The Students’ Consultative Council
Student Advisory Council (SAC) – It functions as an integrated part of the University structure, aiming to represent, inform and involve students in academic management, extracurricular and community activities, and to mediate relations between teachers and students.
The Student Advisory Council is chaired by the Student Prefect, elected by secret ballot by simple majority for a 2-year term. Student Organization “Vasile Goldiș” – It is the non-governmental organization with the right to represent and defend student interests in relation to the management of the “Vasile Goldiș” Western University of Arad. It carries out social, cultural, professional, economic and civic engagement activities, fighting for the unity of student life, in support of autonomy and university cooperation.
The “Vasile Goldiș” Western University of Arad also encourages and supports student associations on different profiles such as: Arad Medical Students Association – Medicine; Medical Students Union; Aiesec Arad – Leadership; Elsa Arad – Law, and others.
Why be a memeber of the students’ association?
Belonging to a student association means more than just it seems, giving you options, benefits and other rewards that can be proven and rewarded through your efforts so that you feel a sense of satisfaction in the work you put in and the interest you take in the activities supported by the student associations you belong to. Among the benefits the most significant ones can be listed, namely:
1. Gives you the opportunity to do something useful and enjoyable in your free time and be something more than the typical student who goes to class, seminars and labs. .
2. Working in an association does not follow a programme a fixed one, like a job or an internship, but a flexible one, but varied enough that you never get bored.
3. It is a very good source to gain that “experience” so sought after by employers even when it comes to fresh graduates.
4. You can acquire or improve skills that are very useful not only in the job market but also in social life: teamwork, communication and presentation skills, event organisation,
5. You get to know people who can make your life more beautiful through their diversity and dedication.
6. Through a project of the association you can go abroad through youth exchanges, summer schools, training, conferences, etc. .
7. Often, among the former members you keep in touch with are managers or directors of companies in the sector, whom you can impress with your skills and present yourself to after graduation with a CV in your briefcase.
What is the Bologna Process?
The Bologna Process is about making higher education systems in European countries compatible. The Bologna Declaration (1999), signed by education ministers from European countries, including Romania, created the European Higher Education Area. Here are some of the general changes that have affected Romanian university education:
• changing the length and structure of studies;
• reducing the length of the undergraduate cycle;
• increasing the length and importance of the master’s degree;
• the transformation of short courses (college) into undergraduate courses;
• restructuring the doctoral system;
• changing the structure of specialisations;
• promoting student and teacher mobility;
• recognition of diplomas at European level;
Further studies are needed undergraduate studies with a master’s degree?
The main purpose of initial university training (bachelor’s level) is employment on the labour market in executive activities requiring higher-level qualifications. Continuing your undergraduate studies with a master’s degree is extremely useful, as a master’s degree enhances your skills, through specialisation or further training, so that you can be employed in positions involving management, decision-making and creative activities.
On the other hand, a Master’s degree opens the way to a PhD for the most successful students. Through the diversity of the Master’s programmes offered by the “Vasile Goldiș” Western University of Arad, by the possibility of accessing them at different moments of your professional career, continuous lifelong learning and the possibility of professional conversion according to market requirements are ensured.
To what extent is student mobility promoted by the Bologna Process? Will I be able to move from a university to another?
Mobility of students and graduates, studying at universities abroad, is ensured by the Lifelong Learning Programme and other inter-university agreements. In addition to these programmes, the new system encourages student mobility between faculties and universities at home and abroad by:
• description of studies in terms of transferable credits;
• the transparency of studies completed and diplomas obtained;