Transfer from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova: Where to Continue Medicine or Dentistry in 2026

What is the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova and what does it teach in English?

The University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova (Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Craiova) is a state university in Craiova, south-western Romania. Its medical faculty was founded in 1970 and the university became independent in 1998. For 2026/2027 it admits international students to English-taught Medicine and Dental Medicine, each running six years and 360 credits.

Craiova sits in the Oltenia region and has around 270,000 inhabitants. Our full profile of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova sets out programmes, city and costs in detail. The university is accredited by the Romanian Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education, known by its Romanian abbreviation ARACIS, which evaluates Romanian universities and their programmes by law and renews accreditation every five years. Romania is an EU member state.

For the English-taught modules in 2026/2027 the university lists 60 places in Medicine for EU, EEA and Swiss applicants and 30 for applicants from outside that group, plus 30 places in Dental Medicine across all nationalities. Tuition is 8,500 EUR per year for Medicine and 6,500 EUR per year for Dental Medicine. Pharmacy is offered, but not in the English-taught track.

Can you transfer from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova to another university?

Yes. A student enrolled at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova in Romania can continue medicine or dentistry at another university, and Medschool Experts organises exactly that. We are the leading specialist for study transfers in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and veterinary medicine, with the world’s largest choice of official partner universities.

A transfer is not a new application from zero. What you have already passed in Craiova is documented in your Transcript of Records, and that document does the heavy lifting. Credits, grades and completed subjects decide which year the receiving university can admit you into.

We do not publish document lists, deadlines or entrance procedures here, because they differ by university and by year. Instead we check your profile against our partner network and tell you what is realistic for your case. That check costs nothing.

Why do students transfer from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova?

Students leave the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova in Craiova for five recurring reasons: total cost, exam fit, personal or organisational circumstances, a career goal in the United States, and a career goal in Germany. None of these is a complaint about the university. Each is a question about fit between a curriculum and a life.

• Cost. Medicine at 8,500 EUR per year across six years is 51,000 EUR in tuition alone (2026/2027). Some families plan for that comfortably. Others reach year three and find the arithmetic has changed.
• Exam fit. Some students pass everything except one or two subjects, year after year. A different exam format, a different pace, a different sequence of subjects can change that outcome. We help with this, and we are specialists in it.
• Personal or organisational reasons. Difficulties with an individual professor, a health matter, a family obligation at home, a partner in another country. These are normal life events that sometimes make continuing in one place impractical.
• Career goal United States. Students who want to practise in the US need the USMLE, US clinical rotations and a residency place. Certain universities are built around that path.
• Career goal Germany. Students aiming at a German hospital career often want the final practical year, the PJ, to take place in Germany. Some universities make that straightforward.

Where can University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova students transfer to?

Craiova students transfer to universities chosen by goal, not by ranking. The four most common goals are a lower total cost, a better exam fit, a career in the United States and a career in Germany. Because Craiova teaches dentistry, dentistry students are only ever offered universities where dentistry is taught. That is checked first.

Both the Faculty of Medicine Foca and the Medical University of Varna teach dentistry in English alongside medicine, so both are open to dentistry students from Craiova. Mostar School of Medicine and the Caribbean medical schools are medicine routes only. We never offer a dentistry student a medicine-only destination.

The full list is on our universities page, and what we do around the move itself is set out under services. Real journeys are collected under student stories.

How much can a University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova student save by transferring?

A medicine student paying 8,500 EUR per year in Craiova in 2026/2027 who moves to the Faculty of Medicine Foca in Bosnia and Herzegovina pays 3,500 EUR per year there, a difference of 5,000 EUR per year in tuition. Across three remaining years that is 15,000 EUR. Living costs shift too.

Tuition for Craiova: University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, admission of international citizens 2026/2027, English-taught modules. Living costs for Craiova and all figures for Foca: Medschool Experts figures, 2026.

Worked through for a student with three years left: Craiova medicine costs roughly 36,300 to 43,500 EUR over those three years including living costs, while Foca comes to roughly 22,500 EUR. The gap is real money. For dentistry the gap is smaller but still substantial, because Craiova dentistry is 6,500 EUR per year rather than 8,500 EUR.

Numbers are only half the decision. A cheaper university that does not suit your exam profile saves nothing. We put both on the table.

Which year can you enter after leaving the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova?

There is no fixed cap. Medschool Experts frequently achieves high placements for students leaving the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, often 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. The rule of thumb is that usually no more than two exams may be outstanding, and their ECTS must stay below a maximum.

What decides it is your Transcript of Records, not your year number on paper. A student who finished four years cleanly and a student who finished four years with three subjects open are two different cases. Keep your transcript current from day one.

How does a transfer from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova work with Medschool Experts?

The process runs in four steps: a free consultation, a review of your academic record, a concrete placement offer naming university and entry year, and the switch itself with a plan. Students stay enrolled at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova until the new place is confirmed. Nobody gives up a place on a maybe.

1. Free consultation. We listen to your goal, your budget and your timing. No cost, no obligation.
2. Record review. We read your Transcript of Records, your completed subjects, your grades and any open exams against our partner network.
3. Placement offer. You receive a concrete proposal: which university, which programme, which entry year, what it costs.
4. Switch with a plan. You stay enrolled in Craiova until the new place is confirmed, then move with a timetable that protects your academic year.

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What does the language of clinical training at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova mean for your planning?

The University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova states in its 2026/2027 admission information for English-taught modules that courses in the Medicine and Dental Medicine English sections are taught in English, while practical work and clinical training are conducted in Romanian from the fourth year of study. That is a planning fact worth knowing before year four, not a problem.

Plenty of students learn Romanian and do well with it. Patient contact in the local language is part of medical training in most countries, and Romanian is learnable. Students who plan to practise in Romania or who enjoy language learning often see it as an advantage.

Others prefer clinical years where the working language is one they already have. That preference is legitimate and it is one of the things we ask about in a consultation, because it changes which destinations make sense. Some partner universities teach clinical years in English, others also expect the local language on the ward. We say which is which.

Either way, decide before year four. It is far easier to plan a move at the end of year three than in the middle of year five.

When should University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova students start planning a transfer?

The best time to start planning a transfer from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova in Craiova is the semester before you want to move, and the second-best time is now. Universities admit into specific entry years at specific points in the academic calendar, so a decision taken early gives more options than one taken in a rush.

Two moments come up again and again. The end of the pre-clinical phase, when students know their exam profile and can see the clinical years coming. And the point where the budget for the remaining years becomes clear.

If you are somewhere between those two moments, a conversation costs nothing and rules things in or out quickly. Book a free consultation and we will look at your record together.