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The Alexandru Ioan Cuza University ( Romanian: Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza"; acronym: UAIC) is a public university located in Iași, Romania. Founded by an 1860 decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza, under whom the former Academia Mihăileană was converted to a university, the University of Iași, as it was named at first, is one of the oldest universities of Romania, and one of its advanced research and education institutions. It is one of the five members of the Universitaria Consortium (the group of elite Romanian universities).

The Alexandru Ioan Cuza University offers study programmes in Romanian, English, and French. In 2008, for the third year in a row, it was placed first in the national research ranking compiled on the basis of Shanghai criteria. In the 2012 QS World University Rankings, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University was included in the Top 700 universities of the world, on the position 601+ , together with three other Romanian universities.

The university is a member of some of the most important university networks and associations: the Coimbra Group (CG), Utrecht Network, European University Association (EUA), International Association of Universities (IAU), University Agency of Francophony (AUF), and the Network of Francophone Universities (RUFAC).

Iași has a long tradition in higher education, the first institute that functioned on the territory of Romania was Academia Vasiliană founded in 1640 by the Moldavian Prince Vasile Lupu, followed, in 1707, by Princely Academy of Iași. The Princely Academy (renamed, in 1812, The Academy of Filology and Science) matched up to the standards of the other European Academies of the time and the Romanian language gained importance over the Greek language.

The foundation, in 1835, of the Academia Mihăileană is considered a landmark in the history of Romanian higher education. The Academia Mihăileană was created under the auspices of Prince Mihail Sturdza (hence its name), striving for progress and for "meeting the standards of the enlightened Europe". Three faculties were set up: the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Philosophy and the Faculty of Theology and the curriculum resembled to a great extent that of Austrian and German academies.

After the Unification of the Romanian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia by the Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza, the inauguration, at 26 October 1860, of the University of Iași, the first Romanian modern university, was to be a stepping stone to modern higher education in Romania.

By 1879, the University of Iași had four faculties: Law, Letters and Philosophy, Sciences, and Medicine. In 1892, the Faculty of Sciences added the Department of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry, followed by the Department of Agricultural Chemistry, in 1906, and the School of the Industrial Electricity, in 1910.

In March 1937, the technical higher education departments and the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences were transferred to the newly established Gheorghe Asachi Polytechnic School, and in 1948, the Medical School became the independent Institute of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iași.

Its coat of arms with the Y shaped heraldic pall symbolizes the three initiatives which led to the foundation of the university: the Academia Vasiliană, the Academia Mihăileană, the University of Iași. The central element is the Bible, the classic emblem of higher education. The three shiny stars stand for the three faculties of the university at its foundation moment, Philosophy, Law and Theology, on blue and argent background, the same colors used on the Cuza family shield.

The university grounds lie on Copou Hill in the northern part of the city.

The main university building, known as the University Palace, was erected between 1893 and 1897, and extended in 1933-1937, on the site of the first Iași National Theatre which had burned down in 1888. The Hall of the university, known as The Hall of the Lost Footsteps, served as a parliamentary debating chamber between 1917 and 1918 when, during the Great War, Iași was the capital of Romania. In 1968-1978, the painter Sabin Bălaşa created a series of strongly romanticized frescoes for the arcades. The University Palace is shared with the Gheorghe Asachi Technical University.

Nowadays, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University is made up of 15 faculties and one department:

The Faculty of Biology, founded in 1864 as a department of the Faculty of Sciences, became part of the Faculty of Natural Sciences in 1948, and organized as faculty in 1990. [1]

The Faculty of Chemistry was founded in 1864 as a department of the Faculty of Sciences, and organized as faculty in 1948. It offers programs in chemistry, technological biochemistry, and medical chemistry. [2]

The Faculty of Computer Science was founded in 1965, as the Department of Computing Machines of the Faculty of Mathematics. In 1991, it became the first faculty in Computer Science of a non-technical university in Romania. [3]

The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, founded in 1962 (as the Faculty of Economics). [4]

The Faculty of Geography and Geology, founded in 1865 as the Department of Geology-Mineralogy of the Faculty of Sciences. In 1948, it became part of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, and organized as the Faculty of Biology-Geography-Geology, in 1977. [5]

The Faculty of History, founded in 1860 as a department of the Faculty of Philosophy. It was part of the Faculties of History-Geography, Letters, or History-Philosophy until 1990, when it was organized as an individual faculty. [6]

The Faculty of Law, founded in 1856, it is one of the founder faculties. [7]

The Faculty of Letters, founded in 1860, as part of the Faculty of Philosophy, renamed in 1864 as Faculty of Philosophy and Letters. It became an individual faculty in 1960.[8]

The Faculty of Mathematics, was founded in 1864 as a department of the Faculty of Sciences, and organized as faculty in 1948. [9]

