Educational Resources
University Library
“Tudor Arghezi”
Knowledge begins here — free access to over 570,000 volumes, international databases, and modern study spaces for students, faculty, and researchers.
General Overview
The “Tudor Arghezi” University Library is an integrated system consisting of the central unit and 14 specialized units — faculty libraries, departmental libraries, study and research centers, and the libraries of the University’s branches. It provides the documentary foundation necessary for the academic community through free access to a wide variety of informational resources.
The “Tudor Arghezi” University Library is an integrated system consisting of the central unit and 14 specialized units — faculty libraries, departmental libraries, study and research centers, and the libraries of the University’s branches. It provides the documentary foundation necessary for the academic community through free access to a wide variety of informational resources.
The collection grows by an average of 3,000 volumes per year through acquisitions of new works, interlibrary exchange, and donations, with an average of 800 new titles annually. The Library operates under the Organizational and Functional Regulations approved by the University Senate, which defines the mission, structure, services offered, and user rights.
The “Tudor Arghezi” Library is a private law university library, a specific structure without legal personality, subordinated to the Senate, which ensures funding and approves the management’s action projects.
Library System Structure
Central Unit
Reference room with open shelf access, information and documentation service through the TINREAD integrated system (online catalog consultation), MULTIMEDIA with free access to databases, permanent exhibitions featuring the Library’s heritage collection and Arghezi manuscripts published in the volume “The Years of Silence.”
Book processing service (reception, inventory, electronic cataloging), reading rooms with over 50 seats and bachelor’s and master’s theses — latest graduating class. The archive-repository for periodicals and reference works older than 5 years is located at 87 Revoluției Blvd. Collection of 392 periodical titles (2011–2016).
94 Revoluției Blvd.
Specialized Libraries
Collection of over 5,000 books: treatises for training specialists in life sciences, general and molecular biology, international collection on evolutionism, atlases, dictionaries, manuscripts, specialized periodical collections, and personal documents donated by the family (Prof. Univ. Dr. Dorina Ardelean and Prof. Univ. Dr. Coralia Adina Cotoraci – UVVG Rector).
85 Revoluției Blvd.
A 550 sqm space dedicated exclusively to books and individual study, inaugurated in the 2023–2024 academic year. It contains the entire collection of courses, atlases, treatises, dictionaries, and encyclopedias for medical, legal, economic, and life sciences fields, with open shelf access.
Over 12,000 titles in print format, specialized databases, digital books, online-accessible journals, and courses by faculty members published in Romanian, English, and French (print and on the cursuri.uvvg.ro platform).
Facilities: desktop computers, high-speed wi-fi service, 150+ study seats. Access is free with an I.S.I.C. card. Exhibition and sale of “Vasile Goldiș” University Press publications.
University Campus, Building A, 2nd floor
Specialized collection for: applied modern languages, history, political science, international relations and European studies, public administration, communication and public relations, psychology, primary and preschool education pedagogy, social work, and DPPD. Reading room with 32 seats, home loan service.
94 Revoluției Blvd.
Designed for F.E.D.E. students and students in specific disciplines, it offers one of the most diverse collections: modern educational works, textbooks published in Paris in the 19th century, bibliophile editions, art and travel albums, botanical and zoological albums, encyclopedias, periodicals, and major works of French literature. Collection of over 2,000 titles from the Doina and Baruțu T. Arghezi library.
94 Revoluției Blvd.
Working tools for learning the language and understanding German culture and civilization. Main source: donation from the University of Applied Sciences in Wiesbaden.
1 Gen. Praporgescu Embankment
Heritage Libraries
Exhibition featuring personal documents and manuscripts of the poet, prose writer, journalist, and typographer Tudor Arghezi, donated to the University by the Baruțu and Doina Arghezi family.
Collection of rare books from the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, with exceptional bibliophile elements: bindings, dedications, ex libris, imagery, donations from prominent figures of Romanian culture.
University House, 92 Revoluției Blvd.
Complete Romanian editions of the works of writer Ioan Slavici, comprehensive documentary collection of literary history and criticism, monographs and studies ~ 4,000 titles.
The entire collection can be consulted exclusively in its own reading rooms.
6 Vasile Goldiș Street
Over 200 rare documents and books from donations by descendants of the family and associates of the Leaders of the Great Union.
6 Vasile Goldiș Street
Research Libraries
Exceptional reference collection (books and periodicals) designed to meet the requirements of research fields, projects, and doctoral and postdoctoral programs within the Institute.
“Vasile Goldiș” University Campus
Specialized works (life sciences, medical sciences) and a collection of over 5,000 volumes of periodicals — donations from universities in Germany, France, and Switzerland. 2 reading rooms with 35 seats, 5 computers with internet, open shelf access.
Macea
Medical Library
Specialized medical library integrated within the Pediatric Clinical Hospital, available to medical staff and medical students.
Pediatric Clinical Hospital
Information Resources
Information Resources
Through UVVG’s collaboration agreements with partner universities and international research projects, the library offers access to an extensive range of virtual bibliographic resources.
ADDRESS
Revoluției Blvd. No. 94, Arad
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UNIT
NORMAL SCHEDULE
EXAM SESSION
Central Library
Revoluției Blvd. No. 94
Normal Schedule
Monday – Friday: 09:00 – 20:00
Exam Session
Mon–Fri: 08:00–16:00 · Saturday: 09:00–14:00
Law Library
University Campus
Normal Schedule
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Exam Session
Mon–Fri: 08:00–16:00 · Saturday: 09:00–14:00
Medical Library
University Campus
Normal Schedule
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Exam Session
Mon–Fri: 08:00–16:00 · Saturday: 09:00–14:00
Study Room
“Vasile Goldiș” Campus
Normal Schedule
Monday – Sunday: 08:00 – 20:00
Including weekend
