was established through a structural funds project intended primarily to facilitate the increase of the university’s competitiveness in national and international research. in addition, the development of the institute also aimed at anchoring the university in the business environment of the region, through technology transfer and the development of applied research, in close connection with local and regional needs for research-development-innovation. the scientific research at the university has been structured on 30 priority, interdisciplinary fields that enable its successful integration in the european research area. the 30 research centres are: renewable energy systems and recycling high-tech products for the automotive industry numerical simulation, testing and mechanics of composite materials sustainable forestry and wildlife management forest engineering, forest management and terrestrial measurements advanced mechatronic systems advanced manufacturing technologies and systems economic engineering and production systems eco-biotechnologies and equipment in food and agriculture advanced electrical systems advanced metal, ceramics and mmc-composite materials and technologies process control systems industrial informatics and robotics furniture eco-design, restoration and certification in the wood industry advanced welding eco-technologies embedded systems and advanced communications innovative technologies and advanced products in the wood industry mathematical modelling and software products economic research fundamental research and prevention strategies in medicine applied medicine and interventional strategies in medical practice cultural innovation and creativity theoretical and applied linguistics life quality and human performance design of mechanical elements and systems communication and social innovation personal, professional and institutional development and education for a sustainable community centre for law studies "emil poenaru" the science of music – excellence in music performance civil engineering design centre of the pro-dd institute other structures university library publications fund: - 567,335 books; - 130,278 journals; - 22,036 descriptions of inventions; - 49,043 volumes of special collections. the music centre the music centre was founded in 2015 to organize artistic events with famous romanian and international musicians and to promote gifted students and young graduates of the faculty of music at transilvania university of brașov or other faculties of music in the country. the events take place at the university’s sergiu t. chiriacescu aula and offer concerts and recitals included in the concert season, the brassovia chamber music student festival and the opera gala. the virtue of the musical performances is supported by the steinway & sons concert piano, the most modern digital organ in the country and the neupert harpsichord “blanchet”. the opening of the academic year 2019-2020 marked the opening of a new concert season of the music centre and the debut of the chamber orchestra of transilvania university of brașov (tuco) with a concert conducted by maestro traian ichim. the newly established chamber orchestra has as honorary president prof. dr. eng. ioan vasile abrudan, rector of transilvania university of brașov. confucius institute the confucius institute at transilvania university of brașov was established in 2012, being created in partnership with jianzhu university in shenyang, china and operating under a cooperation agreement between transilvania university in brașov and hanban – the headquarters of the confucius institutes in beijing. it is a non-profit organization that aims to teach and promote chinese language learning, understanding chinese culture and civilization, and to undertake cultural, educational and scientific exchanges with contemporary china. the centre for modern languages the centre for modern languages at transilvania university of brașov is one of the interfaces of the university with the community to which it is addressed, while being also involved in research and training activities in collaboration with other departments of the university. student life transilvania university of brașov provides 13 dormitories for student housing, with a total of 4,234 beds. the dormitories are distributed across two campuses, namely colina campus and memorandului campus. unitbv also has two cafeterias, one in each campus, which serve 1,000 students daily. within the colina campus complex is also colina arena, an outdoor soccer field covered with artificial turf where the students compete in the traditional soccer event colina league cup every autumn. close to colina arena are four other indoor gyms for students, two of which are multipurpose ones, one is used for gymnastics, and another for fitness. the students at transilvania university of brașov take part in various scientific, cultural, sports, and administrative activities every year. they also participate in internal project competitions which are financed by the university and aim at providing solutions for the continuous improvement of student life on the university campus. every year, the students of the bluestreamline team represent transilvania university at international level, in the formula-style races organized within the formula student competition. notable alumni andreea acatrinei – bronze, with the romanian gymnastics team at the beijing 2008 olympic games marcian cristea – university professor, ruskin university england, great britain rareș dumitrescu –silver with the romanian sword team at the london 2012 olympic games felix golbac – school inspector, bucharest iosif grămadă – principal of the “tudor ciortea” high school, brașov victor hănescu – 