Authentication of documents
1. EU, EEA and SC citizens
The authentication of study documents issued by the authorities of the Member States of the European Union, the European Economic Area and the Swiss Confederation is carried out according to the requirements of the Romanian Ministry of Education, namely:
- Original diplomas from Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal and Cyprus will be endorsed with the Hague Apostille. The list of countries for which the authentication of study documents is required can be checked at the following address: List of countries for which the authentication of study documents is requested - CNRED (edu.ro)
If the study documents are issued in languages other than Romanian, English or French, their translations must be done by an authorised translator.
2. NON-EU citizens
The authentication of study documents issued by the authorities of a third-EU country is carried out according to the requirements of the Romanian Ministry of Education, namely:
- For countries which are party to the Hague Apostille Convention, educational documents subject to equivalence/recognition must be endorsed with the Hague Apostille by the competent authorities of the issuing countries.
- For documents issued by the authorities of States that are not party to the Hague Apostille Convention, the study documents will be endorsed for authentication by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the issuing country and the Romanian Embassy in the issuing country OR by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the issuing country and the Embassy of the issuing country in Romania and the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. For countries where there are no diplomatic missions of Romania or which do not have diplomatic missions in Romania, the study documents will be endorsed by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the issuing country.