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Sapientia University receives a higher score in University Metaranking
Sapientia has gained another position in the classification that includes only one-third of the universities in Romania.

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae to receive an Impact Factor
Three series of our journal, Acta Universitatis Sapientiae – Mathematica, Informatica, and Film and Media Studies – have received an Impact Factor and benefit from an enhanced journal profile page for the first time.

Conference on the Challenges of Teaching in Hungarian Public Education in Romania
On June 12, the conference with the theme Challenges of Teaching in Hungarian Public Education in Romania was organized by the Department of Psychopedagogy of Sapientia University and the PedPsi Research Centre. This year's event was hosted by the Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences in Târgu Mureș.

Challenges in the Carpathian Basin - 16th International Conference on Economics and Business
The Faculty of Economics, Socio-Human Sciences and Engineering, Miercurea Ciuc invites you to the Challenges in the Carpathian Basin - 16th International Conference on Economics and Business.

Agriculture students receive excellence scholarships
Three senior students enrolled in Agriculture at the Study Centre in Sfântu Gheorghe have been awarded excellence scholarships by the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture.

Assoc. prof. Bakk Miklós, PhD, receives the Gábor Áron Award
BAKK Miklós, PhD, political scientist and associate professor at the Department of International Relations and European Studies of the Faculty of Sciences and Arts in Cluj-Napoca, is one of this year's recipients of the Gábor Áron Award, presented by the Szekler National Council.

Püsök Botond's film awarded at FIPADOC and BIDF
The former student of the Faculty of Sciences and Arts in Cluj-Napoca won three awards last weekend for his film Too close / Túl közel.

Our bioengineers published a paper on a bacterium with pollutant degrading properties
The abstract of several years of research carried out at the Department of Bioengineering within the Faculty of Economics, Socio-Human Sciences and Engineering in Miercurea Ciuc was published in the World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology by Springer.

Open call: Sapixel International Photo Contest
The Students' Association and the Faculty of Sciences and Arts in Cluj-Napoca are launching, for the eighth time, the Sapixel International Photo Contest.

Four Sapientia films in the regional competition of the Alter-Native festival
The Alter-Native International Short Film Festival will take place for the 30th time in Târgu Mureș, from September 28 to October 2.

Agriculture students achieve outstanding results at Agrovirtus
Ten students from the Agriculture study programme at Sapientia University’s Study Centre in Sfântu Gheorghe actively participated in the online qualification phase of the international digital agricultural management competition Agrovirtus.

Sapientia is evolving: has been included in the ranking of Romanian universities, digitalizes, and prepares to establish a new faculty
In 2012, Sapientia University became a statutory and accredited institution, an integral part of the national higher education system in Romania, and by 2022 it would be an indispensable reference institution of the same system, both in terms of education and excellence in research, as well as social and community involvement.

We renewed our cooperation agreement with the University of Debrecen
The cooperation between Sapientia University and the University of Debrecen will include new areas of training: joint activities will be carried out in the fields of economics and agriculture, as well as sport and tourism. The agreement was signed on Tuesday, December 6, 2022.

University results at the Price Media Law Moot Court Competition
This year, at the Central Eastern Europe Round of the Price Media Law Moot Court Competition, held on December 1-3, the team of the Department of Legal Sciences of the Faculty of Sciences and Arts, Cluj-Napoca, won 8th place.

Teachers awarded within the Domus programme
Prof. BITAY Enikő, PhD, and TAMÁSI Zsolt, PhD, from the Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences in Târgu Mureș, as well as Assoc. Prof. URÁK István, PhD, from the Faculty of Sciences and Arts in Cluj-Napoca were among the recipients of the Domus Memorial Certificate.

We signed a framework cooperation agreement with the Baptist Theological Academy and the Hungarian Baptist Aid
The agreement was signed on Monday, December 5, 2022, at our Rector' Office in Cluj-Napoca.