The Faculty of Philosophy and Social-Political Sciences, founded in 1856 as the Faculty of Philosophy, became one of the founder faculties. [10]

The Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, founded in 1960. [11]

The Faculty of Physics, was founded in 1864 as a department of the Faculty of Sciences, and organized as faculty in 1962. It offers programs in physics, medical physics, biophysics, computational physics and engineering physics. [12]

The Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, founded as the Departments of Pedagogy and Psychology starting 1878, it became a faculty in 1997. [13]

The Faculty of Orthodox Theology, founded in 1860, as one of the founder faculties. [14] Archived 28 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine

The Faculty of Catholic Theology, founded in 2002. [15]

Centre for European Studies, founded in 2000. [16]

Founded in 1835 as Library of the Academia Mihăileană, Mihai Eminescu Central University Library holds about 2.5 million volumes that form the main collection and an old and rare collection, from the 15th to the 19th centuries, of over 100,000 Romanian and foreign documents, manuscripts, books, albums, maps, stamps, archive items.

The building that houses the main collection is located at the base of Copou Hill, and it was built between 1930 and 1934 to serve as the headquarters of King Ferdinand's Cultural Foundation. The triangular building with Doric columns and cupola is decorated with Carrara marble and Venetian mosaics. By 1945, the Foundation library had become one of the biggest in the country. Today, the library is the largest in Moldavia, with a great number of manuscripts and old books.

Alexandru Ioan Cuza University is involved in over 400 national and international research projects, with the logistic support of 24 research centres.

The university is a member of different university networks and associations, such as the Coimbra Group, the European University Association, the Utrecht Network, the International Association of Universities, or the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie.

Faculty, alumni and rectors

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Alexandru Ioan Cuza University - Wikipedia

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The Alexandru Ioan Cuza University ( Romanian: Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza"; acronym: UAIC) is a public university located in Iași, Romania. Founded by an 1860 decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza, under whom the former Academia Mihăileană was converted to a university, the University of Iași, as it was named at first, is one of the oldest universities of Romania, and one of its advanced research and education institutions.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Repedea Hill Fossil Site ( Romanian: Locul fosilifer Dealul Repedea) is a nature reserve located 9 km south of Iași, in the historical region of Moldavia, Romania. Repedea Hill is part of the Iași Ridge ( Romanian: Coasta Iașilor), at the contact between the Central Moldavian Plateau and the Jijia Plain.

First studies of the zone were in 1862, when Grigore Cobălcescu, professor at the University of Iași, published the "Repedea's Limestone" (Romanian: Calcariul de la Răpidea) research article. These scientific studies, describing the fossil fauna, are considered to be the birth document of the Romanian geology.

In 1953, the perimeter was declared a reserve, being the first geological reserve in Romania. The total area of 44.3 ha consists of the proper scientific area of 5.8 ha (western and north-western slopes of Repedea Hill), and a buffer zone of 38.5 ha.

The fossils and the limestone discovered in the area were part of the former Paratethys (Sarmatic) Sea. The scientific area includes the limestone walls, the former quarries ( oolitic limestone), the caves and an area of the structural plateau. Many Basarabian lithological outcrops are protected within the scientific reserve and contain a rich and important Sarmatian fossil deposit, representative for the Moldavian Platform. The buffer zone is largely located on the Repedea structural plateau, which represents a reversed cuesta.

Media related to Repedea Hill Fossil Site at Wikimedia Commons

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Repedea Hill Fossil Site ( Romanian: Locul fosilifer Dealul Repedea) is a nature reserve located 9 km south of Iași, in the historical region of Moldavia, Romania. Repedea Hill is part of the Iași Ridge ( Romanian: Coasta Iașilor), at the contact between the Central Moldavian Plateau and the Jijia Plain.

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Home | Colegiul Tehnic “Ion Holban” Iasi

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Prin profilul său (centru şcolar integrator) Colegiul Tehnic “Ion Holban” Iaşi are o ofertă educaţională complexă atât pentru elevii cu dizabilităţi cât şi pentru de la învăţământul public.

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we think that it’s really good that the disabled students get to know other disabled students and get the treatment they need but it’s also really hard for them afterwards to blend in and adjust in the society.

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The song is very nice to sing because we all have our own parts in our language in it. It brings us together.

The squirrels

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The Hamak was a really nice place to come together and built new connections. We also could encourage people to do something or be proud when they done a difficult activity.

The squirrels

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What we learned: -it isn’t as easy as it sounds because it takes a lot of money and planning
-Wi-Fi is important for communication( for example email), digitalization
-the Wi-Fi is also not just important for students but also for teachers
-comfortable furniture is important to concentrate and  not get distracted by the discomfort
-relaxing places are important to recover from the lesson before and to get new energy
Related: -we discussed the problems of our learning spaces and thought of solutions to fix those problems

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We need a place to relax so the students can rest between classes and better wifi so we can do researches and use digital materials.

