Romanian Government International Scholarship 2026

About the scholarship

The Romanian Government, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, provides a number of scholarships to citizens from non-EU countries. Only candidates having good results in education, respectively an average of the study years, for the last graduated school, of at least 7 (seven) corresponding to the scoring system in Romania or the "Good" score, as the case, are eligible.

Scholarship beneficiaries are provided with the following facilities:

• exemption from the payment of registration fees or any other fees required by application processing, testing for the Romanian language skills, taking the admission contest for doctoral studies and the specific aptitude tests;
• tuition expenses for the Romanian language preparatory year;
• tuition expenses for the actual studies, but not more than the duration of a university cycle, corresponding to the study programme followed;
• monthly scholarship for students enrolled in the Romanian language preparatory year;
• monthly scholarship for students enrolled in bachelor's, master's or doctoral studies, but not more than the duration of a university cycle;
• accommodation expenses in the student dormitories, within the allocated subsidy granted through the budget of the Ministry of Education and Research (accommodation will be provided to the extent of available places, scholarship holders having the obligation to contact the host university to find out the accommodation conditions);

Foreign citizens have the following obligations:

• to respect the Romanian Constitution and the laws of the Romanian state;
• to comply with the internal regulations of the educational institution in which they study;
• to comply with the provisions of this methodology;
• to present at the time of enrolment at the university where they were accepted a medical certificate stating that he/she is fit for studies and free of contagious diseases, and its authorized translation into English, French, Spanish or Romanian, if appropriate.
• to carry out the necessary steps inherent to lodging a visa application for Romania and to bear all costs inherent to a visa application.

Eligibility

To whom is it addressed?

Foreign citizens from all non-EU countries, with the following exceptions:

• citizens of Romanian origin or who are part of the Romanian historical communities in the proximity of Romania (entitled to different scholarship programmes);
• citizens who have requested or acquired a form of protection in Romania;
• stateless persons whose stay on the territory of Romania is officially recognized according to the law;
• members of the diplomatic and consular corps or family members of the diplomatic and consular corps accredited to Romania;
• members of the administrative and technical staff of diplomatic missions and consular offices accredited to Romania;
• staff members of international organizations based in Romania or family members of staff of international organizations based in Romania;
• beneficiaries of a scholarship from the Romanian state for the same cycle of study.

Who qualifies?

To be eligible, the scholarship applicant must:

• submit a complete file;
• present study documents issued by accredited/recognized education institutions in the country where they were issued;
• comply with the enrolment deadline;
• have good results in education, respectively an average of the study years, for the last graduated school of at least 7 (seven) corresponding to the scoring system in Romania or the "Good" score, as the case;
• comply with the application submission methodology.

Please note that scholarships are NOT awarded in the fields of MEDICINE, DENTAL MEDICINE and PHARMACY.

What level of study does the scholarship cover?

• bachelor’s degree
• master’s degree
• PhD