Florin Drăgan, PhD, is the new elected rector of Politehnica University
in the 2020-2024 legislature
The elections for the seat of rector of Politehnica University Timișoara were closed on Tuesday, January 21, 2020, from the first round. Following the voting process, the newly elected rector of the institution, for a 4-year term (in the 2020-2024 legislature) is assoc. prof. eng. Florin Drăgan, PhD.
During the electoral process, of the 657 teachers enrolled on the lists, 590 were present to the vote. There were 573 valid votes cast and 17 votes canceled. After counting the validly expressed bulletins, associate professor eng. Florin Drăgan, PhD, obtained 418 votes, and prof. eng. Ilare Bordeașu, PhD, obtained 155 votes.
Between 4 and 10 February 2020, the documents regarding the election of the Rector of UPT will be sent to the Ministry of Education and Research, for the validation by the Ministry. After confirmation and appointment, by Order of the Minister of Education and Research of the rector of UPT, during March, he appoints the vice-rectors, with the consultation of the Senate, and subsequently triggers the public competitions for the appointment of the deans of the faculties.
Assoc. prof. eng. Florin Drăgan, PhD, succeeds the current rector, prof. eng. Viorel-Aurel Șerban, PhD, in whose team he was the vice-rector responsible for the educational process, student matters and quality assurance.
“First of all, I want to thank my colleagues for their trust. I consider myself a very lucky person because I belong to the academic community of a prestigious university, which this year celebrates its Centenary, a university with professors from whom I had to learn, a university with an impressive heritage, preserved and developed by successive leaders. of it, a university that identifies with the history of the city of Timișoara in the last century, contributing decisively to the economic, social and cultural development of the western part of Romania”, declared the newly elected rector of Politehnica University Timișoara.
