International students

NON EU CITIZENS

APPLICATION PROCEDURE FOR FOREIGN CITIZENS FROM EU THIRD COUNTRIES TO UNIVERSITY STUDIES (BACHELOR, MASTER, PHD) AT UASVM  FOR THE UNIVERSITY YEAR

ACADEMIC OFFER BACHELOR  LINK

ACADEMIC OFFER MASTER LINK

Registering candidates:

You can register online using the following forms:

  • Application form for undergraduate studies – for all USAMV CN study programmes, except for the Veterinary Medicine study programmes in English and French – LINK
  • Enrolment form for BACHELOR – Veterinary Medicine in English and French – LINK
  • Application form to enroll for a Master’s degree – LINK

All documents required for enrolment will be attached scanned as follows:

  • Candidate name_name ME
  • Candidate name_name USAMV CN

Application period: 12 May – 09 July 2025

The list of accepted candidates will be published on the university website on 11.07.2025.

Accepted candidates must confirm their place by paying 10% of the annual fee.

For the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine the confirmation fee is ⅓ of the tuition fee.

When signing the study contract, the original documents must be submitted and the enrolment fee (30 RON) must be paid.

Accepted candidates who do not sign the study contract within the deadlines set out in the admission timetable will lose the place they have initially occupied.

Please note – Applications that do not contain all the documents mentioned in the list below or where the application form is not fully completed will be rejected.

For undergraduate studies, the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and the Faculty of Animal Science and Biotechnology have specific admission requirements as follows:

For the Veterinary Medicine programme in English and French:

  • Baccalaureate average or equivalent – 90%;
  • Animal science and welfare volunteering (attestations and/or recommendations) – 10%.

For the Biotechnologies study programme:

  • Baccalaureate average or equivalent – 90%;
  • Motivational essay – 10%.

Candidates accepted to the Veterinary Medicine programmes in English and French will be ranked in descending order of their admission average and the option mentioned on the application form.

Admission results will be posted on the university website  admitere.usamvcluj.ro.

Candidates declared accepted who fail to sign the study contract by the deadline set by the admissions committee will lose the place they have been occupied.

How to enrol for university studies (Bachelor, Master, PhD)

  1. Preparatory year

Foreign citizens from non-EU countries are enrolled for university studies in Romanian after completing the preparatory year, during which they acquire the necessary language skills, as well as specific knowledge, in correlation with the specialty of their future training (anatomy, physics, chemistry, technical drawing, etc.).

The duration of the preparatory course for pre-university and bachelor studies is 1 academic year, and for master’s, doctoral studies at least 6 months.

Accredited higher education institutions organising Romanian language preparatory courses

  1. Categories of persons exempted from the obligation to present the certificate of completion of the preparatory year when enrolling for study programmes taught in Romanian

– Persons who present Romanian academic documents (diplomas and certificates) or academic documents, school reports attesting at least three consecutive years of studies in a school of the Romanian national system;

– Those who, with a view to enrolling in university education, pass the Romanian language test, following examination by a specialised committee made up of teachers with at least the teaching position of lecturer. The examination may be taken at the higher education institution where the candidate wishes to study, if this higher education institution has a provisionally authorised or accredited specialisation/programme of study in Romanian language and literature, or at another accredited higher education institution which has such a specialisation/programme of study. A Certificate of Language Competence will be issued following this examination.

  1. Foreign language studies

For study programmes in which the teaching process is conducted in foreign languages, admission is subject to the presentation of a B2 level language proficiency certificate issued by authorised institutions. Exempted from this test are people who come from countries where the official language of the state is the language of instruction and who can prove with school documents that they have studied in that language.

