Unique digital applications, Timișoara in VR and journeys into the digital world at the European Researchers' Night 2026
The event offered participants the chance to explore and rediscover the history, culture and heritage of Timisoara through alternative methods with the help of virtual applications, interacting with a complex real-virtual world through state-of-the-art digital technologies.
Diana Andone, Keynote speaker at the international summit "Focus on the Future" – Austria
The event took place from September 14-17, 2026, in Haidenberg (Austria) and was dedicated to the reconfiguration of higher education towards an opportunity-oriented and impactful society.
UPT at the European Researchers' Night: Nighttime explorations, digital education, experiments and interactive tours at the UPT Technical Museum. Admission is free
Politehnica University of Timișoara, through the Department of ID/IFR and Digital Education, together with the Multimedia Center and the cultural project Spotlight Heritage Timișoara, invites you to participate in a new edition of the European Researchers' Night event in 2026! On September 25, between 6:00 PM and 11:00 PM, we are waiting for you at the UPT Technical Museum / ExperimentariumTM (Splaiul Spiru […]
UPT's digital transformation, presented at IEEE DEMOcon 2026: How the European project "Accelerate Future HEI" supports institutional transformation
The Politehnica University of Timișoara, through the Department of ID/IFR and Digital Education, hosted for the first time, from June 24 to 26, 2026, the IEEE DEMOcon 2026 International Conference on Digital Education and MOOCs — organized by the IEEE Education Society and which, this year, merged with eMOOCs, the European Summit of MOOC Stakeholders. The conference […]
European Museum Night 2026 at the UPT Museum: Hundreds of visitors discovered history with the help of technology and experimented with state-of-the-art applications alongside the DeL UPT team
The DeL and CM teams offered dozens of guided tours to the participants, who discovered MECIPT-1 – the first computer in the Romanian university environment. Alongside it, visitors could experience the latest virtual reality and mixed reality applications, developed by UPT students and faculty within the Spotlight Heritage Timișoara project.
DEMOcon Summer School (PhD/Master/educators/researchers)
June 21–24, 2026, Timisoara, Romania
Organized in collaboration with IEEE Education Society, EMOOCs and Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania
And in parallel with the IEEE DEMOcon 2026 International Conference on Digital Education and MOOCs (June 24–26, 2026)
E³UDRES² PhD Summer School 2026 – The Impact of Artificial Intelligence in Science and Education
The second edition brought together 28 master's and doctoral students from six European countries. Each morning's presentation sessions were broadcast live via Zoom, with over 20 online participants — master's and doctoral students who watched the presentations of the international speakers for free.
Hundreds of participants at the Open Education & Science Practices Workshop 2026 UPT
Main theme: the response of educational and research systems to the challenges brought by generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), virtual reality and blockchain.
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