For the 1st year of a bachelor's (licence), you apply on the national Parcoursup platform, exactly like a French student. For 2025 the window was 15 January to 2 April. You create an account, choose up to 10 wishes (voeux), upload your grades and write your motivation project. As an EU citizen you do not need the Campus France / Études en France procedure for a bachelor's, although Campus France Romania remains recommended for information and guidance. For a master's, applications are made directly to the university (eCandidat), and some programs may require Campus France.

As an EU citizen, you pay EU fees identical to those of a French student: about 175 euros per year for a bachelor's, 250 euros for a master's and 391 euros for a doctorate (academic year 2024-2025), plus the mandatory CVEC contribution of about 103 euros per year. That means around 283 euros per year in total tuition for a bachelor's. A non-European student pays much higher differentiated fees (about 2,770 euros for a bachelor's, 3,770 euros for a master's). The real budget of a Romanian student is dominated by the cost of living in Paris: accommodation 600-1,000 euros per month, food and transport ~400-550 euros per month, so about 12,000-18,000 euros per year for cost of living.

In France, public universities apply state-regulated fees for EU students, identical to those paid by French students (about 175 euros per year for a bachelor's). Students from outside the EU pay much higher differentiated fees (about 2,770 euros for a bachelor's). As a Romanian citizen you are automatically an EU citizen, so you benefit from the reduced fee without doing anything special, just proving your citizenship with a passport or ID card. Besides tuition, as an EU citizen you do not need a study visa and you do not go through the mandatory Campus France procedure for a bachelor's.

Most bachelor's degrees at Paris Cité are taught in French, so you need B2 level, proven with DELF B2, DALF C1 or TCF. However, there are also programs in English, especially at master's level and in the scientific and health fields, for which you are usually asked for IELTS 6.0-6.5 or TOEFL iBT 80-90. Recommendation for Romanians: if you are aiming for a bachelor's in French, start your language preparation early and obtain the DELF B2 certificate before applying. Check the exact language of instruction of each program on the official site u-paris.fr.

Paris Cité is organized into three large faculties: Health, Sciences and Society and Humanities. Its greatest strength is Medicine: according to the Shanghai 2024 ranking, the university is number 1 in France across all medical sciences, including clinical medicine, public health, dentistry, nursing sciences and pharmacy. Also strong are the exact and life sciences (mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, computer science, geosciences) and the humanities (letters, languages, history, social sciences). Its history includes Nobel laureates (Jean Dausset, George Smoot) and Fields medalists (Artur Avila, Laurent Schwartz).

Yes. For EU citizens, the Romanian Baccalaureate is recognized as an access diploma to French higher education. You apply with it directly on Parcoursup for a bachelor's, uploading your high school grades and your diploma. For competitive programs, your overall average and your grades in the subjects relevant to your chosen field matter (for example mathematics and sciences for scientific or health programs). Recommendation for Romanians: a strong profile includes a good Baccalaureate average, proof of French (DELF B2) and a clearly written motivation project in the Parcoursup section.

No. As a Romanian (EU) citizen, you have the right of free movement and residence in France, so you do not need a study visa. You can settle freely, without a residence permit. For a stay longer than 3 months, I recommend: opening a French bank account, health insurance (the European Health Insurance Card or enrollment in Sécurité sociale étudiante) and, optionally, applying for the CAF/APL rent allowance, which is also open to EU students. After graduation, as an EU citizen you have the automatic right to work in France and anywhere in the EU, without a work visa.

Université Paris Cité was created by decree on 20 March 2019, through the merger of two historic Parisian universities: Paris Descartes (Paris V), known for medicine and health, and Paris Diderot (Paris VII), known for sciences and humanities, together with the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris. It was initially named "Université de Paris", then renamed Université Paris Cité by decree in 2022. For you, as a future student, the merger means a single, larger and more research-intensive university that brings together the expertise of both institutions. The diploma you receive is recognized throughout the EU through the ECTS system and the Bologna process.