Why is Cluj region and Cluj-Napoca city becoming a hot spot for investors in ICT? Why is Cluj-Napoca constantly attracting outsourcing activities?
As you can see in the table below, Cluj-Napoca facts reveal a city ready to bloom on the world’s ICT map. Cluj has a wealth of resources that enable the growth of this location: growing and educated labor pool, multicultural and multilingual community, a well established academic research and development center for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) disciplines and a renewing infrastructure. Cluj-Napoca is a historical core of Transylvania region’s economical and cultural development.
Nominated as European Youth Capital in 2015, Cluj-Napoca has also recently attracted several interesting titles and awards. According to KPMG and the Management Authority for the Regional operational Programme, Cluj-Napoca is the most attractive growth pole in Romania.
Cluj-Napoca. Facts. | |
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| Ranking: | 2nd city in Romania |
| Location: | NW, Heart of Transylvania |
| Population: | 324,576 + cca. 100.000 students |
| Accessibility: | International airport (26 EU and pan-EU destinations) |
| Academic center: | 11 universities (UBB, UTCN) |
| IT Hub: | + 300 IT companies |
| IT Center: | 1st IT export hub of Romania (78% of Romanian IT exports) |
| Software engineers: | + 10000 (active) |
| ICT graduates: | ~ 1000 students / year |
| R&D centers: | ~ 200 research units and laboratories |
| Technology parks: | Tetarom I, II, III, IV |
| Innovation parks: | Cluj Innovation City (240 ha) |
| Multiculturality: | Romanian, Hungarian, German, Dutch, Italian, Serbian and Jewish communities |
| Multilingual education: | Romanian, Hungarian, German, French, English languages study lines for humanities and STEM |
| Major Investors in ITC: | DE, UK, USA, NL, A, F, FI, SE |
Cluj-Napoca Awards | |
| European Youth Forum | Cluj-Napoca, European Youth Capital in 2015 |
| Eurostat | Cluj-Napoca, the Capital of Tolerance, 2014 |
| Cluj-Napoca, the Friendliest City in Europe, 2014 | |
| “Respire” Association and “We Demain” magazine | Cluj-Napoca, the City with the Cleanest Air in Europe |
| Huffington Post | Cluj-Napoca, the City that will Shake Up the Art World in the 21st Century |
| Forbes Romania | Cluj-Napoca, Economic Capital of Transylvania, 2014 |
| KPMG consulting company and the ManagementAuthority for the Regional operational Programme (AM POR) | Cluj-Napoca, the most attractive growth pole in Romania |
by: Diana Roșca
