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The Spiru Haret University is a private university in
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,
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, founded in 1991 by the president of Tomorrow's Romania Foundation, Aurelian Gh. Bondrea, as part of the teaching activities of this foundation. The university claims this has been done according to the model used by
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. The university bears the name of a scientist and reformer of the Romanian education,
Spiru Haret Spiru C. Haret (; 15 February 1851 – 17 December 1912) was a Romanian mathematician, astronomer, and politician. He made a fundamental contribution to the ''n''-body problem in celestial mechanics by proving that using a third degree approx ...
, who lived before
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. On February 14, 2000, the university was accredited by the
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. The establishment of the university was confirmed by Law no. 443 of July 5, 2002 and this law has not been abolished. According to the data published by the university in July 2010, it has 30 faculties with 49 specializations and 64 master's degree curricula, being according to the newspaper ''Financiarul'' the largest university in Romania. In 2009 enrollment was reported as 311,928 students. Referring to the number of its students, the newspaper mistakenly called it the largest university in the world. It is the second-largest private university in the world, after
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(with 1.3 million students).
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and a former Romanian president,
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, have received honorary doctorates from the university. In 2011, the Spiru Haret University was officially evaluated as an "education-centered university", which is the third and lowest educational quality category of the Romanian universities.Raul Florea
Clasificarea universităților. Vezi aici ce universități vor fi axate pe licență, masterat și doctorat
Gândul, September 6, 2011.
Education centered universities have lost the right of organizing
doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''doctor'', meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism '' licentia docendi'' ("licence to teach ...
degrees studies. In July 2017, Spiru Haret University ranked on the 27th place out of 103 other universities in Romania.


Doctor Honoris Causa

Ding Chao (2012), Richard England (2010),
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(2003),
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(2002), Paul Feher (1999), Nicolae Mateescu-Matte (1997),
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(1995).


Faculties and departments

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Architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and construction, constructi ...
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Arts The arts or creative arts are a vast range of human practices involving creativity, creative expression, storytelling, and cultural participation. The arts encompass diverse and plural modes of thought, deeds, and existence in an extensive ...
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Law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...
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Public Administration Public administration, or public policy and administration refers to "the management of public programs", or the "translation of politics into the reality that citizens see every day",Kettl, Donald and James Fessler. 2009. ''The Politics of the ...
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Physical Education Physical education is an academic subject taught in schools worldwide, encompassing Primary education, primary, Secondary education, secondary, and sometimes tertiary education. It is often referred to as Phys. Ed. or PE, and in the United Stat ...
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Sport Sport is a physical activity or game, often Competition, competitive and organization, organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The numbe ...
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Finance Finance refers to monetary resources and to the study and Academic discipline, discipline of money, currency, assets and Liability (financial accounting), liabilities. As a subject of study, is a field of Business administration, Business Admin ...
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Banking A bank is a financial institution that accepts Deposit account, deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital m ...
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Geography Geography (from Ancient Greek ; combining 'Earth' and 'write', literally 'Earth writing') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding o ...
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Public Relations Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing and disseminating information from an individual or an organization (such as a business, government agency, or a nonprofit organization) to the public in order to influence their perception. Pu ...
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Financial Finance refers to monetary resources and to the study and Academic discipline, discipline of money, currency, assets and Liability (financial accounting), liabilities. As a subject of study, is a field of Business administration, Business Admin ...
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Management Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a Government agency, government bodies through business administration, Nonprofit studies, nonprofit management, or the political s ...
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Marketing Marketing is the act of acquiring, satisfying and retaining customers. It is one of the primary components of Business administration, business management and commerce. Marketing is usually conducted by the seller, typically a retailer or ma ...
and International
Business Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or Trade, buying and selling Product (business), products (such as goods and Service (economics), services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for ...
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Mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...
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Veterinary Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in non-human animals. The scope of veterinary medicine is wide, covering all animal species, both ...
Medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...
* International Relations,
History History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...
and
Philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...
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Sociology Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociol ...
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Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...
(renamed
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and
Educational Sciences Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education also fol ...
) * Department for Teachers' Training


