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 can enroll with or without a baccalaureate diploma, admission being conducted in accordance with the general criteria established by the Ministry of National Education.

Post-secondary education is carried out through post-secondary school and master school. Both post-secondary school and master school represent specialized training routes, lasting 1-3 years, depending on the complexity of the qualification.

Graduates of post-secondary education 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.

Schooling in public post-secondary education is financed through the local budgets of administrative-territorial units, from amounts deducted from state budget revenues and from local budget revenues. Schooling can also be financed by applicants, natural or legal persons, through contracts concluded with the educational institution providing the schooling.

Credits for education and professional training obtained in post-secondary education can be recognized for graduates with a baccalaureate diploma by universities, based on the decisions of the university senate, as units of transferable study credits for the bachelor level.