# University of Galați

> university in Galati, Romania

**Wikidata**: [Q1266339](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1266339)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Galați)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/university-of-galati

## Summary
The University of Galați (native label: Universitatea Dunărea de Jos) is a public academic institution and organization based in Galați, Romania. It is an institution of higher education and an open-access publisher, with multiple faculties including the Faculty of Letters and the Faculty of Food Science and Engineering.

## Key Facts
- The University of Galați is located in Galați, Romania (coordinates: 45.43864, 28.055857).  
- Inception dates recorded as 1948 and 1974 (sources differ).  
- Instance types: university, academic institution, open-access publisher, and organization.  
- Native label: Universitatea Dunărea de Jos; common aliases include "Dunărea de Jos" University of Galați, University of Galati, and Dunarea de Jos University of Galati.  
- Website: http://www.ugal.ro/ and web feed URL: http://www.ugal.ro/?format=feed&type=rss.  
- Identifiers: ISIL RO-4; ISNI 000000011012534X; VIAF 139248269; GND 5251426-2; GRID grid.8578.2; ROR 052sta926; Ringgold 112971; ARWU id dunarea-de-jos-university-of-galati.  
- Memberships: Agence universitaire de la Francophonie; Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA); RUN EU (membership qualifier: start_time 2025).  
- Has parts: Faculty of Food Science and Engineering; Dunărea de Jos University of Galați Faculty of Letters.  
- Social and media handles: Twitter @ugalro (start_time 2012-10-24); Facebook ugal.ro (start_time 2012-10-12); Instagram universitateagalati; YouTube channel ID UCrwZ-pjiKeBq-AbLVoujxsw.  
- Wikimedia / public media: main image https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Universitatea_„Dunărea_de_Jos”.jpg and interior image https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Univ11.jpg.  
- Sitelink and language presence: sitelink_count 8; Wikipedia presence in be, de, el, en, fr, he, it, ro.

## FAQs
### Q: What is the University of Galați?
A: The University of Galați (Universitatea Dunărea de Jos) is a university and academic institution located in Galați, Romania. It is also recorded as an open-access publisher and includes multiple faculties.

### Q: When was the University of Galați founded?
A: Inception is recorded with two dates in source material: 1948 and 1974. The available records list both years as inception values.

### Q: Where is the university located and how can I find it online?
A: The university is located in Galați, Romania (coordinates 45.43864, 28.055857). Its official website is http://www.ugal.ro/.

### Q: What larger networks or memberships does the University of Galați hold?
A: The university is a member of the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie and the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA), and is listed with RUN EU (membership qualifier start_time 2025).

### Q: What faculties are explicitly listed as parts of the university?
A: The provided material lists the Faculty of Food Science and Engineering and the Dunărea de Jos University of Galați Faculty of Letters as parts of the university.

## Why It Matters
The University of Galați serves as a regional center for higher education and scholarly activity in Galați, Romania. Its classification as an academic institution and organization identifies it as a provider of tertiary education and research capacity. Membership in international networks such as the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie and the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment connects the university to global academic and research-assessment initiatives, supporting collaboration and alignment with international standards. The institution’s role as an open-access publisher indicates an institutional commitment to making research outputs accessible. Multiple authoritative identifiers (ISNI, VIAF, GND, GRID, ROR, Ringgold) and its presence across social media and multilingual Wikipedia pages facilitate discoverability, bibliographic integration, and outreach. These attributes make the University of Galați relevant to students seeking study programs, researchers seeking partnerships, and bibliographic services and funders tracking institutional identities.

## Notable For
- Membership in Agence universitaire de la Francophonie, linking it to Francophone academic networks.  
- Membership in the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA), indicating institutional engagement with research-assessment reform.  
- Recorded as an open-access publisher in addition to being a university.  
- Rich set of institutional identifiers (ISNI, VIAF, GND, GRID, ROR, Ringgold) supporting bibliographic and data interoperability.  
- Multilingual Wikipedia presence and active official web and social-media channels (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube).

## Body

### Overview
- Official (native) name: Universitatea Dunărea de Jos.  
- Common English title: University of Galați.  
- Entity type: university; academic institution; organization; open-access publisher.

### Location and Campus
- Located in Galați, Romania.  
- Geographic coordinates: latitude 45.43864, longitude 28.055857.  
- GRID identifier: grid.8578.2.

### Inception and History (as recorded)
- Inception values present in source material: 1948 and 1974.  
- Sources record both years; the dataset provides each as an inception value with separate references.

### Structure and Parts
- Has part: Faculty of Food Science and Engineering.  
- Has part: Dunărea de Jos University of Galați Faculty of Letters (an organisation involved in scholarly research; country: Romania).

### Memberships and Affiliations
- Member of Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (reference archived 2022-11-23).  
- Member of the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment (CoARA) (reference archived 2023-11-09).  
- Listed with RUN EU (membership qualifier: start_time 2025).

### Identifiers and Authority Records
- ISIL: RO-4.  
- ISNI: 000000011012534X.  
- VIAF: 139248269.  
- GND: 5251426-2.  
- GRID: grid.8578.2.  
- ROR: 052sta926.  
- Ringgold: 112971.  
- ARWU university id: dunarea-de-jos-university-of-galati.  
- EU Transparency Register id: 407495628215-85 (stated as "Universitatea „Dunărea de Jos” din Galați").  
- Additional national and library authority ids: idref 087218747; nukat n2010063255; NACSIS DA15250271; Library of Congress authority no2012131308; Canadiana ncf11128940; others as listed.

### Online Presence and Media
- Official website: http://www.ugal.ro/.  
- Web feed: http://www.ugal.ro/?format=feed&type=rss.  
- Twitter: @ugalro (qualifiers include Romanian language, P554 "UDJG GALATI", start_time 2012-10-24).  
- Facebook: ugal.ro (start_time 2012-10-12).  
- Instagram: universitateagalati.  
- YouTube channel ID: UCrwZ-pjiKeBq-AbLVoujxsw (channel handle universitateadunareadejosd4868).  
- Main image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Universitatea_„Dunărea_de_Jos”.jpg.  
- Interior image (lobby): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Univ11.jpg.

### Bibliographic and Wikimedia Data
- Sitelink count: 8.  
- Wikipedia languages available: Belarusian (be), German (de), Greek (el), English (en), French (fr), Hebrew (he), Italian (it), Romanian (ro).  
- Commons category: Dunărea de Jos University.

### Categories and Related Topics
- Topic's main category: Category:University of Galați.  
- Category for interior images: Category:Interior of University of Galați.  
- Category for employees: Category:Academic staff of the University of Galați.  
- Category for alumni: Category:University of Galați alumni.

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## References

1. Directory of Open Access Journals
2. [Source](https://www.lobbyfacts.eu/datacard/universitatea-„dunărea-de-jos”-din-galați?rid=407495628215-85)
3. GRID Release 2017-01-10
4. Virtual International Authority File
5. CiNii Research
6. [Source](https://web.archive.org/web/20221123144401/https://www.auf.org/les_membres/nos-membres/)
7. [Source](https://web.archive.org/web/20231109092552/https://coara.eu/coalition/membership/)
8. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
9. [Source](http://www.ugal.ro/)
10. GRID Release 2015-12-14
11. YouTube API