Type Public Location Timișoara, Romania Phone +40 256 277 001 Founded 1991 | Established 1945/1991 Website www.usab-tm.ro Number of students 6,156 Rector Cosmin Alin Popescu | |
Address Calea Aradului 119, Timișoara 300645, Romania Similar University of Agronomi, University of Agricultur, West University of Timișo, Ion Ionescu de la Brad University, Victor Babeș University | ||
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Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine “King Michael I of Romania” from Timișoara (Romanian: Universitatea de Științe Agricole și Medicină Veterinară a Banatului “Regele Mihai I al României” din Timișoara) (USAMVBT) is a university in Timișoara, Romania which specializes in life sciences and veterinary medicine. The former Agricultural Institute Timișoara was established at the Polytechnic University of Timișoara by Royal Decree in 1945. After it split off and 6 new faculties were established, it became an independent university with Paun Otiman as the first rector from 1991 to 2004. He was succeeded by Alexandru Moisuc (2004-2012), Paul Pirsan (2012-2016) and Cosmin Alin Popescu (2016-). The university is involved in many European Union research projects like Biofector and leads the German-Romanian agriculture project in Voiteg.