THE "EURO 200" PROGRAM for granting financial aid for the purchase of computers for the year 2025

• Law 269/2004opens in a new tab regarding the granting of financial aid to stimulate the purchase of computers, with subsequent amendments and completions
• H.G. no. 1294/2004opens in a new tab regarding the approval of Methodological norms for the application of Law no. 269/2004 regarding the granting of financial aid to stimulate the purchase of computersopens in a new tab, with subsequent amendments and completions
• Order 3746/2025 PDF(41.04 KB) regarding the approval of the calendar for granting financial aid for the purchase of computers for the year 2025
• List of beneficiaries of EURO 200 for the year 2025

I. In order to carry out the "EURO 200" Program for granting financial aid to stimulate the purchase of computers for the year 2025, students must consider that the beneficiaries of the aid for purchasing a computer are the persons provided for in art. 2 of Law no. 269/2004 regarding the granting of financial aid to stimulate the purchase of computers, with subsequent amendments and completions, who cumulatively meet the following conditions:

• are students in state or accredited private education, aged up to 26 years;
• have a gross income per family member less than or equal to 500 lei.

In the sense of the provisions of the methodological norms, the term family designates the husband and wife or the husband, wife, and their unmarried children, who live and manage together. The term "family" is also assimilated to the situation of an unmarried person living together with the children under their care.
In the sense of the previous definition, the term "family" also includes an unmarried man and woman, with their children and each of their children, who live and manage together.
The term child refers to a child born from the marriage of the spouses, a child of one of the spouses, an adopted child, as well as a child entrusted to one or both spouses or placed in family care or for whom guardianship or custody has been established according to the law.

II. Recommended minimum configuration of computers for which financial aid is granted according to Law no. 269/2004, with subsequent amendments and completions, is as follows:
a) for desktop - processor with a minimum nominal frequency of 3.0 GHz; HDD minimum 500 GB or SSD minimum 240 GB; RAM type DDR3 or DDR4 minimum 8 GB; LCD or LED monitor with a minimum diagonal of 18.5“ and a minimum resolution of 1,920 x 1,080; keyboard, optical mouse; webcam;
b) for laptop, notebook, ultrabook, and equivalent devices - processor with a minimum of 2 cores; RAM type DDR3 or DDR4 minimum 8 GB; HDD minimum 500 GB or SSD minimum 240 GB; minimum diagonal of 14“; minimum resolution of 1,366 x 768; webcam.
The computers defined in point II, whose purchase is made through financial aid according to Law no. 269/2004, with subsequent amendments and completions, must necessarily include a licensed operating system.
Personal computers are considered personal computers and mobile devices such as laptops, notebooks, ultrabooks, or equivalent devices.

III. 1. To obtain the aid for purchasing a computer based on Law no. 269/2004, beneficiaries (students of USVT) must complete a application – type (model available HERE) PDF(207.23 KB)opens in a new tab, which they will submit by May 16, 2025 to the Secretariat of the faculty where the applicant is a student, accompanied by the documents from point 2.

2. The application will be completed by the student requesting this aid and will be accompanied by the following documents:

a. a copy of the birth certificate or identity document of the student, and in the case of minor students, together with a copy of the identity document of the parent/legal guardian, as well as the document proving the status of legal guardian, if applicable;

b. copies of the birth certificates or identity documents, as applicable, of the other family members;

c. certificate from the educational institutions/units indicating the status of student or pupil of the other siblings;

d. original documents proving the income of family members, such as:

• coupons or certificates from the Pension House regarding the amount of the pension (regardless of its nature) for the month considered (the month preceding the submission of the application);
• coupons/certificates of unemployment;
• certificate showing the gross income for the month preceding the submission of the application, earned by each of the student's parents, as well as, if applicable, of the siblings and other family members etc.;
• notarized declaration on own responsibility given by the student and family members who do not earn any income;
• copy of the court decision, in case the parents are divorced; to be completed with certificates/coupons regarding the amount of alimony for the student and their siblings;
• justifying documents from the Financial Administration regarding gross income, according to the provisions of Law no. 227/2015 regarding the Fiscal Code;
• certificate from the City Hall where they reside, for certifying agricultural income (to explicitly indicate if agricultural income is generated).

In determining the gross monthly income per family member, all incomes earned by family members in the month preceding the submission of the application are taken into account, except for: state allowance, complementary family allowance, and support allowance for single-parent families, complementary personal budget granted to persons with disabilities, study scholarships and social scholarships, as well as all social rights which, according to the law, are exempt from the establishment of other rights and obligations.

e. declaration on own responsibility of the parent, guardian, legal representative, or legal guardian, as applicable, or personally given by persons aged 18 years or older, stating that the gross monthly income per family member falls within the limit of 500 lei/ family member and that they have the remaining money for purchasing a computer with a standard minimum configuration;

f. certificate issued by the educational institution indicating that the student has passed a minimum of 45 credits in the academic year preceding the submission of the application for granting financial aid to stimulate the purchase of computers, for all students, except for first-year students.

The documents provided in points a) and b) will be submitted in copy, provided that, upon submission of the application, the applicant also presents the original documents.
Persons within USVT, designated by the president of the commission from USVT, will compare the documents provided in point III.2 with the copies, and on the latter will write the mention “conform to the original” on each page, under which both the recipient and the applicant will sign.

3. In the event that eligible beneficiaries have equal incomes, the criteria for differentiation will be in order - obtaining a minimum of 50 credits in the academic year preceding the submission of the application.

4. Beneficiaries of Law no. 269/2004 can present themselves at any economic agent that sells computers and can purchase computers based on the original value voucher, paying the price difference that exceeds the value of the financial aid.
In cases where the supplier agrees, the price difference can also be paid by the beneficiary in installments. In these cases, the value voucher obtained by the beneficiaries of Law no. 269/2004 from the educational units/institutions can constitute an advance for the purchase of computers.
It is prohibited for the economic agent to give change to the value voucher.

The calendar for granting financial aid for the purchase of computers in the year 2025 is as follows:

List of requests for the Euro 200 program regarding the provision of financial assistance for stimulating the purchase of computers. PDF(41.04 KB)opens in a new tab