Romania · Medicine in English · ZH / RO / EN
Study Medicine in Romania: The International MD Atlas (Verified Shortlist)
We compare only schools with official tuition tables: four cards, each with table, formula and warnings; Iasi has process without prices and Timisoara Year I only, cards withdrawn; the rest lack comparable tables, listed with reasons.
Ovidius’s 2026–27 fee and UMFCD’s English international admission procedure were checked on 22 October 2026. Ovidius publishes €8,000/year for foreign applicants paying in euros; the €48,000 scenario assumes that rate for six years and does not establish a cohort’s future cost. Cluj and UMFST 2026–27 fee schedules were checked on 2026-10-17; dates for other sources appear on the sources page. The sums include listed Year I–VI fees or Ovidius’s constant-rate scenario and do not establish one cohort’s cost across the full course. This guide explains where to verify degree recognition without deciding individual cases. Sibiu and Titu Maiorescu programmes were rechecked on 19 October 2026 (S25, S26).
Three sentences first: projection ≠ invoice; listing ≠ recognition; this site does not determine your eligibility to practise in China.
Comparator: four verified schools
The cap filters listed-fee sums and Ovidius’s constant-rate scenario. Order is ascending by that sum (ties: city A–Z), not an official ranking.
Comparison results appear here.
3-layer verification: same on every card
- Directory evidence (WDOMS): the world directory of medical schools is kept by WFME + FAIMER (2014 IMED + Avicenna merger, pages carry Copyright 2014–2026), searchable per school, not a WHO list. Their words: listing denotes no recognition, accreditation or endorsement by the directory or its publishers; any association of a school with FAIMER/WFME is unrelated to listing. How to look: on search.wdoms.org under each school's legal name; read the result yourself, this site pins no “listed” badges (S12).
- Credential authentication (CSCSE): the MOE service-center hall at zwfw.cscse.edu.cn (reachable 2026-09-17) takes post-graduation individual applications, assessed per case. Never a school-result lookup; documents and requirements come from the live official page or they do not count (S13; rechecked 2026-09-20).
- Practice-right pathway (licensing exam): Practitioners Law Art. 9: bachelor's-plus university medical degree + one practice year under a licensed doctor in a medical institution, then the licensing exam; Art. 8: provincial-plus health commissions organize the exam (NPC laws database + NPC page print + government repost corroborate three ways, see S14). Diploma authentication ≠ the right to practise in China. THIS SITE DOES NOT DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY — that sentence is fixed.
The layers are independent: the directory says “the school is in the book”, authentication says “your diploma, your case”, the exam says “you may sit it”. No layer implies another.
Withdrawn cards and the exclusion list
- Iasi UMF (process verified, prices missing): the 2025–2026 international methodology (Senate 24.10.2024 + addendum 26.11.2024) confirms file-based EN/FR tracks; the Senate fee table, hunted across rounds, is missing — full card withdrawn, no estimate (S11). Missing prices ≠ weak school.
- Timisoara UMFT (Year I verified, later years missing): the RO 2025–2026 + EN 2026–2027 tables corroborate Year I €9,000 (both Year-I tables), Years II–VI have no official price — full card withdrawn, no estimate (S05, S06). Year I only ≠ weak school.
- Craiova UMF (EN programme verified, Year I only): the 2026/2027 English-track admission acts confirm the Medicine-EN module (360 credits, 6 years, file review) + Year I €8,500, later years unpublished — withdrawn, no estimate (S18).
- Oradea / Galati (EN medicine verified, no current programme-level table): Oradea has 6-year Medicine-EN + a verified 2026 interview syllabus, but the non-EU page gives only a faculty-level €8,100/year (not a programme price), with no multi-year programme table — excluded (S19). Galati has Medicine-EN confirmed by the official 2024 list, but the current FMF non-EU table is blocked by the site's anti-scraping wall — excluded (S20).
- ULBS Sibiu — English Medicine confirmed: the faculty held admissions in 2026 for the six-year programme. The university lists its status as ‘Autorizare provizorie’ (provisional authorisation). For 2026–27, its International Relations department publishes €7,000/year for non-EU applicants. We have not verified a complete Year I–VI fee schedule, so we calculate no six-year comparison sum. That evidence gap does not cast doubt on the programme’s existence. Checked 19 October 2026 (S25).
- Titu Maiorescu University, Bucharest — English Medicine confirmed: the 2026–27 offer lists a six-year, 360-credit programme with 45 places. The university labels the English programme ‘Autorizat’ (authorised), and the Romanian programme ‘Acreditat’ (accredited). Published annual English-programme fees are €13,500 for Romanian/EU citizens and €16,500 for citizens in the university’s ‘third countries’ fee category. For EEA or Swiss citizenship, confirm your tuition category with the university. The advertised session’s application deadline was 11 September and place confirmation ended 25 September 2026; those dates have passed. We have not verified a complete Year I–VI fee schedule, so the programme remains outside the cost ranking. An annual rate does not establish one cohort’s future cost, and programme status does not determine individual degree recognition or practice rights. Checked 19 October 2026 (S26).
- Brasov / Suceava (Romanian-taught, outside the comparator): Brasov has 6-year/360-credit Medicine with the only English programme in traditional Chinese medicine; Suceava has single-track 6-year Medicine + a preparatory year — both Romanian-taught (S21).
- Arad Vasile Goldis (private): only a 2024–2025 Year-I notice (€8,500) and a 2022 methodology — expired acts do not stand in for current figures, withdrawn.
- Non-candidates (no general Medicine): UAV Arad (no medicine faculty), Pitesti (no medicine faculty) — outside the comparison universe (S22).
- Dentistry/Pharmacy rows: the comparator does Medicine 6-year only; UMFCD's Pharmacy-FR €8,500 row appears solely as an “insufficient evidence for FR” counter-example (F2), never in cards.
Correction channel: official university decisions only. Send the original decision via the site contact page; verified fixes ship with a trace.
Historical sidebar: RO–CN exchange scholarships (2016, outside the comparator)
The bilateral documents disagree on quotas (9 vs 23/year) and run a Romanian-prep-year route — entirely separate from the English comparator, historical magnitudes only: undergrad $250/mo, postgrad $350/mo, scholar $400/mo + one round trip, Romanian side waives tuition + lodging. TW readers consult the MOE reference roster separately (this site draws no cross-strait conclusions) (S15).
Questions
How should I read the six-year sums?
For Cluj and UMFST, €51,500 adds the Year I–VI fees listed for 2026–27; it does not establish one cohort’s final cost. Cluj’s footnotes retain different rates for students enrolled before 2025–26 and before 2023–24. Check the rules for the year you enter.
Why does Timisoara have no projection card?
Because only Year I (€9,000) is published, real Years II–VI unknown — the rule withdraws the whole card, no estimate. Year I stands as fact only (S05, S06).
What is published for French Medicine?
Cluj publishes a Year I–VI fee schedule for 2026–27, and its listed fees add to €51,500; its footnotes show that cohorts may pay different rates (S03). UMFST lists €8,000 for Year I in 2026–27, but no complete French schedule was verified, so no six-year sum is calculated. Timisoara lists Year I only; UMFCD and Ovidius do not have a French Medicine programme verified here (S05, S07, S23).
After the 3 layers, do I know I can practise back home?
No. The layers say “where to check and what”; authentication is per-case post-graduation assessment, practice turns on exam and registration — this site gives no eligibility verdicts, and any promise with “sure” in it is false.
Where do I budget living?
The projection covers tuition only. Housing and living go to the monthly simulator, visas to the visa page.