From student to citizen: a programme for acquiring advocacy skills
The launch meeting of the PRIME project took place in Székesfehérvár on November 25-26, 2022, where our institution was represented by Rector TONK Márton, PhD, and Assoc. Prof. TORÓ Tibor, project collaborator on behalf of Sapientia University.

Student awarded at Pannonfíling Film Festival
One of the seven Sapientia short films won the prize of the jury: the film directed by NAGY Márton was rewarded for its original humour.

First prize at the 10th edition of the Student in Bucovina international conference
The Faculty of Food Engineering within the Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava organized the 10th edition of the "Student in Bucovina" international conference on November 10-11, 2022, in hybrid format.

Over 3500 high school students had the opportunity to discover Sapientia University
After a two-year break, Sapientia University returned to Hungarian high school students from all over the country to answer their questions about the offered study programmes. During the information tour, which took place between November 14-18, 2022, the teams made up of Sapientia students have given around 100 presentations.

Landscape architecture students on a study trip to Germany
The visit of third-year students from the Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences, Târgu Mureș, took place within the framework of the international student project competition Le Notre, organised by the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA).

Mentor teacher meeting at the Teacher Training Institute in Miercurea Ciuc
The annual meeting of mentor teachers took place on 9 November 2022 at the Teacher Training Institute in Miercurea Ciuc.

Emeritus Professor HOLLANDA Dénes receives Transylvanian Master of Science Award
At the conference held to celebrate the Hungarian Science Days on November 11, 2022, in Târgu Mureș, the Regional Committee in Cluj of the MTA / Hungarian Academy of Sciences awarded its scientific distinctions for 2022.

Uncanny Intermediality - International Film Science Workshop
The workshop took place within the framework of the "Affective Intermediality. Cinema between Media, Sensation and Reality" research project on October 21-22, 2022, at the Faculty of Sciences and Arts in Cluj-Napoca.

New book by Assistant Professor Zsigmond Andrea, PhD
The assistant professor of the Department of Environmental Science at the Faculty of Science and Arts, Cluj-Napoca, has published her new work on data processing with R and applications in environmental science.

Study trip to Italy within the HealAll project
As part of an international Erasmus+ project, the staff of the Faculty of Economic, Socio-Human Sciences and Engineering in Miercurea Ciuc participated in a study trip to the Veneto region of Italy.

Lost Millennials international project meeting in Burgos
On 27-28 september 2022, the second in-person meeting between the participants of the Lost Millennials international project took place in Burgos, Spain.

Professionalism in Research Management and Administration
Within the foRMAtion project, a new public event will take place on October 28, 2022, at the Faculty of Sciences and Arts in Cluj-Napoca.

Filmgalopp Grand Prize awarded jointly to our students
The Audience Award and two special prizes were also won by graduates of the Faculty of Sciences and Arts in Cluj-Napoca.

World premiere of Lakatos Róbert's new film to take place at the Warsaw International Film Festival
The 38th edition of the festival will take place from October 14 to 23.

Nagy Márton's film awarded at the 30th Alter-Native festival
How My Girlfriend Ignited on Our Third Date, created by our former student, won the Schnedarek Ervin Award for best regional film.

We concluded a cooperation agreement to continue the HTDK programme
The plenary session of the Hungarian Rectors' Conference took place on September 30, 2022, in Oradea, as part of which we signed a new long-term cooperation agreement with OTDT and representatives of the Hungarian higher education institutions.

Professor Szilágyi László, PhD, has joined the scientific programme of Óbuda University
This year, Óbuda University launched for the first time an open competition for obtaining the title of Professor of Excellence.

Associate professor Bakk Miklós received the Knight Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit
The associate professor of the Department of International Relations and European Studies in Cluj-Napoca received the award on September 10, 2022.

MACRo 2022 International Conference in Târgu Mureș
The Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering of the Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences in Târgu Mureș, Neumann János University in Óbuda, IEEE Hungary Section and the Hungarian Fuzzy Society will organize the 8th edition of the MACRo international conference on November 21-22, 2022.

