The Sapientia – Hungarian University of Transylvania is a private higher education institution of

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in the historic region of

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History

Sapientia University was established with the support of the

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and funded by the Sapientia Foundation. The latter, in turn, was founded by the four Hungarian historical churches of Transylvania: the

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, the Calvinist

Reformed Church in Romania The Reformed Church in Romania (; ) is a Calvinist denomination and the largest Protestant church in Romania. The majority of its followers are of Hungarian ethnicity and Hungarian is the main church language. The large majority of the Church's ...

, the

Unitarian Church of Transylvania The Unitarian Church of Transylvania (; ), also known as the Hungarian Unitarian Church (; ), is a Nontrinitarian Christian denomination of the Unitarian tradition, based in the city of Cluj, Transylvania, Romania. Founded in 1568 in the Eastern ...

and the Hungarian-speaking Evangelical Lutheran Church. Its establishment was motivated by needs outgrowing the present choice of Hungarian university education in Romania, especially that the percentage of Hungarian students in Romanian university life does not represent the percentage of Hungarian population in Romania, and university education in Hungarian does not cover the range of necessary specializations. From among the 25,000 Hungarian students in Romania only one of three may study in their mother language. To fill what it saw as this gap and fulfil the needs described above, the Board of Trustees of the Sapientia Foundation founded by the eight leaders of the Hungarian Historic Churches in Transylvania on April 14, 2000, decided to establish the Hungarian University of Transylvania. The university is open to qualified students of any nationality who meet the required admissions. The university was accredited by the Romanian Law 58/2012.

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al României Partea I, Anul 180. (XXIV.) Nr. 222. 3 aprile 2012

Structure

Sapientia University is made up of 3 faculties and one department: * Faculty of Economics, Socio-Human Sciences and Engineering, in

Miercurea Ciuc Miercurea Ciuc (; ; ) is the county seat of Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, a mainly Hungarian-speaking ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania, and is situated in the Olt River valley. The city administers three ...

, with programmes in Agro-alimentary Economy, Management Accounting and IT, Sociology (Rural Development Studies), Romanian and English Language and Literature, Food Engineering, Environmental Protection and Engineering in Industry, General Economics, Social Communication and Public Relations, Environmental Economics. * Faculty of Sciences and Arts, in

Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...

, with programmes in Environmental Geography, Film and Media Studies, International relations – European Studies, Legal Studies (Law School). * Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences, in

Târgu Mureș Târgu Mureș (, ; ; German language, German: ''Neumarkt am Mieresch'') is the seat of Mureș County in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is the list of cities and towns in Romania, 16th-largest city in Romania, with 116,033 ...

. * with BSc study programmes in Informatics,

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, Machine Manufacturing Engineering, Computer Science, Automation and Applied Informatics, Telecommunication Systems and Technologies, Communication and Public Relations, Horticultural Engineering, Landscape Architecture, Translation and Interpreting, Public Health Services and Policies; Also Agricultural Engineering and Forestry at

Sfântu Gheorghe Sfântu Gheorghe (; or ''Szentgyörgy'' ; ; English lit.: ''Saint George'') is a city that serves as the seat of Covasna County in Transylvania, Romania. Located in the central part of the country, it lies on the Olt River in a valley between ...

location. * MSc study programmes in Advanced Mechatronics Systems, Intelligent Control Systems, Software Development and Plant Protection. * Scientific Research Department, in Cluj-Napoca.

References

External links

Sapientia University

Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences Targu-Mures

Sapientia-ECN Programming Mathematics Contest

Electronics Laboratory

Scientia Publishing House
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