Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University

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The foundation and evolution of the "Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University are among the most significant private efficiency proofs, especially in a conservative field such as higher education. In the 22 years since its foundation, our University has succeeded in laying the grounds for 17 faculties with 29 bachelor programs and 30 master programs in traditional university centers (Bucharest, Braşov, Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu, Timişoara, and Constantza), with almost 19,000 students and highly qualified teaching staff, thus fulfilling the national and European standards for higher education. The curricula, methodologies, scientific research, and the students' internships have been established starting from the traditional Romanian school and the modern requirements of higher education.

The establishment and functioning of the "Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University are legally based on the following: the provisions of the Constitution, the Law of accreditation for higher education institutions and diploma acknowledgment, the Founding Law no 238 of 23 April 2002, which led to permanent accreditation of the "Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University and the Law no 480/2006 on modification and completion of the Educational Law. Starting with the academic year 2005-2006, the University's activity has been organized according to the following: the Bologna Convention's criteria, the Law no. 288/2004 regarding the academic education organization, the G.D. no 88/2005 on the bachelor degree, and the existing education legislation.

The "Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University is highly praised in Romania and abroad and collaborates with great universities of Italy, Holland, Portugal, France, Germany, the USA, Japan, Turkey, Thailand, and many other countries. In private universities, "Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University differentiates itself due to demureness and high quality of education and research. The diplomas obtained here are of high academic value.

As a private higher education institution, "Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University was designed and structured to meet urgent requirements of political, economic, and social significance in the field of human resources development, by training professionals for the public and private sectors whose professional expertise should ensure, according to European standards, the capacity to assume management and leadership responsibilities in the process of reforms and modernization Romania is undertaking.

The mission of "Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University is to train, specialize, and improve higher education professionals through a learning process designed to foster thinking and creativity and provide graduates real opportunities in the competition in the free labor market. The mission of "Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University is achieved through the following objectives:

• To pursue continuing modernization of the education processes by the improvement of teaching methodology, education plans, and syllabi, closely linked to the social developments and requirements
• To implement strategic university management and an efficient planning process
• To assume the quality principle in all activities undertaken within the University
• To develop scientific research and to foster active involvement of all teaching staff and partnerships with Romanian and foreign universities.

When determining the profiles of faculties within the University, the following considerations were taken into account:

• Completing the state higher education network with complementary or alternative fields or in fields where there is a need of trained professionals: Economy of Commerce, Tourism and Services, Finance and Banking, International Economic Relations, Accounting and Management Information Systems, History, Law, Political Sciences, Geography of Tourism, Foreign Languages and Literatures. The faculties were set up in the big university centers, which enjoy a prestigious didactic and scientific potential: Bucharest, Braşov, Cluj-Napoca, Constanţa, Sibiu, and Timişoara
• Distribution by geographic areas: Bucharest Municipality – the most vital educational, artistic, and cultural center of Romania, Transilvania, Banat, Dobrogea – with high economic, tourist, and commercial potential
• Moderate and incentivize tuition fees. the tuition fees of the University are among the lowest in the private higher education
• The University makes available for students various facilities for teaching activities, laboratories endowed according to the highest standards, library, reading room, simulation courtroom for practical training of law students, sports club, chapel, and canteen-restaurant.

Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University intends to be viewed as one of the most robust higher education and research centers in Romania and appraised for how it responds creatively to the significant changes faced by our society, by combining harmoniously and innovatively the influential Romanian academic and university values and traditions. In order to pursue its goal of excellence in the field of education and research and to ensure an active presence within the community, "Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University focuses all efforts on innovation and quality, both in the educational and research activities so that to become an active presence in the national and international academic world, with an emphasis on the active involvement in the community development. The University's strategic objective is to become a vital education and scientific research institution, providing training for professionals to cater to specialists in all essential fields to develop Romanian society.

University is full university autonomy, compliance with the Romanian legislation, including the ordinances and instructions issued by the Ministry of Education and ARACIS, ban on any discrimination on the grounds of nationality, race, gender, religion, political and other beliefs, against any person in the admission to the university courses, in filling teaching, research or management position or in benefitting of any benefits provided by the University, avoidance of political commitment or subordination to political structures. Among the main priorities of "Dimitrie Cantemir" Christian University, we mention client-orientation of the University and its faculties concern in all activities for compliance with legal provisions and regulations in the fields of quality assurance and university education alignment with the standards and best practices of academic activity within the Member States of the European Union continuing improvement of performance, efficiency, and effectiveness of the quality management system involvement of the entire teaching staff to achieve the quality policy and objectives.

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