Transilvania University of Brasov

Transilvania University of Brașov (UNITBV) is a public research university in Brașov, central Romania, at the foot of the Carpathian Mountains and about 170 kilometres north of Bucharest.特兰西瓦尼亚大学（布拉索夫）（Transilvania University of Brașov，简称UNITBV）是罗马尼亚中部布拉索夫的一所公立研究型大学，位于喀尔巴阡山麓，距布加勒斯特约170公里。

Its origins lie in the Institute of Silviculture founded in 1948 and the Institute of Mechanics founded in 1949, which merged into the Polytechnic Institute of Brașov and then, in 1971, into the University of Brașov.该校源流可追溯至1948年成立的造林学院与1949年成立的机械学院，两院合并为布拉索夫理工学院，并于1971年组建布拉索夫大学。

It is one of Romania's largest universities by enrolment, was renamed Transilvania University of Brașov in 1991, and today enrols more than 20,880 students in 18 faculties with over 700 teaching staff, placing in the 1401+ band of the QS World University Rankings 2027 and in the 1601-1800 band of the 2027 Times Higher Education ranking.1991年，学校更名为特兰西瓦尼亚大学（布拉索夫），现有18个学部、逾20880名学生与700余名教师，该校按学生规模计为罗马尼亚最大的大学之一，在2027年QS世界大学排名中位列1401+并列区间，并在2027年泰晤士高等教育排名中处于1601-1800区间。

