Proceedings of the 2025 International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Applied Science Innovations

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15439/2025I23

Citation: Proceedings of the 2025 International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Applied Science Innovations, Gerasimos Pylarinos, Christos P. Antonopoulos, George Syrrokostas, Panteleimon Apostolopoulos, Stratos David (eds). ACSIS, Vol. 46, pages 1–7 (2025)

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Abstract. University dropout is at present the greatest scourge of the Romanian academic education. The main goal of this paper consists in the identification of the principal factors leading to dropout and consequently of the most efficient modalities of prevention and control of this phenomenon within the Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti (PGUP). To that purpose, an interdisciplinary study regarding the difficulties encountered by the students in their adaptation to the PGUP environment has been performed. The results of this study, based on a questionnaire distributed to the subjects in risk situation, are summarized and commented in the present paper. A predictive model developed by the authors trying to assess the future evolution of university dropout for the PGUP engineering faculties is also included in the paper.

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