Alexandru Ioan Cuza University

Also known as Universitatea "Alexandru Ioan Cuza", University of Iaşi, University of Iasi, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași, uaic.ro, Universitatea Iași

university in Iași, Romania

Key facts

Former names: University of Iași, Mihăileană University, Cuza Vodă University
Motto: Per libertatem ad veritatem ( Latin )
Motto in english: Through freedom to the truth
Type: Public
Established: Academia Vasiliană: 1640 , Princely Academy of Iași: 1707 , Academia Mihăileană : 1835 , Current institution: 26 October 1860 ; 165 years ago ( 1860-10-26 )
Affiliation: Coimbra Group (CG), Utrecht Network , European University Association (EUA), International Association of Universities (IAU), Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)
Rector: Liviu-George Maha [ ro ]
Academic staff: 1,723
Students: 24,047 (2019 – 2020)
Undergraduates: 18,594
Postgraduates: 7,200

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The Alexandru Ioan Cuza University (Romanian: Universitatea "Alexandru Ioan Cuza"; acronym: UAIC) is a public university located in Iași, Romania. Founded by an 1860 decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza, under whom the former Academia Mihăileană was converted to a university, the University of Iași, as it was named at first, is one of the oldest universities of Romania, and one of its advanced research and education institutions. It is one of the five members of the Universitaria Consortium (the group of elite Romanian universities).

The Alexandru Ioan Cuza University offers study programmes in Romanian, English, and French. In 2008, for the third year in a row, it was placed first in the national research ranking compiled on the basis of Shanghai criteria.