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AL IAB LA IU

FACULTY OF HISTORY AND PHILOLOGY

www.uab.ro

”1 DECEMBRIE 1918” UNIVERSITY OF ALBA IULIA

ROMANIA

Alba Iulia is located in the centre of Romania, south-east of the Apuseni Mountains, and is one of Romania's

most important historical cities. For many centuries it was Transylvania's political capital. Because of its antiquity and

location in a multicultural province, Alba Iulia has a great cultural and educational potential. During recent decades

this potential has also been enhanced and developed by ”1 Decembrie 1918” University.

www.apulum.ro

ALBA IULIA

“1 DECEMBRIE 1918” UNIVERSITY of ALBA IULIA was set up as a public higher education and research

institution founded pursuant to the Romanian Government Decision no. 474/09.07.1991. Its name is related to the

historical moment (1918) when the union of the three Romanian provinces was accomplished at Alba Iulia.

The aim of the university is to continually develop an academic community, able to enhance the value of the

archaeological, social, economic and cultural heritage of our region, and create new and auspicious conditions for

the students interested in scientific accomplishment and academic performance.

Our University is also committed to continuing the process of extending, modernising and adapting its

research and education facilities, and in developing a complex – both theoretical and practical – academic training

system for all those who are willing to become highly qualified specialists in different fields of activity. Therefore, we

are permanently improving our undergraduate BA and BSc programmes, as well as post-graduate studies (Master

and Ph.D. programmes). The academic programmes are aligned with the Bologna system.

“1 Decembrie 1918” University of Alba Iulia currently has collaboration agreements with more than 60

education and research institutions from abroad. Most of the agreements are focused on the exchange of students

and staff (teaching staff, researchers and administrative staff ), exchange of publications, journals and teaching

materials. There are about 30 Erasmus agreements signed with foreign universities and 10 partner institutions from

the private sector hosting Erasmus placements for students.

The university welcomes students from all over the world to enroll in one of the undergraduate or

postgraduate programmes offered by its four faculties. For international students the University organises a

preparatory year.

Contact: str. N. Iorga, 11-13, 510009, Alba Iulia

Tel:+40-0258-811412, fax:+40-0258-806260

E-mail: [email protected]

www.uab.ro

The Faculty of History and Philology brings together the humanities specialisations of the University, which

are also the first specialisations of higher education in Alba Iulia. The Faculty of History and Philology consists of two

large departments: the Department of History, Archaeology and Museology, and the Department of Philology, each

with its own faculty members and academic and research programmes.

The Faculty of History and Philology owns all the necessary facilities for a top-quality educational process:

libraries (University Library, Batthyaneum Library, Library of the National Union Museum, National Archives – Alba

County), access to databases (e.g. ProQuest, JSTOR, Emerald, Science Direct, Thompson ISI Web of Knowledge etc.),

state-of-the-art laboratories and classrooms, archaeological and restoration sites.

The Faculty has also established partnerships with national and international institutions of higher education.

As a result, our students can take advantage of exchange programmes (study mobility and work placement mobility)

at partner universities in France, Italy, Greece, Germany, Poland, Austria, Spain, Hungary, China, Slovakia, the Czech

Republic, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Holland, Norway, Lithuania, Portugal, Turkey, Malta etc.


DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND MUSEOLOGY

Ongoing research projects: The religious union of the Romanians from Transylvania with the Catholic

Church / Forschungsvorhaben zur kirchlichen Union von Siebenbürgen (in partnership with the Foundation Pro

Oriente Vienna); Etatism and religious diversity in a multicultural province. Religious tolerance in Transylvania during

the reign of Joseph II (UEFISCDI); Cuius Regio. An analysis of cohesive and destructive forces destining the attachment

of (groups of ) persons to and cohesion within regions as a historical phenomenon (CRP, ESF); The vegetarian eating

habits of prehistoric people as illustrated by paleobotanic evidence found in archaeological sites (UEFISCDI); The

funeral rites of communities in Transylvania during the Neolithic and Aeneolithic Ages (SOP HRD); Historical and

contemporary perspectives on incineration in Romania (UEFISCDI); Old Romanian books during the Austrian-

Hungarian Empire. Recovering cultural identity (UEFISCDI).

Annual conferences: The Students' Symposium; Romanian Elites. Structures, Paradigms, Evolution; Dying

and Death in the 18th - 21st Century Europe; Funeral Anthropology “Homines, Funera, Astra“; Religious Identity and

Religious Tolerance during the 18th - 21st Centuries; Bibliology and National Cultural Heritage.

