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Study in Romania: universities, tuition fees and admission

Our catalogue has 129 universities and colleges in Romania offering 2,090 undergraduate programmes in 49 cities. 1,822 of the programmes are at public institutions and 268 at private ones.

Universities

129

Programmes

2,090

Cities

49

EU fee / year, public

€845

Non-EU fee / year, public

€2,700

Always check current information on the official website of the university before you apply.

How admission works

There is no national application platform: each university runs its own admission for each programme and must publish the conditions at least six months before the exam. You need a Romanian Bacalaureat or a recognised equivalent; depending on the faculty, applicants are ranked by their Bacalaureat grades (sometimes with school grades) or by an admission exam, for example in medicine, architecture, the arts and sport. EU/EEA and Swiss citizens apply on the same terms as Romanians, while non-EU applicants send their file to the university, which forwards the selected candidates to the Ministry of Education for a letter of acceptance (needed for the study visa); Romanian-taught programmes require Romanian at level B1 or a preparatory year. Admission sessions are usually held in July with a second session in September (as at the University of Bucharest in 2026); for the autumn 2027 intake each university publishes its own calendar, and deadlines for non-EU applicants are usually in spring (for 2026 the University of Bacău accepted non-EU files from 26 January to 15 February).

• Selection: application file
• Main exam or platform: Bacalaureat

Tuition fees in Romania

At public universities an EU student typically pays €845 a year, and a student from outside the EU €2,700 a year. All amounts are per year in euros; fees charged per credit or per semester are converted to a full year (60 ECTS credits or two semesters).

Where the fee depends on family income, the typical figure is the full fee and the range starts at the lowest one.

Good to know about fees

• România: At public universities, places funded from the state budget are free and there are also fee-paying places; the fee is set by each university's senate and is shown per programme (usually in lei per year). EU/EEA and Swiss citizens apply and pay on the same terms as Romanians. Non-EU students study on fee-paying places with fees in foreign currency, usually euro, set by each university and shown where published. Private universities charge fees to all students.

Language of instruction

Romanian: 1,852 programmes; English: 168 programmes; Hungarian: 124 programmes; French: 24 programmes; German: 19 programmes. See all English-taught programmes in Romania.

Map of universities in Romania

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Where to study: cities

All 129 universities in Romania by city

What you can study

• Computer Science 100
• Mechanical Engineering 98
• Industrial Engineering 84
• Finance and Accounting 83
• Industrial Electronics and Automation 82
• Business Administration 78
• Languages and Literature 77
• Music and Musicology 54
• Law 50
• Public Administration 48
• Food Science and Technology 44
• Sport Sciences 44
• Primary Education Teaching 44
• Fine Arts 43
• Performing Arts 40
• Environmental Engineering 37
• Tourism 37
• Physiotherapy 36
• Geography 36
• Civil Engineering 35
• Electrical Engineering 33
• Psychology 31
• Nursing 30
• Medicine 30
• Energy Engineering 29
• Physics 29
• International Relations 28
• Mathematics 27
• Marketing 27
• Chemistry 26
• Advertising and Public Relations 26
• Dentistry 25
• Audiovisual Communication 25
• Journalism 24
• Agronomy 24
• Pharmacy 24
• Chemical Engineering 23
• Environmental Sciences 23
• Social Work 22
• Materials Engineering 21
• Design 20
• English Studies 20
• Translation and Languages 19
• Hospitality and Gastronomy 19
• Biology 18
• Telecommunications Engineering 17
• History 17
• Geomatics and Surveying 17
• Sociology 17
• International Business 16
• Biomedical Engineering 15
• Pedagogy 14
• Political Science 14
• Labour Relations and Human Resources 13
• Forestry 12
• Veterinary Medicine 12
• Economics 12
• Biotechnology 11
• Architecture 10
• Human Nutrition and Dietetics 10
• Landscape Architecture 9
• Philosophy 9
• Naval and Maritime Engineering 9
• Aerospace Engineering 8
• Animal Science 8
• Mining and Geological Engineering 8
• Biochemistry 7
• Building Engineering 6
• Fashion Design 6
• Art History 5
• Anthropology 5
• Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy 5
• Conservation and Restoration 5
• Geology 4
• Occupational Therapy 3
• Statistics 3
• Optics and Optometry 2
• Logistics 2
• Biomedical Laboratory Science 1
• Archaeology 1
• Data Science 1
• Multimedia and Video Games 1
• Criminology 1
• Early Childhood Education 1

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