Required documents:

• copy of the signed Learning Agreement // Academic mobility protocol
• copy of the passport/national ID and of the visa (applicable only for non-EU students)
• updated copy of the Transcript of Records from the home university.
• two passport-sized photos

The Romanian grading scale runs from 1 to 10 and the marks have the following meanings: 1-4 fail, 5-6 sufficient, 7 satisfactory, 8 good, 9 very good, 10 excellent.

Recommended ECTS grades:

• 1-4 = F
• 5-6 = E
• 7 = D
• 8 = C
• 9 = B
• 10 = A

The total number of ECTS credits for one semester is 30 (thirty) and for one academic year is 60 (sixty).

What is the Bologna Process?

The Bologna Process is an intergovernmental higher education reform process that includes 48 European countries aimed at enhancing the quality and recognition of European higher education systems and improving the conditions for exchange and collaboration within Europe, as well as internationally.

The three priorities of the Bologna process are:

• introduction of the three cycle system (bachelor/master/doctorate)
• quality assurance
• recognition of qualifications and periods of study

Promotion of student mobility and diploma recognition in Europe are possible mainly due to the use of European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS).

ECTS credits are allocated to all educational components / disciplines of a study programme (including course units, modules, placements, dissertation work, etc.) based on the allocation of 60 credits per full-time academic year, according to the estimated workload required to achieve the defined learning outcomes for each component.

In our university, disciplines taught within an undergraduate study programme are awarded between 4 and 6 ECTS credits, while disciplines of a Master study programme are awarded between 5 and 10 ECTS credits. One ECTS credit is equal to 25 hours of student work (including contact hours, independent or guided study, practical/specialised training).

More general information on ECTS available at: http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-policy/doc48_en.htm.

Beginning with the 2005-2006 academic year, academic education in Romania is structured on 3 study levels:

Bachelor Studies lasting 3 years (except for the specializations Law, Technological Physics Geological Engineering, Pastoral Orthodox Theology and Pastoral Catholic Theology)
Master Studies lasting 2 years
Doctoral Studies lasting 3 years

More info on the Bologna Process at European level available at: http://ec.europa.eu/education/higher-education/doc1290_en.htm

All students registered at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University can have access to the University libraries and to other libraries in Iasi.

The Central University Library (Biblioteca Centrală Universitară „Mihai Eminescu”)

4 Pacurari Street, http://www.bcu-iasi.ro, tel. 0040-232-264245, e-mail: bcuis@bcu-iasi.ro

Access to the library services is possible based on the entrance permit (which is also valid for the library branches). Permits can be obtained from the Permits Office, the Central Library building, ground floor. Necessary documents:

• student card or certificate
• ID card
• a small-size photo.

Central University Library branches

• Biology: 20A Bd. Carol I, Building B 1st floor, room B-459; e-mail: bib.bio@uaic.ro, tel.: 201473
• Physics and Chemistry: 11 Bd. Carol I, Building A ground floor; e-mail: bib.fiz@uaic.ro, tel.: 201151
• Geography and Geology: 20A Bd. Carol I, Building B 3rd floor; e-mail: * Computer Science: 16 General Berthelot Str., Building C ground floor; e-mail: bib.inf@uaic.ro
• Mathematics: 20A Bd. Carol I, Building B ground floor; e-mail: bibmath@uaic.ro, tel.: 201561
• “Al. Myller” Mathematical Seminary: 11 Bd. Carol I, Building A; e-mail: semmath@uaic.ro
• Law: 11 Bd. Carol I, Building A 2nd floor; e-mail: bib.law@uaic.ro, tel.: 201159
• History: 11 Bd. Carol I, Building A 2nd floor; e-mail: bib.ist@uaic.ro, tel.: 201157
• Letters: 14 Codrescu Str. (Codrescu Campus); tel. 116600
• Economical Sciences: 16 General Berthelot Str., Building C 3rd floor; e-mail: eco@uaic.ro, tel.: 201452
• The on-line library of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration: 20A Bd. Carol I, Building B 1st floor, room 401
• Philosophy: 11 Lapusneanu Str. (near Casa Studentilor); tel.: 201155
• Pedagogy, Psychology and Physical Education and Sport: 3 Toma Cozma Str., Building D ground floor; tel.: 201127
• Orthodox Theology: 9 Closca Str., Building T ground floor

Other libraries in Iasi

• Romanian Academy Library: 8 Bd. Carol I, tel.: 267584
• Gheorghe Asachi Public Library of Iasi: 4 Palat Str., tel./fax: 212773
• French Cultural Centre: 26 Bd. Carol I, tel.: 267637, fax: 211026
• British Council: 4 Pacurari Str., tel./fax: 316159
• German Cultural Centre: 21 Bd. Carol I, tel.: 214051

ACCESS TO INTERNET in the C5 student residence

Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi is an EDUROAM enabled location (a roaming service used in most of the universities from EU countries, but also outside the EU). International students from universities who already have access to EDUROAM should connect to the EDUROAM guest network available in the C5 residence and use the password they have previously set in order to connect. This way, they will get easy access to WiFi (EDUROAM authentication is automatic).