Landscape architecture students attended a professional workshop in Nantes
As part of the project called The Builder Method - Action-oriented educational approaches in architecture, lecturers and students from the Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences in Târgu Mureș attended an international workshop organised in Nantes, France, between July 3-10, 2022.

The foRMAtion project entered a new stage
After more than two years of remote work and countless online project meetings, the partner institutions of the foRMAtion project finally met in Lisbon from 16 to 18 May 2022.

MA student wins grand prize at international film festival
NAGY Márton's short film was chosen as the best of 50 screened short films and 7 short films entered in the International Vampire Film & Arts Festival competition.

Students of the Faculty of Sciences and Arts in Cluj-Napoca awarded at international protocol competition
After two years of interruption, the College and University International Communication, Behavioral Culture and Protocol Competition took place again on June 10, 2022.

Our mentored high school students won bronze medal
The award ceremony of the 28th International Conference of Young Scientists, organised in Belgrade, took place on June 8, 2022, in the amphitheatre of the Zoological Museum in Cluj-Napoca.

Sapientia University acquires the “High Degree of Confidence” judgment following the institutional evaluation
The Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ARACIS) has published the results of the latest external institutional evaluation of Sapientia University.

Cooperation with UiT - The Arctic University of Norway
The Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Technical and Humanistic Sciences in Targu Mures has received funding for the RoNo Cooperation for Virtual Manufacturing project, which is carried out in partnership with UiT - The Arctic University of Norway and INNO Robotics SRL from Cluj-Napoca.

Production of the short films for the final exam has started
Film, Photography, Media graduates of the Faculty of Sciences and Arts in Cluj-Napoca have started shooting their short films for the graduation exam.

Students ranked second in an international competition
On behalf of Sapientia University, students Ilyés Kinga (Law, 4th year) and Zeiler Hilda Izabella (Film, Photography, Media, 2nd year) participated in the SU Real Life Competition 2022.

International recognition for Keresztes Péter, former student of Sapientia University
Keresztes Péter, videojournalist of the Timișoara studio of the Romanian Television, received a "Commended" award at the international television festival Prix CIRCOM 2022.

Sapientia University, partner in a cross-border project
Our project, Horticulture 4.0 - Vocational Education for Digital Transformation in Horticulture has received funding in the Erasmus+ KA220-VET project category.

New robot at Sapientia University
Accenture Romania donated a Baxter robot to the Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences in Târgu Mureș.

Perspectives in Human Sciences – online workshop
On April 8, 2022, the Intercultural Confluences Research Centre of the Department of Human Sciences within the Faculty of Economics, Socio-Human Sciences and Engineering in Miercurea Ciuc, in collaboration with the Regional Committee in Cluj of the MTA (Hungarian Academy of Sciences), will organize a one-day online interdisciplinary workshop in English.

The Lost Millennials project has launched
The main aim of the project is to contribute to the successful integration of 25+ NEETs into the labour market or education and training.

Change4Impact - Conference and hackathon
The Change4Impact conference and hackathon will be held for the first time as a hybrid event between May 26 and 29, 2022.

Rector Tonk Márton received the Officer's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit
Tonk Márton, PhD, rector and professor of our University, received the Officer's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit in recognition of his outstanding academic, teaching and community work.

Trans-Linguistica VI. Conference
The Department of Applied Linguistics of the Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences Târgu Mureș of Sapientia University and the DAMERG Research Center is organizing the online international academic conference Trans-linguistica VI: Shaping Humanities: Innovation, Tradition, and Value Creation, from May 19 to 20, 2022.

Outstanding new success in talent promotion
The two-member team, coordinated by professors from the Department of Environmental Science in Cluj-Napoca, won first prize at the national stage of the 28th International Conference of Young Scientists.

Film about a former Sapientia student
The portrait of NYIKÓ Anetta, a disabled computer scientist and slammer, will be screened on March 31, 6 PM, at Urania National Film Theatre in Budapest.