History

• Higher education in Brașov began in 1948 with the founding of the Institute of Silviculture, created to train foresters for Romania's Carpathian forests as part of the post-war reconstruction of technical education.布拉索夫的高等教育始于1948年造林学院的成立，该院是战后技术教育重建的一部分，旨在为罗马尼亚的喀尔巴阡山林培养林业人才。
• A year later, in 1949, the Institute of Mechanics was established in the city, reflecting the Communist state's drive to industrialise Romania and train mechanical engineers.一年后的1949年，机械学院在布拉索夫成立，呼应共产主义国家推动罗马尼亚工业化、培养机械工程师的方针。
• In 1953 the Institute of Silviculture was reorganised as the Forestry Institute, concentrating its teaching on forestry engineering and wood technology.1953年，造林学院改组为林业学院，将教学集中于林业工程与木材技术。
• The forestry and mechanical institutes were later fused into the Polytechnic Institute of Brașov, which became the city's main engineering school in the 1950s and 1960s.林业与机械两院后来合并为布拉索夫理工学院，在1950至1960年代成为该市主要的工程院校。
• New departments followed quickly: the Department of Wood Industry was founded in 1959, and the Department of Manufacturing Technologies was added in 1964.新学系随之设立：木材工业系于1959年成立，制造技术系于1964年增设。
• In 1960 the Pedagogic Institute of Brașov was created to train teachers of mathematics, physics and chemistry, and biology, giving the city a second academic pillar beside engineering.1960年，布拉索夫师范学院成立，培养数学、物理化学与生物教师，使该市在工程之外拥有第二个学术支柱。
• A Department of Music was added in 1969, the seed of the university's later Faculty of Music and its concert tradition.1969年，音乐系成立，成为后来音乐学院与校园音乐会传统的源头。
• On 15 October 1971 a Council of Ministers decision merged the Polytechnic Institute and the Pedagogic Institute into the University of Brașov, the institution's official founding as a university.1971年10月15日，部长会议决定将理工学院与师范学院合并为布拉索夫大学，这被视为该校作为大学的正式起点。
• The 1971 structure comprised eight faculties: mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, forestry, wood industry, mathematics and computer science, physics and chemistry, natural and agricultural sciences, and music.1971年的建制包括八个学院：机械工程、制造工程、林业、木材工业、数学与计算机科学、物理化学、自然与农业科学以及音乐。
• After the fall of Communism the university expanded its range. In 1991 it was renamed Transilvania University of Brașov by a government decision of 4 January and a ministry order of 22 March.共产主义政权结束后，学校扩展学科范围。1991年，依据1月4日政府决定与3月22日教育部命令，学校更名为特兰西瓦尼亚大学（布拉索夫）。
• The 1990-1991 academic year brought new faculties of electrical engineering, music, sciences and economic sciences, widening the curriculum beyond engineering and teacher training.1990至1991学年，学校新设电气工程、音乐、理学与经济科学等学院，使课程超越工程与师范领域。
• The following year the Faculty of Medicine was established together with two academic colleges, one of forestry and one of economics and computer science.次年，医学院成立，同时设立两所学术学院，分别教授林业以及经济与计算机科学。
• In 1995 the Department of Psychology, Pedagogy and Teaching Methodology became the Department of Teaching Staff Training, and the Faculty of Machine Building Technology split into technological engineering and materials science.1995年，心理学、教育学与教学法系改为师资培训系，机械制造技术学院则拆分为技术工程与材料科学两个学院。
• In 1998 a distance-learning contact point created through the PHARE programme became the Department for Distance Learning, renamed the Centre for Distance Learning and Part-time Studies in 2005.1998年，通过PHARE计划建立的远程教育联系点升格为远程教育系，并于2005年更名为远程与业余教育中心。
• The Faculty of Electrical Engineering added computer science in 2001 and was renamed the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.2001年，电气工程学院增设计算机科学，并更名为电气工程与计算机科学学院。
• In 2002 the Faculty of Law and Sociology emerged from economics, the Faculty of Sciences divided into mathematics-informatics, letters, and sports and physical education, and two university colleges were founded.2002年，法律与社会学学院从经济学院中分出，理学院拆分为数学信息、文学、体育与运动三个学院，另成立两所大学学院。
• Civil engineering became a separate faculty in 2003, created from the Faculty of Silviculture, while the Faculty of Mechanics took the name Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.2003年，土木工程学院从林业学院中分出独立设置，机械学院则改称机械工程学院。
• The Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences became autonomous in 2004, having previously existed as a department of psychology, pedagogy and teaching methodology.2004年，心理学与教育科学学院独立建制，其前身是心理学、教育学与教学法系。
• From 2005-2006 the university organised all teaching into bachelor's, master's and doctoral cycles in line with the Bologna Process, redesigning curricula and assessment methods.自2005至2006学年起，学校按博洛尼亚进程将教学组织为学士、硕士与博士三级，并重新设计课程与考核方式。
• In 2010 the Faculty of Law and Sociology split into a Faculty of Law and a Faculty of Sociology and Communication, which launched a Digital Media programme in 2017 and an English-taught version in 2022.2010年，法律与社会学学院拆分为法学院与社会学与传播学院，后者于2017年开设数字媒体专业，2022年又推出英语授课版本。
• In 2013 the university completed its Research and Development Institute, the largest research-infrastructure investment made by a Romanian university with European funds at the time.2013年，学校建成研发研究所，这是当时罗马尼亚大学利用欧洲资金实施的最大科研基础设施投资。

