Academica

The Academica Virtual College of Excellence (The Academica Invisible College) has two distinct units.


(1) UBB Top Scientists – Professors/researchers at UBB (e.g., winners of Yearly Award/Prizes of Excellence in Research/Teaching, the mentors of students from the Invisible College of Excellence in Mentored Research/CIECM)

The unit makes periodical presentations of the institutionally accomplished projects and holds advanced classes/tutorials (as well as in the ID-IFR system, in collaboration with the continuous training center of UBB) in internationally spoken languages

  • In the academic year of 2016-2017, in December, UBB awarded, through the STAR-UBB Institute, at least one Excellence Award/Prize in Research/Teaching for every UBB faculty/college, if the performance criteria established by the Scientific Board of UBB are met.
  • In the academic year of 2017-2018, in December, UBB awarded, through the STAR-UBB Institute, at least one Excellence Award/Prize in Research/Teaching for every UBB faculty/college, if the performance criteria established by the Scientific Board of UBB are met.

(2) UBB Advanced Fellowships – International professors/researchers

The unit is organized through UBB Advanced Fellowship grants of excellence, grants advanced for a well-defined period, for the organization of conferences/advanced courses/joint research.

  • In the academic year of 2019, UBB awarded, through the STAR-UBB Institute, 15 UBB Advanced Fellowships-External, to top international researchers. The winners of UBB Advanced Fellowships-External in 2019 can be found HERE.
  • In the academic year of 2019-2020, UBB awarded, through the STAR-UBB Institute, 5 UBB Advanced Fellowships-External, to top international researchers. The fellowships were named after famous UBB scientists, thus celebrating 100 year of Romanian university in Cluj. The winners of UBB Advanced Fellowships-External in 2019-2020 are:
  • In the academic year of 2018-2019, UBB awarded, through the STAR-UBB Institute, 7 UBB Advanced Fellowships-External, to top international researchers. The winners of UBB Advanced Fellowships-External in 2018-2019 are:
  • In the academic year of 2017-2018, UBB awarded, through the STAR-UBB Institute, 7 UBB Advanced Fellowships-External, to top international researchers. The winners of UBB Advanced Fellowships-External in 2017-2018 are:
  • In the academic year of 2016-2017, UBB awarded, through the STAR-UBB Institute, 8 UBB Advanced Fellowships-External, to top international researchers. The winners of UBB Advanced Fellowships-External in 2016-2017 are:

The UBB Advanced Fellowships excellence grants can also be awarded to top professors/researchers from UBB and elsewhere in Romania (through a procedure approved and run by the Scientific Council of UBB), in sabbatical regime and/or associated to STAR-UBB Institute, for involvement in the functioning and/or in the activities of the Institute.

Some of the UBB Advanced Fellowships will be organized in partnership with socio-economic environment:

The advanced courses will aim not to address only transversal topics, as scientometrics, academic writing, ethics in science, etc., but also specialty topics.


The two units will conduct integrated actions, will be also inter-connected with those of the “Next Generation” Virtual College of Excellence, for the stimulation of mentored research and of learn

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