Faculty and alumni •
Emil Racoviță (1868–1947), savant, explorer, speleologist and biologist •
Iuliu Hațieganu (1885–1959), physician •
Lucian Blaga (1895–1961), philosopher, poet, playwright, translator, journalist, professor, academician and diplomat •
Traian Herseni (1907–1980), sociologist, anthropologist and ethnologist •
Virgil I. Bărbat (1879–1931), sociologist •
Ilona Borsai (1924–1982), musicologist, music historian, folk music researcher •
Adeyemi Ikuforiji (b. 1958), economist and politician •
Ákos Birtalan (b. 1962), Minister of Tourism •
Ana Blandiana (b. 1942), writer and civil rights activist •
Anatol E. Baconsky (1925–1977), essayist, poet, novelist, journalist, literary theorist and translator •
Andrian Candu (b. 1975), President of the
Moldovan Parliament •
Anneli Ute Gabanyi (b. 1942), political scientist, literary critic, journalist and philologist •
Áron Tamási (1897–1966), writer •
Camil Mureșanu (1927–2015), historian •
Corneliu Coposu (1914–1995), founder of the
Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party •
Daniel Barbu (b. 1957), historian, senator and Minister of Culture •
Daniel David (b. 1972), psychologist and Rector of the UBB •
Daniel Morar (b. 1966), Head of the
National Anticorruption Directorate and
Romania's Constitutional Court Judge •
Dumitru Găleșanu (b. 1955), jurist, writer and poet-philosopher •
Dumitru Radu Popescu (b. 1935), writer, playwright, scenarist and academician •
Eduard Hellvig (b. 1974), MEP, Minister of Tourism and Director of the Romanian Intelligence Service •
Emil Boc (b. 1966),
Prime Minister of Romania and Mayor of Cluj-Napoca •
Emil Hurezeanu (b. 1955), writer, publicist and journalist •
Florin Șerban (b. 1975), film director •
Franz Halberg (1919–2013), scientist and one of the founders of modern
chronobiology •
Gabriela Szabó (b. 1975), Olympic athlete and Minister of Youth and Sport •
Gavril Dejeu (b. 1932), lawyer and Interior Minister •
George Coșbuc (1866–1918), poet, literary critic and translator •
George Maior (b. 1967), Director of the
Romanian Intelligence Service •
Gheorghe Mureșan (b. 1971), basketball player •
György Frunda (b. 1951), politician •
Hermann Oberth (1894–1989), one of the founding fathers of rocket and astronautics •
Hunor Kelemen (b. 1967), Minister of Culture •
Ioan Gyuri Pascu (1961–2016), musician and actor •
Ioan Oltean (b. 1953), Minister of Environment •
Ion Cârja (1922–1977), writer and political prisoner •
Ion Rațiu (1917–2000), politician •
Ionel Haiduc (b. 1937), chemist, professor and academician •
Iuliu Maniu (1873–1953), Prime Minister of Romania •
Klaus Iohannis (b. 1959), Mayor of Sibiu and
President of Romania •
Laura Codruța Kövesi (b. 1973), Chief Prosecutor of the
National Anticorruption Directorate •
Maria Berényi (b. 1959), historian and poet •
Mircea Miclea (b. 1963), Minister of Education •
Ovidiu Pecican (b. 1959), writer, historian and publicist •
Pavel Bartoș (b. 1975), actor, comic and TV star •
Péter Eckstein-Kovács (b. 1956), senator and presidential adviser •
Sándor Kányádi (b. 1929), poet •
Sandra Izbașa (b. 1990), Olympic gymnast •
Ștefan Augustin Doinaș (1922–2002), poet, essayist, translator, political prisoner, academician and politician •
Mihail Neamțu, (.b 1978), theologian and politician •
Simona Hunyadi Murph, scientist, engineer, inventor, adjunct professor •
Vasile Dîncu (b. 1961), politician and sociologist •
Vasile Pușcaș (b. 1952), professor, diplomat and politician •
Victor Ciorbea (b. 1954), Mayor of Bucharest and Prime Minister of Romania •
Victor Neumann (b. 1953), historian, philosopher of culture and professor
Honorary degree Doctor Honoris Causa, Professor Honoris Causa include a long list of public personalities, such as: •
Angela Merkel •
Pope Benedict XVI • Patriarch
Bartholomew I of Constantinople • King
Michael I of Romania •
Mario Vargas Llosa •
Ahmed Zewail •
Jean-Marie Lehn •
George Andrew Olah •
George Emil Palade Rectors •
Sextil Pușcariu (1919–1920) • Vasile Dumitriu (1920–1921) •
Dimitrie Călugăreanu (1921–1922) •
Iacob Iacobovici (1922–1923) • Nicolae Bănescu (1923–1924) • Camil Negrea (1924–1925) •
Gheorghe Spacu (1925–1926) • Ioan Minea (1926–1927) •
Gheorghe Bogdan-Duică (1927–1928) •
Emil Hațieganu (1928–1929) •
Emil Racoviță (1929–1930) •
Iuliu Hațieganu (1930–1931) •
Nicolae Drăganu (1931–1932) •
Florian Ștefănescu-Goangă (1932–1940) •
Sextil Pușcariu (1940–1941) •
Iuliu Hațieganu (1941–1944) •
Alexandru Borza (1944–1945) •
Emil Petrovici (1945–1951) •
Raluca Ripan (1951–1956) •
Constantin Daicoviciu (1956–1968) • Ștefan Pascu (1968–1976) • Ion Vlad (1976–1984) • Aurel Negucioiu (1984–1989) •
Ionel Haiduc (1990–1993) •
Andrei Marga (1993–2004) •
Nicolae Bocșan (2004–2008) •
Andrei Marga (2008–2012) •
Ioan-Aurel Pop (2012–2020) •
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