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The website is designed as an online presentation of the Jean Monnet Chair Nr. 564672 Building the United States of Europe: Democracy, Security and Diversity for the New Generation of EU Citizens, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.The duration is three consecutive academic years, between 2015 and 2018.

The project website addresses the students and general public as a method of keeping them informed on the evolution of the project. It’s a complementary material to the courses/seminars materials, a place to disseminate the photos from the project activities, a place to get feedback from the general public. It’s useful in disseminating the results of the project and providing course and seminar materials for students in order to subscribe them to a general evolution of the courses.

The project website brings information regarding courses and events organized,career opportunities, conferences, internship and will stand as a model for future projects. It is also a place for dissemination and exploitation of results.

Beneficiary

Babeş-Bolyai University (BBU) is the oldest academic institution in Romania. It aims to promote and sustain the development of specific cultural components within the local, regional, national and international community.

Between 1991-2005 an extensive process of faculties diversification took place, either by their detachment from older structures, either by direct establishment. Thus, since the 2006-2007 academic year Babeș-Bolyai University has been operating in a system of 21 faculties.By 2015, of the 21 faculties of Babeș-Bolyai University, 17 faculties included activities in Hungarian, and 9 faculties in German.

Thus, in the Best Global Universities 2015 ranking Babeș-Bolyai University ranked 560th in the world and in the top released by the Times Higher Education for 2015-2016, Babeș-Bolyai University was the single university in Romania placed in the 501-600 category. According to the Report of National Universities Metaranking Exercise of 2016 Babeș-Bolyai University is ranked first in Romania.(More details, here: http://www.ubbcluj.ro/en/despre/)

Babes-Bolyai University has great experience in the field of European Union studies. Since 1995, the Faculty of European Studies has specializations in International Relations and European Studies.Within the Faculty of History and Philosophy is a Department of International Studies and Contemporary History, withBA and MAspecializations in international studies such as: International Relations and European Studies and Security Studies (romanian and english), Leadership and Communication in international organisations or Security management in contemporary society. The university has also a Doctoral School in International Relations and Security Studies.