Joint / Double Degrees
Romania
1. Contribution to the European dimension in higher education
1.1 Describe any legal obstacles identified by your country and any progress made in removing legal obstacles to the establishment and recognition of joint degrees and/or joint study programmes
The emerging European Higher Education Area will create an attractive educational space based on the specific of European higher education. Joint Programmes give a great addedvalue to higher education with reference to the University mission to form the human capital and the European citizens. Romanian legislation does not regulate specifically the procedures to award joint or double degree. However, there are no legal obstacles related to this field. In the Romanian legislation, these universities, Romanian and foreign, must be accredited according to their national procedures and may offer study programmes leading to a double degree.
1.1.1. Describe the extent of integrated study programmes leading to joint degrees or double degrees
Romanian universities are establishing such study programmes through mutual agreements between universities as well as Governmental arrangements leading to a double degree, most of them in technical and agricultural fields but also in economic and law (ex.: "delocalisation des diplomes"). There are numerous (hundreds) of cosupervised PhD studies.
1.1.2. How have these programmes been organised? (joint admissions, mobility of students, joint exams, etc.)
Students and teachers staff mobility and mutual recognition of examinations represent the main tools used by universities in organizing this kind of programmes.