The placements financed from the state budget are allocated to the public higher education institutions
through Ministerial Order. At the same time, public higher education institutions are authorised to
accept a number of students exceeding the number of placements financed from the state-budget,
subject to students’ agreement to support the costs for the education provided (Law 441/2001). The
Ministry of Education, Research and Youth approves every year the exact number of paid-placements
for each public higher education institution, based on the propositions of the university senates and
according to the national standards for academic evaluation and accreditation. The tuitions fees are
established by the university senates according to the costs of the education provided.
According to the provisions of the Education Law, the Ministry of Education, Research and Youth
establishes the number of financed-places for post-university studies, while the universities senates
establish autonomously the number of paid-places. In this case too, the tuition fees are established by
the university senates according to the costs of the education provided.
Higher education institutions can request a registration fee from the candidates, according to the
provisions of the law. The registration fee is meant to cover for the costs necessary to organise and
proceed with the admission. The quantum of the registration fee is established by the university
senates and certain exemption rules may be devised and applied. According to the provisions of the
Education Law (Law 84/1995), teachers’ children are exempted from the registration fee for admission
in public higher education.
Students accommodated in university campuses have to cover partially for the necessary costs.
However, in a rather important number of cases the scholarships granted to the students partially or
totally cover the accommodation costs.