BSUN 2026 Congress

The Technical University of Moldova (UTM) is a leading higher education institution specializing in engineering, technology, and related fields. In accordance with the European Bologna Process, UTM offers Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral degree programs. Courses are taught primarily in Romanian, while selected programs are also available in English, French, and Russian.

UTM is recognized in Eastern Europe for its strong emphasis on practical learning, advanced research facilities, and the development of entrepreneurial initiatives and innovation.

The Black Sea Universities Network (BSUN) represents the inter-university cooperation framework for Academic Institutions for the wider Black Sea Region.

BSUN facilitates the inter-university exchange of best practices, development of joint projects and generation of synergies among education, scientific research, innovation and cultural cooperation between the member universities.

BSUN is a sectoral dialogue partner of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization.

The World Academy of Art & Science (WAAS) was founded in 1960 by eminent intellectuals including Robert Oppenheimer, Father of Manhattan Project; Bertrand Russell; Albert Einstein (posthumously); Joseph Needham, co-Founder of UNESCO; Lord Boyd Orr, first Director General of FAO; Brock Chisholm, first Director General of WHO and many others. The Academy serves as a forum for reflective scientists, artists, and scholars dedicated to addressing the pressing challenges confronting humanity today independent of political boundaries or limits, whether spiritual or physical — a forum where these problems can be discussed objectively, scientifically, globally, and free from vested interests or regional attachments to arrive at solutions that affirm universal human rights and serve the common good of all humanity. WAAS is founded on faith in the power of original and creative ideas — Real Ideas with effective power — to change the world.

The World University Consortium (WUC) is a global network of networks dedicated to advancing new forms of higher education capable of responding to the complex and interconnected challenges facing humanity. WUC brings together universities, researchers, students, educators, governments, civil society, professional communities, industry, international organizations, and other stakeholders to identify emerging educational needs and to co-create, test, evaluate, and disseminate innovative, evidence-informed approaches to learning. WUC promotes interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, intersectoral, and intercultural education that is student-centered, person-centered, and people-centered. Its aim is to strengthen critical thinking, systems understanding, integrated knowledge, creativity, ethical responsibility, life-centered and lifelong learning, global citizenship, and the capacities required for human security and flourishing and constructive action in conditions of rapid change and uncertainty.

The Republic of Moldova and Romania will host on 26–27 May 2027 in Chișinău and Iași the Ministerial Conference of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), one of the most important international events dedicated to university education. The event will bring together education ministers from the 46 EHEA member states, along with leaders of international organizations and experts from about 80 countries, within the Global Policy Forum.

Launched in 1999, the Bologna Process aims to harmonize the National Higher Education Systems in order to be compatible and comparable at the European level, promoting academic mobility and international cooperation.