Academics

• Transilvania University has 18 faculties offering programmes in mechanical and industrial engineering, computers, construction, forestry, wood engineering, product design, nutrition, tourism, mathematics, economics, medicine, pedagogy, music, literature, law, sociology and psychology, grouped into engineering, economic and social sciences, humanities, medicine and arts.特兰西瓦尼亚大学设有18个学部，覆盖机械与工业工程、计算机、建筑、林业、木材工程、产品设计、营养、旅游、数学、经济、医学、师范、音乐、文学、法律、社会学与心理学，并归入工程、经济与社会科学、人文、医学与艺术几个板块。
• It offers 98 undergraduate programmes, of which 81 are full-time and 17 are part-time or distance-learning, reflecting a long tradition of adult and continuing education.学校开设98个本科专业，其中81个为全日制、17个为业余或远程教育，体现其成人教育与继续教育的长期传统。
• At postgraduate level it runs 66 master's programmes, 63 full-time and three part-time, together with doctoral studies in 22 fields.研究生层次开设66个硕士专业，其中63个全日制、3个业余，并拥有22个领域的博士培养资格。
• Total enrolment exceeds 20,880 students, taught by more than 700 academic staff, making it the largest university in central Romania.学校在校生超过20880人，教师逾700人，是罗马尼亚中部规模最大的大学。
• The university's Research and Development Institute (ICDT) coordinates 30 priority interdisciplinary fields and 30 research centres, from renewable energy and automotive engineering to forestry, robotics and medicine.该校研发研究所（ICDT）统筹30个优先交叉领域与30个研究中心，涵盖可再生能源、汽车工程、林业、机器人学与医学等。
• Named centres include Renewable Energy Systems and Recycling, High-Tech Products for the Automotive Industry, Advanced Mechatronic Systems, Industrial Informatics and Robotics, and Advanced Welding Eco-Technologies.具名研究中心包括可再生能源系统与回收、汽车工业高科技产品、先进机电系统、工业信息学与机器人、先进焊接生态技术等。
• Forestry and wood engineering remain distinctive strengths, taught by two separate faculties that trace their lineage to the 1948 Institute of Silviculture.林业与木材工程仍是该校的特色优势，由两个独立学部承担，其源头均可追溯至1948年的造林学院。
• Research is also organised through the PRO-DD Institute's Civil Engineering Design Centre and centres for economic research, applied medicine, theoretical and applied linguistics and music performance.科研还通过PRO-DD研究所的土木工程设计中心，以及经济研究、应用医学、理论与应用语言学、音乐表演等中心开展。
• The University Library holds 763,387 books, 135,039 journal volumes, 22,036 invention descriptions, 50,098 special-collection volumes and 81,203 standards copies, and serves students and staff on both campuses, with an online catalogue.大学图书馆藏有763387册图书、135039册期刊、22036份发明说明书、50098册特藏与81203份标准，服务于两个校区的师生，并建有在线目录。
• The Confucius Institute, established in 2012 with Jianzhu University in Shenyang and Hanban in Beijing, teaches Chinese language and culture and runs academic exchanges with China.孔子学院于2012年与沈阳建筑大学及北京汉办合作设立，教授中文与中国文化，并开展对华学术交流。
• The Music Centre, founded in 2015, organises concerts and recitals in the Sergiu T. Chiriacescu Aula and owns a Steinway & Sons concert piano, a digital organ and a Neupert harpsichord.音乐中心成立于2015年，在谢尔久·T·基里亚切斯库礼堂举办音乐会与独奏会，拥有施坦威音乐会钢琴、数字管风琴与诺伊佩特羽管键琴。
• The Multicultural Centre programmes visual art, literature, music, film, theatre, dance and philosophy, positioning contemporary art as part of university education.多元文化中心策划视觉艺术、文学、音乐、电影、戏剧、舞蹈与哲学项目，将当代艺术纳入大学教育。
• The Norbert Detaeye Media Centre holds CDs, DVDs, VHS tapes, vinyl records, magazines and books and is open to the wider Brașov public.诺伯特·德塔耶媒体中心收藏光盘、DVD、录像带、黑胶唱片、杂志与图书，并向布拉索夫公众开放。
• The Centre for Modern Languages provides language teaching and research collaboration with other departments, supporting the university's foreign-language and mobility programmes.现代语言中心提供语言教学并与其他院系合作研究，支撑学校的外语与流动项目。
• UNITBV belongs to the UNITA European University Alliance and launched a 14 million euro European Commission project in November 2023 to fund mobility, joint programmes and infrastructure.该校是UNITA欧洲大学联盟成员，并于2023年11月启动一项1400万欧元的欧盟委员会项目，用于资助流动、联合课程与基础设施。
• It has partnership agreements with 661 institutions in 85 countries, and hosted 521 full-time international students from 87 countries in 2023.学校与85个国家的661所机构签有合作协议，2023年有来自87个国家的521名全日制国际学生。
• International students can apply for the Transilvania Academica Scholarship, while researchers are supported by the Transilvania Fellowship for Young Researchers and Visiting Professors.国际学生可申请特兰西瓦尼亚学术奖学金，研究人员则获得青年研究者与访问教授特兰西瓦尼亚基金支持。

