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Study medicine
in Romania.

English Medicine in Romania has university-specific selection, Ministry of Education acceptance and important deposit terms. For Indian applicants, the future right to register locally needs particular attention before paying.

3 universities in this guide3 course profiles

The directory counts cover selected international medicine routes. Any wider national reference has its own year and applicant scope. Separate faculties and entry routes may have separate profiles; current intake availability is stated in each profile.

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Medicine · 6 yearsExplore admission, training, fees and the route to registration.
Entrance selectionUniversity selection: files and/or interviews

Cluj academic-file assessment · Carol Davila scientific admission interview

Tests, requirements & exceptions ↓
Quick admission FAQs ↓

ADMISSION / AT A GLANCE

Entrance tests in Romania.

University selection: files and/or interviews

There is no single national English-medicine entrance test for the international routes compared here. Cluj assesses the application file; Carol Davila adds a science interview. Do not describe Romania as universally exam-free.

Admission sources checked . Each requirement retains its programme and intake scope.

Cluj academic-file assessment

No separate science entrance test is listed for this 2026 international route; academic performance and achievements are assessed. Required language evidence or an accepted exemption remains separate.

Applies to: UMF Iuliu Hațieganu Cluj-Napoca, international English Medicine, 2026

Official requirements for Cluj academic-file assessment ↗

Carol Davila scientific admission interview

Required in the 2026/27 English route: a 15–30-minute online interview in English using the published scientific topics, alongside academic-file evaluation.

Applies to: Carol Davila University, English Medicine, EU and non-EU international routes, 2026/27

Official requirements for Carol Davila scientific admission interview ↗

An admission test, language requirement and medical licensing examination serve different purposes. For Indian citizens and OCI applicants, NEET eligibility is a separate India-return planning requirement; it does not automatically replace the destination university’s selection.

Qualification and duration
Six-year Medicine qualification; confirm the diploma title and English track in the university’s offer. Six academic years for the Medicine programmes covered here; specialist training and professional registration are separate stages.
Admission route
University file assessment and, where required, an interview; the non-EU route also requires the Ministry of Education acceptance letter and a study visa.
Patient / clinical language
Romanian is important for patient contact. Ask the faculty how it prepares and assesses students for clinical communication.
Tuition at the selected universities
Verified 2026/27 examples: Cluj and Carol Davila Medicine each €10,000/year. These are historical benchmarks for a future 2027 applicant, not confirmed 2027 prices.
Living budget
Romania’s national study portal gives about €600/month as a living-cost benchmark. Add tuition, deposits, visa/residence costs, flights and an emergency reserve.
India-return planning

Resolve both the foreign-internship evidence and the Romanian registration route for your nationality/residence status before relying on a plan to practise in India. Read the Indian requirements →

Your application, step by step.

  1. Decide the professional destination

    For India-return plans, obtain a written explanation of the internship and local-registration route before paying a non-refundable deposit. Nationality and immigration status can matter.

    For India-return plans, obtain a written explanation of the internship and local-registration route before paying a non-refundable deposit. Nationality and immigration status can matter.

  2. Choose the exact English Medicine track

    Compare university selection, language evidence, clinical training and fees. Do not treat every Romanian medical school as a no-test route.

    Compare university selection, language evidence, clinical training and fees. Do not treat every Romanian medical school as a no-test route.

  3. Submit the academic file and interview

    Prepare final school records, science evidence, passport and the required language and document authentication. Complete the institution’s interview where applicable.

    Prepare final school records, science evidence, passport and the required language and document authentication. Complete the institution’s interview where applicable.

  4. Review deposit and confirmation terms

    Save the offer, payment deadline and refund clauses. A place-confirmation payment can be non-refundable even before final enrolment.

    Save the offer, payment deadline and refund clauses. A place-confirmation payment can be non-refundable even before final enrolment.

  5. Obtain the Ministry acceptance letter

    Follow the university’s process for recognition and the Ministry letter. A university selection result is not the same document and is not the visa.

    Follow the university’s process for recognition and the Ministry letter. A university selection result is not the same document and is not the visa.

  6. Apply for study entry and residence

    Use Romania’s eVisa route and the competent consulate for your citizenship/legal residence. After approval, complete the Romanian residence-permit steps on time.

    Use Romania’s eVisa route and the competent consulate for your citizenship/legal residence. After approval, complete the Romanian residence-permit steps on time.

  7. Keep clinical and professional records

    Study Romanian for patient care, maintain training logs and revisit registration requirements before graduation. Do not postpone the India-return evidence question until the last year.

    Study Romanian for patient care, maintain training logs and revisit registration requirements before graduation. Do not postpone the India-return evidence question until the last year.

