Politehnica University of Timișoara is a public university founded in 1920 and located in Timișoara, Romania. It is one of the largest technical universities in Central and Eastern Europe. The university owns two hotels and accommodates about 5.500 students in 16 dormitories. It also owns numerous sports facilities, including: 3 sports units, with 2 indoor halls fully equipped for ball games, 2 competition standard football grounds, one indoor artificial turf football ground, 6 tennis courts with floodlights, 2 handball courts, swimming pools, fitness rooms and provision for many other games. Politehnica University of Timișoara has cooperation agreements with several universities from Europe, USA, Asia, Canada, South America and Canada, translated in over 200 partnerships within some EU programs or bilateral partnerships.