  1. Application file
  • Application for the Letter of Acceptance to study ( LINK),
  • The diploma – copy and notarised translation – which qualifies the person concerned for the relevant form of education (baccalaureate, bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or equivalent);
  • The transcript of records – copies and certified translations – of studies and the syllabus, in the case of candidates applying for recognition of periods of study;
  • Diploma of the preparatory year or Language Proficiency Certificate, as applicable;
  • Birth certificate – copy and notarised translation;
  • Passport copy;
  • A medical certificate (in an international language- valid 3 month after delivery) certifying that the person who is to enroll is not suffering from any infectious diseases or other medical conditions incompatible with the future position.
  • 3 passport photos (to be presented when signing the study contract)
  • For Veterinary Medicine bachelor degree programmes in English and French: certificates and/or recommendations attesting volunteering work in the field of animal breeding and protection

Authentication of qualifications subject to recognition/ equivalence

  1. Apostille or suprauthentication is not required for diplomas from the Republic of Moldova. Diplomas issued prior to 2008 (as well as diplomas issued after 2008 that cannot be verified through the portal ) must be accompanied by the certificate of authenticity issued by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Moldova , as of 01.04.2019, in copy;
  2. For countries that are party to the Hague Apostille Convention , the study documents subject to equivalence/recognition must be endorsed with the Hague Apostille by the competent authorities of the issuing countries ; study documents from Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal and Cyprus will be endorsed with the Hague Convention Apostille, other EU Member States being exempt; 
  3. For countries which are NOT party to the Hague Apostille Convention, the study documents will be super authenticated or will be accompanied by the Certificate of Authenticity issued by the competent authorities of the country of origin.

Superlegalisation is applied by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the issuing country, the Romanian Embassy/Consular Office in that country and the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs or by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the issuing country and its Embassy/Consular Office in Romania and the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; for countries where there are no Romanian diplomatic missions or which do not have diplomatic missions in Romania, the study documents will be endorsed by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the issuing country;

List of countries for which apostille or suprauthentication is required 

Details of study documents

The Romanian Ministry of Education may impose specific requirements such as: a minimum average in the high school graduation exam, a minimum number of subjects relevant to the study programme the candidate is applying for, a certain type of diploma, etc.

Candidates who wish to apply are therefore kindly requested to access the  link of these requirements, according to the country in which they studied.

  1. Application procedure

Applicants submit their applications directly to the accredited or provisionally authorised higher education institutions for which they apply. The higher education institutions evaluate the applications in accordance with the regulations in force and communicate to the ME – DGRIAE the list of persons proposed for the issuance of the letter of acceptance.

The ME forwards letters of acceptance to the higher education institution and, where appropriate, to diplomatic missions. 

  1. Application fee

 – 200 EURO

The fee can be paid by bank transfer to the account USAMV CN

Bank: BCR Cluj-Napoca

Bank address: 77 Bulevardul 21 Decembrie 1989 nr.77, Cluj – Napoca, Romania

Beneficiary : University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Calea Mănăștur 3-5, Cluj – Napoca, Romania

IBAN Code : RO90RNCB0106026604840005 EURO
SWIFT : RNCBROBU
Fiscal code: 4288381

Important: In the payment form under the heading – EXPLANATION – please fill in – Name and surname of the candidate for whom the payment is made, Faculty, Programme of studies, Form of education – DATE/ ID)

  1. Tuition fees
Field of study Study cycle:

bachelor, master

Euro / year

Study cycle: doctorate

Euro/month

Technical, agronomic 3000 400
Veterinary medicine 5000 450
Veterinary medicine in English/French 8500 450

 

Obtaining a study visa is a strictly personal process and USAMV CN cannot intervene in this process. If the procedure for obtaining the visa requires some documents issued by the university, these must be expressly requested.

Accepted candidates will sign a study contract, in person or by another notary-authorised person, by the deadline set by the admissions committee.

When signing the study contract, until the beginning of the academic year, candidates must present all the documents from the application file in original, the original acceptance letter and the passport with a study visa. Failure to do so will result in forfeiture of the place obtained following admission.

For the scholarships offered by the Romanian State through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for NON EU citizens, please consult:   https://www.mae.ro/en/node/1025  ,

Persons responsible for the admission of foreign nationals

Raul Oltean a[email protected]  (English)

Diana Pop [email protected]

Antonia Cucu [email protected]  (French language)

 

University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca,

Str.Calea Mănăstur nr. 3-5, 400372,Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Tel: + 40 374492010 / 210 (English)

Tel: + 40 374492010 / 411 (French)

Fax: + 40 264 593792

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