The Petru Maior University of Târgu Mureş, Romania

Romania

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, is a university

University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...

 founded in 1960.

History

Founded in 1960 as The Pedagogical Institute of Tîrgu Mureş, Petru Maior University became The Technical University of Tîrgu Mureş in 1991, The University of Tîrgu Mureş in 1995 and was renamed Petru Maior University in 1996 in the honour of the Romanian historian, philosopher, and linguist Petru Maior

Petru Maior

Petru Maior was a Romanian writer who is considered one of the most influential personalities of the Age of Enlightenment in Transylvania...

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Departments

Currently the University has 3 faculties:

• Faculty of Economics, Law and Administrative Studies
• Faculty of Sciences and Letters
• Faculty of Engineering