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Titu Maiorescu, Mihai Eminescu, doi titani ai culturii, două instituții de învățământ
Elevii Colegiului Național Mihai Eminescu, în vizită la Universitatea Titu Maiorescu
On February 15, 2023, the students Mihai Eminescu National College in Bucharest participated in a cultural and educational event organized by Titu Maiorescu University. The event, held under the slogan „Education – the means of personal and social development”, It focused on triple meaning a day February 15: Titu Maiorescu's Birthday (1840-1917), Spiru Haret's Birthday (1851-1912), National Day of Reading. The event took place in the University's Aula Magna, where the strains of the academic anthem resounded. So let us rejoice, in the presence of a large audience, consisting of students and teachers.
The Rector of Titu Maiorescu University, University Professor Dr. Daniel Cochior, presented the University as a complex educational institution with the mission of academic education and scientific research, explaining its mission, structure, and functioning to the students. The fundamental objective of the University is the training and preparation of students as future professionals, high-performing and competitive in the labor market. Titu Maiorescu University is A modern, complex university, defined as a „university of advanced research and education,” with a „high degree of trust.”, awarded by ARACIS following the institutional evaluation, which includes: 10 faculties with 24 university undergraduate study programs, of which 19 are full-time (IF) and 5 are distance learning (ID), 21 master's programs covering 8 fields of university studies, and 3 accredited doctoral schools (Law, Medicine, and Dental Medicine), the Department of Specialty with Psycho-pedagogical Profile, the Preparatory Year for Romanian language, postgraduate courses. Titu Maiorescu University is an academic space for quality education, conducted under the sign of excellence, at all educational levels. This institutional reality is certified by The presence of Titu Maiorescu University in the Metaranking of Universities in 2021 and 2022, a ranking that includes the highest-performing Romanian higher education institutions. Through the results obtained in the teaching process and scientific research, through the high degree of graduate employability, and through the successful careers developed by them, Titu Maiorescu University qualifies as a quality university, which offers good prospects for development and realization of their potential for young people who opt for master's studies.
Dean of the Faculty of Communication Sciences and International Relations, Professor Sorin Ivan, PhD, he referred to the three meanings of February 15. The speaker presented the evolution of Titu Maiorescu and Spiru Haret, emphasizing the importance of education in the formation and development of these graduates of prestigious European universities: University of Berlin, University of Giessen, Sorbonne (Maiorescu), Sorbonne (Haret). Throughout their prodigious careers, in the service of building Modern Romania, these two professors, academics and politicians were involved in the modernization of Romanian education, considering education as a fundamental factor in the country's development. University professor, rector, politician, literary critic, writer, cultural mentor, Titu Maiorescu played a fundamental role in the process of national development, being considered „the founder of modern Romanian culture and civilization”. Beyond older or more recent „conspiratorial” speculations, Maiorescu played a major role in the literary consecration and existence of Mihai Eminescu. Spiru Haret, another prestigious figure in our history, a mathematician, university professor and academician, is the „great minister” of public instruction, the reformer of Romanian schools, the founder of modern Romanian education. The two founders, who placed education above all else, must remain Markers and patterns for today's youth, to inspire and motivate them in their growth and evolution through continuous learning and participation in the social development process. A means of intellectual and spiritual edification, of personal progress on all levels has been and remains reading. In the context of National Reading Day, the speaker made A plea for books, for the importance of reading among today's children and young people.
After the event concluded, students from Mihai Eminescu National College visited the university's teaching and research facilities – lecture halls, seminar rooms, laboratories – in anticipation of their student status, planned for the 2023-2024 academic year.
The Communication and Public Relations Office of Titu Maiorescu University in Bucharest
16.02.2023
