In what concerns certification, there is a wide range of academic graduate and post-graduate diplomas and distinctions that one can obtain after studying in Romania:
Certificat de studii - A certificate awarded to students who have completed their studies in higher education, but have failed to pass the get their degree.
Diplomã de absolvire a unui colegiu - Diploma certifying the completion of studies at a college and the passing of the relevant final examen.
Diplomã de licenţã - University diploma equivalent degree.
Diplomã de magister/master - Master Diploma.
Diplomã de studii aprofundate - Diploma of Advanced Studies.
Diplomã de studii (academice) - Diploma of Graduate Academic Studies.
This kind of diploma is awarded by a school of graduate studies, within a higher education institution. Such schools enroll holders of the first academic degree at the end of a two-three year graduate study programme.
Diplomã de doctor - Doctoral Diploma (Ph.D.). This is the highest academic degree awarded in all domains after 4-6 years of study and original research. It follows the first academic degree (or master's degree) and requires the passing of examinations and the submission of an original thesis. The holder of a doctoral diploma is granted the Ph.D. title in the respective field of science or the arts.
Doctor Honoris Causa - An honorary degree awarded by higher education institutions (by vote of the Senate) to Romanian and foreign prominent figures in science, technology and culture. It is also occasionally conferred, in recognition of specific merits, to outstanding national and international public figures.
International Recognition of Romanian Diplomas
Romania signed the Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education in the European Region (Lisabona 1997), and at the same time, it is part of the Bologna Process concerning the implementation of the common European Higher Education area.
Through commitments assumed at the European level, focused on quality assurance, credit transfers and transparency of educational programmes description, qualifications (diplomas) obtained in the Romanian Higher Education ensured the academic and professional mobility of the graduates all over the world.
