Institutul Confucius (at UBB) is offering courses in chinese language, caligraphy, and music. The deadline to sign up is 2 March 2026.
Chinese language courses
Beginner Tuesday, 7-8.30
For other levels, see the confucius institute’s website. You will find options for group classes, as well as VIP classes and one on one (unu-la-unu) courses.
Caligraphy courses
Beginners and advanced courses, both on Fridays.
Music Courses
Wednesday with extra practice on Thursday. From an update on the Confucius Institute’s facebook page, it seems they will be teaching how to use the Guzheng, a string instrument that at first sight, reminds us of a horizontal harp. You might also see similarities with a guitar (it seems to use a pick) or even an ancestor of the piano.
As most people don’t have one of these at home, I guess adding the extra optional Thursday practice might be a good idea.
Instructions on how to sign up, and the forms, are available at the Confucius Institute website.
https://confucius.institute.ubbcluj.ro/inscriere_cursuri/
We hope to get to this level, eventually:
https://confucius.institute.ubbcluj.ro/inscriere_cursuri/
Tai Chi courses,
beginners and advanced, on Saturdays.
To sign up, you pay first, and then fill in the form, attaching a proof of payment.
Instructions on how to sign up, and the sign up form, are available at:
https://confucius.institute.ubbcluj.ro/inscriere_cursuri/
Chinese primary and middle school children
Free Chinese courses for pupils enrolled in schools in Cluj.
The Confucius Institute’s facebook page has also advertised free Chinese classes (seemingly through the medium of Romanian) for primary school and middle school aged pupils.
Language of instruction: Romanian. (probably, that was the language of the original advertisement).
Where: Economica 2, Stradă Teodor Mihali 59, Cluj-Napoca
To sign up, email cursuri_confucius@yahoo.com with
- name of the pupil
- school
- class (or their grade)
- group (from below)
Students and Pupils. But in Romanian, the word elevi is used more than the English pupils. So, elevi means high school students, those still in k-12. And in this case, it seems to be grade 0 (kindergarten) to grade 8. However, it is advertised in Romanian, so if you didn’t know about the difference between “student” and “elev” already, maybe your Romanian isn’t at the level to understand the instructions.
Deadline to sign up 2 March.
Classes start 14th of March.
Group 4 – beginners. Class 0-4. 12.30 – 13.30 (1.30 pm) Saturdays.
Group 1 – continue from 1 semester. Class 0-4 9-10am Saturdays
Group 2 – continuing from 3 semesters. Class 0-4 10.10-11.10 Saturdays
Group 3 – continuing from 1 semester. Class 5-8. 11.20 – 12.20 Saturdays
More information available on the ConfuciusIntituteUBB facebook page and their webpage. https://confucius.institute.ubbcluj.ro/