Universitatea Tehnica “Gheorghe Asachi” din Iasi – TUIASI (“Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi) is a prestigious Romanian university, classified as a university for advanced research and education, according to the Ministry of Education& Research Order (MECTS nr. 5262/2011) and being also a relevant component of the research and development system of national interest according to ANCS Decision No. 9708/29.07.2009.

TUIASI develops programs for undergraduate, master, doctoral, postdoctoral studies and scientific research for over 15000 students in 11th different Faculties, in 14 research areas, out of which 10 areas were classified in the category A, according to Law 1/2011 and HG 789/2011.

The doctoral activity is organized within 10 doctoral schools including 13 doctoral fields developed according to national and international research priority areas, with a total of 478 doctoral students co-ordinated by 78 doctoral Ph.D. supervisors.

TUIASI participated in the last 3 years as coordinator or partner in many structural funded programs and projects funded by European Commission within the framework of Erasmus+ and H2020 Programs. TUIASI has an important research dimension, with 23 accredited research/excellence centers and laboratories focused on creating and transferring knowledge, especially in multidisciplinary high-tech engineering areas. These centers/laboratories activate within national & international research grants or contracts with industry and governmental organisations, their activities and results placing TUIASI in the Romanian top of scientific
research. 

The activity of the TUIASI academic staff in the area of scientific research, innovation and technology transfer in multi- and transdisciplinary fields in the last three years was materialized in: 110 research grants as coordinator and 42 grants as partner, won by national competitions, 37 grants won by international competitions, 154 research contracts realized on the basis of industrial requests and contracts. All these research activities were made visible through the publication of more than 1740 papers in ISI ranked journals, 1211 papers published in journals indexed in international databases (BDI), 494 books and books chapters published at the international and national level, 36 awarded patents (OSIM) and 142 requests for patents.

Dissemination of research results is also supported using the TUIASI international journals: Environmental Engineering and Management Journal (ISI Impact Factor 1.258), and the Bulletin of the Polytechnic Institute of Iasi, a publication with 10 specialised sections. Also, TUIASI provides administrative support, human resources, research infrastructure, the informational basis of the university’s Library, consulting and monitoring needed to develop and implement all the scientific research projects adequately.

The Faculty of Textiles, Leather and Industrial Management (TL&IM) will be involved in Design4Circle project. It is one of the 11th faculties of TUIASI. The Faculty organises three study levels (bachelor, master and doctorate), each of three domains (Industrial Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Industrial Management) and seven textile specialisations.

TUIASI is member of AUTEX (Association of Universities for Textiles)