International cooperation

Spiru Haret University is a member of the following European and international organizations: * Alliance of Central-Eastern European Universities (ACEU) – 2009 * European Association for
ERASMUS Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus ( ; ; 28 October c. 1466 – 12 July 1536), commonly known in English as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic priest and Catholic theology, theologian, educationalist ...
Coordinators (EAEC) – 2011 * European Association of Career Guidance ( EACG) – 2011 * Alliance of Universities for Democracy ( AUDEM), Tennessee – 1993 *
Magna Charta Universitatum The Magna Charta Universitatum (Great Charter of Universities) is a two-page document produced by the University of Bologna and the European Rectors' Conference (now called the European University Association) in 1988 in Bologna, Italy. It ident ...
, Bologna, Signatory party – 2005 * Magna Charta Observatory – 2005 *
European University Association The European University Association (EUA) represents more than 800 institutions of higher education in 48 countries, providing them with a forum for cooperation and the exchange of information on higher education and research policies. Members of ...
(EUA) – Associate Member – 2005 * Balkan Forum for Communication – Founding Member – 2005 *
Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie The ''Agence universitaire de la Francophonie'' (AUF; ) is a global network of French-speaking higher-education and research institutions. Founded in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1961, as the ''Association des Universités Partiellement ou En ...
(AUF) – 2006 * European Confederation of Language Centres in Higher Education (
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) – 2006 * European Association for Architectural Education ( EAAE) – 2008 *
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) – 2008


Criticism (distance learning programs)

Although it received
accreditation Accreditation is the independent, third-party evaluation of a conformity assessment body (such as certification body, inspection body or laboratory) against recognised standards, conveying formal demonstration of its impartiality and competence to ...
from Romania's National Council of Academic Evaluation in 2002, its accreditations were canceled for a large number of
distance learning Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance; today, it usually involves online ...
specializations.Cristina Șomănesc
Topul celor mai mari scandaluri din universități
Money.ro, July 19, 2011.
Also, there are some voices which dispute the level of the
distance learning Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance; today, it usually involves online ...
programs offered.Cum a ajuns "Spiru Haret" cea mai mare universitate din lume
Financiarul, July 13, 2009.
The scandal peaked in the summer of 2009, when the way license diplomas are obtained scandalized the Minister of Education, who threatened with an inquiry of the Romanian public prosecutors.Lista profesorilor de la "Spiru Haret" care au obtinut ilegal gradul universitar
Ziare.com, July 23, 2009.

România Liberă, July 23, 2009.
A number of Romanian newspapers have called the
distance learning Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance; today, it usually involves online ...
department of Spiru Haret University "a diploma mill" (literally translated, "a diplomas factory").Parlamentarii țin în brațe fabrica de diplome "Spiru Haret"
Adevarul, February 24, 2010.

Cotidianul, July 15, 2009.
Spiru Haret, fabrica de profesori, nu doar de diplome
Ziarul Financiar, July 21, 2009.
Fabrica de diplome Spiru Haret
Ziarul de Iasi, July 20, 2009.

Ziua de Vest, August 9, 2009.
"Fabrica" de diplome "Spiru Haret" lasă studenții cu ochii-n soare
Financiarul, July 10, 2009.
This viewpoint has been confirmed by the Austrian Der Standard"Diplomfabrik" droht Schließung
Der Standard, July 22, 2009.
and by the Swiss Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
Neue Zürcher Zeitung, October 1, 2009.
The German Consulate in Romania (Timișoara) mentioned worries in respect to the legal situation of the university in its press review. The French journal
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has confirmed the viewpoint of the quoted newspapers.Le système de l'enseignement supérieur roumain mis en cause par un scandale
Le Monde, August 16, 2009.
Some English language sources (e.g. from the Romanian newspaper Evenimentul Zilei and Radio Romania International) express the same view.Ministry of Education should take action against private university
Eurotopics, July 27, 2009.

World Education Services, September 2009.
ROMANIA: Diplomas of private university illegal
University World News, July 19, 2009.

