The University of Craiova is a public university located in Craiova, Romania. It was founded in 1947, initially with four institutes, in the Palace of Justice of Craiova. It is the largest university in the historical Oltenia province of Romania . It was the last university established in the Kingdom of Romania. It was the fifth university in Romania officially approved by the Ministerial Council of the Socialist Republic of Romania in 1965,with seven faculties: Mathematics, Philology, Electrotechnics, Agriculture, Horticulture, Chemistry and Economics.The university is a member of the European University Association. It currently includes a total of 16 faculties and two colleges for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
The University of Craiova comprises fourteen faculties:
Faculty of Letters
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Social Sciences
Faculty of Theology
Faculty of Physical Education and Sports
Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Horticulture
Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences
Faculty of Economy and Business Administration
Faculty of Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Electromechanics Engineering
Faculty of Automation, Computers and Electronics
Faculty of Engineering and Management of Technological Systems