Universitatea „Alexandru Ioan Cuza" din Iași | |
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Former names | University of Iași Mihăileană University Cuza Vodă University |
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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 |
Affiliation | Coimbra Group (CG), Utrecht Network, European University Association (EUA), International Association of Universities (IAU), Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) |
Rector | Tudorel Toader |
Academic staff | 1,723 |
Students | 24,047 (2019-2020)[1] |
Undergraduates | 18,594 |
Postgraduates | 7,200 |
Location | , |
Campus | Urban |
Colors | Yellow White and Sky Blue |
Website | www |
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University rankings | |
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Global – Overall | |
QS World[2] | 1201–1400 (2024) |
THE World[3] | 1501+ (2024) |
USNWR Global[4] | =1172 (2023) |
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.[5] It is one of the five members of the Universitaria Consortium (the group of elite Romanian universities).[6]
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.[7][8]
The university is a member of some of the most important university networks and associations: the Coimbra Group (CG), Utrecht Network, European University Association (EUA), International Association of Universities (IAU), University Agency of Francophony (AUF), and the Network of Francophone Universities (RUFAC).