About Us
Within the activities carried out by CICOC, over 1200 undergraduate, master's, and doctoral students
enrolled in full-time courses receive counselling either individually or in group activities by the 8
committee members. These members include teaching staff, a student representative, and a
representative from the (artistic) Projects Department. The Centre does not have dedicated staff
positions specifically for the planned activities.
CICOC has a dedicated office within the institution, where students can request counselling according
to a schedule that is updated annually. On average, 8 hours of counselling are scheduled per week,
depending on the needs and requests of the students. Annually, CICOC conducts group counselling
activities through the FDI – ANMGD Project, Access and Mobility – The Guarantee of Development
(project director Prof. Dr. Veronica Marta Negreanu), and the SOL Project – Supported, We Can Obtain
the Degree (project director: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kalló Ildikó). These activities include courses, tutoring,
meetings with industry personalities, guided visits to relevant institutions, preparatory meetings for
admission to undergraduate and master's studies, or for completing the bachelor's and dissertation
theses.
Objectives of the Career Information, Counselling, and Guidance Centre
The Career Information, Counselling, and Guidance Centre aims to assist students for better
information and career orientation, both during their studies and in the post-university stages.
Through its services, the centre complements the educational offer with competent support,
individually or collectively, for personal and professional development.
Team
Univ. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tatiana Oltean, Director CICOC
– Corina Bâlc, Psychologist
– Alexandra Homone, CICOC Secretary
Members:
– Univ. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Răzvan Poptean
– Univ. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Melinda Beres
– Univ. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Marta Cîrlejan
– Univ. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cristian Hodrea
– Univ. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Habil. Nicoleta Demian
– Univ. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Șerban Marcu
-Univ. Lect. Dr. Andra Pătraș
– Corina Ceclan, Artistic Projects Department
– Ana-Maria Pugna, Accounting-Financial Department
– Rodica Dîrjan, Personnel-Payroll Department
Regulation
Career Information, Counselling, and Guidance Centre (CICOC)
Organization and Functioning Regulation
General Provisions
Art. 1 The Career Information, Counselling, and Guidance Centre, hereinafter referred to as CICOC, is
a non-legal entity structure of the National Academy of Music "Gheorghe Dima" in Cluj-Napoca,
established by the Senate Decision on September 27, 2012.
Art. 2 The legislative basis for the establishment of CICOC is the M.Ed.C. Order no. 3235/16 March
2005 regarding the organization of undergraduate university studies.
The legislative basis for the functioning of CICOC is Order no. 650 of November 19, 2014, for the
approval of the framework methodology regarding the organization and functioning of counselling
and career guidance centres in the Romanian higher education system.
Art. 3 CICOC's activity is carried out in accordance with this regulation and current legislation with the
aim of increasing the employment opportunities of young people in the educational system through
counselling and career guidance activities.
Art. 4 The mission, objectives, and activities are specified in Annex 1 of this regulation.
Art. 5 CICOC's activity complements the Academy's social services offer by responding to specific
needs for information and counselling.
Art. 6 The main areas of activity of CICOC are:
– Career orientation and counselling for students, pupils, and graduates;
– Facilitating students' adaptation to the university environment;
– Facilitating the relationship between students and the labour market;
– Providing information and knowledge to increase students' employability in their fields of study.
Organization and Functioning
Art. 7 CICOC is academically subordinated to the university senate and administratively to the rector.
Art. 8 CICOC collaborates with all faculties and their departments, as well as with other departments
and management structures.
Art. 9 CICOC's activity is ensured by 7 members:
– A director appointed by the Rector of ANMGD, with the approval of the administration council, with
a 4-year mandate.
– Members appointed by the CICOC Director, with the Rector's approval:
– Four teaching staff members with expertise in the students' field of specialization (two for each
faculty);
– One member with specialized training in educational psychology, school, and vocational
counselling;
– One secretary.
Art. 10 Duties of CICOC members:
a) CICOC Director:
– Coordinates the centre's activity
– Represents the centre in established collaborations
– Develops the annual activity plan
– Prepares the annual activity report
– The CICOC Director may delegate a CICOC committee member to draft the activity plan and the
annual activity report.
b) Member with specialized training in educational psychology/school and vocational counselling:
– Provides individual and group psychological counselling services
– Contributes to the development of the annual activity plan
– Selects and applies psychological/vocational assessment tools used in the centre
c) Teaching staff members with expertise in the students' field of specialization:
– Provide individual and group educational and career counselling services
– Contribute to the development of the annual activity plan
– Assess the necessary activities for students, pupils, and graduates and contribute proposals for
guests, experts, deficient areas, etc.
