The University of Oradea is a public higher education institution located in Oradea, northwestern Romania. Established in 1990, it comprises 15 faculties, including Arts, Constructions and Architecture, Economics, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Energy Engineering, Environmental Protection, Geography, Tourism and Sport, Law, Letters, Management and Technological Engineering, Medicine, Orthodox Theology, History, Political and Communication Sciences, Sciences, and Social Humanistic Sciences.

The university offers 123 undergraduate programs and 151 master's programs, serving over 19,000 students with a teaching staff of 935. Internationally, the University of Oradea collaborates with over 350 institutions from 40 countries and participates in European programs such as Socrates and Erasmus. In global rankings, the university is positioned in the 1401+ bracket according to the QS World University Rankings 2024 and between 1201–1500 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024. The mission of the University of Oradea is to provide high-quality education and research, contributing to the social, economic, and cultural development of both the local and international communities.