English Medicine: selection is not one national process

Cluj, Carol Davila in Bucharest and Grigore T. Popa in Iași run distinct international admissions procedures. Compare the exact Medicine track and applicant category rather than transferring one university’s rules to another.

The school qualification, language route, academic selection, Ministry acceptance and immigration permission are separate checks. An applicant can pass one stage while still having outstanding conditions at another.

Sources: Cluj international undergraduate admissions 2026/27 ↗Carol Davila English admissions methodology 2026/27 ↗Iași international admissions methodology 2026/27 ↗

Documents and interviews

Prepare examples of scientific reasoning and motivation even where the first step is an academic-file review. Do not assume that “no common national entrance examination” means admission without assessment.

Documents and interviews
University2026 admissions evidenceUseful distinction
ClujAcademic and personal-file evaluation with the programme’s English-evidence requirements.Confirm the accepted language certificate or documented English-schooling exemption.
Carol DavilaOnline English interview of approximately 15–30 minutes, including science assessment.B2 language evidence and any exemption follow its own methodology.
IașiFile evaluation and an interview, followed by ranking and confirmation.Being selected is conditional on Ministry/recognition documents, payment, originals and the study contract.

Sources: Cluj international undergraduate admissions 2026/27 ↗Carol Davila English admissions methodology 2026/27 ↗Iași international admissions methodology 2026/27 ↗

2026 evidence versus a 2027 application

The university sources checked here concern 2026/27 admissions. Confirmed 2027 opening dates, closing dates and fees are pending in this guide; the dates below are historical planning context.

Iași’s 2026 calendar placed file submission on 1 March–25 May, interviews on 10–19 June and results on 22 June. It then set separate confirmation and final-payment milestones. These dates show the sequence, not the next intake’s timetable.

Sources: Cluj international undergraduate admissions 2026/27 ↗Carol Davila English admissions methodology 2026/27 ↗Iași official admissions calendar 2026/27 ↗

Tuition and extra charges

Keep the fee year on the shortlist and retain the university’s written payment instructions. The examples below exclude living costs and are not a whole-course price guarantee.

Tuition and extra charges
University / yearMedicine tuitionSeparate charge
Cluj, 2026/27€10,000/year€300 non-refundable file-processing fee.
Carol Davila, 2026/27€10,000/yearThe schedule lists €500 for the language examination where applicable; this is not a universal application fee.

Sources: Cluj international undergraduate admissions 2026/27 ↗Carol Davila international tuition schedule 2026/27 ↗

Deposits: what could be at risk

Cluj’s 2026 procedure requires a place-confirmation payment of half the annual tuition and describes that payment as non-refundable. Non-EU visa applicants then need evidence of full first-year tuition payment.

Iași’s 2026 methodology requires two-thirds of tuition to confirm a place within the stated period, normally non-refundable on withdrawal or unmet obligations. It separately describes a board-approved refund route after full payment for specified Ministry-acceptance or study-visa refusals. Retain the refusal and apply under the actual policy; do not assume every withdrawal qualifies.

Sources: Cluj international undergraduate admissions 2026/27 ↗Iași international admissions methodology 2026/27 ↗

The Ministry acceptance letter and school records

The non-EU admissions route includes a Ministry of Education acceptance letter. The university coordinates the relevant file; keep the ministry document distinct from an email saying you passed selection.

Prepare school completion and subject marks, passport and the required civil-status and health records. Authentication follows the document’s issuing country: an Indian school certificate does not become an Omani document because the applicant lives in Muscat. Follow the faculty’s translation and original-document instructions.

Sources: Cluj international undergraduate admissions 2026/27 ↗Iași international admissions methodology 2026/27 ↗

Living costs and cash available before travel

The national Study in Romania portal gives about €600/month as a general living-cost reference. At that rate, twelve months is €7,200 before tuition or exceptional costs. Actual rent, household sharing and city can change the result.

Add the housing deposit, flights, document work, insurance and residence formalities. Do not count a future part-time job as money already available for the visa or the first tuition payment.

Sources: Study in Romania: official cost guide ↗

Study visa: India and Oman applicants

Romania’s immigration authority describes the long-stay study route for non-EU applicants. It normally requires Ministry acceptance, at least one year of paid tuition, health cover and funds tied to the statutory minimum gross salary for the visa period. Exemptions exist for specified categories.

The current IGI page states a €300 visa fee and a 90-day long-stay visa, followed by residence formalities. Use the eVisa portal to identify the competent mission and its document instructions. An applicant in Oman must establish lawful residence for the chosen mission; do not automatically reuse an India submission location or assume a VFS channel.

