Catalogue of Research Groups from Moldova - WBC-INCO Net

SEVENTH FRAMEWORK
PROGRAMME
UNIVERSITY OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF MOLDOVA
Organization activity type : hE
FP7 theme : SSh
Contact person : Duca Maria
Address : University of The Academy of Sciences of Moldova
Academiei street 3/2
MD-2028, Chisinau
Republic of Moldova
E-mail : mduca2000@yahoo.com
Web : www.edu.asm.md
BRIEf dESCRIpTIon of ThE oRganIzaTIon
The University of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova (UnASM) is a young university promoting
a novel value - “education through research” with the aim of supporting the development of the
knowledge-based society in Moldova. UnASM was established as the primary step of creation of the
cluster “University for Education and Research UnivER SCIENCE”; the cluster includes a High School,
18 research institutes of the Academy of Sciences, the Agency for Innovation and Technologic Transfer,
and Technological parks and incubators.
By these efforts, UnASM aims to become the model of the “Entrepreneurial University”.
Additionally, in UnASM is in the process of creating an educational incubator for offering support to
young innovative teams.
There are about 200 employed staff at the university.
KEywoRdS on CoRE CompETEnCIES
Education through research; entrepreneurial university; educational incubator; e-learning; open
educational resources.
ExpERTISE / CompETEnCIES / TEChnologIES / RTd Know-how
• Education and training; • Event organizing; • Education methodology elaboration and implementation;
• Development of e-learning platforms;
InTERnaTIonal CoopERaTIon ExpERIEnCE
• TEMPUS Project “Student Active Learning in Science”, Partners : Georgia, Germany, Ireland, Israel,
Bulgaria.
• TEMPUS Joint Project „Entrepreneurial University as a model for proper managerial interrelation
among education, science and innovation development”. 2009-2012. Partners : Italy, UK (Scotland,
Poland, Russia, Kazakhstan.
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