Evenimentul Zilei, July 15, 2009.
A STEP BACK IN THE SPIRU HARET CASE
Radio Romania International, July 22, 2009.
Therefore, the Spiru Haret University is increasingly considered in Romania and outside it as a
diploma mill A diploma mill or degree mill is a business that sells illegitimate diplomas or academic degrees, respectively. The term ''diploma mill'' is also used pejoratively to describe any educational institution with low standards for admission and gradua ...
. Its lawyers seek to circumvent Romanian education laws, and this implied the consequence that new laws are discussed by the Romanian Department of Education, Research and Innovation, which may lead to the prohibition of all Spiru Haret's activities. Spiru Haret University claims to be accredited by the
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(EUA) instead of the Romanian public agency ARACIS. However, the EUA does not accredit universities and its "evaluations are not related to accreditation or certification processes." This viewpoint is confirmed by an IEP report: "the Programme is neither linked to the allocation of funds nor to a control function on behalf of public authorities." The Spiru Haret University has been prohibited to organize license (diploma) exams for a period of three years."Spiru Haret", trei ani fără examen de licență
Evenimentul Zilei, August 11, 2009.
During these three years, Spiru Haret University has been placed under the scrutiny of the Romanian Department of Education.Government Ordinance no. 10/2009
Monitorul Oficial, Part I, no. 581 of August 20, 2009.
According to Government Decision no. 749/2009,Monitorul Oficial
, no. 465, year 177 (XXI) of Monday July 6, 2009, p. 86 (Monitorul Oficial is the state newspaper wherein laws and government decisions have to be officially published in order to become effective.)
Civil Law Sentence no. 3326 has radiated the Spiru Haret University, at its own request, from the application of Government Decision no. 676/2007 regarding the license university study fields, the structures of higher education institutions and the disciplines organized by them, with the subsequent additions and from Government Decision no. 635/2008 regarding the structures of higher education and the specialization/curricula for university license studies organized by them, either accredited or temporarily authorized to operate, republished.Cf
Punct de vedere
July 20, 2009. Aracis.ro. (ARACIS is the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education, mandated by law to evaluate universities.)
The students enlisted at accredited/authorized faculties from the Spiru Haret University may still proceed with their study, but will have to take (final) diploma exams at recognized universities (faculties) which are not prohibited to hold diploma exams. The Romanian Department of Education has won the case against the claims of the Spiru Haret University in respect to Government Decisions no. 676/2007 and no. 635/2008, as the High Court of Cassation and Justice decided on October 30, 2009.
As such, the self-removal the university from the application of such decisions is null and void, therefore its authorized/accredited curricula remain authorized/accredited, but all other claims of broader accreditation made in the name operating according to its constitutional right to academic autonomy have been dropped, since this right may only be exercised as provided by law.Cf. the viewpoint of Mrs. Andronescu, then Minister of Education, discussing the issue debated in courts a

