Artifex University of Bucharest is a higher education institution, a legal entity of public utility according to private law and part of the national education system. Headquartered in Bucharest, the university was established as an effect of Act no. 133/2005.
Artifex University of Bucharest operates according to the principle of universities' autonomy – within the legal framework provided by the Romanian Constitution, the National Education Act and its own charter. The founder of Artifex University of Bucharest is the National Technical, Scientific, Social and Cultural Foundation of the Crafting Cooperatives. The autonomy of Artifex University of Bucharest includes the following forms of autonomy: organizational and functional autonomy, teaching and scientific autonomy, financial and administrative autonomy, jurisdictional autonomy.
