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The Faculty of History and Philosophy is the successor of the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy which activated in the University of Cluj between 1872 and 1948. After a series of changes which occurred between 1948 and 1959 a decision was taken to adopt a curriculum with a historical-philosophical content, combining philosophy and history, maintained until 1989. After 1990, taking into account the experience of prestigious departments and faculties in other countries, the Faculty of History and Philosophy has taken important steps towards modernizing its structure and teaching programmes.
The Faculty of History and Philosophy comprises eight departments: Department of Ancient History and Archaeology, Department of Medieval History, Pre-Modern History and Art History, Department of Modern History, Archiving and Ethnology, Department of International Studies and Contemporary History, Department of History in Hungarian, Department of Philosophy, Department of Pre-Modern and Romanian Philosophy, Department of Philosophy in Hungarian. Add to this several research centres or independent research institutes - Institute of Pre- and Protohistory, Institute of Classical Studies, Centre of Studies for Dacian and Roman History and Archaeology, Institute of Central European Studies (ISCE), Institute of Oral History, Institute of International Studies, The Altiero Spinelli Centre for studying European Organization (CASSOE), Seminary of Anthropological History, Seminary of Historical Demography, Italian-Romanian Institute of Historical Studies, Centre for Ancient and Medieval Studies, Centre for Applied Philosophy (CFA).

Specialisations

	History Field
1	Specialisation HISTORY - 3 years, full time education - in Romanian and Hungarian - 3 years, distance education - in Romanian and Hungarian
2	Specialisation ART HISTORY - 3 years, full time education - in Romanian and Hungarian
3	Specialisation ARCHIVE STUDIES - 3 years, full time education - in Romanian and Hungarian
4	Specialisation ARCHAEOLOGY - 3 years, full time education - in Romanian and Hungarian
	Cultural Studies Field
5	Specialisation ETHNOLOGY- 3 years, full time education - in Romanian
6	Specialisation CULTURAL TOURISM- 3 years, full time education - in Romanian and Hungarian
	Communication Sciences Field
7	Specialisation INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION SCIENCES- 3 years, full time education - in Romanian and Hungarian
	Security Studies Field
8	Specialisation SECURITY STUDIES- 3 years, full time education - in Romanian and English - 3 years, distance education - in Romanian
	Philosophy Field
9	Specialisation PHILOSOPHY- 3 years, full time education - in Romanian and Hungarian - 3 years, distance education - in Romanian

 

Selection criteria for all specialisations

Motivation letter graded on a Pass/Fail basis. It will be written in the language of instruction of the degree programme. Applicants will be ranked according to the baccalaureate score worth 100% of the admission score. Candidates who have won prizes in school Olympiads and specialised competitions are eligible for special conditions. For more details visit the faculty website.

Number of student places July 2025

Field	Specialisation	State funding	Tuition	Rural
Philosophy	Philosophy	29	46
	Philosophy (Hungarian)	7	23
History	Archaeology	23	36
	Archaeology (Hungarian)	9	11
	Archiving	10	10
	Archiving (Hungarian)	4	11
	History of art	10	15
	History of art (Hungarian)	7	8
	History	65	185
	History (Hungarian)	22	28
International relations and european studies	International relations and european studies	14	111
	International relations and european studies (Hungarian)	8	32
Cultural studies	Ethnology	6	14
	Cultural tourism	12	63
	Cultural tourism (hungarian)	10	20
Security studies	Security studies	60	90
	Security studies (English)	20	73
Total		316	776	8

 

Distance and part time learning
Field	Specialisations	Tuition
Philosophy	Philosophy	25
History	History	50
	History (Hungarian)	25
Security studies	Security studies	75
Total		175

Faculties Admission Calendar
July Session 2025

JULY 2025	Application process and deadlines
10-16	Submitting applications online (the platform closes on 16 July at 24:00 hrs)
17	Reporting observations (errors, omissions, etc.)
18	Posting initial results (by specialisations)
18-23	Confirmation of places, phase I (the platform closes on 23 July at 12:00 hrs)
24	Redistribution of unused places after phase I
24-27	Confirmation of places after redistribution, phase II (the platform closes on 27 July at 24:00 hrs)
29	Posting final results

Faculties Admission Calendar
September Session 2025

SEPTEMBER 2025	Application process and deadlines
5-8	Submitting applications online (the platform closes on 8 September at 12:00 hrs)
8	Reporting observations (errors, omissions, etc.)
9	Posting initial results (by specialisations)
9-10	Confirmation of places, phase I (the platform closes on 10 September at 12:00 hrs)
11	Redistribution of unused places after phase I
11-13	Confirmation of places after redistribution, phase II (the platform closes on 13 September at 12:00 hrs)
15	Posting final results

Admission fee for Romanian citizens, European Union Citizens, European Economic Area citizens and Swiss Confederation citizens for the 2025 / 2026 academic year

EU: European Union; EEA: European Economic Area; SC: Swiss Confederation;

• ADMISSION FEE = ADMISSION PROCESS + ADMISSION REGISTRATION
• For tax reductions or waivers, please see our Admissions Regulations

Tuition fees for the academic year 2025 / 2026 for Romanian, EU¹, EEA² and SC³ citizens.

1. UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE

Specialisation / Field	Undergraduate degree (lei)
	Full time	Distance Learning
All specialisations	3.000	3.000