2018

• the Jean Monnet Module entitled Development of the Border Regions in Central and Eastern Europe Countries is won, under the coordination of lecturer Florentina Chirodea, PhD
• partnership with M.I. Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research of NAS of Ukraine in the Jean Monnet Project, Boosting Local Economic Growth in Border Regions in the Process of EU Integration: Best Practices of Eastern Partnership (EaP) Countries

2015

• the project ACCES, financed by the Sectoral Operational Programme “Human Resources Development” is implemented
• partnership with the A.I. Cuza University in Iași within the Jean Monnet Network - European Union and Its Neighbourhood. Network for Enhancing EU’s actorness in the Eastern Borderlands, coordinated by Ioan Horga, PhD

2013

• the MA programme in Evaluation of European Public Policies and Programmes is accredited

2012

• the BA programme of Security Studies is authorized
• a new Jean Monnet Module is won, entitled “Cultural Diplomacy at the East and West Borders of the European Union – an essential Element in the Process of European Integration”, coordinated by associate prof. Alina Stoica, PhD
• the project entitled Development of Focused IT and Language Skills in the Labour-market Region of Debrecen-Oradea is financed within the Hungary - Romania CBC Programme 2007-2013. The project is coordinated by lecturer Polgar Istvan, PhD
• project financed by the Municipality of Oradea, entitled The Border, a Space of Innovation and Cooperation in the European Union, coordinated by lecturer Adrian Popoviciu, PhD
• a project financed by the Bihor County Council, entitled The Frontier Worker – New Perspectives on the Labor Market in Border Regions, coordinated by lecturer Adrian Popoviciu, PhD

2011

• MA programme of European Studies in English is accredited
• two Jean Monnet Modules are won, namely The Border, a Space of Innovation and Cooperation in the European Union, coordinated by lecturer Adrian Popoviciu, PhD and “Security Approaches at the Eastern Border of the European Union”, coordinated by lecturer Dorin Dolghi, PhD
• the Jean Monnet Multilateral Research Group, entitled Initiative and Constraint in the Mapping of Evolving European Border, under the coordination of prof. Ioan Horga, PhD, is won
• partnership within the Transnational Cooperation Programme South-East Europe with the project entitled Boosting Innovation through Capacity Building and Networking of Science Centres in the SEE Region, under the coordination of prof. Mircea Brie, PhD

2010

• the Chair in International Relations and European Studies becomes a department
• the BA programme of International Relations and European Studies in English is accredited
• Professor Ioan Horga obtains the right to coordinate doctorates in the domain of International Relations and European Studies
• two Jean Monnet Modules are won by the Department, namely Ethnie, Confession and Intercultural Dialogue at the European Union Eastern Border, coordinated by prof. Mircea Brie, PhD and Le leadership politique et le développement organisationnel de l’union européenne, coordinated by lecturer Cristina Dogot, PhD

2009

• the BA programme of International Relations and European Studies is accredited
• the MA programmes in “Regional Development and Institutional Communication in the EU” and “European Security” are accredited
• another project is won, namely Judicial Regime of Cross-border Cooperation Organisms in Romanian and Hungarian Law. European models of implementation within the PHARE CBC 2006 INTERREG III A, Romania-Hungary Programme, under the coordination of prof. Ioan Horga, PhD
• the project entitled Development of Competence-Based Adult Education E-Learning Programme; Launch of a Training for Stimulating SMEs is financed within the Cross-border Cooperation Programme Hungary-Romania 2007-2013, under the coordination of lecturer Polgar Istvan, PhD
• the first issue of the Annals of University of Oradea. Series International Relations and European Studies appears

2008

• the Department of International Relations and European Studies become a partner in the transnational project entitled European Thematic Network for European Studies (SENT-NET)
• projects financed by the Municipality of Oradea: Europe and religious frontiers, coordinated by lecturer Constantin Țoca, PhD, and Intercultural Dialogue and Neighourhood Policy in the Carpathian Space, coordinated by prof. Ioan Horga, PhD

2007

• the Jean Monnet project “Mass–Media and Intercultural Dialogue in Europe Without Borders” is won, under the coordination of associate prof. Luminița Șoproni, PhD
• the Jean Monnet Module European Parliament in Campus for the Intercultural Dialogue and European Neighborhood Policy in the Carpathian Area is won, under the coordination of prof. Ioan Horga, PhD
• the project proposed by the specialists of the Department, entitled Intercultural Dialogue and interpretation of borders, is financed by the Municipality of Oradea. The project is coordinated by prof. Ioan Horga, PhD

2006

• project financed by the Municipality of Oradea, To prepare a common future: The Urban Agglomeration of Debrece-Oradea - 700.000 (2020), coordinated by prof. Ioan Horga, PhD
• the first issue of Eurolimes appears

2005

• the Institute of Euroregional Studies Oradea-Debrecen, Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, is set up
• the Jean Monnet Module “Euroregional and Regional Structures – Efficient for the New EU’s Frontier” is won by prof. Ioan Horga, PhD

2003

• the Chair in International Relations and European Integration is set up
• entry in the Siena Network of the European Master’s Programme entitled “Building of Europe”, along with universities of Athens, Azores, Bologna, Coimbra, Krakow, Granada, Hanover, Salamanca, Siena, and Strasbourg
• the BA programme of International Relations and European Studies is authorized
• the chair wins a grant for the project “Action Learning for SMEs of Bihor, Sălaj, Satu Mare counties - A New Model of an Entrepreneurial School in the field of Human Resources” within the PHARE 2000 Programme entitled “Socio-economic cohesion, development of human resources in the context of industrial restructuring”, coordinated by prof. Ioan Horga, PhD

2002

• the Jean Monnet Chair in Euroregional Studies is inaugurated

2001

• the MA programme entitled “Euroregional Studies and Cross-border Relations” is set up
• the Department begins a partnership with the University of Reims Champagne Ardenne and the Institute of International and Administrative Studies in Brussels within a project on the impact of mass-media on the European construction process

2000

• the Department of International Relations and European Integration is set up
• the International Centre for Euroregional Research (CICE - in Romanian) is set up