The University of Bucharest is a public research university in Bucharest, Romania. It was founded in its current form on 4 July 1864 (160 years ago) by a decree of Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza to convert the former Princely Academy into the current University of Bucharest, making it one of the oldest Romanian universities. It is one of the five members of the Universitaria Consortium (a group of elite Romanian universities). The University of Bucharest offers study programmes in Romanian and English and is classified as an advanced research and education university by the Ministry of Education.