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Politehnica University of Bucharest is a technical university in Bucharest, Romania. It was founded in 1818 as "Academic School for Philosophy, Mathematical Sciences and Surveying Engineers". Later the technical superior school was renamed few times, in 1864 as School of Bridges and Roads, Mines and Architecture (based on the older technical school of Gheorghe Lazăr, from 1818), and the name "Politehnica" was introduced in 1920 when the university was renamed Polytechnic School of Bucharest.[3] Politehnica University is classified by the Ministry of Education as an advanced research and education university.[4] Teaching is conducted in Romanian and at the Faculty of Engineering in Foreign Languages teaching is conducted in one of the languages: English, French and German.