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Tuition fees in Europe

Romania

Country: Romania

Population (million): 19.0 (2025)

Area (km²): 238397

Official language: Romanian

Currency: Romanian leu (RON)

Dialling code: +40

Internet users (million): 13.3 (2025)

Number of students: 544,623 (2024)

Students as % of population aged 20-24: 30.5 (2024)

Women among students (%): 55.4 (2024)

Students - bachelor's level: 352,773 (2024)

Students - master's level: 170,220 (2024)

Students - doctoral level: 21,630 (2024)

Tuition fees - bachelor's (EUR per year): state-funded places free; fee-paying places usually €2,000–10,000 a year (2026); non-EU: on average €2,000–5,000 a year

Tuition fees - master's (EUR per year): state-funded places free; fee-paying places usually €2,000–10,000 a year (2026); non-EU: on average €2,000–5,000 a year

EU citizens can get a state-funded place on the same terms as Romanian students; otherwise fees are usually €2,000–10,000 a year, and non-EU students pay on average €2,000–5,000. Romania has 52 public and 32 private universities, and its universities of medicine and pharmacy offer medicine in English. See what a student residence costs (from €80 a month) and how far €600–900 a month goes.

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Sources: European Commission – Study in Europe (education.ec.europa.eu/study-in-europe), Eurostat, official national study and residence portals and authorities, Eurodesk, enic-naric.net, studentnews.eu. As of September 2026.

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