Silver medal in futsal at the 13th Bowl of Universities of the Carpathian Basin
The multisport event gathered university teams from five countries.

Consultation with the management of the Ferenc Rakoczi II Transcarpathian Hungarian College of Higher Education
The leaders of our key partner institution in the Transcarpathian region of Ukraine provided general information on the war situation in their country, as well as about the possibilities of help and support from Sapientia University.

Institutional cooperation agreement concluded with USAMVBT
The agreement was signed by the management of institutions on February 21, 2022, in Timișoara.

Student photography exhibition in the Tailors' Tower
The exhibition of students MÁK Krisztián and RÁDULY Sándor can be visited between February 21 and 26 in the Tailors' Tower.

7th Carpathian Basin Conference for Environmental Science in Cluj-Napoca

The Faculty of Sciences and Arts in Cluj-Napoca presented three international ERASMUS+ projects
Teachers of the Department of International Relations and European Studies participate in the foRMAtion project on research management, in the EUSecure project on security and sustainability in the EU, and in the Listen project on the use of minority languages.

Lecturer Tamási Zsolt József, PhD, receives the Orbán Balázs Award
The award is given to professionals in the field of education who, through their tireless work and efforts, not only fight for the preservation of community values, but also encourage young people to stay in their home country.

PRO BONO PUBLICO consortium established
The association initiated by Sapientia University, Partium Christian University and the Protestant Theological Institute of Cluj-Napoca aims to support both the Hungarian community in Transylvania and the Romanian society in general.

Exam performance of Dance Arts students
The students of the Dance Arts (Choreography) study programme at the Faculty of Sciences and Arts in Cluj-Napoca performed a dance show / practical colloquium at the end of the first semester.

See you at EDUCATIO!
After last year's online edition, let's meet in person at the 22nd EDUCATIO International Exhibition! It takes place from January 13-15, 2022 in Budapest, and the booth code of Sapientia University is KT17 in Hall "A" of Hungexpo Exhibition Centre.

Bocskai Awards Ceremony
Sapientia University ended its jubilee year with a festive meeting of the Senate, which took place on December 17, 2021 in the ceremonial hall of the Faculty of Sciences and Arts in Cluj-Napoca. Two Bocskai Awards were granted this year, honouring Trócsányi László, PhD, member of the European Parliament and former Minister of Justice in Hungary, and professor Dávid László, PhD, President of the University Senate and former Rector of Sapientia University.

Our rector, Dr. Márton Tonk received the honorary professor title of the Óbudai University
Honorary Professor Title went to Prof. Dr. Arkadiusz Wójs Rector of Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland; Prof. Dr. Florin Dragan...

Crisis, Change And Perspectives International Online Conference
16-17 April 2021

6th Conference on Horticulture and Landscape Architecture in Transylvania
The Department of Horticulture at the Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences, Târgu Mureş, Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, is pleased to announce the 6th Conference on Horticulture and Landscape Architecture in Transylvania. We welcome all interested parties to our online event, which will take place on May 28-29, 2021.

Relation to authority and the restorative approach in Eastern-Europe/Romania
International Conference 2021

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Call for Applications Erasmus+ STA, 2020/2021 (KA103)
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Call for Applications Erasmus+ STT, 2020/2021 (KA103)
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Dr. János Bálint received the Junior Degree of Gusztáv Szelényi Memorial Medal
The associate professor of the Department of Horticultural Engineering at the Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences, Târgu Mureş took over the award at the 66th Plant Protection Scientific Days in the Great Hall of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences on 18 February 2020.

Discussions on launching Physical Education Teacher and Coaching programs with two Budapest institutions at Sapientia University
On 13 February, representatives of the University of Physical Education and the National University of Public Service visited the Sapientia University. During the discussions, Faculty of Economics, Socio-Human Sciences and Engineering, Miercurea Ciuc presented the two bachelor's degrees, the Sports and Coaching and Physical Education and Sports programs.

