It’s a round and round-up year for us, the 30 th in our history, and a year full of challenges too.

This is the year when we also have to start the construction of a bridge, here at Danubius. An evolution bridge. But it’s the fourth in our career.

And our belonging to the international academic world will also depend on this bridge that we have to build in the coming years. But the bridge that we quite start in this academic year has a big chance of success as it represents, in fact, the materialization of a dream, of an apparently.

Without physically enlarging – and even without increasing its carbon footprint – our university evolved from a regional rank institution with national reputation to an educational corporation about which many have heard around the world.

Moreover, we have become more visible at home too for our sustained efforts in building local clusters with international implications and enjoying international support. The clusters we have initiated or participated into deal with critical issues like Green Energy, Health, Naval Transport, Creative Industries and IT, the last resulting in a new faculty within our university.

Notably, the number of education fields has tripled since the foundation of Danubius. Today, we serve our community with educational services including fields of study as Digital Media, Pedagogy and Social Care too.

It is in our power to distinguish ourselves as experts in the fields in which we operate, to find the most effective ways to weld teams, to become leaders of the academic platform and to drive the development of society. It is in our power to maintain and raise the academic standards to which we have been active so far in order to become new models for others.

Harmony comes from welfare, welfare is achieved through professionalism. Professionalism is built through education.

Our mission should be clear: we must continue to believe in education, civilisation, power of words against weapons, of science and culture against preconceptions and hate.

This is why the 30 years we celebrate today may look many in terms of accumulations and experience. But they may look just few when thinking about the many opportunities the internationalization opens to us and how many things we have to build sometimes from scratch, given the global context presently redesigned.

A new academic year - the best you can have! And I wish you happy years, as many as possible and full of professional satisfaction from what you learned in our university!

It is with the deepest sadness that we announce the departure of our beloved father, founder, and academic leader, Mr. Benone Pușcă, who passed away on September 8, 2022. A great Romanian visionary leader in the fields of Education and Jurisprudence, Mr. Pușcă founded Danubius University in 1992 to expand higher education access to more Romanians, especially in the cities of Galati, Braila and the region.

Mr. Pușcă was an esteemed Justice of The Law from 1964 to 1970 and a member of the Romanian Legal Academy. Mr. Pușcă was an accomplished writer who published several academic and non-academic books, including poetry and drama. Mr. Pușcă was a recipient of the Romanian Ministry of Education Order of Merit for Higher Education.

Mr. Benone Pușcă is survived by his wife Alexandra Pușcă and his son, Dr. Andy Pușcă. Mr. Pușcă left behind a great legacy of Danubius University with over 20,000 alumns who are actively contributing to Romania, Europe and the world.

May His Soul Rest In Perfect Peace

Danubius University Family

The event took place on May 12-14th at “Danubius” University of Galati, Romania, along with its co-organizing partners of the event, the University of Camerino, Italy, "Angel Kanchev" University of Ruse, Bulgaria, “Aleksander Moisiu” University of Durres, Albania, The University of Tirana, Albania, The Free International University of Moldova.

Thus, on May 12th, the 1st Plenary Session took place (physically, in the Senate Room). Also on May 12th, in the afternoon, we had the first thematic section, with an online participation (Zoom). The second conference day was opened by Plenary Session 2, held online (Zoom) and continued with the online thematic sections (Zoom), according to the program. The third day continued with the scheduled thematic sections, the conference ending at 12:00.

Two of the event keynote speakers were Dr. Muhammad Shahbaz and Professor Steve O. Michael, PhD, who shared with the audience the latest studies in their research fields, whose results being important to the world, especially during this period, in which humanity has to go through major changes in mentality in terms of environmental economics, but also the evolution of education systems.

Dr. Muhammad Shahbaz is a Professor of Economics at Beijing Institute of Technology, China and a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge, UK. He received his PhD in Economics from the National College of Business Administration and Economics, Lahore, Pakistan. His research focuses on the economics of development, energy, environment and tourism.

Professor Steve O. Michael, PhD is the Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost of Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles, California. He is also President of the Association for the Global Advancement of Universities and Colleges (AGAUC) and Interim Executive Director of the Association of Chief Academic Officers (ACAO) - a national association for provosts and vice presidents for academic affairs. 

The general manager of this scientific event, Associate Professor Florian Nuță, PhD, Vice-Rector for Research and Quality Assurance at “Danubius’ University, told us that:

“The EIRP 2022 International Conference took place over three days (May 12-14th) in hybrid system. This year we had 5 partner universities from abroad and a number of 173 participants, with a number of 105 presentations. This year's edition benefited from the participation of Professor Muhammad Shahbaz as keynote speaker, a well-known and internationally appreciated researcher. Another important achievement of this edition was the large number of papers submitted by our students, in the section dedicated to students’ presentations. We are happy about this as attracting students to the research activity is one of our  strategic goals, which is already showing tangible results.

Mioara Lepădatu

PR Specialist

12 - 14 MAY, 2022

#Danubius University of Galati, Romania, together with its co-organizing partners, University of Camerino, Italy, University of Ruse "Angel Kanchev", Bulgaria, Aleksander Moisiu University of Durres, Albania, University of Tirana, Albania, Free International University of Moldova is pleased to invite you to the INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, hosted by Danubius University

Two of our keynote speakers are Dr. Muhammad Shahbaz and Professor Dr. Steve O. Michael.

Dr. Muhammad Shahbaz is professor of Economics at the Beijing Institute of Technology, China and Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge, UK. He received his PhD in Economics from the National College of Business Administration and Economics, Lahore, Pakistan. His-research focuses on the development, energy, environmental, and tourism economics.

Professor Dr. Steve O. Michael is PhD Executive VP for Academic Affairs & Provost “Integrating CDU Advantage into Health Professions Curricula at CHARLES R. DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE CDU, President of the Association for the Global Advancement of Universities and Colleges (AGAUC) and the Interim Executive Director of the Association of Chief Academic Officers (ACAO)—a national association for provosts and vice presidents for academic affairs.

https://conferences.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/EIRP/EIRP2022

Mioara Lepădatu

PR Specialist