Transfer from “Dunărea de Jos” University of Galați: Where to Continue Medicine or Dentistry in 2026

What is “Dunărea de Jos” University of Galați and what does it teach in English?

“Dunărea de Jos” University of Galați is a public university in Galați, south-eastern Romania. It was formed in 1974 from two earlier institutes and took its present name in 1991. Its Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy was founded in 2004 and covers Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Midwifery.

The university announced its English-taught Medicine programme in 2021, offering 45 places to international students in that first admission round. Medicine runs over six years. All Romanian universities and their degree programmes are evaluated by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (Agenția Română de Asigurare a Calității în Învățământul Superior, ARACIS), and the faculty holds that state accreditation.

Can you transfer from “Dunărea de Jos” University of Galați to another university?

Yes. Students at “Dunărea de Jos” University of Galați in Romania can move to another medical or dental faculty and continue with the years they have already completed. Medschool Experts is the leading specialist for exactly this, in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and veterinary medicine, and works with the world's largest choice of official partner universities.

What makes a transfer work is the record, not the reason. Passed exams, earned credits and the syllabus behind them are what a receiving faculty reads. We check that record against our partner network and tell you which universities can take you and at which point in the programme. Nobody is asked to leave anything behind on a guess.

Why do students transfer from “Dunărea de Jos” University of Galați?

Five reasons come up again and again, and all of them are planning questions rather than complaints. Cost, exam fit, personal or organisational circumstances, a career goal in the United States, and a career goal in Germany. Each one leads to a different shortlist of partner faculties, which is why the first conversation is about goals.

• Total cost. Tuition plus living costs over six years is a large number. A more affordable partner university can change it substantially. At the Faculty of Medicine Foča, part of the University of East Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina, tuition is €3,500 per year and the full year including living costs comes to roughly €7,500 (Medschool Experts figures, 2026).
• Exam fit. Some students hit a wall on one or two specific subjects. A faculty with a different examination format and a different pace can be the difference between finishing and stalling. We are specialists in that kind of match.
• Personal or organisational circumstances. Sometimes a situation with an individual lecturer, a family matter or a health matter makes continuing in the same place impractical. That is a normal reason to move.
• A career in the United States. Caribbean medical schools are built around the US system: USMLE preparation, US clinical rotations and the residency match. Mostar School of Medicine in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the only European university that prepares specifically for the USMLE, Step 1 and Step 2 CK.
• A career in Germany. Some partner universities are set up for it. Through Medschool Experts, students at Medical University of Varna in Bulgaria can complete the final practical year in Germany, and the same route exists from Foča.

Where can “Dunărea de Jos” University of Galați students transfer to?

The destination follows the goal. Students aiming at lower total costs, students aiming at a better examination fit, students aiming at the United States and students aiming at Germany end up on different shortlists. The table below shows the pattern we use before any individual record is reviewed at Medschool Experts in 2026.

Dentistry students have a shorter list, because a destination has to teach dentistry. Mostar School of Medicine and the Caribbean schools are medicine options only. We confirm the subject, the language of the clinical years and the available entry point for every dental placement before it is offered to you.

How much can a “Dunărea de Jos” University of Galați student save by transferring?

That depends on the fee you pay now, and the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy in Galați does not publish a single public figure in euros for its English-taught places. Ask the university for your annual amount in writing. Once you have it, the comparison below is straightforward arithmetic over the years you still have left.

Run it over the remaining years, not over six. A student with three years left compares three years of the current fee and living costs with three years at roughly €7,500. If your written figure from Galați sits well below that, cost is not your reason to move, and one of the other four reasons probably is.

Which year can you enter after leaving “Dunărea de Jos” University of Galați?

There is no fixed ceiling. Medschool Experts frequently achieves high placements, often into year four or year five, and every case is reviewed individually. The aim is the highest possible entry with no or minimal loss of time. As a rule of thumb, usually no more than two exams may still be outstanding, and their combined ECTS has to stay under a maximum.

Two students with the same number of completed semesters can land in different years. Credits, subject coverage and what is still open all count. That is why the record review comes before any promise, and why we never quote an entry year before we have read your transcript.

How does a transfer from “Dunărea de Jos” University of Galați work with Medschool Experts?

Four steps, in this order. A free consultation about your goal, a review of your academic record, a concrete placement offer naming the university and the entry year, and then the switch itself with a plan and dates. You stay enrolled in Galați until the new place is confirmed. That rule is not negotiable.

We do not publish document lists or deadlines here, because they differ by destination and by year. Get in touch and we check your profile against our partner network, then tell you what your specific file needs.

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What does a Romanian medical degree mean for working in the EU, Germany or the United States?

Romania has been a member of the European Union since 2007, so qualifications in medicine and dentistry from accredited Romanian universities fall under the EU rules on automatic recognition of professional qualifications set out in Directive 2005/36/EC. In practice that means a Romanian degree is accepted across the EU and the European Economic Area without a separate equivalence procedure.

If you transfer inside the European Union, for example to Medical University of Varna in Bulgaria, you stay inside that same framework. If your target is Germany specifically, Varna and Foča both offer the final practical year in Germany through Medschool Experts, which puts you in a German hospital before you graduate. If your target is the United States, the deciding factors are USMLE preparation and US clinical rotations rather than the country of the university, which is where Mostar School of Medicine and the Caribbean schools come in. Language matters too. Ask any destination which language the clinical years and the patient contact are in.

When should “Dunărea de Jos” University of Galați students start planning a transfer?

As early as the question first occurs to you. A transfer is easiest to plan between academic years, and the review of your record takes time before an entry year can be confirmed. Students who start the conversation one or two semesters ahead almost always enter higher than students who wait until a resit has already gone wrong.

Early planning is also cheap planning. The free consultation costs nothing and commits you to nothing, and knowing your realistic entry year makes the decision to stay just as easy as the decision to go. Other students have already made the move, and their stories show how different the routes look. Many students talk to us and then stay. That is a good outcome too.