On 19 March 2009, a Conference was held to launch the five strategic projects for higher education, also including the project: “Doctoral Studies in Romania – Organisation of the Doctoral Schools”, at the Parliament’s Palace. 

The other projects were: “Quality and Leadership for Romanian Higher Education”; “Doctorate in Universities of Excellence”; “Research Assessment and Support for Scientific Publishing”; “Improving University Management”; and “National Student Enrollment Registry”. 

All these projects are closely related. Along with the launch of the 5 projects was also launched the website www.forhe.ro  which contains details about the mentioned projects.