German billionaire makes biggest donation to Lucian Blaga University from Sibiu

The Hasso Plattner Institute in Postdam, established and financed by German billionaire Hasso Plattner, is donating EUR 4.2 million to the Lucian Blaga University in Sibiu (ULBS), says Romania-Insider.com.

The sum is meant to cover various research projects and the scholarships of Romanian students at the Hasso Plattner Institute, the Romanian university announced.

“A big gain will be that we will be able to include in our activities groups of students, companies and partners in charge of research and development in Sibiu so as to create innovative products. […] We will establish a Hasso Plattner research scholarship for young researchers and for students,” Ioan Bondrea, the rector of ULBS said, quoted by Capital.

According to him, this is the largest donation to a Romanian university in the past 30 years.

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