1. Enrollment in pre-university education

1.1. Admission conditions

1.1.1. Students from non-EU states may enroll in pre-university education in Romania if one of the parents, guardians, or legal supporters meets one of the following situations:

is repatriated;
has, through marriage, domicile in Romania;
is the holder of a residence permit in Romania;
carries out, in accordance with legal provisions, activities on the territory of Romania;
is studying in accredited state/private higher or postgraduate education in Romania.

1.2. Application file

1.2.1. The student's file is submitted to the MEN – General Directorate for International Relations and European Affairs (DGRIAE), by the County School Inspectorate/School Inspectorate of Bucharest on whose jurisdiction the educational unit for which the option is made operates, and contains the following documents:

Copies of the identity documents of the student and the parents/guardian/legal supporter (student birth certificate, student passport, parents’ passports, student residence permit, parents’ residence permit, if available);
Copy and certified translation of the student’s birth certificate;
Copy of the court decision regarding the entrustment of the minor child, if applicable;
Copies and certified translations of the school records;
Application for enrollment, endorsed by the management of the educational unit where the enrollment will take place.

1.3. Enrollment for studies

1.3.1. Enrollment is carried out through approval issued by MEN – DGRIAE, based on the study documents in the personal file, without difference exams.

1.3.2. Enrollment of students from non-EU states, based on periods of study completed abroad, proven by school records, may also be carried out during the school year, in accordance with the provisions of the Regulation on the organization and functioning of pre-university education units, approved by the Order of the Minister of National Education no. 5115/2014

1.3.3. At the request of the parents/guardian, the student may also be enrolled in a class lower than the level of studies resulting from documents.

1.4. School fees

1.4.1. In compulsory education, foreign students benefit from schooling under the same conditions as Romanian citizens.

1.4.2. In upper secondary school, students from non-EU states pay school fees, in accordance with the provisions of Law no. 1/2011.

1.4.3. In pre-university education of all levels, foreign citizens who have obtained a form of protection in Romania may be schooled under the same conditions as Romanian citizens. The class in which students from this category, who do not have study documents, may be enrolled will be established following an evaluation carried out by the school unit designated by the County School Inspectorate/School Inspectorate of Bucharest.

2. Taking the baccalaureate exam by citizens from non-EU states who have completed high school studies in another education system and do not possess a baccalaureate diploma or its equivalent

2.1. Citizens from non-EU states who have completed high school studies in another education system and do not possess a baccalaureate diploma or its equivalent may, upon request, take the national baccalaureate exam, according to the profile of the completed pre-university studies, in an exam center established by the County/Bucharest Municipality Baccalaureate Commission.

2.2. Taking the national baccalaureate exam by citizens from non-EU states who have completed high school studies in another education system and do not possess a baccalaureate diploma or its equivalent is conditioned by payment of the school fee, according to the provisions of Law no. 1/2011.