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Romanians everywhere

Number of places/study grants funded by the state budget for Romanians everywhere, academic year 2026-2027

 

Places without tuition fees, but with a scholarship

Places without tuition fees, but without a scholarship.

TOTAL

License

9

8

17

Master

5

4

9

Doctorate

0

1

1

Approved in the meeting of the Board of Directors on 25.05.2026 and confirmed in the Senate Meeting on 27.05.2026


For enrollment at USVT for Romanians everywhere, two files will be submitted, one that the university will send to the Ministry of Education, and the other file will be submitted for enrollment at the faculty within USVT.


CANDIDATES FROM THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA DO NOT NEED TO SUBMIT A DECLARATION OF AFFILIATION TO ROMANIAN CULTURAL IDENTITY


A. The application file for USVT will contain the documents required for admission to USVT, accompanied by copies and certified translations of documents issued in languages other than Romanian:

The application file for Romanians everywhere must contain the following documents:

a) Application for registration, according to Annex no. 2 (download below);

b) A copy of the birth certificate, translated into Romanian or into a language of international circulation;

c) A copy of the passport, valid for at least 6 months from the start of the study program for which the candidate is applying - a copy of the first 3 pages;

d) A copy of the marriage certificate translated into Romanian or into a widely spoken international language;

e) Declaration on one's own responsibility, based on freely expressed will, of assuming the Romanian cultural identity, according to the current legislation, as per Annex 3 (download below);

f) Copy of the baccalaureate diploma or equivalent: Diploma/Certificate of passing the maturity exam / Diploma of completed secondary education / Diploma of Completed High School, or, as the case may be, the certificate (for current year graduates) of passing the national graduation exams of high school education - translated into Romanian or another language of international circulation;

- Copy of the bachelor's degree or equivalent for master's candidates - translated into Romanian or another language of international circulation;

g) Copies of the matriculation sheets (from high school for candidates for bachelor's programs, from university for candidates for master's programs) for the level of education completed - translated into Romanian or another international language;

h) Proof of studying the Romanian language issued by an accredited educational institution from the country of origin (at least 4 years of study)/Certificate of linguistic competence for the Romanian language/Completion of the preparatory year for the Romanian language;

i) medical certificate stating that the person applying for admission is fit for the field they are applying to and does not suffer from contagious diseases incompatible with the future profession.


B. The file for obtaining approval from the ministry will contain the following documents, where applicable The methodology for the education of Romanians everywhere in the state higher education system in Romania, for study places without tuition fees, but with a scholarship, respectively, without tuition fees, but without a scholarshipopens in a new tab issued by the Ministry of Education and Research

Methodology regarding the conditions for the education of Romanians everywhere instead of the Methodology for the education of Romanians everywhere in state higher education in Romania, for study places without tuition fees, but with a scholarship, respectively, without tuition fees, but without a scholarship (2017-2018)

  • The Ministry of Education grants, annually, scholarships for short-term university study programs/bachelor's/master's/doctorate, full-time education, in accredited or provisionally authorized specializations, within state higher education institutions, to Romanians everywhere selected through a competition organized by the Ministry of Education, through the state higher education institutions, based on the places allocated and distributed by the state higher education institutions according to their own methodology.
  • The places allocated and distributed to state higher education institutions for Romanians everywhere are:
    • tuition-free study places, with a monthly scholarship;
    • tuition-free study places, without a monthly scholarship.

In accordance with the provisions of art. 1 para. (2) of Law no. 299/2007 regarding the support granted to Romanians everywhere, republished, with subsequent amendments and completions, the category of Romanians everywhere includes:

a) persons belonging to national minorities, linguistic minorities or indigenous Romanian ethnic groups or who belong to the Romanian cultural and ethnic vein, existing in the states neighboring Romania and other states, who assume their Romanian ethnic, linguistic and cultural identity towards the Romanian authorities, regardless of the ethnonym used;

b) Romanian emigrants, regardless of whether they have retained Romanian citizenship or not, their descendants, as well as Romanian citizens residing or having their residence abroad;

c) ethnic groups who identify as of Romanian origin, located outside the country's borders, registered as another minority in the state of residence, who assume, through self-identification, their belonging to the Romanian cultural and identity space.


