Address: Bd. Dimitrie Mangeron, nr. 67, 700050 Iaşi, România
Contact: +40-232-212322, rectorat@tuiasi.ro
University profile: Higher education represents an essential component, without which, the entire educational system would lack consistency and would not be able to meet the political, economic and social changes. It plays an essential role in making new departures for both the individuals involved in a forming undertaking process and those outside it. It offers models of consistent and solid development. In a world of constant change, the higher education institutions are expected to establish standards and guiding marks in society and to support the training of experts and shape characters meant to watch over them. The university as a higher education institution has to anticipate and react to the changes that take place on different social levels. The university`s main task is to find an equilibrium between the alignment to new paradigms and the conservation of its primary mission. Therefore, nowadays, the main role of a university is to create a coherent, but flexible system meant to generate knowledge and guide towards its functional adjustment to the social structures. The “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi is among the oldest and well known institutions from the country, having an important tradition in engineering, scientific and cultural education, with a distinguishable presence on the international level. The university trains engineers with high qualifications, able to respond quickly and efficiently to the requirements of innovation, research and economic development. Moreover, the university caries on programs designed to continuously upgrade the engineers` professional skills imposed by the tendencies appeared at a global level. The university is highly receptive to the embracement of the European system values, both in education in research, being fully aware of the importance of its both national and international responsibilities. Auspiciously, the institution plans to develop the curriculum, to join the mobility schemes and the integrated programs of study, education and research. The Technical University has managed to strengthen its standards and achieve globally certified outstanding progress. Specifically, all of the “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University development indicators support that assessment. These include diversification of specialization, the number of students and faculty members, research field decision-making autonomy, international cooperation opportunities and quality of education in most specialties. The university has resources of intelligence and creativity, as well as the necessary competence for accomplishing the complex mission to generate, preserve, disseminate and apply the accumulated scientific knowledge. It is concerned with establishing a system for quality assurance and academic excellence in teaching, scientific research and education, system based on the criteria and the methodologies compatible with those from the European countries. The “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University`s operative strategy is designed to achieve optimal development regarding its foremost activity fields: education, scientific research, as well as institution’s involvement in social, economic and cultural activities.
Field of activity: Education
