The “Ion Creangă” State Pedagogical University of Chisinau was formed according to the decision of the Moldovan Government of 16 August 1940, initially called the Moldovan State Pedagogical Institute, which in 1955 was renamed the “Ion Creangă” State Pedagogical Institute from Chisinau. In 1992, based on the Decision of the Government of the Republic of Moldova no. 330 of May 21 “Regarding the reorganization of the university education system”, the Institute is reorganized in the “Ion Creangă” State Pedagogical University of Chisinau.
The “Ion Creangă” State Pedagogical University of Chisinau is a higher education institution aiming at the initial and continuous higher education of specialists in the fields of Education Sciences, Humanities, Social Sciences, Arts, Exact Sciences and Social Assistance, ensuring Their professional qualifications on the labor market, as well as in the development of the scientific research activity and the valorisation of its results.
The strategic plan of UPS “Ion Creangă” is elaborated in accordance with the provisions of ongoing reforms in the national and European education system, aiming to achieve the mission of the university: teachers’ pedagogical training and innovation of education sciences through inter- and transdisciplinary research .
In order to achieve the assumed mission, it is necessary to consolidate and improve some general institutional values:
Quality – supporting a culture of quality in all functional subdivisions of the university and in all areas of vocational training.
Cooperation and communication – within the institution, national, regional and international interinstitutional.
Integrity – honesty in all the activities of the members of the academic community;
Excellency – a point of reference in everything the University undertakes and promotes.
Flexibility – by applying different methods and means to achieve individual and institutional programs;
Creativity – providing solutions, including alternatives for the purpose of developing and promoting the institution;
Lifelong learning – for all university teachers.
In order to achieve the classical functions of the university (didactic and research), the strategic plan for the period 2012 – 2015 of the “Ion Creangă” UPS from Chisinau is oriented towards the following priority directions:
asserting organizational culture, image and institutional identity of UPSC and specializing graduates in professions recognized in the labor market;
curricular construction and development for pedagogical higher education;
optimizing the quality of the educational process;
resizing scientific research, wide openness to social expectations; The development of new scientific knowledge, the formation of new professional skills;
developing an educational marketing to promote undergraduate, masters, doctoral and in-service programs of the university;
ensuring the mobility of students and academics through institutional, national, regional, international programs;
changes in the design of institutional financial policy;
creating and validating new performance indicators for teaching staff.