Campus

• The university is centred on Brașov, a medieval Transylvanian city in the Carpathian basin, whose historic centre, Black Church and surrounding ski resorts shape student life.学校位于喀尔巴阡盆地内的特兰西瓦尼亚中世纪城市布拉索夫，其历史中心、黑教堂与周边滑雪胜地塑造了学生生活。
• Student housing is distributed across two campuses, Colina and Memorandului, which together contain 13 dormitories with 4,086 beds, and the Colina campus occupies higher ground above the city centre.学生住宿分布在科利纳与梅莫兰杜卢伊两个校区，共有13栋宿舍、4086个床位，其中科利纳校区位于市中心上方的高地。
• Each campus has its own cafeteria, and the two dining halls serve about 1,000 students every day during term.每个校区各有一座食堂，两处餐厅在学期中每天服务约1000名学生。
• Colina Campus includes Colina Arena, an artificial-turf outdoor football pitch, and four indoor gyms, two of them multipurpose, one for gymnastics and one for fitness.科利纳校区拥有科利纳竞技场人工草皮足球场，以及4座室内体育馆，其中两座为多功能馆，另有一座体操馆与一座健身房。
• The university library and the Research and Development Institute anchor the academic quarter, the latter completed in 2013 as a multidisciplinary laboratory complex.大学图书馆与研发研究所构成学术区核心，后者于2013年建成，为多学科实验综合体。
• The Music Centre performs in the Sergiu T. Chiriacescu Aula, while the Multicultural Centre and the Norbert Detaeye Media Centre provide cultural and media spaces open to the city.音乐中心在谢尔久·T·基里亚切斯库礼堂演出，多元文化中心与诺伯特·德塔耶媒体中心则提供向城市开放的文化与媒体空间。
• The Confucius Institute and the Centre for Modern Languages occupy teaching spaces used by both students and the Brașov community, and most degree programmes are taught in Romanian, with selected English-taught courses.孔子学院与现代语言中心占据的教学空间同时服务于学生与布拉索夫社区，大多数学位课程以罗马尼亚语授课，另有部分英语课程。
• The two campuses are linked by city buses, and students commute between them for lectures, dormitories and sports facilities.两个校区由市内公交相连，学生在两处之间往返上课、住宿与使用体育设施。
• Brașov's railway station and bus network connect the campuses with Bucharest, Sibiu and the ski resort of Poiana Brașov, about 12 kilometres away.布拉索夫的火车站与公交网络将校区与布加勒斯特、锡比乌以及约12公里外的波亚纳布拉索夫滑雪胜地相连。

