TECHNICAL
UNIVERSITY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING BUCHAREST
GENERAL
PRESENTATION
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1. STUDYING AT T.U.C.E.B. - General information
about T.U.C.E.B 1.1 Address 1.2 A brief history 1.3 Structure 1.4 University Authorities 1.5 General description of the institution 1.6 University registration 1.7 The Academic Year 1.8 Fields of Study 1.9 Special Facilities 2. YOUR STAY IN BUCHAREST 2.1 Public Transport 2.2 Healt Care |
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1. STUDYING AT T.U.C.E.B. - General information
about T.U.C.E.B
124 Lacul Tei Boulevard, Bucharest
020396
Tel.:+40-21-242.12.08. ,
Fax:+40-21-242.07.81, +40-21-242.11.61.
E-mail: secretariat@utcb.ro
Higher education in
civil engineering in Romania came into being in 1818 with a School for Land
Surveyors, which in 1864 became The School of Bridges and Roads,
Mines and Architecture. It became The School of
Bridges, Roads and Mines in 1867 and The National School of
Bridges and Roads in 1888. In 1921 it turned into the Polytechnic
School of Bucharest where civil engineers were trained in the
Division of
Civil Engineering, which was named The Faculty of
Civil Engineering in 1938. As a result of the Education
Reform in 1948, the Faculty of Civil
Engineering separated from the Polytechnic School and became
an independent higher education establishment called the Civil
Engineering Institute Bucharest. In 1994 it adopted the present
name - The Technical
University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, the only Romanian
university devoted entirely to engineering education in civil engineering and
related fields.
There are
six faculties at the T.U.C.E.B.:
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Faculty of Civil,
Industrial and Agricultural Buildings Faculty of
Hydrotechnics Faculty of Building
Services Faculty of Railways,
Roads and Bridges Faculty of
Technological Equipment Faculty of Geodesy |
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The six faculties offer long term
academic training (4 year) leading to the degree of engineer in 8 fields and 18
specialisations.
The
Department of Engineering in Foreign Languages is a distinct unit of the University which
offers engineering courses (4 year) with tuition in English and
French in the field of Civil Engineering and only in French in the field of
Building Services.
The supreme authority of the University is the University Senate comprising members of the teaching staff and students. The University is headed by the Rector, the President of the Administrative Council and by three Vice-Rectors who are in charge of specific spheres of academic areas.
The supreme authority of a Faculty is the Faculty
Council which is presided over by the Dean
1.5 General
description of the institution
The University is housed
in 14 buildings with a total area of 33 000m2 from which the
teaching rooms cover 18 000m2, laboratories – 7,500m2 and
offices – 7,000m2. The main campus of the University is located in
the section of the town named Tei (Lime-tree) district. Four out of six
faculties and the Department of
Engineering in Foreign Languages and Comunication are located here, as
well as the Rectorate, the administrative units and the Civil
Engineering Students’ Society. The Faculty of Buildings Services is located on
Bulevardul Pache Protopopescu 66. A third site of the University, close to the
center of the city is Calea Plevnei 59, comprising several buildings of the
Faculty of Technological Equipment.
Romanian students,
high-school graduates (secondary level education) are admitted for University
courses following an entrance examination. The admission is made in the
descending order of the average marks up to the number of places available as
decided by the Ministry of Education and Research.
Foreign students are guided towards the different
faculties of TUCEB.
Semester
l
1st
October- 21st/22nd December: teaching weeks
22nd/23rd
December- 6/7th January : Christmas Holiday
After the Christmas Holiday there are 2 further
teaching weeks before the beginning of the exam session (4 week).
After the exam session there is a one week break.
Semester ll
About 1st
March - 31st May
Easter
Holiday (orthodox) - one week
Exam
session - 4 weeks in June
Summer
Holiday - July-September
1.8. Fields of Study
1.8.a.Undergraduate
studies
Since 2005, the Romanian
higher education in engineering belonging to the “continental” system present in many European countries offers
undergraduate degree programmes, with a nominal duration of 4 year.
There are
also postgraduate programmes at TUCEB, leading to a Diploma of Master of Science in Engineering ( 1 – 1 ˝ year) and to the Doctor of Science in Engineering degree.
