1. Babeş-Bolyai University Kolozsvár / Cluj-Napoca / Klausenburg Dr. Lehel István KOVÁCS Assistant Professor, Vice-President of the Bolyai Initiative Committee

2. The “Bolyai” university was liquidated under the supervision of N. Ceausescu and I. Iliescu “Foundation” of the Babes-Bolyai University 1960-1990: the Hungarian sections were atrophied, finally eliminated 1959: Forced merging of the Babes and Bolyai Universities

3. After 1990 1990: Petitions and demonstrations demanding the re-establishment of the Bolyai University 1992-: Hungarian groups at several faculties 1994-: The “multicultural” Babes-Bolyai University

4. How the demands to eliminate discrimination were rejected 1990: The DAHR asked for the re-establishment of the Bolyai University, without any results 1995: The DAHR collected over 500,000 signatures in order to support the Amendament of the Law of Education, without too much results 1998: Two bills on the establishment of a state-financed Hungarian-language University were submitted, and later rejected 2004: Attempts to establish Hungarian faculties at the University failed 2005: 83% of the involved Hungarian profesors asked for Hungarian Faculties, without any results The three Hungarian university leaders (influenced by the intolerant University management) did not sign the petition!

5. October 2005: February 2006: The demonstrations continued…

6. How the demands to eliminate discrimination were rejected February 2006: 11 Nobel, Wolf and Fields laureates, along with 70 well-known academics asked for the re-establishment of the Bolyai University – without any results April 2006: Leaders of the DAHR, Hungarian Churces and civil organizations from Romania submitted a petition without any results.

7. How the demands to eliminate discrimination were rejected July 2006: The university management tried to intimidate Hungarian professors: leaders of the Bolyai Initiative Committee examined by the ETHICS COMMITTEE “they undermine the repute of the multicultural university” The Hungarian professors were punished.

8. The resistance continued… October 2006:

9. The situation at this “multicultural” university 21 Faculties: 15 with Romanian and Hungarian “lines” There are 2 Hungarian faculties: Romano Catholic and Protestant Theology There are 105 specializations, 52 in Hungarian, 13 in German and 4 in English The Hungarian “line of studies” has no autonomy! Contradictioins of the University Charta We want autonomy to increase the quality of teaching!

10. Decision-making Senate -Academic Council Rector Hungarian Vice-Rectors Faculties -Professors' Council Departments Hungarian Vice-Deans The Hungarian community is underrepresented in the University management! The Hungarian language is not an official language of the University!

11. Students: 34000 Romanians, 11000 Hungarians Full-time Students: 25000 Romanians, 6500 Hungarians Professors: Out of 1700, only 230 Hungarians There are not enough Hungarian professors, among others, at the Faculty of Law Faculty of Economics Faculty of Geology and Biology Proportions

12. Symbols: Rectory Hallway – only with Romanian Rectors 1581

13. Lack of Hungarian and German Inscriptions

14. Denominated lecture halls

15. Official University newsletter: only in Romanian Diplomas: only in Romanian

16. False propaganda December 5th, 2005 3. The multicultural organization of the “Babeş-Bolyai” University is the most developed one in Europe with respect to ensuring education in the mother tongue and autonomous decision-making. It could be proven, without doubt, comparing the “Babeş-Bolyai” University with any of the multilingual European universities (of Italy, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, Macedonia or any other country’s with multilingual university) that the University of Cluj provides the most comprehensive tuition program in the mother tongue and the most extensive autonomy in decision-making. (…)

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