About Sapientia University

Brief presentation of the Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania

The Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania was established in 2001 as an independent higher education institution, with the aim of providing tertiary education in Hungarian.

Accredited in 2012, it is a future-oriented and practical institution, built upon a 500-year tradition of Hungarian higher education in Transylvania. Our University is functioning in four study centers: Cluj-Napoca (Faculty of Science and Arts), Miercurea Ciuc (Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences), Târgu Mureș (Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences),  and Sfântu Gheorghe (study centre focusing on agricultural BScs). Each of the four study centres has a specific profile, yet they form together an organic university structure.

Organization of the Educational Process

The professional activity of the students is organized according to the curricula of the accredited and authorized study programmes and it is based on the European Credit Transfer System. At every faculty Study and Credit Councils have been set up in order to tackle all the problems concerning the organization and recognition of studies. Every study programme has a coordinator (tutor), who offers to counsel the students in all the matters regarding their studies.

Each course unit studied during a semester ends with a certain form of evaluation (written examination, oral examination, evaluations during the term or the qualification of Physical Education). Depending on the effort (level of attendance of courses and seminar/laboratory practice, individual study) each discipline or unit from the curriculum has a certain number of transferable credits. The allocated credit is the attribute of the discipline or unit and cannot be divided. Course unit descriptions define, besides the number of contact hours – divided into types of activity, the number of credits, previous conditions, information on the teaching personnel, the evaluation procedures, the proportion of grades obtained at different evaluations as well as the minimum bibliography accessible. The teaching, learning, and evaluation process is carried out in accordance with the provisions of the ECTS based Study and Examination Regulations and according to the Evaluation Procedures of the Acquired Knowledge of students, approved by the Senate. The size of study groups depends on the dimensions and endowments of the course rooms and laboratories and is established by valid legal provisions.

The students have the opportunity to choose their individual study route, to obtain more than 60 credits in a year or to study at two different study programmes at the same time within the University. Passing from a study year to the following is conditioned by certain performance criteria.

Sapientia University and the EU Mobility Programmes

Sapientia University gained its final accreditation in February 2012, therefore it has just become entitled to issue diplomas, organize Master courses, and participate in EU Mobility Programmes (ERASMUS, CEEPUS, etc.).

Efficient partnerships with domestic and international higher education and research institutions create the conditions for joining the European Higher Education Area and represent further opportunities for the development of research and teaching, through student and teacher exchange programmes. In this respect, the EU Mobility Programmes started with the academic year 2013/2014.