A Brief History of Romania by The World Factbook 2006

The principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia - for centuries under the suzerainty of the Turkish Ottoman Empire - secured their autonomy in 1856; they united in 1859 and a few years later adopted the new name of Romania. The country gained recognition of its independence in 1878. It joined the Allied Powers in World War I and acquired new territories following the conflict. In 1940, it allied with the Axis powers and participated in the 1941 German invasion of the USSR. Three years later, overrun by the Soviets, Romania signed an armistice. The post-war Soviet occupation led to the formation of a Communist "people's republic" in 1947 and the abdication of the king. Read More

ictor Papilian” Faculty of Medicine in Sibiu was founded in 1990. The Ministry of Education and Research accredited the General Medicine degree programme in the year 2000. The Dental Medicine degree programme and the Medical College for Nurses are being considered for accreditation, having already trained three generations of alumni.

The Faculty has been constantly concerned with developing high quality medical training that should meet the national, as well as international standards of competitiveness (in accordance with the European Union’s requirements) so that the degrees should be acknowledged all over Europe.

During the academic year 2003-2004, 775 students were trained here by 124 full-time teaching staff, all excellent professionals. The faculty has the right to organize doctoral studies, postgraduate programmes and M.A. courses.

The clinical equipment of the faculty consists of 3,000 beds and a modern, 5,000 square meter building, for courses in the pre-clinical subjects.

The computer laboratory has a network of 20 computers, all having optical fibre Internet connection, thus allowing free access to information for students and teaching staff.

Medical students benefit from the excellent accommodations offered by the university campus. Depending on their grades, students may benefit from scholarships granted by the Ministry of Education and Research, as well as scholarships abroad due to the relationships developed by the faculty with similar institutions in France, Germany and England.

"Victor Papilian" Faculty of Medicine carries out in both content and form the exceptional medical tradition that ranks Sibiu with the most important medical centres. In spite of being a “young” institution, we have successfully integrated into the University of Sibiu, which permanently consolidates its name in the country and abroad. We have built a “strong” faculty and organised a competitive teaching process, integrated in the European requirements by numerous ties with peer faculties from abroad.

Done to its specialization fields the European – oriented curricula, a well prepared, remarkable teaching staff, the „Victor Papilian” Faculty of Medicine has become of great interest for the high-school graduates who want to become dedicated doctors.

Nowadays medicine does not imply only human quality and exceptional scientific knowledge, but the necessary technical supplies, too.

Benefiting of a new building with well equipped laboratories and a clinic hospital with performed medical equipment, a responsible medical staff, Sibiu can be ranked as a competitive medical academic centre, able to give out distinguished doctors by a man-to-man instructive process.

• Over 120 permanent teaching staff, of which 31 professors and assistant professors
• Over 5000 m2 of functional space in the new building of the faculty, inaugurated in 2003-2004, including 15 lectures classes, 14 seminary classes and 29 preclinical laboratories
• 5 hospitals with more than 20 Clinics and approximately 3000 beds
• The Medical Library with more than 2797 titles of medical literature, 4406 volumes, 55 medical on publishing line and 101 medical revues titles
• The University Campus offering 2 students /room spaces, the fee/student being around 100 Euro/month
• The Dentistry Centre (reorganized)
• The National Nursing Centre
• Internet Access
• International Tie's with the following Universities: Marburg University ~ Germany, Bari University ~ Italy, Bordeaux University ~ France, Padjadjaran University ~ Indonesia, Louisville University ~ USA, Lancashire Nursing Faculty ~ England, Preston Nursing Faculty ~ England.