26th in tennis atp 2009 alexandru herlea – professor emeritus, belfort-montbeliard university of technology, france felicia ionescu – senior economist, federal reserve system, usa florin ioraș – professor, buckinghamshire new university, great britain ray iunius – director of business development, école hôtelière de lausanne, switzerland monica jiman – chief customer success officer pentalog europe & asia liviu mircea mateș – director of the brașov philharmonic orchestra marius modiga – music teacher, member of the vocal ensemble anatoli paula rădulescu ungureanu – bronze medal at the 2010 european handball championship iulian rusu – artistic director of the brașov philharmonic orchestra martha eva salcudean: holocaust survivor, professor emerita at the university of british columbia, canada's first female head of a university engineering department – she got her first phd (mech. eng.) at the institute of polytechnics, brașov, 1969 raluca strămăturaru and valentin crețu – multiple national sled champions, participants in three editions of the winter olympic games gabriel tamaș – 63 selections and three goals for the representative football team of romania eva tofalvi – gold at the 2008-2009 world biathlon championship, participant in six editions of the winter olympic games ciprian țuțu – conductor of the radio choir, bucharest delia vișan – director of international projects, paris dauphine university, france members of the academic community involved in the political and administrative life ștefan vasile beres – deputy in the romanian parliament (2008 - 2012) aristotel căncescu – senator in the romanian parliament (1990 - 1996); president of the brașov county council (2000 - 2016) sergiu chiriacescu – the first mayor (prefect) of brașov county after the romanian revolution (january - february 1990); member of the county council and of the permanent delegation of the brașov county council (1990 - 1996); senator in the romanian parliament (1996 - 2000); local councillor of brașov municipality ioan-cristian chirteș – deputy in the romanian parliament (2012 - 2016) and senator in the romanian parliament (2016 – present) ivan cismaru – senator in the romanian parliament (2004 - 2008), vice president of the senate (april - september 2008) allen coliban – senator in the romanian parliament (2016 - 2020), mayor of brașov (2020–present) ion diniță – member of the romanian parliament (2012 - 2015) florea dudiță – senator in the romanian parliament (1992 -1996) and ambassador of romania in the federal republic of germany (1995 - 1997) ion dumitru – deputy in the romanian parliament (2004 - 2012) marius-alexandru dunca – senator in the romanian parliament (2016–present); minister of youth and sports (january 4, 2017 - january 26, 2018) gheorghe flutur – senator in the romanian parliament (2000 - 2004), (2004 - 2008) and (2012 - 2016); president of suceava county council, minister of agriculture, forests and rural development (december 2004 - october 2006). filip georgescu – deputy in the romanian parliament (1990 -1992) and (2000 - 2012) tinel gheorghe – deputy in the romanian parliament (2008–present) ioan ghișe – senator in the romanian parliament (2008 - 2016); deputy in the romanian parliament (1992 - 1996) and (2004 - 2008) and mayor of brașov (1996 - 2004) alexandru ion herlea – minister of european integration (december 11, 1996 - december 22, 1999); ambassador, head of the romanian mission to the eu (2000 - 2001) pavel horj – deputy in the romanian parliament (2008 - 2012) gheorghe ialomițeanu – deputy in the romanian parliament (2008 - 2016); minister of finance (september 3, 2010 – february 9, 2012) liviu laza - matiuța – deputy in the romanian parliament (2012 - 2016) gheorghe marin – deputy in the romanian parliament (1997 - 2004) and (2012 - 2016); senator in the romanian parliament (2016–present) ovidius mărcuțianu – senator in the romanian parliament (2008 - 2012) leonard orban – european commissioner for multilingualism (january 2007 - february 2010), minister of european affairs (2011 - 2012) and presidential adviser (march 2010 - september 2011) and (january 2015 – present); decorated with the order “star of romania” in the rank of knight, for his contribution to romania’s accession to nato, in 2002 ludovic orban – prime minister of romania (november 4, 2019 – present) and minister of transport (april 2007 - december 2008); president of the national liberal party of romania (since june 2017); deputy in the romanian parliament (2008 - 2016) gheorghe secară – senator in the romanian parliament (1992 - 1996); deputy in the romanian parliament and vice-chairman of the education commission (1996 - 2000) ovidiu ioan silaghi – vice-president of the committee on budgetary control of the european parliament (january 31, 2007 – april 2, 2007); european parliament (january 1, 2007 – april 2, 2007) and (september 4, 2013 – june 10, 2014); deputy in the romanian parliament (2000 - 2004) and (2012 - 2013); minister of transport (may 7, 2012 - december 21, 2012); minister for small and medium-sized enterprises, trade, tourism and the liberal professions (april 5, 2007 – december 22, 2008) mihai stepanescu – mayor of resita (2008 - 2015) emil stoica – deputy in the romanian parliament (1990 - 1992) and (1992 - 1996) mihai sturzu – deputy in the romanian parliament (2012 - 2016) lucian șova – deputy in the romanian parliament (2012 - 2020); minister of communications and information society (june 29, 2017 - january 29, 2018); minister of transport and infrastructure (january 29, 2018 - february 22, 2019) ion tabugan – deputy in the romanian parliament (2008–present) romică tomescu – minister of waters, forests and environmental protection (april 17, 1998 - december 28, 2000)