The Virtual College of Excellence “Next Generation” (The Next Generation Invisible College) has three distinct units.
(1) UBB Student Fellowship – Students (bachelor, master, doctoral, including all lines of study)
The Excellence/Performance Scholarships’ winners, coordinated by the Scientific Council of UBB, reunited in an Invisible College of Excellence in Mentored Research/ICEMR [research is focused on (a) the fundamental/exploratory, multi-, inter- and trans-disciplinary issues or (b) sports or cultural-artistic field]
- During the academic year of 2016-2017, the STAR-UBB Institute provided 60 Excellence/ Performance Scientific Scholarships, 6 Excellence/Sports Performance Scholarships, and 6 Excellence/Cultural–Artistic Performance Scholarships.
- During the academic year of 2017-2018, the STAR-UBB Institute provided 60 Excellence/ Performance Scientific Scholarships, 6 Excellence/Sports Performance Scholarships, and 6 Excellence/Cultural–Artistic Performance Scholarships.
- During the academic year of 2018-2019, the STAR-UBB Institute provided 60 Excellence/ Performance Scientific Scholarships, 6 Excellence/Sports Performance Scholarships, and 6 Excellence/Cultural–Artistic Performance Scholarships.
Students of the Students’ Academic Performance College/SAPC (research is focused on multi-, inter- and trans-disciplinary aspects, socially relevant and associated to social volunteering)
- During the academic year of 2016-2017, the STAR-UBB Institute provided 40 positions in SAPC.
- During the academic year of 2017-2018, the STAR-UBB Institute provided 40 positions in SAPC.
- During the academic year of 2018-2019, the STAR-UBB Institute provided 40 positions in SAPC.
Students awarded fellowships for European Doctorate (Doctor Europaeus/Europaea)
- Moraru Ionut Tudor, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (2018)
- Popa Marius, Faculty of Letters (2018)
- Zanellato Gianluca, Faculty of Economical Sciences and Business Administration (2018)
- Ionela Bogdan, Faculty of History and Philosophy (2017)
- Viktória Kulcsár, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (2017)
- Bartucz Monica, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (2017)
- Dragos Onescu, Faculty of European Studies (2017)
(2) UBB Postdoctoral Fellowships – Postdoctoral researchers
(3) UBB Young Fellowships – Young researchers
- During the academic year of 2016-2017, the STAR-UBB Institute has already awarded 50 UBB Young Fellowships grants.
Each excellence unit has integrated actions, such as periodic presentations of the undertaken projects, in order to stimulate multi-, inter- and trans-disciplinary research.