– Cooperate with the didactic and administrative departments of ANMGD to find solutions for
identified didactic/university adaptation issues
d) Secretary:
– Contributes to the development of the annual activity plan
– Promotes general activities and occasional actions of CICOC
– Drafts the necessary documentation for the centre's activities
– Ensures the centralization, preservation, and dissemination of the analyses and statistics results
carried out within the centre
Art. 11 To fulfil CICOC's mission, CICOC members can be:
– Employed personnel
– Volunteer collaborators
Art. 12 CICOC will operate in a specially arranged space according to a schedule that will be visibly
posted.
Art. 13 Services offered within CICOC are free for students, pupils, and graduates, and participation in
CICOC organized activities is at the discretion of the beneficiaries.
Art. 14 The number of individual counselling sessions a student/pupil can benefit from may be limited
by CICOC's decision and will be communicated to the beneficiaries.
Art. 15 CICOC is financed from ANMGD's consolidated budget. For organizing activities and providing
services or creating informational materials, CICOC may be involved in projects with non-
reimbursable funding.
Art. 16 CICOC members will meet periodically to monitor activities and may invite other teaching or
auxiliary teaching staff involved for the dissemination of results, materials, programs, etc.
Art. 17 CICOC prepares annual activity reports (per academic year), in accordance with the CICOC
Annual Activity Plan. The annual reports are subject to Senate approval.
Final Provisions
Art. 18 This regulation comes into effect starting with the second semester of the 2022-2023
academic year and can be modified with Senate approval.
Art. 19 The documents in the annexes are an integral part of this regulation.
Art. 20 The regulation can be modified whenever necessary, in accordance with the evolution of
Romanian or international legislation.
Director CICOC,
Univ. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tatiana Oltean
Approved by the ANMGD Senate in the meeting of April 25, 2023.
Mission
The mission of the Career Information, Counselling, and Guidance Centre aligns with the directions of
reform in Romanian education, aiming to optimise the teaching process to more effectively connect
with the labour market and the current socio-economic dynamics.
It pursues objectives of assisting students of the National Academy of Music "Gheorghe Dima", as
well as pupils and graduates, for better information and career guidance both during their training
period and in the post-university stages. Through the services offered, the centre complements the
educational offer with competent support, individually or collectively, for personal and professional
development.
Objectives
a) Guiding and counselling pupils/students so that they are able to plan and manage their own
educational path optimally;
b) Reducing university dropout rates caused by professional or career orientation reasons, as well as
personal or university environment adaptation issues;
c) Facilitating the relationship between students and the labour market, so they are aware of the real
needs and challenges of the labour market;
d) Increasing the employability of students in their fields of study.
Activities
Addressed to Students:
– Educational and vocational counselling services
– Career counselling services
– Psychological counselling and evaluation services
– Development and distribution of materials for information, guidance, and counselling
– Informing and counselling students about educational possibilities within higher education
institutions for advanced levels of education
– Informing and counselling students about occupational possibilities corresponding to the
specialisations offered
– Occasionally organising preparation sessions to provide students with transversal skills to support
their career management (e.g., preparing an artistic biography, personal branding and PR)
– Occasionally organising meetings between students and representative figures from the musical
field to offer students motivation and career models or examples of diverse professional paths
– Occasionally organising meetings between students and representatives of potential employers
Addressed to Pupils:
– Educational and vocational counselling services
– Development and distribution of materials for information, guidance, and counselling
– Informing and counselling pupils about available educational and occupational possibilities within
the university curriculum, the transferable credit system at the university level, in accordance with
the National Register of Qualifications in Higher Education and the National Qualifications
Framework, through specific means such as "open days" presentations, educational fairs, thematic
visits, etc.
Addressed to Graduates:
– Conducting periodic studies and analyses on university dropout rates, graduates' integration into
the labour market, the impact of counselling and career guidance services, and proposing measures
to improve these aspects
– Developing and applying specific tools for monitoring labour market insertion
– Participating in activities organised by alumni
– Occasionally organising preparation sessions to provide students with transversal skills to support
their career management (e.g., preparing an artistic biography, personal branding and PR)
