When at the beginning of the current academic year rector Mihnea Costoiu stood in the middle of a sports hall and welcomed thousands of first year undergraduates to the National University for Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, he was not in Romania’s capital, but 100 kilometres away, in the smaller town of Pitești.
The town’s university had merged earlier in 2023 with Romania’s largest technical university, and among the many reasons for this move, one was repeatedly highlighted during the ceremony: “We hope that next year will bring us the joy in seeing this new national university in the most prestigious…
