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Universities in Romania
Romania has 65 universities on the map. The oldest dates to 1776. Most were founded in the modern era. Below: how they spread across the centuries, and the country’s oldest institutions. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-22.
UNIVERSITIES65
OLDEST1776
FOUNDED 1900+49
By founding era
Before 12000 · 0%
1200–15990 · 0%
1600–189916 · 25%
1900 or later49 · 75%
Date unknown0 · 0%
Oldest universities in Romania
The country’s earliest institutions — the deepest roots of higher education here.
1776Babeș-Bolyai University
1847Nicolae Bălcescu Academy of Land Forces
1852University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest
1857Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy
1860George Enescu University of Arts
1860Alexandru Ioan Cuza University
1864Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest
1864National University of Music Bucharest
1864Politehnica University of Bucharest
1864Bucharest National University of Arts
1864University of Bucharest
1869University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca
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