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On 07.10.2021, the REXDAN ship's keel-laying ceremony took place in Giurgiu. On this occasion, "Dunărea de Jos" University of Galați received the "birth certificate" of the ship REXDAN. This will be the biggest research vessel on the European Union's inland waters. The ship will have nine modern laboratories in which teachers and researchers from our university, as well as international researchers, will work.
 


"Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati was also included in the 2022 Edition of The Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2022, in two fields: Engineering (general engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical and aerospace engineering, civil engineering, and chemical engineering) and Physical Sciences (mathematics and statistics, physics and astronomy, chemistry, geology, environmental sciences, and earth and marine sciences).


MONITOX interdisciplinary network, composed of: "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati (Lider Partner) and the partner institutions – Institute of Zoology, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova; International Hellenic University, Kavala, Greece; Institute of Geology and Seismology Chisinau, Republic of Moldova and Danube Delta National Institute for Research and Development, Tulcea, Romania - organises on 13th of September 2021 the closing seminar of the project with code eMS BSB 27, entitled “Black Sea Basin interdisciplinary cooperation network for sustainable joint monitoring of environmental toxicants migration, improved evaluation of ecological state and human health impact of harmful substances, and public exposure prevention” - MONITOX.


The Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy within "Dunărea de Jos" University of Galați organizes, from the 1st of September 2021, admission for the undergraduate study program Medicine (in English), with a study period of 6 years. 45 seats will be put up for competition, all for foreign students.


According to the 4 reports of the DJUG Research Barometer, the instrument for measuring the scientific productivity of researchers within “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, made in April 2021 by the Research, Development and Innovation Department, the institution registered for the current year the following results:


“Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati is on the 7th place in the ranking of Romanian universities included in the Round University Ranking (RUR). The institution from Galaţi was selected by the platform’s organizers to participate in this ranking, in December 2020.
 
Within this ranking, in the category Rankings by Indicators, the institution is in the first part of the ranking of Romanian universities. The best rankings are in the category International Diversity Ranking - Share of international academic staff (position 1 in Romania) and Share of international students (position 2 in Romania).


Giusi Scarlata and Marco Puglisi are graduates from Extension of Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy in Enna, Italy, of “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati and now they are medical staff in the emergency unit of the Umberto I Hospital in Enna, in the first line in the fight against the SARS-Cov-2 virus. Employed as general medical assistants, they have demonstrated that they are reliable medical staff and that at “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati the quality theoretical training is completed with the practice activity.


The Faculty of Social, Political and Legal Sciences, one of the most important faculties within “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, will change this year its name in the Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences according to the Government Resolution no. 403, published in the Official Gazette 378 from April 12th, 2021.


“Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati obtains the international recognition of its academic prestige, by including in IMPACT Rankings 2021, a world ranking made by the British publication Times Higher Education (THE).
 
Our institution occupies the 5th position in the ranking of the 10 prestigious universities in Romania.


April 23rd, 2021, the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration celebrates 31 years of economic university education at Galati. The establishment of this faculty within “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati represented recognition of the continuity of economic education in our region, initiated in 1864 by the opening in Galați of the first commercial high school in the country.