Romanians everywhere can benefit, in the state higher education system in Romania, from accredited study programs authorized to operate provisionally with instruction exclusively in the Romanian language. The Romanian state provides two types of places:

  • study places without tuition fees, but with a scholarship, based on the offer of places from state universities in Romania, prioritizing the quality criterion and the capacity for education;
  • study places without tuition fees, but without a scholarship, based on the offer of places from state universities in Romania, prioritizing the quality criterion and the capacity for education.

For additional details and clarifications regarding the schooling procedures for Romanians everywhere in the state education system in Romania, the Ministry of Education provides interested parties with the addresses dosarerepmold@edu.gov.roopens in a new tab (for young people from the Republic of Moldova), respectively dosarerompret@edu.gov.roopens in a new tab (for Romanians everywhere from neighboring countries and the diaspora).

(1) The category of Romanians everywhere includes, in accordance with the provisions of Law no. 299/2007 regarding the support granted to Romanians everywhere, republished, with subsequent amendments and completions:

a) Persons who freely assume the Romanian cultural identity, persons of Romanian origin and those belonging to the Romanian linguistic and cultural strand living outside the borders of Romania, regardless of the ethnonym used (Armani, Armânji, Aromâni, Bessarabians, Bucovineni, Cutovlahi, Daco-Romanians, Fărseroți, Herten, Istro-Romanians, Danube Latins, Macedoromâni, Macedonian Romanians, Maramureșeni, Megleniti, Megleno-Romanians, Moldovans, Moldovlahi, Rromâni, Rumâni, Vlahs, Vlahi, Vlasi, Volohi, Macedonian Armânji), as well as all other lexical forms semantically related to the above,

b) Emigrated Romanians, whether they have retained Romanian citizenship or not, their descendants, as well as Romanian citizens with a permanent residence or residence abroad.


Details regarding the education of Romanians everywhere:

Romanians everywhere can enroll in university studies if they meet several conditions, including presenting a valid passport with a visa for entry into the country for study purposes, or a valid identity document that allows residency in Romania, as applicable.

Exception: Romanians everywhere who do not need a visa to enter the territory of Romania will present the visa for study purposes by the end of the first semester of the academic year in which enrollment takes place.


The methodology for granting scholarships to Romanians everywhere studying in state higher education institutions in Romania, approved by the joint order of the Minister of Education no. 6109/2024 and the Minister of Foreign Affairs no. 1816/2024opens in a new tab


Methodology regarding the conditions for the schooling of Romanians everywhere and foreign citizens within accredited public, private, and confessional higher education institutions in Romania, approved by the Order of the Minister of Education no. 5552/2024opens in a new tab


Order no. 6,786 of September 27, 2024 for the completion of the annex to the Order of the Minister of Education no. 5,552/2024 regarding the approval of the Methodology concerning the conditions for the schooling of Romanians everywhere and foreign citizens within accredited state, private, and confessional higher education institutions in Romaniaopens in a new tab


Order of the Minister of Education no. 5553/2024 regarding the Procedure for issuing letters of acceptance for studies for Romanians everywhere for accredited state and private higher education, for fee-paying places in leiopens in a new tab


According to Law no. 299 of November 13, 2007 on the support granted to Romanians everywhere PDF(130.83 KB)opens in a new tab republished and with subsequent amendments, (on 27-11-2017 Letter b) of Paragraph (1), Art. 5 was amended by Art. 1 of EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 85 of November 22, 2017, published in the OFFICIAL MONITOR no. 933 of November 27, 2017opens in a new tab), Romanians everywhere have the right “to study the Romanian language in Romania, abroad, and in the countries of residence, at all levels and forms of education”. Romanians everywhere have the right to participate in Romanian language courses for foreign students organized at the university and, according to The methodology for the education of Romanians everywhere in the state higher education in Romaniaopens in a new tab, art. 3, they can attend the preparatory year of the Romanian language.