Sources: Romanian General Inspectorate for Immigration: studies ↗Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs eVisa portal ↗

Prepare for Romanian patients

Plan language study alongside the English curriculum. Ask your faculty which Romanian-language assessments precede patient-facing training, which hospitals provide rotations and what documents certify the completed clinical work.

Keep dates, departments and supervisors in a training record. Explain curricular clinical placements, any post-degree internship and specialist training as separate stages when discussing your future licensing route.

Sources: Cluj international undergraduate admissions 2026/27 ↗Carol Davila English admissions methodology 2026/27 ↗NMC clarification of the FMGL Regulations ↗

Why local registration needs an early answer

Romania’s medical law ties professional practice to qualification, medical fitness, professional registration and specified citizenship/residence categories. Those categories include qualifying non-EU statuses; it is incorrect to say that every Indian graduate is barred, or that a student residence permit automatically gives full professional access.

For an Indian applicant, obtain a written assessment from the competent Romanian regulator of the status and steps needed after this exact degree. Graduation, residency training and independent practice are distinct. This matters because the NMC route also requires evidence of registration in the country of qualification.

Sources: Romanian Medical College: medical-profession law, updated April 2026 ↗NMC Foreign Medical Graduate Licentiate Regulations 2021 ↗NMC clarification of the FMGL Regulations ↗

Medical universities & course fees.

Each profile keeps its own faculty, fee year and applicant category. INR and OMR are planning conversions from 7 October 2026, rounded for comparison. They are not live exchange rates or payment quotes.

USD estimates use ECB reference rates dated 9 October 2026 and Bank of Russia rates effective 10 October 2026. Rounded planning amounts for the same fee period; bank rates and transfer charges differ.

European Central Bank reference rates — 9 October 2026 ↗Bank of Russia official rates — effective 10 October 2026 ↗

Romania · Public

Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Medicine, English-taught, six-year integrated medical degree

Cluj-Napoca · 6 years · School-leaver route

€10,000EUR 10,000/year≈ US$11,206Same period and fee conditions · reference rates 9–10 Oct 20262026/27

English academic route. Patient language: Romanian is important for patient contact. Ask the faculty how it prepares and assesses students for clinical communication.

Romania · Public

Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Medicine, English-taught, six-year integrated medical degree

Bucharest · 6 years · School-leaver route

€10,000EUR 10,000/year≈ US$11,206Same period and fee conditions · reference rates 9–10 Oct 20262026/27

English academic route. Patient language: Romanian is important for patient contact. Ask the faculty how it prepares and assesses students for clinical communication.

Romania · Public

Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Medicine, English-taught, six-year integrated medical degree

Iași · 6 years · School-leaver route

€9,000EUR 9,000/year≈ US$10,085Same period and fee conditions · reference rates 9–10 Oct 20262026/27

English academic route. Patient language: Romanian is important for patient contact. Ask the faculty how it prepares and assesses students for clinical communication.

A starting point for living costs.

€600–€900 per month · approximately OMR 258–OMR 387.

≈ US$672–US$1,009Same period and fee conditions · reference rates 9–10 Oct 2026

Study in Romania gives approximately €600/month; the upper planning allowance is a Via Glowbal estimate for city/private-housing variation, not an official visa minimum.. This is separate from tuition and is not proof of the visa maintenance requirement.

Planning basis: the 8 October medicine research edition. INR and OMR are planning conversions from 7 October 2026, rounded for comparison. They are not live exchange rates or payment quotes.

Tests & official preparation.

Cluj international undergraduate admissions

Official file-assessment criteria, language evidence and application documents.

Carol Davila English Medicine methodology, 2026/27

Official interview and language-evidence rules; use as historical preparation context until the next call.

Iași international admissions methodology, 2026/27

File evaluation, interview, confirmation and enrolment process.

Quick admission answers for Romania.

Can I apply to Romanian medicine without a science entrance exam?

For Cluj’s 2026 international English route, selection is based on the application file. That does not establish a country-wide exemption: Carol Davila’s English route includes a compulsory scientific interview.

Sources: Cluj international English Medicine admission 2026 ↗Carol Davila English admissions methodology 2026/27 ↗

Does English-medium schooling remove every language step?

Cluj’s 2026 rules accept fully completed secondary studies in English instead of a separate language certificate. Otherwise it asks for accepted B2 evidence. Each university sets its own documentary conditions; this does not remove Carol Davila’s interview.

Sources: Cluj international English Medicine admission 2026 ↗Carol Davila English admissions methodology 2026/27 ↗

Official sources

Guide edition: 2026-10-08. Dated checks below identify sources reopened for this edition; other references are retained from the supplied medicine research. Each fee keeps its original academic year.

https://viaglowbal.com/medicine/romania · Edition 2026-10-08

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