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The Sapientia – Hungarian University of Transylvania is an institution of Hungarian university education in Transylvania. At present the Sapientia Foundation finances the following 18 departments of the university: Environmental Geography, Film and Media Studies, International relations – European Studies in the town of Cluj (Kolozsvár); Agro-alimentary Economy, Management Accounting and IT, Sociology (Rural Development Studies), Romanian and English Language and Literature, Food Engineering, Environmental Protection and Engineering in Industry, General Economics, Social Communication and Public Relations, Environmental Economics in Miercurea Ciuc (Csíkszereda); Computer Science, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, Automation and Applied IT, Pedagogy, Social Communication and Public Relations, Landscaping in Tg-Mures (Marosvásárhely).

History

Its establishment was motivated by needs outgrowing the present choice of Hungarian university education in Romania, especially that the percentage of Hungarian students in Romanian university life does not represent the percentage of Hungarian population in Romania, and university education in Hungarian does not cover the range of necessary specializations. From among the 25.000 Hungarian students in Romania only every third may study in their mother tongue.

To fill the gap and fulfill the needs described above, the Board of Trustees of the Sapientia Foundation founded by the eight leaders of the Hungarian Historic Churches in Transylvania on the 14th of April 2000, decided to establish the Hungarian University of Transylvania.