Ion Creangă State Pedagogical University of Chișinău
University in Chișinău, Moldova
The Ion Creangă State Pedagogical University of Chișinău (UPSC; Romanian: Universitatea Pedagogică de Stat „Ion Creangă" din Chișinău) is a higher educational institution in Chișinău, Moldova. It was formed in August 1940 as the Moldovan State Pedagogical Institute (Romanian: Institutul Pedagogic Moldovenesc de Stat, Russian: Кишинёвский педагогический институт, romanized: Kishinovskiy pedagogicheskiy institut, lit. 'Kishinev Pedagogical Institute'), being renamed the Ion Creangă State Pedagogical Institute in 1955, and receiving its current name on 21 May 1992. It is named after the Romanian writer and story-teller Ion Creangă. The university offers Bachelor, Master and Doctorate level degrees.
Organization
Currently, there are over 6000 students in attendance in nine faculties at the university. The faculties are:
Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technologies
This is the newest faculty at the university, specializing in computer sciences.
Faculty of Foreign Languages
Founded on 1 September 1948, the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures was the first foreign language faculty in Moldova. The college offers language and literature courses in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
Faculty of Psychology and Special Education
The Faculty of Psychology and Special Education was formed in 1992 by merging the Faculty of Defectologie and the Department of General Psychology.
Faculty of Philosophy
Founded in 1940, the Faculty of Philosophy is one of the original faculties at Ion Creangă.
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