Fields of study and degree programmes
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Field of
study |
Degree
programme (specialization) |
Academic
unit offering the degree programme |
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1.
Civil Engineering |
1.
Civil, Industrial and
Agricultural Buildings 2.
Urban Engineering and
Regional Development 3.
Hydrotechnical Works and
Structures 4.
Sanitary Engineering and
Environmental Protection 5.
Railways, Roads and Bridges 6.
Metropolitan Transportation
Infrastructure 7.
Civil Engineering (in English) 8.
Civil Engineering (in French) |
F.C.I.A.B. F.C.I.A.B. F.H. F.H. F.R.R.B. F.R.R.B. D.E.F.L. D.E.F.L. |
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2.
Building Services |
9.
Building Services 10.
Installations and Equipment
for Atmospheric Protection 11.
Building Services (in French) |
F.B.S. F.B.S. D.E.F.L. |
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3.
Mechanical Engineering |
12.
Construction Machinery 13.
Construction
Engineering and management of technological resources |
F.T.E F.T.E |
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4.
Geodesy |
14.
Territorial Measurements
and Cadastre |
F.G. |
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5.
Engineering Economics |
15.
Construction Engineering and Management |
F.C.I.A.B. |
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6.
Environment
Engineering |
16.
Environment Engineering |
D.E.F.L. |
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7.
System Engineering |
17.
Automatics and Computer
Science Applied to Constructions |
D.E.F.L. |
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8.
Applied Foreign Languages |
18. Translation and Interpretation |
D.E.F.L. |
YEAR OF ADVANCED STUDIES
In the academic year 1994-1995 a sixth year was introduced, devoted to advanced studies. These studies are
open to the best of the graduates of the 5th year programme (up to
20% of graduates).
The year of advanced studies comprises two semesters of 14 weeks each,
with 14 contact hours per week. After academic year 2008 ‑ 2009,
the advanced studies become master’s
degree studies of 1 – 1.5 year (60 – 90
credits).
The following
specializations for advanced studies are offered by the programme of the Technical
University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest:
Field
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Specializations of advanced
studies |
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1.Civil
engineering |
1.
Advanced Structural
Analysis 2.
Building Structure
Engineering 3.
Special Technologies for
Buildings 4.
Geotechnical Engineering 5.
Construction Engineering 6.
Building Management 7.
Environmental Engineering 8.
Highway and Airport
Engineering 9.
Railway Engineering for
High Speed Trains 10.
Bridges and Underground
Works |
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2.Building
services |
11.
Thermal Engineering for
Building Services 12.
Electrical Engineering for
Building Services 13.
Hydraulic Engineering for
Building Services 14.
Building Services
Management 15.
Atmospheric Protection
Engineering |
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3.
Mechanical engineering |
16. Dynamics of Construction Machines 17. Automatization and Robotization of Technological
Construction Processes 18. Production Engineering for Technological Equipment 19. Recycling and Recovering Engineering for Building
Materials |
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4.
Geodesy |
20. Geographic Information Systems 21. Three-dimensional Systems of Measurement and Positioning |
Advanced studies are concluded with the presentation and defense of a
dissertation. By completing successfully the year, the candidate receives a diploma of advanced studies.
