Study in Romania

Romania signed the Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region (Lisabona 1997), and at the same time, it is part of the Bologna Process concerning the implementation of the common European Higher Education area.

Through commitments assumed at the European level, focused on quality assurance, credit transfers and transparency of educational programmes description, qualifications (diplomas) obtained in the Romanian Higher Education ensured the academic and professional mobility of the graduates all over the world.

In what concerns certification, there is a wide range of academic graduate and post-graduate diplomas and distinctions that one can obtain after studying in Romania:

Certificat de studii – A certificate awarded to students who have completed their studies in higher education, but have failed to pass the get their degree.

Diplomã de absolvire a unui colegiu – Diploma certifying the completion of studies at a college and the passing of the relevant final examen.

Diplomã de licenţã – University diploma equivalent degree.

Diplomã de magister/master – Master Diploma.

Diplomã de studii aprofundate – Diploma of Advanced Studies.

Diplomã de studii (academice) – Diploma of Graduate Academic Studies.

This kind of diploma is awarded by a school of graduate studies, within a higher education institution. Such schools enroll holders of the first academic degree at the end of a two-three year graduate study programme.

Diplomã de doctor – Doctoral Diploma (Ph.D.). This is the highest academic degree awarded in all domains after 4-6 years of study and original research. It follows the first academic degree (or master’s degree) and requires the passing of examinations and the submission of an original thesis. The holder of a doctoral diploma is granted the Ph.D. title in the respective field of science or the arts.

Doctor Honoris Causa – An honorary degree awarded by higher education institutions (by vote of the Senate) to Romanian and foreign prominent figures in science, technology and culture. It is also occasionally conferred, in recognition of specific merits, to outstanding national and international public figures.

The academic year starts between mid September and mid October, subject to the decision of each University Senate. Based on their institutional autonomy, universities may also decide on the academic schedule. Each year is divided into two semesters. Each semester lasts fourteen weeks. Students have a summer holiday, a Christmas holiday, an Easter holiday and a holiday at the end of the first semester. Continue

Legislative Frame, Structure of the Universities

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The first institutes of higher education that functioned on the territory of Romania where Academia Vasiliana (1640) founded by prince Vasile Lupu in Iasi as a “higher school for Latin and Slavonic languages” and the Academy of Bucharest opened at the end of the 17th c. by the prince Constantin Brancoveanu.
The bases for higher education in Romanian language where laid down in the 19th c.: courses for topometric engineers organised in 1814 by Gheorghe Asachi in Moldavia and by Gheorghe Lazar in Wallachia in 1818. Continue

The following application papers are requested:

1. Application form;
2. Certified copy of the Baccalaureate Diploma or equivalent – for undergraduate studies;
3. Certified copy of the graduation certificate – for graduate applicants, Master or PhD;
4. Academic record translated into Romanian, English, French or German;
5. Language certificate;
6. Certified copy of the Birth Certificate;
7. Copy of the passport;
8. Medical certificate.

Deadline

The application file must be in Romania until 10 th of September 2010.

Admission to higher education institutions is based on the selection of application files. For applying to study architecture, arts, and sports, international students are required to present their portfolio. Continue

Oriental Cultural Center is pleased to provide the special offers for members and students from within and outside the European Union to study in Romanian universities. Continue

Following are typical budgets for an international student in Romania. The value of the study fees, which is stipulated by the Ministry of Education and Research, is the same for all universities. The fees differ from one domain of specialization to another. The fees for one year of study include the assessed practical experience stipulated in the curricula and the medical assistance, in the same conditions offered to the Romanian students. Continue