Politehnica University Timișoara is one of the biggest and most well-known technical universities from Central and Eastern Europe. Founded in 1920, shortly after the unification of the Romanian territories, in a European context marked by the redefinition of the states after the First World War, the Polytechnic School of Timișoara - as it was called at the beginning - was the answer for one of the requirements of Romanian society of the time, namely the training of engineers. Politehnica University Timişoara, a university of advanced research and education, is today one of the Romanian schools with tradition, recognized nationally and internationally, both by the activity of generations of teachers and by the exceptional activity of prestigious academics. In the spirit of tradition, the mission of the Politehnica University Timişoara consists in satisfying the competence requirements of the economic environment, by ensuring the superior professional training of university and postgraduate level. Carrying fundamental values, the mission reflects, at the same time, the preoccupation for the future of the society, by tracing the directions of its development locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. Politehnica University Timişoara includes faculties, departments, institutes and research centers, laboratories, library, dormitories, canteens, sports facilities, as well as technical and administrative services, publishing house and printing house, student polyclinic. The 10 faculties of the university provides study programs for approximately 13,500 students. Within the 25 departments, almost 700 teachers are working, and the administrative and auxiliary staff consists of about 500 people.