Our former student was awarded at the 3rd László Kovács and Vilmos Zsigmond Cinematography Competition
The short film award was given to Csaba, who graduated from the Cinematography, Photography and Media section of our university, specializing in Cinematography in 2008. The cinematographer collaborated with director Balázs Dudás on the award-winning short film Két csík.

The success of our former students at the 2020 International Documentary Film Festival in Budapest
Réka Ugron won the special prize for a documentary about single mothers in Dobrogea, while László Barna's documentary, Divine Hand was screened out of the competition.

Tímea Fülöp received the Frankovič Baltazár Prize
The recent cooperation agreement between Sapientia University and the University of Óbuda has resulted in prestigious professional recognition.

Sapientia EMTE's admission brochure - 2020

New bacterial genera named Sapientia
Microbiologists from Sapientia University and Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, have isolated in the water of crater lake Sfânta Ana a new and unknown bacterial genera, naming it Sapientia aquatica.

Memorandum of Understanding between Marymount University and three Hungarian higher education institutions from abroad
The Memorandum has been signed by dr. György Juhász, rector of János Selye University, dr. László Dávid, rector of Sapientia University and dr. Gyula Fodor, vice-rector of Ferenc Rákóczi II. Transcarpathian Hungarian College of Higher Education, as well as dr. Irma Becerra, president of Marymount University.

University Day at the Faculty of Cluj-Napoca
We will celebrate the 18th anniversary of our university’s first year opening ceremony in Cluj-Napoca. The event called University Day will begin on October 3, 2019, Thursday, 11 a.m. at the Faculty of Sciences and Arts. All tutors, students and administrative staff members of Sapientia are welcome to attend!

Call for Applications Erasmus+ KA107, STA 2019/2020
For information about application in Hungarian language please click here. For information about application in Romanian language please click here.

The Faculty of Miercurea Ciuc has begun its 19th academic year
On Monday, September 16, 2019, The Faculty of Economics, Socio-Human Sciences and Engineering in Miercurea-Ciuc has organized its 19th academic year opening ceremony for all new students and the entire academic community. This year 341 first-year students will begin their studies at the faculty: 254 on a Bachelor’s programme and 87 on a Master’s programme.

Mineral water conference in Miskolc
Between August 22 and 24, 2019, Miskolc hosted the 15th edition of the itinerant international scientific conference “Mineral Waters in the Carpathian Region”. As in previous years, Sapientia University was co-organizer of the event.

Enikő Bitay, associate professor of Sapientia University, awarded Honorary Professor of Óbuda University
Enikő Bitay, associate professor of the Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences, Târgu-Mureș, has been appointed as Honorary Professor of Óbuda University on August 30, 2019, at the opening event held at Müpa – Palace of Arts (Művészetek Palotája) in Budapest.

1921 film "Dracula", remade at Sapientia University
A very special project has been started at the Faculty of Sciences and Arts, Cluj-Napoca. The Department of Media and the Association of the Hungarian Filmmakers from Transylvania, with the support of Bethlen Gábor Foundation, Hungary, organized a series of workshops focusing on shooting on Black and White (B & W) film stock, and thus in 2018 the students of the Department of Media had the unique chance to work on the remake of the Hungarian silent film Dracula, lost in its entirety during WWII.

SapExperience – meet us at VIBE Festival
At the beginning of July we set up camp again on the shore of the Mureș river: we will be waiting for you at VIBE Koli (VIBE College) with a chill zone and beanbags, audio-video expositions, screenings of license exam films, board games and presentations on a variety of interesting subjects. Between July 4 and 7 you can find us in a new location, where we will also talk about Chernobyl, the freedom of speech, photography, geopolitics or working abroad.

Sapientia is the 20th best university in Romania
Sapientia University has been named the 20th best university in Romania, according to this year’s uniRank study. The international classification is produced and published yearly by independent research institutions. UniRank’s classification features, among higher education institutions from several countries, universities from Romania as well.

