page_title: Babeș-Bolyai University
section_title: Campuses and buildings
hierarchical_section_title: Babeș-Bolyai University / Campuses and buildings
caption_attribution_description: Română: Biblioteca Centrală Universitară "Lucian Blaga" Cluj-Napoca This is a photo of a historic monument in județul Cluj, classified with number CJ-II-m-B-07296
context_page_description: The Babeș-Bolyai University, commonly known by its abbreviation, UBB, is a public university in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. UBB has the longest academic tradition among the Romanian universities, is the largest Romanian university, and occupies the first position among the Romanian universities in the University Metaranking initiated by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research in 2016.The Babeș-Bolyai University offers study programmes in Romanian, Hungarian, German, English, and French. The university was named after two prominent scientists from Transylvania, the Romanian bacteriologist Victor Babeș and the Hungarian mathematician János Bolyai. It is one of the five members of the Universitaria Consortium.
  UBB is affiliated, inter alia, to the International Association of Universities, the Santander Group, the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie and the European University Association. Likewise, UBB signed the Magna Charta Universitatum and concluded partnerships with 210 universities in 50 countries, and it is widely considered as one of the most prestigious in Eastern Europe.
context_section_description: The main campus is located in the city of Cluj-Napoca, with the university buildings spread across the city. The university has 17 student housing areas, totaling 5,280 places to stay (4,964 for students, 100 for athletes and 216 for PhD); most notable are Hașdeu and Economica. All dormitories are renovated, thermally insulated, have double-glazed windows, laminate flooring and chipboard or wood furniture. The Lucian Blaga University Library is located in the city centre. The university also has several colleges located in other cities spread across Transylvania and Maramureș.
  Within the university's cultural heritage are the University Museum (established in April 2001, with a collection of more than 750 original and facsimile pieces), the Mineralogical Museum, the Botanical Museum, the Paleontology-Stratigraphy Museum, the Vivarium and the Zoological Museum.
caption: Central University Library seen from Clinicilor Street
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