Post-secondary education is organized for professional qualifications established by the Ministry of National Education in accordance with the National Qualifications Register.

In post-secondary education, high school graduates with or without a baccalaureate diploma can enroll, admission being carried out in accordance with the general criteria established by the Ministry of National Education.

Post-secondary education is provided through the post-secondary school and the foremen's school. Both the post-secondary school and the foremen's school represent specialized training routes, with a duration of 1-3 years, depending on the complexity of the qualification.

Post-secondary education graduates who pass the professional qualification certification exam obtain a level 5 qualification certificate according to the National Qualifications Framework, corresponding to reference level 5 of the European Qualifications Framework (specialist technician) and the descriptive supplement of the certificate, according to Europass.

Post-secondary education is organized in post-secondary schools, within high schools with legal personality, or in colleges within accredited higher education institutions.

Education in state post-secondary education is financed through the local budgets of the administrative-territorial units, from the amounts broken down from the revenues of the state budget and from the revenues of the local budgets. Education can also be financed by applicants, individuals or legal entities, under a contract with the educational unit providing the education.

Education and vocational training credits obtained in post-secondary education may be recognized for graduates with a baccalaureate diploma by universities, based on the decisions of the university senate, as transferable study credit units for the bachelor's level.

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