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Târgu Mureș, the city

Tîrgu-Mureş (Hungarian Marosvásárhely ; German: Neumarkt ) is the seat of Mureș County in the north-central part of Romania.

The first written reference to the city was in the Latin Novum Forum Siculorum in 1332 followed by mention as Sekulvasarhel (modern Hungarian: Székelyvásárhely), meaning "new market of the Székelys", in 1349. Geographically, Târgu Mureş is distant 346 km from Bucharest, 480 km from Belgrade, 515 km from Budapest and 598 km from Sofia and is located in the Mureș River valley. The city spreads out from Fortress Church in the center of the town, built in the 14th century, to form an area of 49.3 square kilometres. The city is located at the centre of the historical region of Transylvania and covers an area of 49.3 square kilometres (19.0 sq mi). It lies at the junction of three geographical regions of Transylvania (Transylvanian Plain, Mureş Valley and Niraj Valley) at 330 meters above sea level.

From a cultural point of view, Targu Mures is a vibrant city whose spiritual foundation is defined by the Palace of Culture, one of the representative symbols of the Art Nouveau style in Romania. To see castles, citadels and other architectural curiosities see www.visitmures.ro.

Many personalities have been born or lived in the city and helped shaping it in different fields: Tamás Borsos (1566-after 1633), Péter Apor (1676–1752), Sámuel Teleki (1739–1832), Farkas Bolyai(1775–1856), János Bolyai(1802–1860), Vályi Gyula (1855-1913), András Sütő (1927–2006) etc. The city was the home of composer György Orbán (born 1947), SMURD doctor Raed Arafat (born 1964) and football player László Bölöni (born 1952).

The first fortress in the town was erected in 1492 upon order of Transylvanian voivode Stephen Báthory and was accomplished somewhere between 1602 and 1652 under judge Tamás Borsos. Having a pentagon plan, surrounded by a defense wall, the Citadel has seven forts, five of them bearing the names of the guild which – according to tradition – supported its maintenance: the leather dressers’, the tailors’, the butchers’, the ironmongers’, the coopers’. The Teleki-Bolyai Library is a historic public library and current museum in the town. One of the richest Transylvanian collections of cultural artefacts, it was founded by the Hungarian Count Sámuel Teleki in 1802, at the time when Transylvania was part of the Habsburg Monarchy and has been open to the reading public ever since. The old City Hall was built in 1906-1907 after the construction plans of Komor Marcell and Jakab Dezső. The entrance area, including the corridor and the staircase leading to the first floor, is the most representative in this regard. The ribbed stellar vaults that cover this area were inspired by Gothic architecture. The Palace of Culture is a remarkable construction in the city center. It was built upon initiative of the mayor of the town, György Bernády. Building works started in the spring of 1911.

The city is home to the VIBE music festival.

Universities like the George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures , Sapientia University, University of Arts and Dimitrie Cantemir University account around 15000 10,000 students.

Sapientia University, Faculty Of Technical And Human Sciences

The Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences of Sapientia – Hungarian University of Transylvania is one of the most prestigious institutions of higher education in the region. The teaching activity is carried out on the University Campus located on a 27 ha territory located at the exit from Târgu-Mureş to Sighişoara in Corunca.­

 The University started its activity in the 2001-2002 academic year, launching 5 specialties: pedagogy, informatics, mechatronics, computer science and automation. In 2002 the university’s offer was extended with further specialties: communication and horticultural engineering. In 2009 other Bsc study programs were found: Mechanical Engineering and Telecommunication Systems and Technologies. In 2013 MSc study programs were founded: Software Development, Intelligent Control Systems, Advanced Mechatronic Systems anp Plant Protection

The University Campus and the new central building offer infrastructural conditions of high standard. Students have 3 indoor amphitheaters and almost 50 lecture rooms and fully equipped laboratories (informatics, electronics, mechanics, robotics, artificial intelligence, embedded systems and electron microscopy). The building also houses administrative departments, academic departments and the university library.

The faculty is equipped with optical fiber broadband internet connection and wireless possibility as well. The faculty is interconnected with the other three faculties of the university through backbone network.  

To support the theoretical and practical studies of horticultural and landscape engineering students, the University Campus offers adequate conditions, placing the area around the building at their disposal.  

The university library provides the information base necessary for teaching and research activities, offering a collection of more than 42,000 items, including specialized textbooks, magazines, newspapers. Continuously developing its services and offer, the university library is trying to provide students and lecturers with access to the most recent literature in their fields. The basic services offered by the library include reference services, reading room, lending services, access to e-resources through the national ANELIS programme and offering information.  The services and facilities within the building include a students’ canteen, a coffee bar and a gymnasium.  

The second building enlarge the space for academic and administrative activities and also offer space for a students’ hostel with 280 places.