Study in RomaniaGovernment Scholarships

Romanian Government Scholarship

Source: Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Official Study in Romania Platform (studyinromania.gov.ro) — Last reviewed: August 2026

1General Program Framework

Every year, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Romanian government offers fully-funded scholarships for citizens of non-EU countries in bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs.
Benefits, eligible fields, language of study, stipends, and application deadlines vary by scholarship program and must be verified based on the official call for that year.

2Conditions and Language of Study

The minimum GPA of the previous study level must be 7 out of 10 (based on the Romanian grading system) or its equivalent.
Studies at the bachelor's and master's levels are exclusively in Romanian; for those not proficient in the language, a free one-year preparatory Romanian language course is provided before starting the main program. For doctoral studies, it is possible to study in English or other languages specified by the doctoral school.
Medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy programs are excluded from this scholarship.
This must be verified based on current regulations and individual circumstances.

3Application Process and Timeline

Applications can only be submitted through the official Study in Romania platform (scholarships.studyinromania.gov.ro); documents sent directly to ministries or embassies will not be considered.
The application and results timeline is updated annually by the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; for exact dates of the current cycle, refer to the official platform.
This must be verified based on current regulations and individual circumstances.

✅Confirmed 2026-2027 Cycle Status

Per the program's official page (scholarships.studyinromania.gov.ro), this scholarship was active for the 2026-2027 academic cycle, with an application window of February 16 to March 31, 2026. An important nuance rarely mentioned elsewhere: dormitory coverage is "subsidized," not necessarily fully free — the scholarship student still pays a discounted portion of the dorm fee, not zero. The exact monthly stipend amount is not published on that page itself — by the underlying legal mechanism, it equals the minimum "social scholarship" (bursă socială) rate the Ministry of Education sets annually for Romanian students, rather than a fixed standalone figure. For the 2025-2026 academic year, this minimum was reported at 925 RON/month (uniform across bachelor's, master's, and PhD levels) by Iași Technical University (TUIASI) and Romanian education press — this figure comes from a university/media source, not the scholarship platform itself, and since it resets annually it may not be identical for the 2026-2027 cycle; confirm with the official platform or your host university before financial planning.

Source for dates: scholarships.studyinromania.gov.ro/scholarship-about — these dates are cycle-specific and change every year; always check that official page for the current call. Source for the stipend figure: international.tuiasi.ro (Iași Technical University) and edupedu.ro (education press), based on the Ministry's annual minimum social-scholarship order.

⚠️ Update: the window above was for the 2026-2027 cycle and is now closed (results were announced around mid-July 2026). As of this page's publication, the next cycle's official dates had not yet been posted on the platform; based on the pattern of prior years, the next call typically opens around February, but that is only an approximate pattern, not a confirmed date — always check scholarships.studyinromania.gov.ro directly for the official announcement of the next cycle before planning around it.