David Funderburgh

Politehnica Univ., Mechanical Faculty, Welding Equipment and Technologies-Department

"Politehnica" University of Timisoara is one of the biggest and most well-known technical universities from Central and Eastern Europe. It was founded in 1920, short time after the union in one state of all the romanian territories -supervened in the context of the political redefinitions in Europe, following at the end of the First World War-, in order to respond to the need of engineers felt by the Romanian society at that time, within the economical relaunching it assumed. During its almost 90 years of existence, "Politehnica" University of Timisoara produced over 100 000 engineers, very appreciated both in Romania and abroad, for their competence and seriousness. At present, "Politehnica" University of Timisoara has 10 faculties and 4 independent departments. 15 000 students, 850 teaching staff and 900 administrative and auxiliary staff study, respectively, work within their framework. The studies in "Politehnica" University of Timisoara are organized in "Bologna" paradigm and comprise all the three cycles: Bachelor, Master, Doctorate.