UNIVERSITATEA
ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Coordinator: Henri LUCHIAN, Professor, PhD — Vice-Rector for International Relations; Erasmus Institutional Coordinator

Mission

The aim of the Department of International Relations is to support the internationalisation policy of the University, to create and maintain the image of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, in its quality of forum for education, science and culture in Romania and abroad.

In order to reach this aim, the Department of International Relations follows three directions:

• International Relations;
• Public Relations;
• Relations with the local and national media.

What can our Department offer you?

• the reference library of our Department (Information Centre) is at your disposal providing: brochures from universities in our country and abroad, materials containing information about possibilities to study (and finance your studies) abroad;
• information concerning the conditions for obtaining grants abroad, offered by different institutions, national and international organisations;
• we are in charge of the formalities for traveling abroad of our academics, administrative staff and students (including information about obtaining visas);
• we are at your disposal with materials presenting the university, in case our academics and students travel to a foreign university;
• we look for partnerships for different international programmes;
• we offer technical assistance for elaborating projects;
• we contribute to the organisation of seminars, conferences etc.;
• we contribute to the organisation of schedules for foreign visitors (accommodation, visits);
• we advertise the actions which take place in our University, with the help of the media;
• we draw up the official correspondence related to the initial establishment of contacts with universities abroad;
• we present to our students the international programmes in which our University is involved or to which it has access (Erasmus, Leonardo, CEEPUS, etc.);
• we offer information about and establish contacts with organisations such as: Fulbright, Monbusho, The British Council, The French Cultural Centre, The German Cultural Centre, etc.;
• we take care that the money allocated for international projects is well used;
• we study the educational offer on the Internet;
• we offer consultancy about how to create the image of the faculty;
• we are involved in publishing the information bulletin of the University, providing data about the actions which are part of the competence field of our Department;
• we elaborate informative/ advertising materials in Romanian and in foreign languages promoting the University image and our Department abroad.

WHO ARE WE?

Livia DIMITRIU — Head of Department

T: (+40 232) 201022
E: livia.vranescu@uaic.ro

• Inter-university collaboration agreements with the anglophone world
• European and pan-European programmes (Leonardo, Fulbright etc.)
• Foreign students and lecturers
• International summer courses of Romanian language, culture and civilisation
• Utrecht Network and Coimbra Group
• Administrator of Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Project EMERGE
• also part-time member of the European Programmes Office

Ionela Lăcrămioara CIOBANAŞU

T: (+ 40 232) 201112
E: ionelac@uaic.ro

• Inter-university collaboration agreements with the Francophone world and exchanges within AUF and RUFAC Network
• Scholarships abroad (AUF, CNBSS, Mellon Fellowships, etc.)

Gina MARINESCU

T: (+ 40 232) 201839
E: gina.marinescu@uaic.ro

• Bilateral agreements with Asian universities
• Working out presentation materials in English and French
• Monthly elaboration of the International Relations chapter of the Informative Bulletin
• Procedure for outgoing mobilities
• Handling the materials that come into the Students' Documentation Centre
• Counseling to Romanian students concerning mobilities (including incoming and outgoing student mobilities within the Utrecht network - AEN and MAUI)
• Counseling to incoming Erasmus Mundus students

The European Programmes Office was set up according to the Senate Board Decision no. 21 / 16.06.2005, based on the Order no. 4284 / 7.06.2005 of the Ministry of Education and Research. The European Programmes Office is part of the Department of International Relations. By initiating, supporting and promoting the European and international integration and cooperation activities and by participating to their implementation, the European Programmes Office shares the specific objectives of the Department of International Relations, which derive from the general objectives of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University regarding its international activity.

Ioana Carmen PĂŞTINARU

T: (+ 40 232) 201021
E: ioana.pastinaru@uaic.ro

• LLP ERASMUS Programme (outgoing student placement mobility; incoming and outgoing staff mobility)

Ioana Andreea PRISTAVU

T: (+40 232) 201111
E: ioana.pristavu@uaic.ro

• LLP ERASMUS Programme (outgoing student study mobility; EILC courses; bilateral agreements)
• Administrator of Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Project IANUS

Dana Maria DAIA

T: (+40 232) 201113
E: dana.daia@uaic.ro

• LLP ERASMUS Programme (outgoing student study mobility; incoming students)
• Administrator of Erasmus Mundus Action 2 Project EDEN

Oana ŢONEA

T: (+40 232) 201111
E: oana.tonea@uaic.ro

• Financial administration of LLP ERASMUS outgoing mobility
• Verification of financial documents of all the programs / reports with European funds managed at the level of the DIR (under the LLP Programme, Jean Monnet, Erasmus Mundus)

CONTACT:

ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Bulevardul Carol I, nr.11, 700506 Iaşi, ROMANIA
F: (+40 232) 201201
E: relint@uaic.ro

Erasmus Faculty Coordinators