The University of Bucharest (Romanian: Universitatea din București), in Romania, is a university founded in 1864 by decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Saint Sava Academy into the current University of Bucharest.
In the 2012 QS World University Rankings it was included in Top 200 universities of the world (151-200 band).
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