Total Annual Budget for Foreign Students in Romania

This information is up to date as at December 2011. Due to the economic/financial crisis, apartment/house rental prices have actually reduced in Romania.

Below is an annual budget for studying medicine, dentistry or pharmacy in Romania. It does not include travelling expenses from Romania back to your home country, during holidays (3 months vacation: July-September of every year). The living expenses include accommodation, transport, food and other miscellanous spending.

The budget below is calculated based on 2 students sharing a 2 room apartment. It is also possible to find a 1 room apartment ('gasoniera') for €100-€300 a month (the price depending on your city of study). In winter time, the monthly bills (utilities) are much higher and lower during summer period. We've averaged out the bills (utilities) to €90 per month.

With €400 per month a student should be able to have enough to eat well and live in a moderately comfortable place.

Annual Budget for Foreign Students

The annual budget below does not include tuition fees per annum.

Please Note that: Living Expenses (per month) includes the following: €160 apartment or house rent, €20 for TV Cable & Internet, €30 Electricity, €40 water & gas heat)

Students can purchase medical textbooks (first & second hand) from www.alibris.com as cheap as €10 (second hand books). Orders can be made on Alibris website and they ship to Romania. It is better to purchase in bulk (more than one book) due to the shipping cost.

Tuition Fees

For the 2012 academic year, we advise clients to budget between €2880 - €5000 towards tuition fees. The fee schedule (undergraduate and postgraduate: medicine, dentistry or pharmacy) for 2012 academic session is as follows:

Victor Babes UMF Timisoara: €3060 (€3740 for PG:Masters/Ph.D or Specialisation)

Carol Davila UMF Bucharest: €3240 (€3960 for PG:Masters/Ph.D or Specialisation)

G.T. Popa UMF Iasi: €5000 (€5000 for PG:Masters/Ph.D or Specialisation)

Iuliu Hatieganu UMF Cluj: €5000 (€5000 for PG:Masters/Ph.D or Specialisation)

UMF Targu Mures: €5000  (€5500 for PG:Masters/Ph.D or Specialisation)

Univ. of Oradea: €3168EUR (€3872 for PG:Masters/Ph.D or Specialisation)

Univ. of Constanta: €3600 (€4400 for PG:Masters/Ph.D or Specialisation)

Western Univ. of Arad: €2880 EUR (€3520 for PG:Masters/Ph.D or Specialisation)

Lucian Blaga Univ. of Sibiu: €3850 for PG:Masters/Ph.D or Specialisation -- *Only PG/Specialisation can apply to this university

The Tuition fees of foreign students must be paid for the year in advance.

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The total budget per year, including tuition fees (let's say: €5000) is €9300 EUR. This is a very comfortable budget. If a student chooses a univesity with lesser tuition fee and cut living expenses to a minimum, the total budget per year may be as low as €8000 EUR.

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The main reason why we are so enthusiastic about promoting Romania as an ideal study location, is the high level of academic excellence at such an affordable fee. This, together with the ideal living conditions, makes Romania an ideal option for anyone interested in studying undergraduate or postgraduate programmes in medicine, dentistry or pharmacy.

The low tuition fees of Romanian universities are a bonus especially when considering the quality of medical education and the value of the Medical degree in the EU/EEA countries and other countries of the world after graduation.