Thursday, February 3, 2011

85 scholarship in Romania in 2011-12

Scholarships offered to foreign citizens by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in keeping with Government Decision No 288/1993 for the 2011- 2012 academic year

General conditions:

Number of scholarships: 85 scholarships for under- and post-graduate studies in Romania, by means of selection of application files organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) and the Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports (MECTS), in keeping with Romanian current legislation.

Who can qualify : citizens ofnon EU countries (irrespective of their country of residence). Priority is given to citizens from non EU states with which Romania does not have cultural cooperation agreements. Mention should be made that the citizens of the Republic of Moldova benefit from other scholarship programmes.

The scholarships are granted for three levels of study:

  • for the first cycle (licenta): This scheme is dedicated to graduates of high schools or of equivalent pre-university systems, as well as to candidates who require the equivalation of partial studies and the continuation of their studies in Romania. The complete cycle of university studies lasts for 3 to 6 years, according to the specific requirements of the chosen faculty, and ends with a final examination (licenta);
  • for the 2nd cycle (master): This scheme is dedicated to graduates of university/post graduate studies; it lasts for 1,5 to 2 years and ends with a dissertation;
  • for the 3rd cycle (doctorate) this scheme is dedicated to the graduates of university/postgraduate studies (i.e. master); it lasts for 3-4 years, in keeping with the specific requirements of the chosen faculty, and end with a doctor’s thesis.

Priority fields: priority will be given to the candidates applying for: political and administrative sciences, education studies, Romanian culture and civilization, journalism, technical studies, oil and gas, agricultural studies, veterinary medicine, architecture, art. Requests for other fields will also be taken into account.

Languge of Study: In order to promote Romanian language and culture, the Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports has decided that the beneficiaries of the scholarships should study only in the Romanian language. The candidates who do not know Romanian are offered one supplementary preparatory year to study the language.


Enrolment Calendar

The deadline for submitting the application files is established by each diplomatic mission. The candidate should enquire at the diplomatic mission about the enrolment calendar, starting 15 November 2010.

All application files should be sent by the Romanian diplomatic missions through the diplomatic courier in such a way that they can be registered at MAE UDC by 15 April 2011.

Foreign diplomatic missions accredited to Bucharest must send the application files with a Verbal Note to MAE UDC by 15 April 2011, at the latest.

Incomplete files are not taken into consideration and will not be submitted to the MAE selection board.

Rejected application files are not returned.

List of documents necessary for the application file

  • Cover letter issued by the diplomatic mission of the country of origin accredited to Bucharest or of the Romanian Embassy in the respective country
  • A dully filled in MAE application form (Annex 1.1 – Romanian language / 1.2 - English / 1.3 - French) for a scholarship to study in Romania.
  • MECTS application form (Annex 2) for the Letter of Acceptance to study in Romania. In case the applicant’s file is selected by the MAE and the MECTS selection boards, MECTS issues and sends to the applicant the Letter of Acceptance to study in the Romanian system of education, based on this application form dully filled in. The Letter of Acceptance is necessary for the registration at the university and for the application for the long stay visa.
  • authorized copies of the study documents (baccalaureate and university diplomas if necessary) and their authorized translation in Romanian, French and English if necessary
  • authorized copies and authorized translation of the diploma supplement transcript for the studies done so far
  • authorized copy and authorized translation of birth certificate
  • authorized copy of passport
  • Medical certificate attesting that applicant is not affected by any transmissible disease or by illnesses incompatible with the future profession.
  • The candidate’s CV.
  • 4 recent passport-type photos.

The file will be submitted to the diplomatic mission in two copies:

The first file will contain the authorized copies and authorized translations of the requested documents.

The second file will contain the simple copies of the documents contained in the first file.


Source: http://www.mae.ro/en/node/5964

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