- Agora University
Infobox University
name=Agora University
romanian_name=Universitatea Agora
established=2000
type=Private
rector=Miṣu-Jan Manolescu
faculty=Faculty of Law and Economics
students=1400
city=Oradea
country=Romania
website= [http://www.univagora.ro/english.html www.univagora.ro]
The Agora University is a private high education and research institution inRomania , developed inside the Agora Foundation.Its high standards of teaching and research had already created a name in the education sector. Strongly research oriented, it is known as an innovative and progressive institution which has made quality the core policy concern in all areas of the academic and cultural life of a multidisciplinary university with a well established international profile. Agora University is committed to prepare students for the challenges of a rapidly changing workplace.
As a major public university it has a radical commitment to the implementation of new forms of teaching, training and research which reflects its primary objective of serving the society in which it is embedded. It is in the context and in the framework of university autonomy that AGORA offers a diverse of study programs in response and adapted to the challenges of globalization and accelerated social and economic change.
Agora University is an alternative to the superior state education and complementary to it, which using a scientific political way to manage founds, it succeeded to maintain a low level of the scholar taxes that are not modified through an education cycle. More, AGORA Foundation offers 20 free places for each specialization (AGORA scholarships) and social scholarships.
Mission
Its mission is to offer:
*high-quality education
*specialist short courses
*international connections to abroad universitiesFacilities
*Well-equipped library
*Well-equipped computer laboratories (full internet access)
*Bright, comfortable seminar and lectures roomsInternational Relations
The staff is involved in international cooperation with foreign institutions, having good relationship and agreements with universities from Italy, U.S.A., France, Lithuania, Hungary.
AGORA University together with The Institute of Political Studies San Pio V of Rome, Italy opened the first series of courses for the Italian residents in Romania in 2001. The program was financed by the Italian Ministry of Labor and Social Assistance.
The San Pio V University of Rome, Italy, The University of Malta and AGORA University opened in 2003 The Master studies on Economical and Cultural Cooperation: "The Human Rights in The Mediterranean Region, The Ways of a Lasting Development".
Faculty of Law and Economics
The specializations from this faculty are:
*Law
*Management
*Accountability
*Economic informaticsPublishing House
The Agora University Editing House is recognized by the CNCSIS (NURC - The National University Research Council) and is publishing monographs, books, university courses and specialized journals. In this moment the Editing House is publishing two specialized reviews:
*Agora – Studies ("Romanian": Agora – Studii), an annual journal (from 2001) structured on two scientific domains: juridical science and economical sciences. The articles from this journal can be written in Romanian with a resume in English or directly in one of the following international languages: English, French, Spanish or German.
*IJCCC (International Journal of Computers, Communications and Control), a scientific journal in informatics that is published from 2006 and has 4 issues per year. Every issue is published in online format and print format. It offers free online access to the full content of the journal.
*IJJS (International Journal of Juridical Sciences), a scientific journal that is published from 2007 and has 4 issues per year. Every issue is published in online format and print format.CCC Publications, powered by AGORA University Publishing House, currently publishes IJCCC and its scope is to publish scientific literature (journals, books, monographs and conference proceedings) in the area: Computing, Communications, Control.External links
* [http://www.univagora.ro Agora University official site in English, Romanian and Italian]
* [http://www.journal.univagora.ro International Journal of Computers, Communications and Control (covered by ISI Thomson Reuters: Science Citation Index Expanded)]
* [http://www.iccc.univagora.ro International Conference on Computers, Communications and Control]
* [http://www.sahclubagora.com Agora ChessClub Oradea]
* [http://www.oradea.ro Oradea City Official site] ----
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