If it’s spring, it’s a new beginning! If it’s April, it’s Earth Day! On Tuesday, April 16, we start the spring cleaning up the Student Campus, with fresh energy and beautiful surprises. We bring gloves, bags and organization, students bring newly found force and the wish for a… clean environmental footprint. We give the start...

The University Students Engaging in Responsible and Sustainable Energy Consumption (USE-REC) project results are inspirational for universities, public utility providers, local authorities and the economic environment collaborating to ensure modern, sustainable student campuses, meeting the current and future needs of the young generation. This motivated the project team to launch the initiative of t a...

The prestigious biannual job fair “Career Days” organised by Politehnica University of Timisoara through the Career Counseling and Guidance Center, is an excellent opportunity not only for finding a place of practice, internship, or employment, but also for developing new skills. Join us on April 10th at the UPT University Restaurant and enjoy, immediately after the...

On Monday, March 4, 2024, the Politehnica University Library of Timișoara hosted the meeting announcing the results obtained within the University Students Engaging in Responsible and Sustainable Energy Consumption project carried out by the Politehnica Foundation Timisoara, in partnership with Quality Management Systems Norway (QMS). On this occasion, the rector of Politehnica University Timisoara, assoc....

The team engaged in the USE-REC project shared its experiences in engaging students as co-creators of an environment-friendly campus in Timisoara at one of the most significant educational conferences in Europen, the 18th annual International Technology, Education and Development Conference (INTED 2024) held in Valencia (Spain) on the 4th– 6th March 2024. The conference gathers lecturers,...

New on the web! The international journal Sustainability 16, no. 3 publishes the research article ”Electrically Savvy or Not? Tentative Portrait of the Romanian Student as a Consumer of Electric Devices and Utilities” co-authored by Cernicova-Buca, Mariana, Vasile Gherheș, Gabriel-Mugurel Dragomir, and Roxana-Mihaela Sirbu. The article presents the results of the research carried out on...

SC RETIM Ecologic Service SA joins efforts undertaken by the project University Students Engaging in Responsible and Sustainable Energy Consumption (USE-REC) 2022/346695 to transform the Politehnica student campus into an oasis of sustainability in the city. The partnership signed for the implementation of the project will result in the provision of 12,000 yellow garbage bags to...

Caring for the planet’s resources can and should be visible in all aspects of our lives. As part of the campaign to promote the competition between the dormitories of the Politehnica University of Timișoara, through which we encourage the reduction of water, electricity and heat consumption, an original event was designed, dedicated to UPT students...

The most popular video clips created for the “Îmi Pasă” contest were awarded on Friday, November 17, 2023. The winning students attend the courses of the Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technologies Faculty, Communication Sciences Faculty and Automation and Computer Science Faculty. Their video messages received hundreds of likes and thousands of views. To the applause...

Fresh on the web, the international journal Sustainability  15, no. 23 publishes the research article “Students’ Awareness Regarding Environment Protection in Campus Life: Evidence from Romania” co-authored by Mariana Cernicova-Buca, Gabriel-Mugurel Dragomir, Vasile Gherheș, and Adina Palea. The article states that a sustainable society is not about individuals becoming part of a pre-designed social or economic...