Cluj-Napocaruns on a handful of strong industries. If you’re job-hunting or weighing a move, here’s where the opportunities (and the big-name employers) are.
Top industries & employers
Software & IT services
Yardi Romania, Bosch Engineering Center, Accesa, Fortech, Arobs, Endava, NTT Data, Emerson
Cluj has one of the highest concentrations of IT employment per head in central Europe, and Arobs — headquartered here — is one of the few Romanian technology companies listed on the Bucharest exchange.
Automotive & industrial engineering
Bosch, Emerson, De'Longhi, Ursus Breweries, Terapia
The Bosch engineering centre and the Jucu industrial park east of the city anchor a manufacturing and R&D base that predates the software boom and still employs heavily.
Higher education
Babeș-Bolyai University, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Iuliu Hațieganu Medical University, USAMV
Babeș-Bolyai is the largest university in Romania and teaches in Romanian, Hungarian and German; the medical university runs large English and French-language cohorts that bring students from across Europe and the Middle East.
Medical & pharmaceuticals
Terapia (Sun Pharma), Regina Maria, Medlife, Cluj county emergency hospital
Terapia has manufactured in Cluj since 1921 and is one of Romania's largest generic producers; the city's medical university makes it the country's second clinical centre after Bucharest.
Creative & events
Untold, Electric Castle, Transilvania International Film Festival
Cluj built a genuine events economy — TIFF has run since 2002 and Untold draws hundreds of thousands each August, which is a substantial share of the city's summer economy.
Business services
Genpact, Wipro, Office Depot, Steelcase, Betfair Romania
Cluj competes with Bucharest and Timișoara for shared-service work, generally winning on engineering talent and losing on scale and on flight connections.
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