ProTV.
The Director of the Law and Control Direction of the Romanian Department of Education, Mr. Gabriel Ispas claimed that "Since we have won this trial, we cannot lose the subsequent trials."Ministerul Educației a câștigat procesul cu "Spiru". "Absolvenții de la ID nu vor beneficia de diplome"
Gândul, October 29, 2009.
The Government Decision no. 749/2009 has been reconsidered in Government Decision no. 943/2009.HG 943/2009 privind modificarea si completarea HG nr. 749/2009 pentru aprobarea Nomenclatorului domeniilor, a structurilor institutiilor de invatamant superior si a specializarilor/programelor de studii universitare de licenta acreditate sau autorizate sa functioneze provizoriu organizate de acestea. Hotarare nr. 943/2009
On November 10, 2009, at the Bucharest Appeal Court was registered at its office of the clerk the certificate in the Dossier no. 7174/2/2009, suspending the application of the Government Decisions no. 749/2009 and no. 943/2009 at the request of the Spiru Haret University, until judgment was pronounced in this case.Certificat de grefă
November 10, 2009.
Dosar 7174/2/2009
, Curtea de Apel București.
The university called for being paid damages by the Romanian government and personally by the clerks who wrote the Government Decision no. 749/2009. In this trial, the significant difference in respect to the previous High Court trial is that the government did not list the Spiru Haret University in the Government Decision no. 749/2009, considering that this university does not want to be listed therein (according to the verdict of the
Bucharest Court of Appeal Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...
which was canceled after the publication of the Government Decisions no. 749/2009), and listed it again in Government Decision no. 943/2009, when reconsidering Government Decision no. 749/2009, as demanded by the university, which has won a trial in this respect. Such government decisions are the official lists of all accredited/authorized Romanian curricula in a certain year. No other curriculum than those listed therein may issue a license diploma, and no other curriculum counts as higher education study (legally). The Bucharest Court of Appeal reached a verdict on June 29, 2010, about the Government Decisions no. 749/2009 and no. 943/2009. The verdict of the Bucharest Court of Appeal rejects the action of the university because of having no ground and admits the request for intervention made by the Department of Education. Even if the Department of Education could not have predicted the verdict, the Romanian High Court of Justice and Cassation had registered the recourse made by the Romanian Department of Education in respect to the decision of the Bucharest Court of Appeal in the same dossier while its trial was still pending. Although the Department of Education has not fully lost the case judged by Bucharest Court of Appeal, it made recourse to the High Court and the university had there an opportunity to ask for the cancellation of the verdict of the Bucharest Court of Appeal by the High Court of Cassation and Justice. The Department of Education has won this trial, Decision no. 5565/14.12.2010 the High Court rejecting the request for suspending the execution of the administrative decision which the university has tried to cancel.Fișă dosar 7174/2/2009
Înalta Curte de Casație și Justiție a României.
Also, this university is involved in administrative litigation against the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (
ARACIS Since 2005, the Romanian National Council of Academic Evaluation and Accreditation of Higher Education Institutions has been replaced by ARACIS, the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education,
), the verdict having been pronounced on July 1, 2010.Dosar 3835/2/2009
Curtea de Apel București.
In this case also the action of the university was rejected because of having no ground; recourse is possible. The university has claimed that Government Ordinance no. 10/2009 would be unconstitutional and the Bucharest Court of Appeal suspended judgment upon this issue until the Constitutional Court will take a decision in respect to the claimed exception of unconstitutionality.Dosar 8214/2/2009
Curtea de Apel București.
On December 16, 2010, the Constitutional Court has rejected the unconstitutionality exception invoked by the university. But, Government Ordinance no. 10/2009 has been abrogated by Law no. 1/2011. On May 17, 2011, the Bucharest Court of Appeal rejected the action of the university as inadmissible; a recourse is possible. On June 17, 2010, the Minister Daniel Petru Funeriu signed the Department of Education Order no. 4235/2010, published in Monitorul Oficial no. 421 of June 23, 2010.Ordinul MECTS nr. 4.235/2010 - aprobarea Metodologiei privind monitorizarea speciala a Universitatii "Spiru Haret" din Bucuresti
Avocatnet.ro.
This order concerns the approval of the methodology for the special monitoring of the "Spiru Haret" University, monitoring which applies three years after the Government Ordinance no. 10/2009 became effective. The order stipulates that Spiru Haret's exams commissions for graduations have among their members professors/teachers from other universities, which are the representatives of the Romanian Department of Education in this respect. The commissions consist of at least one representative of the Department, the representatives of the Department being 50% of the total number of the members of each exams commission. "The candidacy dossiers of 63 graduates of the "Spiru Haret" University were rejected by the Scholar Inspectorate Prahova" writes Raul Florea in the newspaper Gândul. The Minister Daniel Petru Funeriu announced that the university will be monitored for ten years, and the students which have received fraudulent diplomas will be reexamined. A new scandal has arisen since the university has renamed its distance learning as "technological centers for accessing the examination platform e-learning", in order to hide the fact that it cannot offer authorized/accredited distance learning. The university has announced that the 2008 and 2009 graduates of its unauthorized and unaccredited curricula will have to repeat the diploma exam in September 2010, at the same university.Adriana Ailince
Absolvenții "Spiru Haret" trebuie să dea încă o dată licența, spun reprezentații instituției
Realitatea.net, August 4, 2010.
G. Buruian, N. Vier

Realitatea.net, August 5, 2010.
Mr. Gabriel Ispas has declared on behalf of the Department of Education that this does not imply that their diplomas will be lawfully recognized. According to the minister, an exams session was approved in September in order that the students may have their license exams in accordance with Government Ordinance no. 10/2009 and to the norms for special supervision of the "Spiru Haret" University.
Realitatea.net, August 6, 2010.
But there is no legal proviso which would allow the graduates to take their license exams again, Government Ordinance no. 10/2009 making reference only to the students of this university, thus it makes no reference to its licensed graduates. According to the Address of the Department of Education no. 13265 August 6, 2010,Adresa MECTS nr. 13265 of August 6, 2010
Law no. 84/1995 makes a clear distinction between "graduate" and "graduate with a diploma", the address of the department being applicable only of "graduates". Through this address the conditions for lawfully organizing an exams session for "graduates" are made known to the university. This exams session was postponed
sine die Adjournment ''sine die'' (from Latin 'without a date') is the conclusion of a meeting by a deliberative assembly, such as a legislature or organizational board, without setting a date to reconvene. The assembly can reconvene, either in its pres ...
, since the "Spiru Haret" University did not agree with the conditions stipulated by the Department of Education for holding these exams. A graduate of this university has obtained the right to enjoy the benefits of her diploma by the irrevocable decision of the High Court of Cassation and Justice.O absolventă "Spiru Haret" a câștigat în instanță valabilitatea licenței
Adevărul, August 11, 2010.