Reputation

• In the QS World University Rankings 2027, Transilvania University of Brașov is placed in the 1401+ band, the open-ended final segment of the global table.在2027年QS世界大学排名中，特兰西瓦尼亚大学（布拉索夫）位列1401+并列区间，即全球榜单末端的开放区间。
• The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027 place it in the 1601-1800 band, its position in the expanded global table.2027年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名将其列入1601-1800区间，这是其在扩容后全球榜单中的位置。
• U.S. News & World Report ranked it 1,105th in the 2026-2027 Best Global Universities list, the strongest numerical position among its four main rankings.《美国新闻与世界报道》在2026-2027年度全球最佳大学榜单中将其列为第1105名，是该校四项主榜中最好的数值位次。
• It did not enter the 2026 Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities main table, although it appeared in three Shanghai subject rankings in 2023.该校未进入2026年软科世界大学学术排名主榜，但在2023年软科三个学科排名中上榜。
• In the 2023 Shanghai field rankings, which assessed 1,900 universities from 104 countries, it was placed 401-500 in mathematics, 201-300 in life sciences and human biology, and 301-400 in agricultural sciences.2023年软科分学科排名共评估104个国家的1900所高校，其中该校数学位列401-500、生命科学与人体生物学位列201-300、农业科学位列301-400。
• In the 2025 QS World University Rankings, the last edition before the table's 2026 expansion, the university moved up three places among Romanian institutions and entered the group of the top 500 European universities.在2026年榜单扩容前的最后一版、即2025年QS世界大学排名中，该校在罗马尼亚高校中的位次上升三位，并进入欧洲前500所大学之列。
• The Romanian Ministry of Education's Metaranking for 2023, published in 2024, placed UNITBV sixth among Romanian universities, a position it has held since the ranking began in 2016.罗马尼亚教育部2023年大学元排名于2024年发布，将UNITBV列为罗马尼亚高校第6位，该校自2016年该排名创办以来一直保持这一位置。
• In the 2020 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, which assess alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, it was placed in the 301-400 band and third among seven Romanian universities.在评估联合国可持续发展目标契合度的2020年泰晤士高等教育影响力排名中，该校位列301-400区间，在7所上榜罗马尼亚高校中排名第3。
• Its membership of the UNITA alliance and its 661 international partnerships underpin a reputation built on engineering, forestry, medicine and applied modern languages.该校的UNITA联盟成员身份与661项国际合作协议，支撑起以工程、林业、医学与应用现代语言为基础的名声。

Student life

• Student sport is organised around Colina Arena, where the Colina League Cup football tournament is played every autumn, and around four indoor gyms on the same campus.学生体育以科利纳竞技场为中心，每年秋季在此举行科利纳联赛杯足球赛，同校区还有4座室内体育馆。
• The BlueStreamline team designs and races a formula-style car in the international Formula Student competition, representing the university abroad each year.BlueStreamline车队设计并驾驶方程式赛车参加国际大学生方程式赛车比赛，每年代表学校出国参赛。
• The 13 dormitories house 4,086 students on the Colina and Memorandului campuses, each with a cafeteria serving about 1,000 meals a day across the two sites.13栋宿舍在科利纳与梅莫兰杜卢伊两个校区容纳4086名学生，两处食堂每天合计供应约1000份餐食。
• The Music Centre runs an annual concert season and hosts the Brassovia Chamber Music Student Festival and an Opera Gala in the Sergiu T. Chiriacescu Aula.音乐中心每年举办音乐季，并在谢尔久·T·基里亚切斯库礼堂承办布拉索维亚室内乐学生节与歌剧晚会。
• The Transilvania University Chamber Orchestra (TUCO) made its debut at the opening of the 2019-2020 academic year under conductor Traian Ichim.特兰西瓦尼亚大学室内乐团（TUCO）在2019至2020学年开学典礼上由指挥特拉扬·伊基姆带领首次亮相。
• Students compete for university-funded project grants aimed at improving campus life, and take part in scientific, cultural, sports and administrative activities each year.学生可竞逐学校资助的项目经费以改善校园生活，并每年参与科学、文化、体育与行政活动。
• The Confucius Institute and the Multicultural Centre bring Chinese language, film, theatre and contemporary art programming into student life.孔子学院与多元文化中心将中文、电影、戏剧与当代艺术项目带入学生生活。
• Brașov's historic centre, with its philharmonic, opera and theatre, the nearby Poiana Brașov ski slopes and the Carpathian trails give students a cultural and winter-sports culture reflected in the university's luge and biathlon alumni.布拉索夫历史中心拥有爱乐乐团、歌剧院与剧院，附近还有波亚纳布拉索夫雪道与喀尔巴阡山步道，赋予学生文化与冬季运动氛围，该校的雪橇与冬季两项校友即为体现。

