Raport România 2009 - 2012

cycle students receive? Please provide the amount per year. Minimum second cycle = not applicable Most common second cycle = not applicable Maximum second cycle = not applicable 14.3. If different types of loans exist in your country, please provide the details here. 5 - 14.4. What percentage of students takes out loans? In the first cycle = 0 In the second cycle = 0 Of all students = 0 14.5. Are student loans publicly subsidised or guaranteed? 14.5.1. Please explain the form of this guarantee/subsidy. 14.5.2. What conditions govern the cancellation or reduction of a state guaranteed/subsidised debt incurred by students after completion of their study period? Income too low Studies successfully completed on time Exceptional merit in studies Age or length of period in debt Disability Parenthood Death Early repayment of loan No debt cancellation No debt reduction Other: in progress 14.6. Please provide any additional relevant comments for consideration regarding your grants and loan system. 15. Do you want to answer this section now or later? 16. Do any student's parents receive tax-related benefits (tax relief of any kind, which is not limited to income tax) for tertiary education expenses? 1st cycle Yes No No answer 2nd cycle Yes No No answer 17. Which students' parents are eligible to receive such non-tax based benefit? 17.1. What are the criteria upon which eligibility is decided? 6  Income of parents too low Income of student too low Age of student (child) Disability Parenthood of student (child) Other 17.1.1. Please specify. 17.2. Are parents of students in the first or in the second cycle treated differently? 17.2.1. Please explain the difference. 18. Can the parents of any student enrolled at a higher education institution receive tax-based financial benefits (tax relief)? 19. What are the forms and values of the granted tax relief? The information you enter may be an absolute amount or a share of a person’s taxable income expressed as percentage. Tax relief 19.1. Is there a difference for parents whose children are first or second cycle students? 19.2. Please explain the difference. 20. Please provide any additional relevant comments for consideration regarding your benefits for students' parents (including guardians). - 21. Do you want to answer this section now or later? 22. Does any student receive tax-related benefits (tax relief of any kind, which is not limited to income tax) for tertiary education expenses? 1st cycle Yes No No answer 2nd cycle Yes No No answer 22.1. What are the criteria to determine who is eligible? They are enrolled as a student at a recognised higher education institution They are under a certain age (please specify) They have another particular civil status (e.g. married, parenthood, other) Income-dependent 7 23. In your country, do any forms of public non-cash student support exist? 1st cycle Yes No No answer 2nd cycle Yes No No answer 24. What forms of public non-cash student support exist? Subsidised accommodation:1st cycle Subsidised accommodation:2nd cycle Subsidised health insurance:1st cycle Subsidised health insurance:2nd cycle 24.1. Please specify the details of existing subsidies. Full time students receive accommodation support given by State based on Governmental Decision no. 73/2004 and Law 527/2004. Full time students also receive 50% reduction for public transportation. 25. Who is eligible to receive such non-cash support? Subsidised accommodation All students Specific groups of students based on pre-defined criteria No answer Subsidised health All students Specific groups of students based on pre-defined criteria No insurance answer Other subsidies All students Specific groups of students based on pre-defined criteria No answer 25.1. What are the criteria to determine who is eligible? Income of parents too low Income of student too low Age of student Disability Parenthood of student Other: all full time students 25.2. Is there a difference in eligibility between first and second cycle students? 25.3. Please explain the difference. - 26. Please provide any additional relevant comments for consideration regarding public non-cash student support. Full time students receive 50% reduction for public transportation. 8 27. Do you want to answer this section now or later? 28. What is the typical status of a candidate preparing a third cycle (PhD) qualification? Student They hold and employment contract with a HEI 28.1. Please explain why you selected multiple options? Doctoral students may or may not have an employment contract with the HEI. However all doctoral students are asked to have a study contract signed by the PHD adviser, the HEI as well as by the doctoral candidate/student. 28.2. Are there differences between students of different subject areas? 28.3. Please explain the difference. 29. What are the main funding sources for candidates preparing a third cycle (PhD) qualification? budget, strategic projects POSDRU, student' own resources, university resources 30. Please explain any differences in the fees they are required to pay, compared to your answers for first and second cycle students, as well as differences in grants, loans and other support that may be provided. For non budgeted students, fees are established by each HEI, based on the university autonomy (the range is between 1000 and 3000 EUR/ year). Grants for doctoral students selected in POSDRU projects are aprox. 5000EUR/year. 31. Please explain the nature of the contracts candidates preparing a PhD have with their higher education institution. For all doctoral students is compulsory to have a study contract signed by the PHD adviser, the HEI representative, as well as by the doctoral candidate/student. Doctoral students may also have an employment contract with the HEI. 32. Please specify any fees third cycle candidates that are typically neither "fully student" nor "fully employee" have to pay, as well as any support that may be provided. See answer 30 (Part 2.2) 33. Please provide any additional relevant comments for consideration regarding your doctoral education. - 9  Questionnaire on student and staff mobility A Preliminary remarks In the Leuven/Louvain-la-Neuve Communiqué, the European Ministers responsible for higher education agreed that “mobility shall be the hallmark of the European Higher Education Area”. They called upon each country to increase mobility of students, , to ensure its high quality and to diversify its types and scope. At least 20% of those graduating in the European Higher Education Area should have had a study or training period abroad in 2020”. They also called for mobility of teachers, early- stage researchers and staff At the same time, the Ministers underlined the importance of more balanced mobility across the European Higher Education Area. The findings of the Bologna Process Independent Assessment which were presented on the occasion of Bologna Ministerial Anniversary Conference in Budapest/Vienna on 11/12 March 2010 again underlined the need for action to enhance and better balance student and staff mobility. This questionnaire on mobility is part of the general questionnaire used to collect information for the 2012 integrated implementation report. To give the