The University of Pitești | |
Native Name: | Universitatea din Pitești |
Motto: | la|[[Academia Magistra Vitae]] |
Type: | Public |
Rector: | Associate Professor, Ph.D. Dumitru Chirleșan |
Academic Staff: | 388 (2018)[1] |
Administrative Staff: | 133 (2018) |
Students: | 9,087 (2017–2018) |
Doctoral: | 109 (2017–2018) |
City: | Piteşti |
State: | Argeș |
Country: | Romania |
The University of Piteşti (ro|Universitatea din Pitești, abbreviated UPIT) is a public university in Piteşti, Romania, founded in 1991.
The first Higher Education Institution in Piteşti was founded in 1962 and was called "The 3-year Pedagogical Institute" with pedagogical specialisations in Mathematics, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Philology and Physical Education and Sports.[2] The opening of the technical specialisations followed, leading to the establishment of the Institute of Sub-Engineers (1969), united in 1974 under the name of the Institute of Higher Education. Subsequently, there were various other forms of organisation, in a period under the subordination of the Bucharest Polytechnic Institute. In 1991, it became autonomous and received the name "University of Pitești".
University of Pitești is organised into 6 faculties, comprising 16 departments: