Polytechnic University of Timisoara

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The Polytechnic University of Timisoara (Universitatea 'Politehnica' din Timişoara) is located in Timişoara, Romania. Founded in 1920, it is one of the largest technical universities in Central/ Eastern Europe. The university has 10 faculties and several independent departments.

In the recent years, through its Regional Centre for Open and Distance Learning, the University has begun to offer technology-based open and distance education in different areas and languages.

The Polytechnic University of Timisoara is the co-ordinator of the ViCaDiS (the Virtual Campus for Digital Students) project of the Erasmus Lifelong Learning Programme.

The Polytechnic University of Timisoara web site is at http://www.upt.ro/english/index.php

Multimedia Centre

The main activities of the Multimedia Centre are to provide expertise, consultancy and research for the application and use of technology in the contexts of information, communication and knowledge. The Multimedia Centre is a result of the merger of three separate centres: CIMAD (Open Access Multimedia Centre), CTE (Centre for Learning Technologies), and LTE (Laboratory for Testing Electronic Equipment).

The web site is at http://www.cm.upt.ro

Regional Distance Education Centre

The Regional Distance Education Centre (CSID) has been, since 1998, a department of the Polytechnic University of Timisoara which aims to organise, support and supervise all distance education in the university. Through the Regional Distance Education Centre, the university arranges and supports study programs for distance education and distance online teaching for Information Technology, Audio-Video and Multimedia Technologies and International Master in Multimedia.

The web site is at http://www.csid.upt.ro

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