International students who DO NOT use EDUROAM should follow the steps described in our university’s internal registration procedure.

Please click here to see the connection steps. 

Given that being granted access may take around 24 hours, you may want to start the registration process before your arrival in Iasi. The network configuration step is to be done only after your actual arrival in the C5 residence.

Please note that, throughout their visit at UAIC, all our guests (students, researchers and staff alike) are compelled to use the university’s logistics and infrastructure for educational purposes exclusively, in accordance with our applicable internal procedures.

In Gaudeamus Centre for International Exchanges, free-of-charge internet connection can be provided in each room.

Almost all faculties have computer rooms, where students can have free-of-charge access to Internet. It is possible to use these computers only based on the student card, which proves that the student is registered at the respective faculty.

Alexandru Ioan Cuza University has its own Sports Centre (volley-ball, gymnastics, basketball, handball, fitness) and outdoor sport grounds (handball, basketball, football): 3 Toma Cozma Str., Building D of the University, underground floor.

There are also many possibilities in the city to do sport activities (aerobics, swimming, sauna, massage, fitness private clubs, skiing on Copou Hill in winter time, etc.).

What to do in Iasi?

Find out here!

“…Forever the traveller and the wanderer, I always found Iaşi to be a restful place to stop by (…). I remember its cheerfulness as being entirely intellectual, presided over by the icon of my literary friends, gathered in debates and readings (…). A day spent in Iaşi was for me a discreet and finely nuanced celebration. In Iaşi I felt closer than elsewhere to the ideal place where everyone would like to spend their life. There was, in this royal city, enveloped in the melancholy of unbearably grand memories, more wit and more worship of all things intellectual than in any other Romanian centre…”

Gala Galaction – “Iaşii-precum erau”

For more information about the city you are invited to visit the official website of the Touristic Information Center of Iaşi.

•  “Journées de la Francophonie”: end of March
• The National Book Fare: 21–25 April
• Romanian-French Music Festival (“Fête de la musique”): May
• “Cucuteni 5000” – Ceramics Fair: end of May/beginning of June and 12-15 October
• The Beer Festival: 12-15 June
• The Romanian Folk Music Festival for Children “Catalina”: July or August
• The Fashion Week: October
• The City of Iasi Festival (St. Parascheva Days, the patron saint of Iasi) – Religious and Cultural Festivities: 8 – 15 October
• “Dies Academicus” of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University: 26 October (conferences, symposia, etc.)
• “Unifest”, Students’ Festival: 8-14 November

You may want visit the most important monuments of art in Iasi, as well as the most important religious sites. Iasi is extremely rich in religious monuments of all ages, from the Middle Ages (the ‘embroidered’ Church of the Three Hierarchs) to the modern times (the Metropolitan Church).

You may also want to visit the beautiful sites around the city (Ciric lake and forest; Birnova, Bucium and Poieni Forests).

But most of all, make sure to take a trip to the famous chain of monasteries in Northern Moldavia. Most of them are painted monasteries dating back to the 15th – 16th centuries. To give just a few examples:

• the Monastery of Voronet is unique in the world due to the mysterious origin of its deep-blue colour and to the painting of the “Last Judgement” on its western exterior wall;
• the Monastery of Putna has a powerful symbolical meaning for the Romanian people because it was built by the most famous Moldavian ruler, Stefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great), whose grave is also at Putna;
• the Monasteries of Sucevita, Moldovita, Dragomirna, Arbore, Bistrita, Agapia, Varatec and many othersare all beautifully-painted unique monuments of art and religion.

Virtual tour

Location: Codrescu campus, 1, Codrescu street, Iași 700479

Accommodation cost: approx. 150 euros/month

Places are available in double rooms (fully furnished, including a TVset and a refrigerator); each room has a private bathroom and a little balcony. On each floor there is a kitchen equipped with gas-stoves and ovens. International guests can also have breakfast and lunch at the Gaudeamus Restaurant.

Access to the Internet is made available (using an internet cable from the socket to the laptop).

Laundry can be done at request and free-of-charge.