Education and Universities in Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca is one of the most important academic centres in Romania.
Universities:
- Babes-Bolyai University
- University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine
- Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (with more than 12,000 students) - Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy (with more than 6,000 students)
- Art and Design University
- Gheorghe Dima Music Academy
Some private universities:
- Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University (more than 1,500 students)
- Bogdan Voda University
- Avram Iancu University
- Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania
Some important public schools:
- Liceul de Informatica Tiberiu Popoviciu
- Colegiul National George Baritiu
- Liceul Teoretic Lucian Blaga
- Liceul Emil Racovita
- Liceul Gheorghe Sincai
- Liceul Nicolae Balcescu
- Liceul George Coobuc
- Liceul Mihai Eminescu
- Liceul Onisifor Ghibu
- Báthory István Elméleti Liceum
- János Zsigmond Unitárius Kollégium
- Brassai Sámuel Gimnázium
- Apáczai Csere János Elméleti Liceum.
There was another university in Cluj-Napoca, simply called University of Cluj (Romanian: Universitatea din Cluj, Hungarian: Kolozsvári Tudományegyetem), founded in 1872 by Emperor Franz Joseph I. In 1881 this university was renamed Franz Joseph University (Ferenc József Tudományegyetem). Soon after World War I, in 1919, the university moved to Budapest, where it remained until 1921 when it moved again, this time to Szeged. In August 1940, during the Second World War, Hitler awarded the northern half of Transylvania (including Cluj-Napoca) to Hungary by the second Vienna Award (Vienna Arbitration Award or Vienna Diktat).
During the Hungarian occupation of northern Transylvania, from August 1940 until 1945 the university moved to Cluj-Napoca. In 1945 it moved back to Szeged and was renamed University of Szeged, which became one of the most distinguished universities in Hungary and in Central Europe. At the same time (1940 - 1945), Universitatea din Cluj moved to Sibiu.