Requirements for Romanian Student visa

 

Once you get your letter of acceptance from the Ministry of education, youth and sport, you have to apply for Romanian student visa to your closest ROMANIAN DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS ABROAD (embassy or consulate).

 

Students  arriving from the EU countries, the European Economic Area, as well as from Canada, Croatia, Japan, Moldova, South Korea, Switzerland, USA and Serbia  do not need visa to enter in Romania.

 

All other international students are required to apply for a Romanian student visa prior to arrival.

Student visas may take from two days to 2 months to process and one can only apply for a student visa once the Ministry of Education in Romania has issued the letter of acceptance to study. It's best to apply early for the letter of acceptance.

 

Students having entered the territory of Romania with a long-stay visa may apply for the extension of the right of temporary residence and obtain a residence permit. The request filed in this respect must be addressed to the Romanian Office for Immigration within the Romanian Ministry of Administration and Interior.

STUDYING WITH ERASMUS+ AT “DUNAREA DE JOS” UNIVERSITY OF GALATI
Students from Erasmus+ partner universities may spend one or two semesters at our university within the Erasmus+ Programme. The student must be nominated for an Erasmus+ mobility at “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati by his/her home university. Therefore, you cannot apply for an Erasmus+ mobility by yourself directly.

1. NOMINATION BY HOME UNIVERSITY
Please contact the Erasmus/International Office in your home university in order to be nominated as an Erasmus+ student at “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati (Erasmus code: RO GALATI01). This implies that an Erasmus+ inter-institutional agreement, assigned to a relevant field of study, exists between the two universities, stipulating that the study period in the signatory institutions will be mutually recognised.
Your home Erasmus/International Office will subsequently send us the official nomination by filing the Google form available here.
 

Deadlines for student nomination:   Autumn semester/Full year: 15 May   Spring semester: 15 November

2. APPLICATION FILE
The application file includes the documents listed below.

• Application Form– to be filled in electronically and sent in WORD format to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to be verified. After verification, print the document and have it signed by you, your academic coordinator and the institutional coordinator and attach a passport size photo of yours in the specified place.
• Learning Agreement – to be filled in electronically using the information in the Course Catalogue (link) and sent in WORD format to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to be verified.
• Transcript of records in English – issued by your faculty/university.
• 2 passport size photos.

 

Deadlines for sending the documents:   Autumn semester/Full year: 15 June   Spring semester: 1st December

 
 
3. ACCOMMODATION
The university offers accommodation to incoming exchange students in Dorm A, a new and fully renovated dormitory, which can accommodate 50 students in 20 rooms.
Allocations are on a first come, first served basis. The student dorm has a 24/7 reception desk. The dormitory is comfortable and suitable for accommodation and study purposes, with all necessary facilities including LED TV, common kitchen on every floor (equipped with fridge, electric stove, microwave, electric mugs), self-service laundry room, study rooms and Wi-Fi internet access. For security reasons, there is CCTV (video surveillance) on every level/floor.
 
For accommodation fill in the Google form available here.

4. ACADEMIC CALENDAR
The academic year usually begins around October 1st and ends in July (summer exam session included). Depending on the faculty, a bachelor’s degree takes 3 to 6 years to complete, whereas a master’s degree takes 2 years (4 semesters). In the latter case, the courses are held in the afternoon to allow employed students to attend it.
Semesters – two per year (14 weeks each), with a total number of 20 to 28 hours per week.

• Autumn semester – begins around October 1st, includes the Christmas holiday (2 weeks) and ends in February, after the winter exam session (3 weeks).

• Spring semester – starts in the second half of February (after a 1-week holiday following the winter exam session), includes the Easter holiday (1 week) and ends in July with the summer exam session (3 weeks) (depending on the faculty and the duration of the internship).

Examination sessions

• winter and spring sessions (3 weeks each),
• autumn session (2 weeks in September).

5. CREDIT SYSTEM
The standard unit of study is the semester. The number of ECTS credits that you are expected to receive is 30 for one semester or 60 for one academic year.
The official grading scale in Romania is as follows:

• marks from 1 to 10 (1-4=Fail; 5-10=Pass)
• the value of local credits corresponds to ECTS credits.

Romanian grading scale:
 

ECTS grades	Romanian grades	Definition of scale interval
A	10	Excellent
B	9	Very good
C	7-8	Good
D	6	Satisfactory
E	5	Sufficient
FX	4	Fail
F	1-3	Fail