Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad

Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad is a public institution of higher education that continues the local tradition of academic education started with the:

• Institute of Theology (1822),
• The Faculty of Livestock and Veterinary Medicine (1947),
• The Institute of Engineering (1972).

The development of professional competences is achieved in the following areas: 

• Vehicle Engineering, System Engineering, 
• Industrial Engineering, 
• Management and Engineering, 
• Environmental Engineering, 
• Food Engineering , 
• Rural and Agricultural development, 
• Language and Literature, 
• Administrative Sciences, 
• Communication Sciences, 
• Theology, 
• Business Administration, 
• Finances, 
• Management, marketing, 
• IT, 
• Mathematics, 
• Social Assistance,  
• Psychology, 
• Educational Sciences, 
• Physical Education and Sport, 
• Visual Arts, 
• Sociology and associated educational domains

AVU`s mission regarding scientific research could be summarized by:

• Developing highly relevant interdisciplinary, fundamental and applied scientific research
• Involving the university’s staff in research: teaching staff, PhD, MA and undergraduate students alike
•  Promoting research-development-innovation centers at university and faculty levels alike in order to: centralize efforts in obtaining valuable research results, highlighting the institutional ability to cooperate with the scientific and socio-economic environment, the development of a functional partnership with national and international research institutes.