The school traces its origins to the
North University (Romanian: Universitatea de Nord din Baia Mare (UNBM)), a former public
university founded in 1974, under the name of
Higher Education Institute (Romanian: Institutul de Invățămint Superior); in 1991, changed into
Baia Mare University (Romanian: Universitatea Baia Mare), and from 1996,
North University). In 2011, the UNBM Senate voted to affiliate with the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca. The fusion process ended with the 2012 academic elections. Baia Mare has a strong doctoral school in the fields of philology, philosophy, mathematics, and engineering sciences. The Doctoral School of Philosophy in Baia Mare was established in 2007 by Professor Emeritus Dr. Petru Dunca, together with Professor Dr. Ion Dur and Professor Dr. Teodor Vidam.
It is one of the five active doctoral schools of philosophy in Romania. == About ==