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The Oxford Women in Physics society was founded to promote the career development of women in physics and to provide a welcoming support network for women in the department of physics at the University of Oxford. OxWIP aims to enhance the experience of women working in the department through increased interaction with peers, mentors, and role models.

BRD is a strong bank with nearly 100 years of tradition of Romania. With our more than 6,600 employees in a network counting more than 500 units across the country, we stand by our clients, be they young, seniors, companies, employees or entrepreneurs. BRD Groupe Societe Generale is the thirdlargest bank in Romania by assets and the fifth market capitalization on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. As a successor of the National Company for Industrial Credit, created in 1923, it fulfilled the function of investment bank for the Romanian State before being granted, in 1990, a universal banking license. In 1999, Societe Generale became the majority shareholder of the bank, helping it become a major player of the Romanian banking market. BRD has 2.3 million customers on three main business lines: retail and SMEs, large corporations and investment banking. Its range of products and services covers, beyond classic financing, also cash management, internal and external factoring, financial and operational leasing. Since 1999, BRD has created around it a financial group which offers, in cooperation with Societe Generale business lines, expertise in: •investment banking, mergers and acquisitions or structured finance, •asset management (BRD Asset Management), •consumer loans (BRD Finance), •financial leasing (BRD Sogelease) •operational leasing (ALD Automotive) BRD is also present on the market of private pensions and life insurance through its subsidiaries BRD Pensii and BRD Asigurări de Viaţă. BRD is the Romanian market leader in syndicated loans and factoring.

The University of Bucharest is one the leading higher education institutions in Romania and Southeast Europe. The University of Bucharest offers numerous study programs, from Bachelor degrees to PhD programmes, as well as lifelong learning programmes and Erasmus programmes. Enhancing international cooperation, the University has defined partnerships and strategic collaborations with more than 100 prestigious universities from 40 different countries. The University consists of the following Faculties: - Mathematics and Informatics - Physics - Chemistry - Biology - Geography - Geology and Geophysics - Business and Administration - Law - History - Sociology - Psychology and Education Sciences - Political Sciences - Philosophy - Journalism - Letters - Foreign Languages and Literature - Orthodox Theology - Roman-Catholic Theology - Baptist Theology