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On July 19, 2024, at the "Carol I" Central University Library, the 17th reunion of French-speaking researchers, grantees of the "Eugen Ionescu" Doctoral and Postdoctoral Scholarship Programme, was organised by the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) - Central and Eastern Europe Branch and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The meeting was attended by the grantees of the programme, representatives of Romanian universities hosting French-speaking researchers and representatives of AUF Romania.


On July 8-9, 2024, the event "EU Strategy for the Danube Region - Strengthening the Danube Innovation Ecosystem," organized by IHK Ulm and the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour, and Tourism, is taking place.
 


On 1-2 July 2024, the first meeting of the partners of the project "Innovative sediment management framework for a SUstainNable DANube black SEa system" (SUNDANSE), funded by the Horizon Europe program, took place in Galati.
 


On June 18, 2024, the 7th edition of the National Final of the Ma thèse en 180 secondes competition took place at the Technical University of Constructions in Bucharest. The event was organized by the University Agency of the Francophonie in Central and Eastern Europe and the French Institute of Romania.

This international competition aims to promote Cycle 3 training and disseminate research in French. This year, 15 doctoral students from 8 AUF member universities presented their doctoral research topics in 3 minutes, using language accessible to a diverse and non-specialized audience.


As part of the scientific collaboration between the ITCM Research Center, represented by Professor Viorel Păunoiu, Ph.D., Center Director, Department of Manufacturing Engineering / Faculty of Engineering - "Dunărea de Jos" University of Galati (Romania), and the National Institute of Applied Sciences of Rennes (INSA Rennes, France), a series of experimental and numerical research activities were conducted from June 24 to July 12, 2024. This collaboration was facilitated by the visit of Associate Professor Adinel Gavruș, Ph.D., and focused on machinability by chipping under severe conditions of special materials for the aeronautical and biomedical industries.


The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representation in Romania, in partnership with "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati, is organizing a ceremony to mark World Refugee Day. This event will take place on 19 June, starting at 10:00, in the Aula Magna "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" M Building, 111 Domneasca Street.
 


Academician Eugen Rusu, Director of CSUD, is the only Romanian included in the European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC) Science Advisory Panels. The nomination was made by the Romanian Academy, which proposed Professor Eugen Rusu for the EASAC Energy Steering Panel.


On 12-14 June 2024, an event dedicated to the development of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) at the European level took place, entitled "Start a Civil Society Organization at European Level - Local Dissemination Event". The event was organized under the aegis of the project CSO Admin: Civil Society Organisations and Youth Engagement and aimed to promote the involvement of young people in the establishment and management of civil society organizations.


"Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati maintains its presence in the Young University Rankings 2024 for the fourth consecutive year. Thus, in the international ranking of universities established in 1971, carried out by the prestigious publication TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION, UDJG occupies the 501-600 position out of 1171 universities around the world. The ranking includes four universities from Romania, DJUG being in the second position.


"Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati is part, together with S VERTICAL, ENSTA Bretagne (ENSTA) International University of Rabat (UIR), University of South Africa (UNISA), and University of Hassan II Casablanca (UH2C), of a consortium which will implement the EUROPE HORIZON PROGRAM - LEAP-RE: COFUND-LEAP-RE-D3T4H2S - "A data-driven digital model for hydrogen storage containers meeting the energy transition challenges."