Notable people

• The university is spread across Brașov rather than confined to a single walled site, with teaching buildings, dormitories and cultural centres distributed between Colina, Memorandului and the historic centre.该校设施分布在布拉索夫全城而非集中于单一围墙校园，教学楼、宿舍与文化中心散布于科利纳、梅莫兰杜卢伊与历史中心之间。
• Ludovic Orban, a graduate, served as Prime Minister of Romania from November 2019 to December 2020 and as Minister of Transport from 2007 to 2008.校友卢多维克·奥尔班于2019年11月至2020年12月任罗马尼亚总理，并于2007至2008年任交通部长。
• Leonard Orban was European Commissioner for Multilingualism from 2007 to 2010, Minister of European Affairs in 2011-2012 and later a presidential adviser.莱昂纳德·奥尔班于2007至2010年任欧盟多语制专员，2011至2012年任欧洲事务部长，后担任总统顾问。
• Allen Coliban, a senator from 2016 to 2020, was mayor of Brașov from 2020 to 2024, while Ioan Ghișe was mayor of the city from 1996 to 2004.艾伦·科利班于2016至2020年任参议员，2020至2024年任布拉索夫市长；扬·吉谢则于1996至2004年任该市市长。
• Gheorghe Ialomițeanu served as Romania's Minister of Finance from September 2010 to February 2012, and Marius-Alexandru Dunca was Minister of Youth and Sports in 2017-2018.格奥尔基·亚洛米采亚努于2010年9月至2012年2月任罗马尼亚财政部长，马里乌斯-亚历山德鲁·敦卡于2017至2018年任青年与体育部长。
• Martha Eva Salcudean, a Holocaust survivor who took her first PhD in mechanical engineering at the Brașov Polytechnic in 1969, became Canada's first female head of a university engineering department at the University of British Columbia.玛莎·伊娃·萨尔库代安是二战大屠杀幸存者，1969年在布拉索夫理工学院获得机械工程博士学位，后成为加拿大首位担任大学工程系主任的女性，任职于不列颠哥伦比亚大学。
• Victor Hănescu reached 26th in the ATP tennis rankings in 2009, the highest singles position of his career and the best known result of the university's tennis alumni.维克托·哈内斯库在2009年达到ATP网球排名第26位，是其职业生涯最高的单打排名，也是该校网球校友中最知名的成绩。
• Andreea Acatrinei won a bronze medal with the Romanian gymnastics team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and Rareș Dumitrescu took fencing silver with Romania's sabre team at London 2012.安德烈娅·阿卡特里内随罗马尼亚体操队在2008年北京奥运会获得铜牌，拉雷什·杜米特雷斯库则在2012年伦敦奥运会随罗马尼亚佩剑队获得银牌。
• Eva Tofalvi won gold at the 2008-2009 Biathlon World Championships and competed at six Winter Olympic Games, the most appearances by a Romanian winter athlete.伊娃·托法尔维在2008至2009年冬季两项世锦赛夺得金牌，并参加六届冬奥会，是罗马尼亚冬季运动员中参赛次数最多者。
• Gabriel Tamaș earned 63 caps and scored three goals for the Romania national football team, and Paula Rădulescu Ungureanu won bronze at the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship.加布里埃尔·塔马什为罗马尼亚国家足球队出场63次并攻入3球，保拉·勒杜列斯库·温古雷亚努则在2010年欧洲女子手球锦标赛获得铜牌。
• Raluca Strămăturaru and Valentin Crețu are multiple national luge champions who competed at three editions of the Winter Olympic Games.拉卢卡·斯特勒默图拉鲁与瓦伦丁·克雷楚是多次全国雪橇冠军，并参加三届冬奥会。
• Ioan Vasile Abrudan, rector of the university at the time of the 2019 concert season, also served as honorary president of the Transilvania University Chamber Orchestra.扬·瓦西里·阿布鲁丹在2019年音乐季期间担任该校校长，并兼任特兰西瓦尼亚大学室内乐团名誉团长。
• Ovidiu Ioan Silaghi served as Romania's Minister of Transport in 2012 and as Minister for Small and Medium Enterprises, Trade and Tourism in 2007-2008.奥维迪乌·约安·西拉吉于2012年任罗马尼亚交通部长，2007至2008年任中小企业、贸易与旅游部长。