Universitatea
Alexandru Ioan Cuza

How to apply

Information for:

• EU candidates
• Non-EU candidates
• Undergraduate and Master studies
• PhD studies
• Recognition Procedures
• Romanian Language Courses

EU candidates

Candidates from EU member states may apply directly to our university. Admission requirements, tuition fees and scholarship availability are the same as for Romanian candidates.

The documents required for registering must be translated into Romanian or English, authenticated to the public notary and the study diplomas must be recognized by the National Centre for Degree Assessment and Academic Recognition CNRED.

For the candidates who want to study in Romanian, a Romanian Language Certificate is required. This can be obtained by passing a language test at the Department of Romanian for Foreign Students. Candidates who can prove that they have attended at least 4 years of study in Romanian do not need to pass this language exam. If a candidate does not know the language of study, he/she must attend the courses of the Preparatory Year in order to learn Romanian. During the first semester, students will learn Romanian as a foreign language while during the second semester, they will learn the Romanian vocabulary specific for the chosen fields of study.

Further information about enrollment of EU citizens is available on our website, at www.uaic.ro - Students.

Non-EU candidates

Undergraduate and Master studies

Send the required documents and the application form to Alexandru Ioan Cuza University. We will check your file and, if everything is in accordance with regulations, send our formal approval to the Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports in Bucharest so that they could issue the Letter of Acceptance and send it to you. Based on the Letter of Acceptance (and payments where requested), applicants will receive the study visa from the Romanian Embassy in their country. Upon arrival in Romania, you should first contact the Department of International Relations. In order to get enrolled, you must submit the original study documents.

For detailed information about the application procedure, as well as tuition fees and available funding opportunities, please see our International Students webpage, at www.uaic.ro - Students

PhD studies

Only university graduates with a Bachelor Degree and a Master Degree are entitled to enroll as doctoral students at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University.

The enrollment is possible after passing a preliminary examination. The examination usually takes place in the first decade of September each year.

For detailed information about the application procedure, as well as tuition fees and available funding opportunities, please consult our International Students webpage, at www.uaic.ro - Students.

Recognition Procedures

Academic Recognition represents the assessment of a degree obtained abroad by comparing it to the Romanian education system. The National Centre for Degree Assessment and Academic Recognition (CNRED) is the Romanian authority for the academic recognition of:

• Pre-higher education degrees;
• Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees;
• PhD degrees.

• Recognition of degrees for UE citizens in order to continue their education at a higher level in an accredited Romanian university;
• Recognition of previous studies taken abroad by Romanian citizens.

For more information on who recognizes what, see CNRED website.

Romanian Language Courses

The Department of Romanian for Foreign Students organises Intensive Romanian Language Courses, Beginner level, (12 hours/week for 10 weeks) both during the 1st semester (October - December) and 2nd semester (March - May).

Fees:

• Free of charge :
  • incoming Erasmus students registered at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University
  • guest students from universities members of the Coimbra Group and Utrecht Network
• 200 Euro :
  • incoming Erasmus students registered at other universities in Iaşi
  • beneficiaries of other European Programmes
• 400 Euro - other students

The course is generally appreciated by guest students for its 6 ECTS credits, for the possibility to study in a multicultural environment and to quickly integrate among Romanian students. At the end of the course, a language certificate is delivered, mentioning the total number of classes, the level of the course as well as the number of credits awarded.