Transfer from Iași University of Life Sciences: Where to Continue Veterinary Medicine in 2026

What is Iași University of Life Sciences and what does it teach in English?

"Ion Ionescu de la Brad" Iași University of Life Sciences (IULS) in Iași, Romania, is a specialist life sciences university whose higher-education roots go back to 1912. Its Faculty of Veterinary Medicine was established in 1961 and teaches veterinary medicine in English across 360 ECTS, awarding a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine diploma.

The English-taught programme runs over six years, which is the minimum length the European Union sets for the profession. Tuition is €6,000 per year in 2026. Teaching starts in October. Living costs in Iași run to around €500 per month, which puts a realistic year at roughly €12,000 all in. Iași itself is a large student city in the north-east of the country.

You can see the same figures on our own IULS Iași page.

Can you transfer from IULS Iași to another veterinary faculty?

Yes. A veterinary student at Iași University of Life Sciences in Romania can continue the degree at another veterinary faculty, and Medschool Experts arranges it. We are the leading specialist for study transfers in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and veterinary medicine, and we work with 25+ partner universities in Europe.

One rule shapes every veterinary case. A veterinary degree can only continue at a veterinary faculty, so the medical schools that appear in transfer conversations are simply not on the table here. Our network includes veterinary faculties for exactly this situation; an overview of the countries we cover sits on our university overview.

What we do not do is publish document lists, deadlines or lists of accepting universities. Those differ by faculty, by year of entry and by your own record. Talk to us and we check your profile against the network, individually and free of charge.

Why do students transfer from IULS Iași?

Students leave a perfectly good faculty for reasons that have little to do with the teaching. In our experience five motives cover almost every veterinary case: total cost, examination fit, personal or organisational circumstances, a planned career in the United States, and a planned career elsewhere in the EU. None of these is a verdict on Iași.

• Total budget. At €6,000 per year plus living costs, Iași is mid-range. Some families need a different number, and we look at the whole budget, not only tuition.
• Examination fit. Some students hit a wall at one or two specific subjects. A faculty with a different examination rhythm can be the difference between finishing and stalling. This is the part of our work we know best.
• Personal and organisational reasons. A difficult situation with an individual professor, a family matter at home, a partner in another country. Life gets in the way of a six-year plan.
• A career in the United States. Graduates of veterinary schools outside the United States reach US licensure through an equivalence certificate programme, ECFVG or PAVE, followed by the national licensing examination and a state licence. Faculties differ in how well they line up with that route.
• A career elsewhere in the EU. Veterinary surgeon is one of the professions with automatic recognition under Directive 2005/36/EC, so an EU degree travels well. Some students simply want to finish closer to where they plan to work.

Where can IULS Iași veterinary students transfer to?

A transfer from Iași University of Life Sciences is possible, and Medschool Experts offers it. Destinations for a veterinary student are always other veterinary faculties, and the right one follows from the goal: a lower total budget, an examination format that fits, a clear EU career, or a licence in the United States one day. We have 25+ partner universities in Europe specifically for students in this situation, and we check every profile individually and free of charge. We do not publish lists of accepting universities.

A study transfer is a complex undertaking. Our experts have almost 10 years of experience in study transfers worldwide, which is why they plan and carry it out confidently. The consultation is free. Real stories from placed students sit on our student stories page.

How much can an IULS Iași student save by transferring?

Tuition at Iași University of Life Sciences is €6,000 per year in 2026. At our European partner universities, Veterinary Medicine starts from €3,000 tuition per semester. Whether a transfer lowers your total depends on the faculty, the city and the entry year, because the entry year decides how many years of tuition remain.

Tuition is one line in a much longer plan. Some students move to a faculty that costs about the same or more, because exam fit or career goal matters more to them than the fee. We go through the numbers with you rather than guessing.

Which study year can you enter after leaving IULS Iași?

There is no fixed ceiling. Medschool Experts frequently achieves high placements for students of Iași University of Life Sciences, often into year four or year five, and every record is reviewed individually. The aim is always the highest entry point your completed courses support, with no loss of time or as little as possible.

As a rule of thumb, a placement works when no more than two examinations are still outstanding and their combined ECTS stay below a set maximum. Beyond that the picture depends on which subjects you have passed and how the receiving faculty structures its own curriculum. The 360 ECTS structure at Iași is a help here, because a European credit record is easy for another EU faculty to read.

Send us your transcript and we will tell you what is realistic. No guesswork.

How does a transfer from IULS Iași work with Medschool Experts?

Four steps. A free consultation where we hear your goal and your budget, a review of your academic record against our partner network, a concrete placement offer naming the faculty and the study year, then the switch itself with a written plan. You stay enrolled at Iași University of Life Sciences the whole time.

The order matters. Nobody should give up a confirmed place on a hope, which is why the switch is the last step and not the first. Between step two and step three we may come back with more than one option, because a cheaper faculty and a faculty with a better examination fit are not always the same address. Details of what we handle for you are on our services page.

Is a veterinary degree from IULS Iași recognised, and what does that mean for your plans?

Romania is an EU member state, veterinary surgeon is a profession with automatic recognition under Directive 2005/36/EC, and a Romanian veterinary diploma is recognised across the Union without an aptitude test or a separate equivalence procedure. Registration to practise still follows the rules of the country you move to.

Recognition follows the faculty that awards the final degree. Transfer to another EU veterinary faculty and the same directive applies at the end. Students aiming at the United States follow the ECFVG or PAVE route after graduation, and that goal shapes which faculty we suggest. If that is your plan, say so in the first conversation. If your plan is a practice in Europe, the EU framework already covers you.

When should IULS Iași students start planning a transfer?

Earlier than most people do. The practical window is the weeks after an examination session, when your transcript reflects what you have actually completed and the next academic year has not yet started. Most receiving faculties take transfer students for an October start, so spring and early summer are the calm months for this.

That said, a conversation costs nothing at any point in the year. Students come to us in their second year and in their fifth. The only version we would gently discourage is the panic transfer in late September, because a rushed record review tends to land you a lower entry year than your work deserves. Plan it once, properly.

If you are weighing up the idea, book a free consultation and bring your transcript.