The University of Bucharest (UB) has been considered, within Romania and abroad, the country’s leading educational and research institution. Its educational offer varies from undergraduate and graduate studies to doctoral and MBA programmes, as well as distance and eLearning opportunities.The University of Bucharest is integrated in a strong network of international programmes, such as SOCRATES, TEMPUS, COPERNICUS, CEEPUS, TEMPRA, PHARE or TACIS. The University of Bucharest offers a variety of courses at all levels of higher education: 22 short-duration programmes, over 60 long-duration programmes, 17 long-duration distance learning programmes, over 100 master’s degree and advanced study programmes, over 50 doctoral programmes, advanced postgraduate programmes, and programmes of professional conversion and perfection. The University of Bucharest is one of the most important centres of scientific research in the country. There are over 50 institutes, departments and research centres functioning within UB, most of which work in collaboration with similar centres in other countries. During the last years, our institution has repeatedly taken first place in national competitions for research funds.