Students from Bern University of Applied Sciences visit Sapientia
At the end of May, graduate students from Bern University of Applied Sciences (Berner Fachhochschule) visited the Departments of Bioengineering and Food Sciences within the Faculty of Economics, Socio-Human Sciences and Engineering, Miercurea Ciuc, and the Department of Horticulture within the Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences, Târgu Mureș, accompanied by two professors.

Trans-linguistica 5. International Conference
The Department of Applied Linguistics at Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania, Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences, Târgu-Mureş (Romania) organizes the fifth edition of the Trans-linguistica International Conference. This year, we have chosen the title "Languages and intercultural mediation after the digital revolution - the challenges of the 21st century".

Remarkable results at the 34th OTDK
The students of Sapientia University have successfully participated at the 34th edition of the National Conference of Scientific Students’ Associations in Hungary (Országos Tudományos Diákköri Konferencia – OTDK), winning 17 prizes in total. The participants from our three faculties have been rewarded with three 1st prizes, four 2nd prizes, four 3rd prizes and six special prizes.

Conference on environmental research at the Faculty of Sciences and Arts
The 15th Carpathian Basin Conference on Environmental Science will be held between April 3 and 6, 2019. The event is organized via a collaboration between the Department of Environmental Sciences of Sapientia University and EnviroScientia Association, and is set to take place in the building of the Faculty of Sciences and Arts, Cluj-Napoca (Calea Turzii no. 4).

Student wins 2nd Prize at OTDK
Two of our students have presented their papers in the sections called Electronic and computer instruments, integrated systems, and Machinery design. Katalin Ferencz, first-year student at our Master's degree program, won 2nd Prize.

Trans-linguistica 5.
The Department of Applied Linguistics of Sapientia University, Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences, Târgu-Mureş, organizes the fifth edition of the Trans-linguistica International Conference. This year, we have opted for the title "Languages and Intercultural mediation after the digital revolution - the challenges of the 21st century".

Sapientia University lauches new degree programs for folk dance artists and dance instructors
In the fall of 2019 the Faculty of Sciences and Arts in Cluj-Napoca will launch a new first-cycle degree program for folk dancer artists and dance instructors in partnership with the Hungarian Dance Academy (Magyar Táncművészeti Egyetem) and the Hungarian Heritage House (Hagyományok Háza). Simultaneously, a special training course will also be available for professional dancers of folk dance ensembles based in Transylvania.

Essay competition – The illusion of choice: could recommendation algorithms be the end of free will?
Educational carrier website 365 Data Science has announced its 2019 scholarship competition. The author of the best essay will receive $1000, while 2nd and 3rd place winners will be awarded $300, respectively $200. The deadline for submissions is April 28, 2019.

Dr. Zoltán Kolozsváry, lecturer of the Faculty of Târgu-Mureș, awarded
The professor was honored with the Dennis Gabor Award for his results obtained in the field of material science and for his outstanding teaching activity.

Come and see us at the 19th EDUCATIO International Education Expo!
We look forward to welcoming everyone interested in education, learning, school equipment and teaching tools at the 19th EDUCATIO International Education Exhibition in Budapest, between the 10th and 12th of January 2019. The booth code of Sapientia University is DA24.

Conferences of Scientific Students’ Associations: call for entries
The Committees on Fostering Young Talents and the Student Organizations functioning within the faculties of Sapientia University have announced the schedule of the Conferences of Scientific Students’ Associations (CSSA / TDK) for the Spring session of the academic year 2018/2019.

Sapientia students in Paris – Ecotrophelia Europe 2018
The international finals of Ecotrophelia Europe 2018 took place on October 21-22, 2018. The competition for creating innovative food products was organized as part of the SIAL Paris international food exhibition, where Sapbakers, the team of the Faculty of Economics, Socio-Human Sciences and Engineering, Miercurea-Ciuc represented Hungary.

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