Publications: Annales Universitatis Apulensis. Series Historica (1997 - CNCS B); The Student Symposium

Journal (1995-).

The Department of History, Archaeology and Museology (DIAM) was founded in 2010, through the merger

between the former History Department (founded in 1991), the Institute of Systemic Archaeology Iuliu Paul" (2001)

and the Centre for Historical Research "Iuliu Maniu" (1997). Thus DIAM members are historians and researchers

specialised in Archaeology, Prehistory, Ancient/Medieval/Modern/Contemporary History, Art History, Museology,

Heritage Conservation and Restoration.

Academic programmes with national accreditation:

BA PROGRAMMES:

- History

- Archaeology

- Museology

PhD. PROGRAMMES:

in the field of HISTORY, with

the following specialisations:

Archaeology, Archaeometry,

Museology, Historiography,

History of Culture, Art

History

MA PROGRAMMES:

- Transylvania in the Cultural History of Central Europe

- The Pre- and Proto-History of the Region from the

Carpathian Mountains to the Danube in the Context

of Systemic Archaeology

- Museology. Research and Protection of Cultural

Heritage

1st Cycle – BACHELOR'S DEGREE

Field of study: HISTORY

Programme: HISTORY

Length of studies: 3 years (6 semesters)

Form of education: full-time

Language of teaching: Romanian

Number of ECTS Credits: 180 +30 for the BA Thesis.

Entrance requirements, scholarships & fees for foreign citizens: see www.mae.ro (”Study in Romania”

Programme) and www.uab.ro (Centre for International Relations and Institutional Marketing)

Entrance requirements, scholarships & fees for Romanian citizens: see www.uab.ro/admitere.

Main courses and seminars: General Prehistory, Introduction to Universal History (Antiquity, Middle Age,

Modern Age, 20th Century), Introduction to the History of Romanians (Antiquity, Middle Age, Modern Age,

20th Century), General Historiography, Romanian Historiography, The History of Byzantium,

Theory and Art History, Latin Language, Introduction to the Auxiliary Sciences of History, General

Museology, The Methodology of Scientific Research, Latin Paleography, Romanian-Cyrillic Paleography,

Medieval Institutions, Introduction to History of Religions, Image as a Historical Document,

International Relations in the 18th -20th Centuries, The History of European Integration, Culture and Civilisation

in the Romanian Society of the Modern Age.

Possibilities for continuing the studies:

2nd Cycle - MA PROGRAMMES:

a. Transylvania in the Cultural History of Central Europe

b. The Pre- and Proto-History of the Region from the Carpathian

Mountains to the Danube in the Context of Systemic Archaeology

c. Museology. Research and Protection of Cultural Heritage

3rd Cycle - PhD. PROGRAMMES

in the field of HISTORY, with the following

specialisations: Archaeology,

Archaeometry, Museology, Historiography,

History of Culture, Art History

HISTORY

1st


Programme: ARCHAEOLOGY

Length of studies: 3 years (6 semesters)

Form of education: full time


Number of ECTS Credits: 180 +30 for the BA Thesis.

Entrance requirements, scholarships & fees for foreign citizens: see www.mae.ro (”Study in Romania”

Programme) and www.uab.ro (Centre for International Relations and Institutional Marketing)

Entrance requirements, scholarships & fees for Romanian citizens: see www.uab.ro/admitere.

Main courses and seminars: General Prehistory, Introduction to Universal History (Antiquity, Middle Age),

Introduction to the History of Romanians (Antiquity, Middle Age), Geto-Dacian Civilisation in the

Context of the Ancient World, Introduction to Archaeology, Introduction to the Auxiliary

Sciences of History, General Museology, Introduction to History of Religions, Theory and Art History,

The History of Byzantium, The Emergence of Agricultural Civilisations in Old Europe, Houses,

Settlements and Fortifications in Prehistory, Latin Language, Latin Epigraphy, Roman Roads and Fortifications,

Social and Funeral Archaeology, The Methodology of Scientific Research,

Image as a Historical Document, The Restoration and Processing of Archaeological Artifacts,

Basic Principles of the Integrated Conservation of Cultural Heritage.

