Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania's largest university with 42,000 students and a rich multicultural environment, is actively collaborating with businesses to enhance education and research outcomes. The university maintains a strong research reputation, ranking among the top globally, and offers various programs in partnership with industries to ensure students are well-prepared for the job market. Innovative cooperation includes joint projects, tailored coursework, and practical experience for students within fields like IT, health, and renewable energies.

1. DR. ANNA SOÓS
VICE-RECTOR
Babeş-Bolyai University – an effective
example of higher education and
business co-operation

2. Babeș-Bolyai University
the bigest university of Romania
– 42000 students
uninterrupted functioning since
1872
3 lines of study: Romanian,
Hungarian and German
250 bachelor programs
260 master programs
31 doctoral domains

3. Cluj-Napoca – an emerging Silicon Valley of Eastern Europe
second largest city of Romania
traditionally multicultural and multiethnic
5 state universities
11000 people employed in the IT sector
investors like Bosch, Siemens, Emerson,
Bombardier, De’Longhi, Genpact, Steelcase, NTT
Data, Office Depot
Cluj Innovation City: a plan for future collaboration
ecosystem between different research institutions,
local authorities and private companies (fields of IT,
health, bio-economy and renewable energies)

4. Babeș-Bolyai University – research reputation
Best Global Universities Ranking 2015
 750 universities from 57 countries
 it ranks the world’s top universities based on research indicators
 global research reputation
 regional research reputation
 publications
 books
 conferences
 normalized citation impact
 total citations
 number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited
 percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited
 international collaboration
 number of Ph.D.s awarded
 number of Ph.D.s awarded per academic staff member
http://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/articles/methodology

5. Universities from Romania and Hungary in the ranking
Eötvös Loránd University – 465
Babeş-Bolyai University – 560
University of Debrecen – 585
University of Bucharest – 588
Technical University of Bucharest – 706
Budapest University of Technology and
Economics – 722
Semmelweis University – 736
University of Szeged – 745
http://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/search?country=hungary&country=romania&name=

6. Babeș-Bolyai University – research reputation
 Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015 – 2016
 800 universities from 70 countries
 it ranks the world’s top universities based on 13 performance indicators grouped into 5 areas
 teaching
 reputation survey
 staff-to-student racio
 doctorate-to-bachelor’s ratio
 doctorates awarded -to-academic staff ratio
 institutional income
 research
 reputation survey
 research income
 research productivity
 citations (research influence)
 international outlook
 international-to-domestic student ratio
 international-to-domestic staff ratio
 international collaboration
 industry income
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ranking-methodology-2016

7. Universities from Romania and Hungary in the ranking
501 – 600 range
o Babeş-Bolyai University
o Semmelweis University
601 – 800 range
o Alexandru Ioan Cuza Univeresity
o University of Bucharest
o Budapest University of Technology and
Economics
o University of Debrecen
o Eötvös Lóránd University
o University of Pécs
o University of Szeged
o West University of Timişoara
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2016

8. The context – percentage of GDP invested in research and development
http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat

9. Outstanding research results at UBB
N.T. Markov, M. Ercsey-Ravasz, D.C. Van
Essen, K. Knoblauch, Z. Toroczkai, H.
Kennedy, Cortical High-density Counter-
stream Architectures, Science, 342, 2013
Y. Ren, M. Ercsey-Ravasz, P. Wang, M.C.
Gonzalez, Z. Toroczkai, Predicting commuter
flows in spatial networks using a radiation
model based on temporal ranges, Nature
Communications, 5, 2014.

10. Outstanding research results at UBB
S. Jerez, I. Tobin, R. Vautard, J. P. Montávez,
J. M. López-Romero, F. Thais, B. Bartok, O.
B. Christensen, A. Colette, M. Déqué, G.
Nikulin, S. Kotlarski, E. van Meijgaard, C.
Teichmann, M. Wild, The impact of climate
change on photovoltaic power generation in
Europe, Nature Communications, 6, 2015.

11. How business-world contributed to these results
quality of
education and
research at
the university
highly trained
professionals
for the firms

12. Case study 1 – Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
 6.400 students
 20 BSc specializations
 29 MSc specializations
 6 PhD specializations
 Romanian, Hungarian, German,
English and French

13. Case study 1 – Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

14. Case study 1 – Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
10% of the courses and seminars
were delivered by a company
4% out of compulsory classes
presentations, workshops and
company visit
SMEs, multinational and large
companies
topics: main business functions
(marketing, management, finances
and accounting)
B1. Into the courses B2. Extracurricular
presentations (29%), company
visits (27%), workshops (22%)
multinational companies
(35%), non-profit organizations
(18%), SMEs (15%),
governmental institutions
(13%), large companies (8%)
bottom-up initiatives, coming
from individual teachers

15. Case study 2 – Branding college
students, teachers and professionals work together
both theory and practical skills
real-life issues: orders from firms, organizations
students gain experience needed for job enrolment
firms, organizations get their brands developed by young professionals
with the mentoring of experienced mentors

16. Case study 2 – Branding college – from the portfolio

17. Case study 3 – Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics
37 partners

18. Case study 3 – Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics
most complex co-operation
 education
 summer practice for students (2 weeks)
 projects for diploma-work (coordonator at the university, mentor at the firm)
 projects for courses
 curricula development (new courses held by professionals from the firms – ex. Bitdefender,
Accenture)
 courses at the firm for BBU students (Bitdefender, Codespring)
 contests for students (Codespring)
 research
 PhD research themes – Siemens, Bosch
 PhD scholarships
 sponsorship for conferences

19. Case study 3 – Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics
the effect of the co-operation – students
 experience the competitive milieu, have to participate at
job interviews;
 practice both soft skills (responsibility, humor, empathy,
teamwork, leadership, communication, social skills) and
hard skills (professional skills);
 networking, getting in contact with future employers;

20. Case study 3 – Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics
the effect of the co-operation – Faculty
 adjustment of the training programs (new master program: Software engineering in
English; new courses: Java, Python)
 receiving feedback on the quality of students and alumni;
 partner companies support the participation of students at competitions and projects;
 companies organize tutorials for students;
 companies organize workshops at international scientific conferences organized by the
Faculty;
 companies stimulate research by identifying themes of special interest;
 companies facilitate student research by offering awards at different contests or for
excellent BA theses and MA dissertations;
 companies can offer topics for BA theses and MA dissertations.

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