Babeș-Bolyai University/BBU (Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai/UBB in Romanian) is a public comprehensive university, whose main campus is located in Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania, Romania.With an academic tradition starting in 1581, BBU is today the largest university in the country (with over 44000 students in 2017) and one of the best and most representative Romanian universities. Indeed, at national level, BBU has been awarded the title of university of "advanced research and teaching" (i.e., an intensive-research university) and was ranked the best Romanian university in the national metaranking of the Ministry of Education and Research (2016, 2017 and 2018). At international level, BBU is a constant presence in the international ranking of the universities as one of the best and most representative universities in Romania and Eastern/Central Europe. In 2018, UBB was awarded 4 stars (QS Stars) following the academic audit carried out by QS. Moreover, in December 2018 UBB was also granted the "HR Excellence in Research” award.