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It's funny but we repeated it to many times.

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- children are talented, they can speak foreign languages very well
- the children behaved very good
- it was something new for Romanians too
- kindergarten, primary school & “gymnasium”

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No matter nationality because every school had the same problems and we learned how to improve learning spaces.

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What did we learn: -everyone has different needs when it comes to learning
-the children had a lot of opportunities to choose what fits them
-learning another language from a young age can really have a good impact on your language skills
Related: -we saw a different school with different learning spaces and methods

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and the process of thinking and creating abt wifi, furnitures and places to relax really increased our thinking and creativity to think abt all the aspects of these things. and also it’s good that we had to think abt all the aspects to think like a responsible adults .

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Our students need better wifi and comfortable furniture and a room for them to relax.

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It's fun because the song reminds us about this project and multilingual lyrics are uniting.

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That was very fun and interact with people. It was meant to be like activity between school days.

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Hamak was nice. The trip to Hamak when we visitee the cave thing eas nice too.

Reason: it was beautiful day and beautiful nature.

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It was very fun, we liked the hamak park, we walked to much, the theachers were disorganized and we enjoyed the free time in the trees.

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It was interesting to see how people with special needs get taught different things. They learn there normal life skills like cooking and sewing. Rooms to relax for people with sensory issues. There are also students with no special needs that learn there a long side to help them to feel more normal and probably encourage them.

The squirrels

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What we learned: -how teaching children with different needs works in Romania
-it’s very important to include the children with disabilities in this society
-children with disabilities should have the same opportunities
Related: -we got to see the learning spaces of children with disabilities

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Almost the same things than in the presentation.
For example: comfortable spaces/ furniture or less students in the classes

The squirrels

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University art collection was nice but we don't know how was it connected to this project. The french institute visit was a bit boring but the building was great.

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We saw very beautiful pictures and portraits, when we visited the rock section it was a little boring.

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we noticed that the videos and results were very similar and all the students wanted the same things. the only difference was maybe the editing and length of the video.

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feat. Hermannsburg All-Stars

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We learned how children with special needs are taken care and teached in school. The visit was different than we expected.

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The problems are very similar in every school:
Better Wi-Fi
More comfortable spaces
Decorations in the classrooms
-> Plants, colours in the classroom, pictures,…
Better technology
Air conditioning

The squirrels

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Better tables (adjustable seats and chairs…), better wifi, more break time in some countries

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- every students/country has their own opinion
- the videos were made/designed/structured different, so were the presentations

some feedback:
the countries should explain exercises or their presentations in an easier language/more clearly, so everybody can really understand what to do

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Better wifi

Reason: everyone needs wifi for schoolwork to go well for example

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It was beautifull and interesting to see how they manage to teach them,but at the same time it felt wrong to watch them, it didnt feel right to take photos of them.

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We learned that the wifi is important and we need more comfortable places to relax , in every school. we learned that the main difference in our countries is the building size. Germany and Romania has big buildings and Finland and Spain has tinier building. we noticed that in the private school kids were learning more languages which is really good for their future.

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Erasmus+ Herttoniemen Yhteiskoulu interview (1)

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What did we learn: - schools could be more creative when it comes to design
Related: - you saw how the people think about their current learning spaces and what they think could be better

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All the problems were similar

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To see classes of other schools and compare them to ours and get some ideas for future learning spaces.
We learned romanian teaching methods and the teacher cared about the children.

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- everyone has their own imagination, about how a perfect classroom should look like (furniture team..)
- every country has different problems they want to focus on
- classrooms should be suitable for students AND teachers
- technology (Wi-Fi) and a place to relax is important to everyone
- decorations are needed for a good atmosphere in classrooms

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Comfortable furnitures, decoration, better wifi and places to relax

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- Teachers and students often have the same opinion, you could see this in the questionnaire
- Each country has their own opinions and needs -> questionnaire
- Students tend to do research with laptops/phones rather than asking teachers
- everyone complained about the schools Wi-Fi

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It's important to learn other languages, it was interesting.

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The classrooms are very colourful, there also was lots of natural light. They also have Smartboards and other electronic things. The atmosphere was very friendly and encouraging. The learning space probably improved their learning. The language skills are very good for their age.

The squirrels

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Relaxing places, better wifi, more decoration and more comfortable furniture

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Related:- how to improve the learning spaces
What we learned?: -similar issues( for example air conditioning, Wi-Fi, uncomfortable furniture)

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Germany - Survey Results about our Classrooms

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Presentation Spain Questionnaire-what we need