Admission calendar entries
Applications for admission will open in August, but you can already express your interest to be informed in advance.
Description of the exam test (s)
Admission to master's degree studies at the Faculty of Governance and Communication Sciences is done through a competition, regardless of the form of education in which they are organized, based on the tests established by this regulation, in order to evaluate the skills specific to the field of study based on a bibliography including specialized works.
The admission tests are also taken by Romanian candidates from all over the world.
Admission test: Interview
- The admission test consists of an interview that takes place for all master's degree programs within the Faculty of Governance and Communication Sciences. The interview is marked as admitted/rejected. The interview is thematic and aims to verify the candidate's minimal knowledge in the field of study for which he/she is applying, according to Annex 1 to these regulations.
- The interview will be held online, and the candidates' schedule will be announced the day before the admission test, via email.
- The interview evaluation will be based on a set of evaluation criteria established by the admissions committee consisting of:
- the relevance of the general knowledge possessed by the candidate regarding the field and the master's university study program for which he opts;
- the skills and motivation of the candidates for the higher education activity at master's level and for the approach from the perspective of the desired specialization;
- the candidate's motivation to follow the full study cycle and complete a dissertation;
- the valorization, by the candidate, of the degree of priority that the study program holds within the other short- and medium-term obligations.
Details regarding the admission steps
(1) The minimum general average for admission to the master's degree programs organized by UVT cannot be less than 6,00 (six). (2) The general average for admission is calculated with two decimal places, without rounding and is equal to the average of the final exam for undergraduate studies. (3) The ranking of candidates is done in descending order of the averages obtained in the admission competition and within the limit of the places approved for each university study program. (4) The general average or the general scores obtained by candidates in the admission competition are valid for establishing the ranking only within the Faculty of Governance and Communication Sciences, according to this regulation. (5) The ranking resulting from the admission competition will also be used for the distribution of places financed through study grants, these going to the best ranked candidates eligible for each master's degree program. (6) For the tie-breaking, in the case of candidates with admission averages equal to that of the last allocated place, both for places financed from the state budget and for places with fees, the following will be used as tie-breaking elements: a) The grade obtained when defending the bachelor's thesis within the bachelor's degree final exam; b) The grade obtained in the knowledge verification test within the bachelor's degree final exam.
List of required documents
Documents required for registration in the admission process
The documents required for the application file for the master's degree programs within the Faculty of Governance and Communication Sciences are as follows:
- ID card;
- Birth certificate - for UVT graduates of undergraduate studies who were admitted to undergraduate studies starting in 2020, it is not mandatory, and can be taken from the existing file for the undergraduate studies cycle, except in the case where the candidate has been issued another birth certificate since that time;
- Marriage certificate - if appropriate;
- Bachelor's degree or diploma equivalent to it, accompanied by the supplement to the diploma, or certificate of completion of undergraduate university studies, accompanied by the transcript, for candidates who graduated from undergraduate university studies in the current year; UVT graduates of undergraduate studies in the current year do not need to upload the certificate of completion of undergraduate studies and the transcript on the admission platform in order to apply for master's studies in the same year, the results of the final examination of undergraduate studies , respectively the average of the years of undergraduate university studies, being taken over in the candidate's file directly by the admission committees of the UVT faculties;
- Medical certificate issued by the family doctor, not older than 90 days from the date of its presentation at the document collection office, certifying whether the candidate is fit to enroll in university studies and, if applicable, the conditions chronic conditions suffered by the candidate (neuropsychiatric, psycho-pathological, pulmonary, dermato-venereal, disability (type, degree), etc.). Specific learning disorders (dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, etc.) or any special educational requirements will be attested by a diagnostic certificate;
- Certificate certifying completion of another master's university study program (completed or not at the time of submission of the file), in which the funding regime in which each year of studies was completed (with funding from the state budget/with a fee) , if it is/was carried out at a state higher education institution in Romania) and, if applicable, the years and semesters of studies in which the student benefited from the scholarship, respectively its type - if appropriate. Candidates who are Romanian citizens or from member states of the European Union, the European Economic Area and the Swiss Confederation, as well as British citizens and members of their families, as beneficiaries of Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community 2019/C 384 I/01, who completed their undergraduate studies outside of Romania, must present, in addition to the above documents, the equivalency/recognition document issued by National Center for Recognition and Equivalence of Diplomas (CNRED). In the case of recognition documents issued online by the specialized departments within the Ministry of Education and Research, they are uploaded in electronic format to the admission platform by the candidate, within the deadline established for registration by the own regulation regarding the organization and conduct of the admission process at the level of each faculty, and do not require certification according to the original by UVT operators. The necessary documents and the procedure for the equivalence of studies completed outside Romania are mentioned in Appendix 2 a Regulations of the West University of Timisoara (UVT) regarding the organization and conduct of the admission process for university study programs at the master's degree level.Required documents for candidates applying for positions intended for Romanian citizens from anywhere[1] are mentioned in Appendix 3 a Regulations of the West University of Timisoara (UVT) regarding the organization and conduct of the admission process for university study programs at
- Applicants eligible for exemption from the registration fee, in accordance with Article 17 of this Regulation, will upload on the admission platform also the supporting documents for the category in which they fall. For admission to university master's degree programs taught in Romanian, candidates who do not hold Romanian citizenship and who do not present Romanian study documents (diplomas and certificates) issued following the graduation of study programs taught in Romanian or study documents/school situations attesting to at least three years of consecutive studies followed in Romanian issued by school units/higher education institutions from the national system in Romania or abroad, are required to present a certificate/attestation of linguistic competence for the Romanian language of minimum level B1, according to The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, issued by the pre-university education units organizing the introductory course in Romanian, by the accredited higher education institutions in Romania organizing Romanian language preparatory program for foreign citizens, regardless of the field studied, by the Romanian language, literature, culture and civilization lecturers in higher education institutions abroad, by the Romanian Language Institute or by the Romanian Cultural Institute. For study programs taught in an internationally spoken language, candidates can upload supporting documents to attest knowledge of the language of instruction, only those documents that attest knowledge of the respective language at a minimum level B2, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, being relevant.[1] Romanians everywhere = persons who freely assume the Romanian cultural identity, persons of Romanian origin and those belonging to the Romanian linguistic and cultural vein who live outside the borders of Romania, regardless of the ethnonym used, as well as Romanian emigrants, whether they have kept or not Romanian citizenship, their descendants and Romanian citizens with permanent residence or residence abroad (who do not hold a Romanian identity card).
