Șerban Țigănaș is the dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania and was the president of the Romanian Order of Architects from 2010 to 2018, an institution in which he initiated the Research Study of the profession of architect and the Romanian Architecture Policy.

He has held various positions on the Council of European Architects and the one of  Secretary General of the International Union of Architects, as part of the preparation team for the 2020 UIA Congress in Rio, establishing Rio de Janeiro as the first World Capital of Architecture.