ABOUT THE BUCHAREST ACADEMY OF ECONOMIC STUDIES

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The Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies (Academia de Studii Economice Bucuresti, or ASE, in Romanian) is the oldest and most prestigious university of economics in Romania. Founded in 1913 in Bucharest, it is the largest higher education institute in Romania and one of the largest in South-Eastern Europe.

Institution

The number of students is approximately 45,000. It is one of the most desired universities in Romania, with a number of around 34,000 new applications each year (9% admission rate for State paid seats and 11% admission for fee-paid seats). Alongside the faculties in Bucharest, a number of Territorial Centers (Centre teritoriale) function in other cities: Alexandria, Braila, Buzau, Covasna, Campia Turzii, Curtea de Arges, Deva, Ialomita, Medias, Piatra Neamt, Slatina, Targoviste, Tulcea and Vaslui.

A notable presence inside ASE is the Business Information Technology department (Informatica Economica) which is an entity that promotes an educational philosophy based on combining economics and software development as a way of creating experts suitable for the Information Age.