Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies

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The main building in Piaţa Romană, Bucharest
The main building in Piaţa Romană, Bucharest
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The library of ASE
The logo of ASE
The logo of ASE

The Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies (Academia de Studii Economice Bucureşti, or ASE, in Romanian) is the oldest and most prestigious university of economics and business studies in Romania. It was founded in 1913 in Bucharest, under the name Academy of High Commercial and Industrial Studies[1]. Since 1967 it is known as the Academy of Economic Studies and has become the largest higher education institute in Romania and one of the largest in South-Eastern Europe.

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[edit] Institution

The Academy has more than 46,000 students, of which approximately 35,000 study at undergraduate level, around 9,500 are on graduate level studies and around 2200 are enrolled in doctoral programmes[2]. It is one of the most popular universities in Romania, with a number of around 34,000 new applications each year (9% admission rate for State paid seats and 11% admission for fee-paid seats). Alongside the faculties in Bucharest, a number of Territorial Centers (Centre teritoriale) function in other cities: Alexandria, Brăila, Buzău, Covasna, Câmpia Turzii, Curtea de Argeş, Deva, Ialomiţa, Mediaş, Piatra Neamţ, Slatina, Târgovişte, Tulcea and Vaslui.

The Academy has positioned itself as a research institution, hosting 13 centers of research acknowledged and endorsed by the National Council of Scientific Research in Higher Education. A notable presence inside ASE is the Business Information Technology department (Informatică Economică) which is an entity that promotes an educational philosophy based on combining economics and software development as a way of creating experts suitable for the Information Age.

[edit] Format and length of studies

Undergraduate studies at the Academy of Economic Studies end with a Bachelor's degree in Economics, students acquiring a specialization according to the department where they are enrolled. Up to 2005, undergraduate studies at the Academy of Economic Studies consisted of a four-year cycle. Master studies would continue for one more year, and doctoral programmed would normally be three years long. Since 2005 however, the Academy has adopted the Bologna Declaration and undergraduate studies are now three-year long, followed by 2-year Master programmes. In this format, undergraduate studies finalize with a total of 180 credits, graduate programmes require a completion of 120 credits. The PhD programmes remain with a length of minimum three years.

[edit] Faculties

There are 10 departments (facultăţi):

[edit] References

  1. ^ Short presentation of the institution on its website, About ASE in Romanian
  2. ^ Official website of the Academy of Economic Studies, Message from the Rector available in Romanian only

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