Lumea Justiției, August 8, 2010.
It is to be noticed that the High Court did not recognize the validity of her diploma, but only the fact that her diploma has not been canceled by a court of law, and until such thing would happen, Mrs./Ms. Din enjoys the presumption of the legality of her diploma. The annulment of her diploma is possible, but it would require another trial. According to the newspaper Adevărul, several groups of graduates from the Spiru Haret University have organized themselves in order to sue the Department of Education.Simona Soar

Adevărul, October 26, 2010.
The personal advisor of the education minister, Mr. Tudorel Urian, said "We wish them good luck, but this is a problem of those who allowed such exam to take place, it is a problem of the university". Art. 120 the Education Law which will has become applicable in 2011 provides that offering diplomas for higher education curricula which are neither accredited nor temporarily authorized (by
ARACIS Since 2005, the Romanian National Council of Academic Evaluation and Accreditation of Higher Education Institutions has been replaced by ARACIS, the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education,
) constitutes the felony of material falsification of official documents, punished according to the penal law. Happily, the law provides only for the future. The Minister Daniel Petru Funeriu has declared that the Spiru Haret University will become illegal.Valentin Huțan
Prezent la Iasi, Ministrul Educatiei spune ca Universitatea Spiru Haret va fi scoasa in afara legii
Bună Ziua Iași, January 8, 2011.
"The new law provides very clearly what happens in such situations: the institution of higher education which has unaccredited curricula automatically becomes illegal and enters into liquidation" said Funeriu for Bună Ziua Iași, showing that this is of application for any university with unaccredited curricula, not just for the Spiru Haret University. On February 10, 2011 have to have been stopped any specializations and curricula which are neither accredited nor temporarily authorized, according to Art. 361 paragraph 4 of the Law of National Education. The continuation of such curricula causes the liquidation of the university and the criminal responsibility for those guilty of breaking the law. A graduate of the Spiru Haret University has won a trial against the Department of Education and the County Schools Inspectorate at the Buzău Court. Such decision is not final, being open to a recourse by the Department and/or the Inspectorate. Ziare.com announces that some students who graduated this university in 2009 will finally receive their diplomas (but only some of them, namely those from authorized/accredited studies and frequency forms).Spiru Haret intra in legalitate: Absolventii din 2009 isi primesc diplomele de licenta
Ziare.com, March 7, 2011
Through the Decision no. 666 from August 19, 2010, the Superior Council of the Magistrates has noticed that a graduate of the Spiru Haret University who graduated the license exam in law in February 2010 at this university does not have the legal quality of having a license in law, as provided by Art. 14 alin. 2 letter b) of Law no. 303/2004, as such being inadmissible to the National Institute of the Magistrates. According to the newspaper Gândul, the situation of those who graduated unaccredited and unauthorized studies will be decided in September, following a project drawn up by ARACIS and consulting the National Rectors's Council.Aurelia Alexa
Situația celor care au absolvit programe neautorizate la "Spiru Haret", decisă în septembrie
Gândul, July 7, 2011.
Funeriu recognized that it applies to several universities and that his department does not have the right to cancel diplomas. In December 2011 the minister has declared that his department prepares an order in order to solve the matter of the graduates of unaccredited and unauthorized studies, but it has to wait for advice from the NRC.Raul Flore
Ministerul Educației pregătește un ordin pentru absolvenții Universității "Spiru Haret". Funeriu: "Procedurile se desfășoară deja pentru a fi în legalitate"
, Gândul, December 13, 2011.
The minister hopes that this order will become applicable as soon as possible.


Problem solved in 2015

Government Ordinance no. 42/2015 regarding the right of graduates to have recognized study papers after finishing unauthorized studies and for punishing educational institutions which teach without authorization provides state recognition for all unauthorized studies from accredited educational institutions, prior to the study year 2011–2012.Monitorul Oficial, Partea I, nr. 659 din 31 august 2015. Such diplomas can be canceled by courts or by the granting institution, according to the law.


UK NARIC (

National Academic Recognition Information Centre All EU and EEA states and all the associated countries in Central and Eastern Europe and Cyprus have a designated National Academic Recognition Information Centre (NARIC), which provides a way to compare academic qualifications as part of the B ...
)

In 2016 the UK
National Academic Recognition Information Centre All EU and EEA states and all the associated countries in Central and Eastern Europe and Cyprus have a designated National Academic Recognition Information Centre (NARIC), which provides a way to compare academic qualifications as part of the B ...
listed Spiru Haret University as a recognised higher education institution without making any distinctions between its full-time and
distance learning Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance; today, it usually involves online ...
graduates.


Notable Alumni

* Horia Ivanovici - journalist


References


External links


Official website

Students forum
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