DOCTORATE
The Technical University
of Civil Engineering of Bucharest offers doctorate studies in the following
fields:
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1. Statics, Dynamics and
Stability of Structures 2. Strength of Materials, Elasticity and Plasticity 3. Earthquake Engineering
and Safety of Structures 4. Buildings 5. Geotechnical and
Foundation Engineering 6. Reinforced Concrete
Structures 7. Steel Structures 8. Hydraulic Structures 9. Hydraulics and Fluid
Mechanics 10. Water Supply, Sewerage
and Waste Water Treatment 11. Land Reclamation 12. Roads and Airfields 13. Railways 14. Construction Management
15. Building Materials 16. Building Services 17. Heat Engineering 18. Machines, Apparatus and
Electric Control 19. Electrotechnics 20. Construction Machines
and Equipment 21. Technical Mechanics and
Vibrations 22. Geodesy, Cartography,
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 23. Machine Construction
Engineering |
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1.9. Special Facilities
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Library: |
The
Library is of encyclopaedic structure possessing books from almost all fields
of human knowledge. The greatest part (85%) includes science and technical
books, about 525,000 closely connected with the degree programmes offered by
the University. There are 8 libraries possessing book funds, distributed
among all faculties and departments of the University. |
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Computing Service: |
The University has ten
networks, one for each faculty and department with over 500 terminals. A
cluster of workstations provides CAD facilities. |
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Foreign language
teaching units: |
Five audio-visual
laboratories offer facilities for the study of 8 different languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Russian,
Italian and Japanese– for foreign students - Romanian). |
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Accommodation: |
The University has
halls of residence for 2,400 students, with an area of 35,000m2 and
a canteen seating 500 students with an area of 3,000m2 . Romanian
as well as foreign students are offered accommodation in campuses, in rooms
with 2, 3 and 4 beds. The cost of accommodation is aprox. 200 USD/month. |
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Sport and recreation: |
Two gymnasia and four
sports grounds (basketball, volleyball etc)
belong to the university. A student
club on the premises of the Faculty of Building Services houses music and
artistic events, taking advantage of a 400-seat hall. |
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2. YOUR STAY IN BUCHAREST
2.1. Public Transport
From Otopeni Airport to T.U.C.E.B.: Taxis or Airport Bus 782- to the centre
(Piata Unirii)
From the centre to T.U.C.E.B.: Taxis
or Tram 16 from Piata Sf. Gheorghe
From Gara
de Nord: Taxis,
Buses 182, 282, 66 to University
2.2. Health Care
According to each student I.D.- Romanian as well as
foreign students are granted health care free of charge, at University Clinics
as well as the University Hospital in Bucharest.
Area: 1,521 km2 (divided into 6 districts and Ilfov
county).
Population: 2,354,510 (census 1992). One of the largest and most
important cities SE Europe.
Location: In
the south of the country (near parallel 450 and meridian 250,
in the Romanian Plain, on the rivers Dimbovita and Colentina, at 70-90 m alt.).
History: The city dates from the 14th century and is recorded
in writing for the first time in 1459 as residence of Prince Vlad the Impaler.
Capital of Wallachia in the 17th-19th centuries, then of Romania since 1862. The
most important political, economic, cultural-scientific and educational centre
of Romania, the main communication junction with 8 main railways lines and 9
thoroughfares converging on it. Large parks, a lot of museums and monuments and over 300 churches.
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Area: 237,500
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Neighbours: Hungary,
Ukraine, Moldova, the Black Sea, Bulgaria,
Yugoslavia.
Population: 22,810,035 (census 1992); Romanians - 89.4%, ethnic
minorities - 10.6%.
Religion: Orthodox - 86.8% , Roman-Catholic - 5.0% , Reformed -
3.5% .
Administrative division: 40 counties and
Bucharest Municipality, 206 owns, 2,688 communes.
Main cities: Constanta
(351,000), Iasi (344,000), Timisoara (334,000), Cluj (329,000), Galati
(326,000), Brasov (324,000).
Official languages: Romanian, a Romance language.
State organization: Republic. Two-Chamber Parliament for a 4-year term, a President elected by universal vote for 5 year.
Supplementary information for foreign students
Undergraduate studies (4-year
programmes)
Admission
The documents required for the for the admission of
foreign citizens for undergraduate studies are:
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a copy of the High School graduation Diploma;
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a copy of the birth certificate;
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a medical certificate.
There is no entrance examination. The university
studies are to be followed in English or in French.
If university studies are to be followed in Romanian, a preparatory year is
mandatory for studying Romanian language and improving knowledge in some basis
sciences (mathematics, physics). If the applicant wants to study in a foreign
language (English or French) at the Department of Engineering in Foreign Languages,
he/she must pass a language proficiency test. Ask the
“Application for the issuance of lettre of acceptance to studies” from e-mail: secretariat@utcb.ro
or by fax: + 40 21 242 07 81
Tuition fee
The tuition fee is of 320 USD per month for the whole
duration of the academic year (10 months), including practical stages and
examination sessions. The costs for accommodation and meals are not included.
Applicants should sent the documents required
and the application to the International Office of the University. Foreign students involved in exchange
programmes with T.U.C.E.B. pay tuition
to their home university.