The University of Oradea performs high education and research activities, within its 18 faculties, 5 international institutes, 2 departments, 12 research centers, research groups within the faculties, training centers.The mission of the University of Oradea is to train and educate on a large scale both the students and also the high education graduates, as well as to approaches certain domain of science and technology at high level.The structure of the University contains academic education, postgraduate education, colleges and scientific research.Inside the University of Oradea the education and research activity is developing in the area of natural and physical sciences, as well as in the area of social and human sciences, covering the following: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Sciences of Life, Agricultural Sciences, Medical Sciences, Technological and Engineering Sciences, Economical Sciences, Geography, History, Juridical Sciences and Law, Linguistics, Pedagogy, Political Sciences, Psychology, Letters and Arts, Sociology, Philosophy. Starting with new academic year, 2005 - 2006, we apply the rules of Bologna Process. The educational process is based on the curricula for license studies, master studies, doctoral studies and programs of continuous education and Distance Open Education.To create flexible education structures, according with the necessities and adapted to the labour market conditions, inside the University of Oradea was established a Department for Distance Open Education (Distance Learning Education).The University of Oradea adopted the European System of Transferable Credits, facilitating so the didactical process.The research has both fundamental character and applicative, based on the following principal domains: the exploitation of the geothermal potential, researches in microwave area, researches in the area of high frequency current, researches in the area of human physiology, specific researches for the existing chairs etc.