Cluj-Napoca, Romania which was established in 1959. The university was founded by the merger of Bolyai University and Victor Babeș University and the university got the name by the merging of the two universities. The University is the largest Romanian university with student enrolment and the language of instruction are Romanian, Hungarian, German, English, and French and only a few are delivered in Spanish, Italian, and Japanese only for masters programmes.
Courses offered:
- Bachelors courses
- Masters courses
- Doctoral programmes
2. University of Bucharest
It is a public research university in Bucharest, Romania which was established in 1864. It is one of the oldest universities in Romania and also one of the five members of Romanian university. This university has been recognised as an advanced research and education university by the ministry of education and most of the programmes were taught in Romanian and English. The university campus is throughout Bucharest and the main buildings are the old buildings named the university square and Kogalniceanu building.
Courses offered:
- Bachelors courses
- Masters courses
- Doctoral programmes
3. Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi (UAIC)
It is a public research university located in Lasi, Romania established in 1860 and the old name of the university was University of Lasi. It is one of the oldest universities in Romania and the motto of the university is “Through freedom to the truth”. The main university building is called University Place and the university hall served as a parliamentary debating chamber between 1917 and 1918, the hall is called “The Hall of the Lost Footsteps”.
Courses offered:
- Bachelors courses
- Masters courses
- Doctoral programmes
4. Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iaşi
It is a public university located in Lasi, Romania which was founded in 1813 and the motto of the university is “Knowledge itself is power”. In engineering education it has the oldest tradition and traces its roots back to the foundation of the university in 1813. In 1993 the polytechnic institution of Lasi became the Gheorghe Asachi Technical University and the university has been consistently ranked in the top list of the universities in the world.
Courses offered:
- Bachelors courses
- Masters courses
- Doctoral programmes
5. Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu (ULBS)
It is a public university located in Sibiu, Romania established in 1990. The university got the name from Lucian Blaga who was a philosopher and poet in Romania. The motto of the university is “Mind moves matter”and this university is the oldest university in Romania having more than 225 years of tradition. The university has nine departments and is mainly focused on philology, history and law.
Courses offered:
- Bachelors courses
- Masters courses
- Doctoral programmes
6. Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava
It is a public research university located in Suceava, Romania which was re-established in 1990 but officially founded in 1963. As the university is open to all international students from the European Union the university is also regarded as an international university. The university was initially established as a higher education institution in Suceava which was founded in 1963 and got the university title in 1990 and it is also considered as the first higher education institution in Suceava.
Courses offered:
- Bachelors courses
- Masters courses
- Doctoral programmes
7. Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (UTCN)
It is a public research university located in Cluj-Napoca, Romania which was founded in 1948. The university was initially established as Institute of Mechanics where the institute has only two departments which are Thermotechnics and Machines. In 1992 the institute was renamed as the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca and the UTCN is the second largest university in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Courses offered:
- Bachelors courses
- Masters courses
- Doctoral programmes
8. Transilvania University of Brașov
It is one of the public research institutions in Romania located in Brasov, Romania established in 1948. The university has 18 departments and more than 20,00 students enroll each year and this university is the largest university in Brasov. This university is the only university in Romania that has its own multidisciplinary research institute. The music center of the university was founded in 2015 to promote and help the students in the country to expand their talent.
Courses offered:
- Bachelors courses
- Masters courses
- Doctoral programmes
9.University Politehnica of Bucharest
It is a technical university in Bucharest, Romania which was established in 1818, the university has more than 200 years of culture in the country. It is the largest technical university in Romania and the university has 15 departments. The university’s teaching mode of delivery is in Romanian and the engineering department is conducted in English, French, and German.
Courses offered:
- Bachelors courses
- Masters courses
- Doctoral programmes
- Postdoctoral studies
10. West University of Timisoara
It is a public higher education located in Timișoara and it was established in 1944. It is the first university which became independent institutions and got the university title by 1962 and the university became an independent university in 1968. The university has 11 departments plus one teacher training department and the motto of the university is “Become your best!”. In 2020 the university opened an online admission process which is an integrated single web that has all relevant details.
Courses offered:
- Bachelors courses
- Masters courses
- Doctoral programmes
