Short history On 10 January 2000, in Oradea was founded the Agora Foundation as a non profit, non governmental, non-political, independent organization, having a humanitarian and non-patrimonial purpose and it was enrolled into the Register of associations and foundations as a private juridical entity. Through the Decision taken by the General Committee of the Founding Members, on 17 March 2000, inside the Foundation was developed a private university and also the calendar of the activities that should have been followed, in order to get the authorization for the institution, and for the first programs of study. By the Decision of the Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (Romania), taken on 20 December 2010, the Agora University was accredited with the qualifier "trust“, and the proposal was transmitted to the Romanian Ministry of National Education (Romania). The proposal was transmitted to the Parliament of Romania. After the approval of the two Chambers of the Romanian Parliament and of the Romanian president, on 3 April 2012 it was published in Romanian Official Gazette no. 222, 1st part, the Act 59/2012 regarding the establishment of Agora University of Oradea. Founders: Rector of Agora University: Misu-Jan Manolescu (2000-2012); Dean of the Faculty of Law and Economics: Adriana Manolescu (2000-2010). University Staff (2012-2016): President of Administration Council: Misu-Jan Manolescu; President of Senate: Adriana Manolescu; Rector of Agora University: Misu-Jan Manolescu; Dean of the Faculty of Economics: Casian Butaci; Dean of the Faculty of Legal and Administrative Studies: Radu-Gheorghe Florian; Director of Social Sciences Department: Viorina Maria Judeu; Director of Economic Sciences Department: Oana Mateut-Petrisor. Faculty Legal and Administrative Sciencecs The Bachelor's specializations (Bologna System – Cycle 1) of this faculty are: Law(4 years); Local Police (3 years). Faculty of Economics Management (3 years), Accountability and Management Information Systems(3 years). The Master's specialization (Bologna System – Cycle 2) of this faculty is: Management of Human Resources (2 years); Public Organisations Management (2 years); Criminal Sciences and Forensic (1 year). The Postgraduate's specializations of this faculty are: Penal and Criminal Sciences (1 semester) Institutions of Work Law (1 semester) Institutions of Private Law (1 semester) Management of Human Resources (1 semester) Financial and Accounting Audit (1 semester) Public Administration/Local Police (3 years) Publishing House The Agora University Press is recognized by the National University Research Council and publish monographs, books, university courses and three scientific journals: International Journal of Computers, Communications and Control (IJCCC), a scientific