Abstract:
Universities represent important components of the national systems of research, development and innovation (RDI),
ranging among the factors with a high research potential (Brătianu C. Ş. and others, 2007). The research activity in the
universities involves firstly the teachers, but also the students, the PhD students and other categories of staff, while their
scientific research is governed by the national laws and internal regulations. The increase in the role of research,
development and innovation, in the present-day context of a society in development, characterized by quick rhythms of
change, fierce competition, globalization and other phenomena with visible effects on the quality of the economic and
social life, has required the development of the scientific and technological potential of the universities, especially the
improvement of the performance in university scientific research.
Thus, the organizational frame of scientific research is one of the elements in the management system which depend on
the performance of scientific research in universities. As in any field of activity, the management of scientific research
undertaken in universities refers to the human factor and assume the establishment of the positions and departments
involved in university research as well as the links between them. The analysis of the current situation regarding the
forms of management of university scientific research reflects a diversity of solutions. In this study, the authors propose
an analysis of the current research entities in universities.