Cycle – BACHELOR'S DEGREE

ARCHAEOLOGY

Possibilities for continuing the studies:

2nd Cycle - MA PROGRAMMES:

a. Transylvania in the Cultural History of Central Europe

b. The Pre- and Proto-History of the Region from the Carpathian

Mountains to the Danube in the Context of Systemic Archaeology

c. Museology. Research and Protection of Cultural Heritage

3rd Cycle - PhD PROGRAMMES

in the field of HISTORY, with the following

specialisations: Archaeology, Archaeometry,

Museology, Historiography, History of

Culture, Art History

2nd – MASTER'S DEGREE


Programme: PREHISTORY OF THE AREA OF THE CARPATHIANS AND THE DANUBE RIVER IN THE CONTEXT OF SYSTEMIC

ARCHAEOLOGY

Length of studies and type of education: 2 years (4 semesters), full time


Number of ECTS Credits: 140 +20 for the MA Dissertation.

Entrance requirements: BA degree and interview (see www.uab.ro, Centre for International Relations and Institutional Marketing).

Main courses and seminars: Paleotechniques and Crafts in Prehistory, Habitats in Prehistory, Prehistoric Art

and Spirituality, Elites and Prestige Goods in Prehistory, The Investigation of Goods belonging to the Patrimony, Classic

Methods of Research, Dating and Interpretation of Archaeological Findings, Practical Applications on Archaeological

Sites, Primary Conservation during Archaeological Research and Protection of the Archaeological Sites, The Preservation

of the Cultural Heritage.

Cycle

2nd Cycle – MASTER'S DEGREE


Programme: TRANSYLVANIA IN THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF CENTRAL EUROPE




Entrance requirements: BA degree; interview (see www.uab.ro, Centre for International Relations and Institutional Marketing).

Main courses and seminars: Multiculturalism and National Identity, Enlightenment and Romanticism, Projects of Federalist

Reform in the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, Politics and Power in the Principality of Transylvania, Confessional Diversity and

Social Modernisation in Early Modern Europe, The Construction of Regional Identity. The Genesis of Transylvanian Identity,

Medieval and Postmodern Elites, Building Nation through Culture, Politics and Culture in Inter-War Romania, Transylvania and

the Art of Central Europe (18th – 20th Centuries), Latin Paleography, Cyrillic Paleography.

2nd Cycle – MASTER'S DEGREE


Programme: MUSEOLOGY. RESEARCH AND PROTECTION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE




Entrance requirements: BA degree; interview (see www.uab.ro, Centre for International Relations and Institutional Marketing).

Main courses and seminars: Institutions and Organisations with Attributions in the Protection of the Cultural Heritage,

Paleotechniques and Crafts in Prehistory, The Investigation of Culture Heritage, Modern Techniques and Methods

of Research, Data Basis. Their use in Archaeological Evidence and Research, The Pathology of Physical and Chemical

Degradation of Cultural Goods, Primary Conservation during Archaeological Research and Protection of the Archaeological

Sites, Transylvania and the Art of Central Europe (18th – 20th Centuries).

STUDENT FACILITIES

- well-equipped instructional facilities: lecture halls, laboratories and modern classrooms

- full degree programmes: Bachelor, Master and Ph.D. programmes

- study mobility and work placement mobility

- a Centre for International Relations which provides information and counselling regarding international

scholarships

- university library, online catalogue and free access based on library card

- virtual library and online resources

- academic e-learning network (RAEL)

- access to e-learning – Moodle (for distance learning)

- students' conferences and scientific publishing supported by the university

- free access to Internet at the university and dormitories

- new and refurbished student residence halls with furnished bedrooms and common study rooms

- student cafeteria on the university premises

- participation in summer camps depending on academic results

- modern sports centre

- student cultural centre

- “Campus” radio station

- student representation in the University Senate and the Faculty Councils

- opportunities for public debate and organisation of events through student clubs, the Student Union

and student journal (http://lsua.ro)

- medical care and social services

Celebration of U

nificati

on Day

RADIO

”CAMPUS”

“Dilema Veche“ Festival

Celebration of Alba Iulia Municipality's Days

The Days of Alba Carolina Fortress

Transilvania Freerunning Challenge

The municipal football championship

Skate Park

Student summer camps

Bridge Club Apulum

Student summer ca

mps

INTER-ART Events

RYMA Events

Exhibitions

Pub 13

STUDENT SOCIAL LIFE

Study trips

The SKEPSIS Theatre Group

“Povesti“ International Theatre Festival

“Prichindel“ Puppets Theatre

Organon concerts at the Roman Catholic Cathedral

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“Alternative“ Literary Circle

Athletics, basketball, boxing, tennis, martial arts, football and swimming clubs

Archaeological sites

Art Cafe Down Town

GRADUATION DAY

The University Sports Club

Tel:+40-0258-811412, Fax:+40-0258-806260

E-mail: [email protected]

www.uab.ro

Str. N. Iorga, nr. 11-13, Alba Iulia, 510009, Romania

AL IAB LA IU



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