University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca

The University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca is the successor of the prestigious Higher School of Agriculture of Cluj, founded in October 1869, under the name of Institute of Agronomic Studies of Cluj-Mănăștur. In 1906, the institute was ranked as an Academy (Academy of Agriculture of Cluj).

For almost 50 years since, the establishment incorporated one single department (Agriculture), with a three-year study program. The Union of Transylvania with Romania in 1918 marked the beginning of a new stage in the evolution of the Agronomic School of Cluj. Since 1921, the agronomic academic education in Romania has been set to four years of study, out of which three of theoretical studies, and a fourth year of intern-ship in state-owned or private farms. Since 1922 the graduates have been receiving the degree of ‘agronomic engineer’. In 1929, the Agronomic School of Cluj became the Academy of Higher Agronomic Studies of Cluj.

As a result of the First and Second Vienna Awards, between 1940 and 1945, the Academy of Higher Agronomic Studies Cluj (teaching staff, students and part of its inventory) took refuge in Timișoara, where its activity took place under the name of Faculty of Agronomy Cluj-Timișoara. In 1945, the Faculty of Agronomy returned to Cluj. Since 1948, it functioned as the Agronomic Institute of Cluj, initially with one Faculty, that of Agriculture. The Faculty of Animal Sciences was created in 1959 and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine was founded in 1962. In 1977, the Department of Horticulture was founded. It merged with the Department of Agriculture and they formed the Faculty of Agriculture and Horticulture. In 1990, the university was reorganized into four faculties (Agriculture, Horticulture, Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine). The current name of the university dates from 1991. Since 2012, the Faculty of Food Science and Technology became the fifth of the university.

The University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca has adopted the Bologna Process and European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS). The university currently offers programs in Romanian, English and French in all the three cycle: cycle 1 (bachelor's degree), cycle 2 (master's degree) and cycle 3 (doctorate).