BFUG Working Group on Mobility sufficient time and the necessary material to fulfil its terms of reference of drafting a European Higher Education Area Strategy for Mobility to be decided by the Ministers in 2012, the questions on mobility are being asked a few months earlier than the questions on the other themes. However, when the general questionnaire is sent out in early 2011, each country will have the opportunity to update its responses to the mobility questions should any significant changes have occurred. When completing this questionnaire, please pay particular attention to the following two points: • Information provided in this questionnaire should be supported by references whenever they are available. Please include the title and internet links, where available, for all publications and texts (national policy documents, national and/or international empirical surveys etc) which you have used to provide your responses to the specific questions. • When providing a response for your country, please be aware that different stakeholders in the higher education system may have varying opinions or experience with regard to the issue at hand. Please make every effort to consult with stakeholders before finalising your answers to ensure that a balanced and consensual response is provided. Please return this questionnaire to the Bologna Secretariat until 30 September, 2010 at the latest. If you have any queries on the questionnaire, please contact: [email protected]. 1 B Details on the completion of the questionnaire B.1. Who contributed to the completion of this report? Please provide the names and functions. B.1.a Government representatives Camelia Mircea-Sturza, European Affairs Unit, Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports Tudor Stanciu, Higher Education Department, Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sports B.1.b Stakeholder representatives B.1.c Other contributors Monica Calota, Director, National Agency for Community Programs in the field of Education and Training 2 C National strategies and action plans The following questions look at national quantitative targets and at policies aiming to foster mobility. C.1. Does your country have national strategies or action plans to foster mobility? Yes No
please continue with section C.6. C.1.a If yes, please provide a reference. Romania's strategy to foster mobility is concretised in several national policies, regulated by a whole range of legal acts. It refers to specific government scholarship schemes for foreign students and foreign students having Romanian nationality from abroad wishing to study in Romania, or for Romanian students wishing to study abroad. There is not a single strategy paper but a series of initiatives focused on financial incentives/ scholarships to foster mobility. The legal framework regulating mobility scholarship schemes: - Government's Decision 288/1993 on foreign students in Romania - Yearly government's decision on the university schooling number in state higher education to be financed from the state budget - Government's Decision 689/1994 regarding a scholarships scheme for studies, doctorate and specialization and other forms of support for students having Romanian nationality from neighbouring countries or for Romanian diaspora abroad - Decision 697/1996 on a scholarships scheme for study periods abroad for Romanian undergraduate and graduate students - Decision 1070/2001 on additional governmental support for Romanian students abroad on the basis of a bilateral or unilateral governmental agreement - Decision 101/2002 regarding "Vasile Parvan" scholarships scheme for graduate research periods at Accademia di Romania in Rome and "Nicolae Iorga" scholarships scheme for graduate research periods at Instituto Romeno di Cultura e Ricerca Umanistica in Venice - Decision 1212/2008 regarding "Titu Maiorescu" scholarships scheme for research or graduate study periods abroad in EU policies area - Law 15/2004 on special scholarships scheme "Romanian Government" C.1.b If yes, when was the national strategy or action plan adopted, and when was the most recent revision? Adopted:yes Most recent revision: 3 C.2. Does the strategy include national quantitative targets for the different forms of student mobility in higher education? Please specify the target, including the date, in the appropriate box (e.g. 20% by 2020). All forms of mobility Credit mobility1 Degree mobility2 Inbound 3500 foreign students increase of 5% per 390 scholarships for per year supporting year (Erasmus foreign students on a their own costs mobility) bilateral basis 60 scholarships for 1700 months- foreign students scholarships 5000 scholarships per 70 scholarships for year for students doctoral students having Romanian from francophone nationality from countries neighbouring countries or for Romanian diaspora abroad Outbound 600 months- increase of 5% per scholarships per year year (Erasmus mobility) No target C.2.a Please provide a reference for the target. See the legal framework described at C.1.a C.2.b Are these targets the same for students in all cycles or are there differences? Same Differences C.2.b.i If there are differences according to the degree cycle, please specify. Some of the scholarships schemes refer to all cycles, but some are dedicated for research or study within master or doctoral programs. C.3. Does your country's national strategy/action plan include staff mobility in higher education? Yes No 1 Mobility to a different country in the context of a programme in the home institution for which credits are awarded 2 Mobility for an entire degree programme 4  C.3.a If yes, does it include quantitative targets for staff mobility? Yes No C.3.a.i If yes, please specify A reference for stuff mobility is included in the annual Working plans of the National Agency. An increase of 5% per year in the number of outgoing staff under Erasmus is foreseen. C.4. Does your national strategy/action plan prioritise particular geographic regions for student and/or staff mobility? Yes No C.4.a If yes, please complete the following table by ticking the boxes where applicable. Priority Region Incoming students Outgoing Incoming staff Outgoing staff students EHEA yes yes yes yes USA/Canada Latin America Australia, New Zealand Middle East yes Africa yes Asia Other (please specify) C.4.b If you have regional priorities, please give reasons. In terms of incoming students, some priority areas would be, depending on the external relations agenda, the neighbouring countries, EHEA members, francophone countries 5 C.5. Does your country monitor the impact of your national strategy or action plan? Yes No C.5.a If yes, please provide information on how this monitoring is undertaken. Who is responsible, how regularly is monitoring conducted, and what have been the most recent results? The monitoring system is unfortunately in its incipient phase. However a system is currently put in place becoming effective in the coming year. C.6. Are there, in your country, any strategies or programmes below the national level (e.g. regional, institutional) to foster mobility? Yes No C.6.a If yes, please explain and/or give examples. Some of the Romanian higher education institutions have strate