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Rankings: The 21 best universities in Romania for 2025/2026

Romania, located in South-East Europe, has a lot to offer: exciting history, beautiful landscapes, medieval castles, sunny beaches - and high-quality education at a number of modern universities.

Romania has been a member of the European Union (EU) since 2007. In recent years, its universities have made a lot of progress at offering English-language degree programmes, which is great news for those who want to study abroad in Romania. Following the Bologna system, Romanian Bachelors and Masters degrees are recognised across Europe and the rest of the world.

Among the best universities in Romania are the University of Bucharest (in the country’s capital), Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi (UAIC – the oldest university in Romania) and University Babes-Bolyai. The table below shows which Romanian institutions are represented in international university rankings. Interested? Just follow the links to learn more!

Featured universities:
University Politehnica of Bucharest
University Politehnica of Bucharest
Bucharest, Romania
41 study programmes
Ovidius University of Constanta
Ovidius University of Constanta
Constanta, Romania
8 study programmes

Top ranked universities in Romania

University QS Ranking 2026 THE Ranking 2025 ARWU Ranking 2024
University of Bucharest 761 1001 –
Babes-Bolyai University 761 1201 –
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi (UAIC) 1001 1501 –
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca 1201 1501 –
University Politehnica of Bucharest 1201 1501 –
Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iaşi 1201 1501 –
Transilvania University of Brașov 1201 1201 –
West University of Timisoara 1201 1201 –
University of Oradea 1401 1501 –
Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava 1401 1201 –
USAMV Cluj-Napoca – 1201 –
University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova – 1201 –
George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures – 1501 –
Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy – 1501 –
Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu – 1501 –
Ovidius University of Constanta – 1501 –
Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca – 1001 –
Politehnica University of Timisoara – 1501 –
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy – 801 –
University of Craiova – 1501 –
Bucharest University of Economic Studies – 801 –

Explained: How do the university rankings work?

The QS World University Rankings are among the most important, most-referenced rankings. The QS ranking relies heavily on its academic survey, asking thousands of academics worldwide about the reputation of universities.

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings (or the THE Rankings for short) compile a wide range of statistics. Equal weight is put on teaching quality, research excellence, and research impact through citations (meaning how often a university’s research is referenced elsewhere).

The Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University (often just Shanghai Ranking, or ARWU) focuses on research output and quality, for example measured by the number of published and cited scientific papers and the number of staff or alumni winning the Nobel Prize or Fields Medal.

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Located between Central and South-East Europe, Romania makes for an exciting study-abroad adventure. Romanian universities have been increasing their offer of English-taught programmes for international students, with many options to choose from.

Read more about studying in Romania

Find the right study programme for yourself:

Bachelors degrees in Romania
Masters degrees in Romania
PhD programmes in Romania

Relevant links

  • Studying abroad in Romania: Basic information for international students
  • Study programmes in Romania 🧑‍🎓
  • External: Data and tables of QS
  • External: Data and tables of THE
  • External: Data and tables of ARWU

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