Dunarea de Jos University of Galati

We are staking all on community. We would be very happy if you choose to join our community of “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati. The cultural values and traditions that you bring will enrich us.

You will be welcome here at any time. Our lecture rooms and research laboratories are open throughout the year for a wide range of teaching, research and cultural activities. Our staff is there to provide you with support, information and advice either online or on the campus. Do not hesitate to get in touch with the International Office staff: Alexandru, Elena, Alina and our Erasmus Exchanges assistant Bianca. They are all there to answer your questions and to help you identify the right academic path. Your time with us is valued because it brings change to us. It opens us up to global challenges. Together we are creating a stronger community of students, a more competitive community of teachers and researchers and, more importantly, a uniquely diverse community of alumni.

We are staking all on building community, with you at the centre as our most valued stakeholders, and as this community we are building changes so we are transformed too. We invite you to come and taste our academic life and add new values and traditions to its flavour.

The university assumes the role of civic and cultural centre, meant to contribute to creating and disseminating cultural values, to technological and scientific creation, to supporting all the economic, educational and social units in the area where it activates – the “Lower Danube” Euro-Region – and from all around the country, through a strong involvement in the socio-economic environment of the area. The university offers the members of the academic community all the necessary conditions for valorising their skills in educational activities, through scientific research and within the socio-cultural manifestations which they organise.

“Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, as a public institution, assumes the mission to train specialists, at the level of excellence, in diverse socio-economic domains, to participate in sustaining and disseminating science and culture and to contribute to enriching the national knowledge patrimony through scientific research, knowledge and innovation, permanent learning and interculturality. “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati sustains and promotes its strategies within the local regional, national and international community.

This mission is achieved by:

• Developing a proficient university management;
• Planning and creating a more efficient, modern and balanced development based on social demand of educational offer;
• Democratic adoption of transforming decisions and of university development;
• Applying quality management principles in organising and managing institutional activities;
• Improving research and artistic creation activities; scientific research as an essential activity will generate knowledge and innovation in view of science and technology development, of socio-economic progress.

From its earliest days, “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati has been an international institution both in its vision and in its actions. “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati values its place among eminent European research universities and pays special attention to building and developing links with esteemed universities of the world. International co-operation is a prerequisite for ensuring the sustainability and quality of teaching and research at a university. Cultivating a network of international relations allows “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati to boost the mobility of its academic staff and students and motivates them to learn foreign languages.

“Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati research co-operation efforts have been extensive and successful - the scientists and scholars of the university are frequent contributors to reputable research journals and participants in many international research projects. Numerous international conferences attracting high-calibre researchers from all over the world are held in Galati. The circle of the university's international partners extends from the Black Sea to North America and China. “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati participates in the activities of several European university networks, such as the Black Sea Universities Network and Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie.

The vision of the university is based exclusively on generating knowledge through scientific research, on transmitting knowledge through education and professional training, and on valorising knowledge through technological innovation.

• Revitalizing the educational and scientific mission. Diversifying the educational offer and all training services, doubled by curricular reform
• Sustaining research environment, technological development and innovation competitive on national and international level, which can transform DJUG into an excellency pole focused on generating knowledge and technological transfer, with a direct impact on the increase in performance, the quality of teaching activities and of services provided for the community.
• Promoting a healthy climate for training, development and human resources motivation;
• Developing the existing patrimony. Initiating a long and medium term relevant investment programme and identifying financial support for it. Consolidating the educational and scientific research material basis and accelerating the process of advanced research equipment modernization;
• Developing a real and active partnership with students;
• Designing and operating modern administrative and academic structures, whose activity will be based on decentralised decision-making, financial autonomy and direct participation of all involved;
• Internationalization;
• Developing a close partnership with the society at large.