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Babe?-Bolyai University is Romania¡¯s largest higher education institution and a consistently strong performer in national and international rankings. Specialising in languages and law but offering courses across a large number of disciplines, UBB is in the city of Cluj-Napoca, often known as Cluj.

A tranquil city in North West Romania, Cluj is one of the safest cities in the country. Around a fifth of Cluj¡¯s residents are Hungarian, and Hungarian is one of the university¡¯s languages, along with Romanian, English, French and German. At times, Hungarian has been the only language that the institution¡¯s lecturers taught in.

Originally a Roman settlement, the first educational establishment to have roots in the city of Cluj was a Jesuit college founded in 1579. The University of Cluj was founded in 1872, with an initial 258 students divided into four faculties: Medicine, Law and State, Philosophy, Liberal Arts and History, and Mathematics and Natural Sciences. In 1919, King Ferdinand I of Romania ruled that it was to become a Romanian institution, changing the main official language to Romanian. Another Hungarian-language institution was later formed, however, in 1945: Bolyai University. In 1959, the two universities were unified, giving Babe?-Bolyai its current name, and a total of six faculties. New additions included the Faculty of Philology.

Full of Gothic and Baroque architecture, museums, caf¨¦s and clubs, Cluj is home to more students than any other city in the country. The country¡¯s film capital, thousands of people flock to the city each May for the Transylvania Film Festival, including a large number of foreign visitors.