Over 80,000 applications from 160 countries, submitted for scholarship program offered by Romania

A total of 81,914 applications from 160 countries outside the European Union were registered in the annual scholarship program offered by Romania, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE), for the 2024-2025 academic year.

According to a press release sent on Tuesday by the MAE, 37,670 of the candidates expressed their intention to pursue bachelor’s degree studies, 42,232 master’s degree studies and 2,012 doctoral studies.

The number marks a substantial increase compared to the previous academic years, when the application files received were 959 for the academic year 2020-2021, 4,593 (for 2021-2022), 44,733 (for 2022-2023) and 50,858 (for 2023- 2024), specifies the mentioned source.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is engaged in a constant effort to strengthen the process of awarding scholarships for foreign students from outside the European Union, an instrument that represents a remarkable training opportunity, an expansion of knowledge and personal and…