DEAN
				Prof. Sorin RADU, Ph.D.
				Fields of competence: - Romanian contemporary history - History of political parties and doctrines in Romania - Political culture and modernization in Romania

icolae Lupu Faculty of History and Patrimony was founded in 2002 when it became an independent from the former Faculty of Letters, History and Journalism. The Faculty has been developing a solid historical education since 1941, when the humanistic faculties of the University of Cluj found shelter in Sibiu. The distinguished professors of the University of Cluj led to the emergence of the Faculty of History in Sibiu which was founded in 1969 as a branch of the University of Cluj. The Faculty came into existence due to the academicians Constantin Daicoviciu and Stefan Pascu and of the first Dean f this faculty, Nicolae Lupu, Doctor Honoris Causa of Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu. This Faculty was the cornerstone of the University of Sibiu, which actually started functioning as such in 1990. The Faculty of History founded in 1969 later became the Faculty of History and Foreign Languages. It functioned as such until 1987, when the former communist regime decided to close it down.

In 1990 the Department of History re-emerged under the aegis of the Faculty of Law, Letters and History and continued to be part of this institution until 1994, when the Faculty of Law became a faculty of its own. From 1994 to 2002, it functioned as part of the Faculty of Letters, History and Journalism.

In 2000 efforts were made to create an independent unit – The Faculty of History and Patrimony – on the basis of the two main degree programmes – History and Conservation/Restoration Studies. These efforts resulted in the creation in April 2002 of three faculties, by the division of the Faculty of Letters, History and Journalism. Officially, the Nicolae Lupu Faculty of History and Patrimony was set up on the basis of the LBUS Senate Decision of April 24, 2002, confirmed by Government Decision and later published by Monitorul Oficial no. 313 of May 13, 2002.

The accredited degree programmes offered by the Faculty of History and Patrimony are: history and conservation/restoration. As regards the double specializations: History/English and History/German have been accredited and they have functioned form 1999 until the academic year 2007/2008 (when they entered the winding-up process). Mention should be made of the study programmes initiated in cooperation with the Andrei Saguna Faculty of Orthodox Theology, i.e. Theology/Patrimony and Theology/Patrimony. The courses for all degree programmes are taught by competent, experienced teaching staff. Moreover, the Faculty of History and Patrimony offers post-graduate programmes – MA studies – in the following specializations (The Conservation and Restoration of the Historical Patrimony; Central and South-Eastern Europe in the First Millennium of Christianity; Art History; Regional History of Central and South-Eastern Europe. Transylvania – xviii-xx century; Romanian Political Leaders – xviii-xx century; Romanian Foreign Affairs in the 20th century. All the above-mentioned post-graduate programmes have been approved by the Ministry of Education and Research and later by ARACIS. The Faculty also prides a new major specialization in Fashion Design that has been authorized to function.

As a result of the implementation of the 3-year study programme, according to the Bologna process, the History specializations as well as postgraduate programmes, were accredited by ARACIS in the summer of 207.

Undergraduate training is further improved due to the research centres affiliated to the Faculty Departments, such as the Institute for Research and Capitalization of the Transylvanian Cultural Patrimony in a European Context – belonging to the Department of Antique and Medieval History. Undergraduate students are involved in an extended programme of practical training located on archaeological sites: i.e. Alba-Iulia, Miercurea Sibiului, Casolt, Ocna-Sibiului, Capidava.