WESTERN “VASILE GOLDIȘ” UNIVERSITY OF ARAD

An institution founded on conviction. Built for people.

Founded in 1990 as the first private university in post-war Transylvania, UVVG now trains professionals in six cities, from Arad to Baia Mare.

Who we are

Western “Vasile Goldiș” University of Arad is a higher education institution, a private-law legal entity of public utility, part of the national education system. Academically and economically autonomous, founded in 1990, accredited by Law No. 240/2002 and periodically evaluated by ARACIS and AHPGS.

The “Vasile Goldiș” Western University of Arad was founded in 1990 by the late Prof. Dr. AUREL ARDELEAN, founding rector of the University and president of the “Vasile Goldiș” University Foundation of Arad, with the aim of promoting the values ​​of education, research and the relationship with society, under the banner of the academic community, valuing the institutional culture and perpetuating national and universal values, being the first private university in post-war Transylvania.

In 2002, the “Vasile Goldiș” Western University of Arad was accredited by law, and represents a higher education institution, a legal entity of private law and of public utility, part of the national education system, being subject to periodic evaluations carried out by prestigious bodies, both at national and international level such as AHPGS and ARACIS.

The founding rector of the “Vasile Goldiș” Western University of Arad, Prof. Dr. AUREL ARDELEAN will remain a symbol of openness, humanism, positive actions, altruism and exceptional successes, the effects of which will be appreciated in the future. He will always be present here, alongside us, and the “Vasile Goldiş” West University of Arad will bear witness to his activity as well as to the supreme sacrifice.

The academic community of the “Vasile Goldiş” West University of Arad undertakes to carry forward the legacy left by the late founding rector, prof. univ. dr. AUREL ARDELEAN, to the city and county of Arad, relying on excellence, flexibility and the quality of the educational act, as witnessed by the generations of graduates well inserted in the labor market.

The University provides education and research services in the field of scientific knowledge and has as its ideal the use of academic values for the purpose of:

1. Students’ personal development – Initial and continuing university and postgraduate training, to support graduates’ integration into the labor market and meet the competency needs of the socio-economic environment.

2. Research and innovation – Scientific research, development, innovation, and technology transfer in the biomedical, legal, socio-human, and economic fields, with the valorization and dissemination of results.

3. Community engagement – Joint activities for the benefit of the social, economic, and cultural environment of the Arad community and the western region of Romania.

4. Internationalization – A tool for enhancing the quality of education and research through European partnerships, Erasmus+, and programs in internationally used languages.

The mission undertaken by “Vasile Goldiș” Western University of Arad is education and research, with the aim of generating and transferring knowledge to society through:
  • initial and continuous university and postgraduate training, aimed at the professional and personal development of students, doctoral students and learners, as well as at supporting graduates’ integration into the labor market and meeting the competence needs of the socio-economic environment;
  • research, development, innovation and technological transfer through individual and collective creation in the scientific fields specific to the accredited/provisionally authorized study programs, especially in the biomedical, legal, socio-human and economic fields, as well as by ensuring physical and sports performance and development, and by valorizing and disseminating research results;
  • community involvement, through joint activities carried out for the benefit of the University and the social, economic and cultural environment;
  • internationalization, as an instrument for increasing the quality of education and research.

“Vasile Goldiș” Western University of Arad, as an accredited private higher education institution of public utility, provides education and research services in the field of scientific knowledge. Its ideal is the free, full, and harmonious development of human individuality, the formation of an autonomous personality, and the adoption of a system of values necessary for personal fulfillment and development, for the development of entrepreneurial spirit, for active civic participation in society, for social inclusion, and for employment on the labor market.

Western “Vasile Goldiș” University is accredited by Law No. 240/2002 and periodically evaluated by ARACIS (the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education).

Quality management of study programs and educational activities is designed as a major objective and a fundamental condition for fulfilling the assumed mission—sustained, consistent, and specific efforts to develop student and graduate performance.

Why Vasile Goldiș?

Why Vasile Goldiș? The university is named after its spiritual patron Vasile Goldiș, one of the leaders and ideologists of the Great Union of December 1, 1918, who stated that “only cultural-educational institutions, in which education plays the basic role, are meant to contribute to the affirmation of a people in a national democracy”!

Thus, the founding rector, prof. univ. dr. AUREL ARDELEAN, was the one who “fulfilled the dream of the people of Arad to have higher education” in the city, as Vasile Goldiș wanted at the beginning of the last century, right in the Parliament of Budapest.

In memoriam

Prof. Aurel Ardelean, PhD, was a prominent figure in Arad’s academic environment and the founding rector of “Vasile Goldiș” Western University of Arad. Through vision, dedication, and constant involvement, he contributed to the development of a university institution built around education, research, and respect for the community.

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