ERASMUS+
INCOMING students
Welcome @fspac
Welcome to FSPAC! Here you will find a warm community, ready to embrace you in all its activities. For academic guidance and cultural mediation, please meet our international cooperation team:
#fspac.international
Choosing your courses
Exchange students should follow these steps in order to select the courses before coming to FSPAC:
1.
Look through the FSPAC course catalogue sent by your coordinator and decide which courses you would like to chose
2.
Book an appointment with the exchange coordinator at your home university, to review the best choices you have made. Your exchange coordinator will help you determine whether you have selected the correct number and type of course credits in order to fulfil the requirements of your home and destination university.
3.
Fill the Learning Agreement, sign it and make sure it is also signed by your coordinator
4.
Send us a copy, for analysis and approval
FSPAC course catalogue
Important deadlines and information
Nomination for the 1st semester
1st of July
Nomination for the 2nd semester
1st of November.
For further details about the nomination process and mandatory documents, please contact our colleague, Ilona Drancă, responsible for incoming ERASMUS+ students @Centre for International Cooperation: ilona.dranca@ubbcluj.ro
If your institution has an agreement of cooperation with FSPAC, you can contact your International Office to inquire on the selection conditions.
Students and Ph.D. candidates of our partner universities are welcome to study at FSPAC within mobility schemes, in the framework of these agreements. Interested students and Ph.D. candidates can check if their home university has signed a general cooperation agreement with FSPAC Cluj-Napoca here: *link*
Ongoing academic calendar
| FIRST SEMESTER | ||
| 29/09/2022 – 30/09/2022 | preparation of the academic year | |
| 03/10/2022 – 23/12/2022 | teaching activities | 12 weeks (Wednesday, 30/11/2022, St. Andrew’s Day – public holiday and Thursday, 01/12/2022, Great Union Day – public holiday) |
| 26/12/2022 – 08/01/2023 | holiday | 2 weeks |
| 09/01/2023 – 20/01/2023 | teaching activities | 2 weeks |
| 23/01/2023 – 12/02/2023 | exam session | 3 weeks (Tuesday, 24/01/2023, Unification Day – public holiday) |
| 13/02/2023 – 19/02/2023 | holiday | 1 week |
| 20/02/2023 – 26/02/2023 | re-examination session* | 1 week |
SECOND SEMESTER | ||
27/02/2023 – 14/04/2023 | teaching activities | 7 weeks (Friday, 14/04/2023, Good Friday – public holiday) |
17/04/2023 – 23/04/2023 | Easter holiday | 1 week |
24/04/2023 – 09/06/2023 | teaching activities | 7 weeks (Monday, 01/05/2023, Labour Day – public holiday, Thursday, 01/06/2023, Children’s Day – public holiday and Monday, 05/06/2023 – Pentecost Monday – public holiday) |
12/06/2023 – 02/07/2023 | exam session | 3 weeks |
03/07/2023 – 09/07/2023 | holiday | 1 week |
10/07/2023 – 16/07/2023 | re-examination session* | 1 week |
17/07/2023 – 28/07/2023 | practical training period | where applicable (2 weeks) |
31/07/2023 – 01/10/2023 | holiday | 9 weeks |
SECOND SEMESTER – Final years | ||
27/02/2023 – 14/04/2023 | teaching activities | 7 weeks (Friday, 14/04/2023, Good Friday – public holiday) |
17/04/2023 – 23/04/2023 | Easter holiday | 1 week |
24/04/2023 – 26/05/2023 | teaching activities | 5 weeks (Monday, 01/05/2023, Labour Day – public holiday) |
29/05/2023 – 11/06/2023 | exam session | 2 weeks (Thursday, 01/06/2023, Children’s Day – public holiday and Monday, 05/06/2023 – Pentecost Monday – public holiday) |
12/06/2023 – 18/06/2023 | re-examination session | 1 week |
19/06/2023 – 02/07/2023 | preparation for the graduation/master’s degree exam | 2 weeks |
03/07/2023 – 09/07/2023 | Graduation/master’s degree final exam | 1 week |
* The re-examination session can be scheduled either in February/July, or in the first week of September.
** According to MECYS no. 3955 of May 9, 2008 (OM no. 440/12.06.2008) regarding the approval of the General Framework for the organization of internships in the bachelor’s and master’s degree programs (Art. 4, para. 2) – The period of the internship can be integrated both during the academic year and during the academic holidays.
The ECTS – European Credit Transfer System – was developed by the European Commission to provide common procedures, to guarantee academic recognition of studies abroad. It provides a way of measuring and comparing learning achievements and transferring them from one institution to another.
The ECTS system is based on the principle of mutual trust and confidence between the participating higher education institutions. The agreement between the home and host institutions establishing the programme of study to be taken (Learning Agreement), the use of credit units to indicate the student’s workload (ECTS credits) and the use of a Transcript of Records, which shows the student’s learning achievements. These achievements are communally understood and easily transferable from one institution to another, set out to reinforce the mutual trust and confidence.
In ECTS translation, 60 credits represent one year of study (in terms of workload); normally, 30 credits are given for 6 months (a semester) and 20 credits for a 3-month term (a trimester). ECTS credits are also allocated to practical placements and to thesis preparation when these activities are part of the regular programme of study (both the home and the host institutions).
ECTS credits are allocated to courses and are awarded to students who successfully complete those courses, by passing the examinations or other assessments. Examination and assessment results are usually expressed in grades.
Course (C) – facultative attendance (but clearly recommended)
Seminar (S) / workshop – mandatory attendance, cf. each course Syllabus
The Curriculum (Study Plan) for each specialization/course specifies the type of assessment the student will have to comply with, to pass that course and obtain the number of credits allocated to the subject.
The assessment can be done either by means of an examination or other types of assessment procedures (colloquia, mid-term examinations, project papers, etc.), some of which may be graded “passed” or “failed”.
During an academic year, for each course you may take the examination twice.
Failure to pass a subject that was included in your learning agreement means that you have to register for that subject and pay a fee, according to the number of credits allocated to that course. That is why you must ensure that you fully understand what is expected of you. There are precise requirements for each subject, and a breach of these rules may lead to penalties (both financial and procedural/administrative)
Romanian academic system and grading used by FSPAC is detailed below:
1 full academic year
60 credits
1 semester
30 credits
1 term/trimester
20 credits
UBB Residencies
Our faculty provides dorm residencies for its students in common campuses – Hașdeu, Complex Economy, Sport XXI @Babeș Park. All are known as being very active campuses, where you will be living with students from other UBB faculties, as well.
P.S. In Hașdeu campus you will find “Piezișă street”, keep that in mind 😉
FSPAC Buddy
We know that getting used to a new culture, language, environment must be sometimes hard and overwhelming: with the help of our students we came up with FSPAC Buddy! Through FSPAC buddy you will find a friend to introduce you to everything you need regarding the faculty, but also the life in Cluj-Napoca.
Real world testimonials
Cultural and linguistic diversity @fspac
If ever hearing a student or teacher talking about FSPAC, you will notice that he does it with passion, dedication and honesty. Why? Because FSPAC has managed over the years to surround itself with a variety of beautiful people, creating the community, visible today. We have never wondered where our students come from, because we appreciate, sustain and work over diversity of all kinds.
Moreover, we consider it the main reason why we learned as much from our students as they did from us. In addition to the academic side, we constantly grow the cultural and social activities, organizing intercultural exhibitions and gatherings, debates, meetings with communication and mediation specialists, evenings at the theater or opera.