About the Phoenix Institute

Our history

Between 1995 and 2007, the non-profit association Phoenix Post-secondary Institute ran post-secondary education programmes.

The institute trained specialists for occupations that were in short supply on the Romanian labour market, especially after 1989: advertising creation and strategy, the creative team of an advertising agency (copywriter, art director), applied modern languages (bilingual business or legal translator), office administration (bilingual/trilingual secretary, office operator), commercial management and applied IT (computer and network technician).

In 2000 the institute’s educational activity was accredited by the National Commission for the Evaluation and Accreditation of Pre-university Education (Ministerial Order no. 3100 of 26 January 2000), becoming part of Romania’s national education network.

In 2002 the Phoenix Institute worked, together with professional associations, to have advertising occupations officially recognised. As a result, Art Director (advertising) — COR code 347601 — and Copywriter (advertising) — COR code 437602 — were added to the Romanian Classification of Occupations. In 2004 the institute obtained national approval for the training standards and curriculum for these occupations at post-secondary level.

Since 2005 the Phoenix Institute has been authorised by the National Centre for Adult Vocational Training as an adult-training provider for specialisation programmes in advertising (Art Director and Copywriter).

In 2006 the institute was accredited to provide specialised employment services: information, counselling and job mediation.

Since 2007 our educational work has focused on adult education. In the same year the institute was authorised nationally to deliver the Web Page Designer qualification (COR 4113.3.1).

We believe that associations are an essential means for citizens to express and pursue their needs democratically. The Phoenix Institute is a founding member of the National Union for the Development of Private Pre-university Education in Romania, an observer member of the European Association of Institutions in Higher Education and an observer member of the International Network of Productive Schools.

Facilities

• A library with more than 3,000 specialist books
• Two networked computer labs
• Internet access
• Overhead and video projectors
• Materials for drawing classes