European Medical University

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Studying medicine in Europe for non-Europeans is an en richening experience that has become affordable and more attractive over the recent years. In particular attractive opportunities have opened up in the Eastern European block of countries, namely Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and recently Romania.

Romania however is starting to shine out amongst the Eastern European block of Medical Universities in Europe.

Some of the most important factors being

  • affordable tuition fees
  • accessible geographic location
  • accredited and recognised degrees
  • open to all applicants without entrance exams
  • 6 year program
  • high quality education and excellent academic standards
  • safe and student friendly living environment
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New MSA Go Study pricing starting at 995 Euros

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We’ve listened to all your requests and have finally managed to create a more affordable option for clients who just want to use our medical school application service. Well it’s more than just an application administering service! You can read here about the advantages of using this service option:  Here’s the basic info on this new Go Study Budget package… MSA Go Study Budget €995

  • Application Administering
  • Hand Delivered Application Forms
  • Emergency Support
  • Student Guide (Digital PDF Format)
  • MSA Support Centre correspondence
  • Courier fees
  • Full access to MSA Client Portal
  • Notices of special offers
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Bachelor of Dentistry Romania now available in English

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After many years of trying to find suitable options for international students looking for opportunities in dentistry studies, we are happy to announce availability of a 6 year Medical Dentistry program in English language.

Previously we advised clients to do the first year of studies in the Bachelor of Medicine program and transfer to the Dentistry faculty thereafter. During this year the students would be able to learn sufficient Romanian to be able to continue studies in the Romanian only Dentistry faculty.

The 1st year of the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Dentistry are almost identical, so it was …

Medical School Program Available in French

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Great news! Applicants to the medical programs we work with in Romania, may now apply to study medicine in the French language section. Some of the universities we work with are offering the 6 year medical program in French language.

Are you fluent in French? Here is a great opportunity for you to study medicine at a recognized and accredited medical school in Romania. Are you interested? Application requirements are the same, just select Bachelor of Medicine – 6yr – Romania 2008 – French, when completing the Academic Category of your profile when registering.

Only 100 seats available, so don’t …

Beautiful experiences in contemporary Romania. The Romanian way!

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You may or may not experience some of the things shown in this video while living in or visiting Romania. I’ve seen many beautiful, strange, amazing, wonderful and combination of these things during my many visits to Romania. The land, people and culture of Romania have a special place in my heart. This is a commercial from Cosmote, one of the leading mobile service providers in Romania.

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Did you watch it carefully? There’s something about this video that invokes my love for Romania. It’s something unexplainable! I can’t say why I love Romania, but I just DO! If I …

European Union Medical School Applicants increase in number

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For the academic year 2008/9, the number of European Union member state applicants to Romanian Medical Schools have more than doubled. There has been an overall increase in applicants to Romanian medical universities from all countries, however the most notable increase is in applications coming from E.U member state applicants. Reasons for this could be related to

  • simpler residency procedures for E.U member citizens
  • reduction in fees at Romanian Universities for E.U member applicants
  • romania’s E.U membership in 2007
  • increase in low cost airline carriers to Romania

Romania provides an ideal opportunity for European Union member state students looking for …

The European Credit Transfer System

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EUROPEAN CREDIT TRANSFER SYSTEM(ECTS)
Most Romanian Universities have been a part of the ECTS system project since 1998. The European Credit Transfer System, was developed by the European Commission for the provision of common and similar procedures which guarantee academic recognition of studies abroad.

ECTS credits are a value allocated to course units to describe the student workload required to complete them. They reflect the amount of work each course requires including lectures, practical work, seminars, private study – in the library or at home – and examinations or other assessment activities.

In ECTS, 60 credits represent the workload of …

MSA Romanian Regional Manager, Cristina goes to South Africa for training

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The South African Medical Student Advisors office was recently blessed with a visit from Cristina Todoran, MSA’s Romanian Regional Manager. MSA CEO Santhan, was also in South Africa during Cristina’s visit.


Cristina at the Flamingo sanctuary. During her visit, Cristina received important training on team management on how to manage logistics upon arrival of large groups of students to Romania, whom usually come to study medicine. The arrival of international students in large numbers has always been a challenge. There are factors like temporary accommodation, transport, food, visa extensions, registrations, handling the odd emergencies and the most challenging being …

Website sponsorship for Romanian charity, Nature Heritage for the Future

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As promised earlier in 2007 when Medical Student Advisors CEO, Santhan Naidoo visited Romania, Khanyi Media has sponsored the development and maintenance of a website for The Nature Heritage for the Future (NHF). The NHF team will be able to use this resource to continually update members and international sponsors about the organisations activities.…

MSA establishes new office in Amanzimtoti South Africa

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Medical Student Advisors has opened a new office in Amanzimtoti, South Africa. The company’s previous office on Durban’s North Beach is still open and South African regional manager will continue to work from there. Most of our international calls are routed there.

The premises in Amanzimtoti will be used as a Internet support centre and for training and accommodating traveling MSA team members.

Amanzimtoti is a seaside town south of Durban and provides an ideal relaxed environment. When King Shaka traveled along the coast during his reign, one of his attendants brought him some water from the river and he …

Entrance exam for E.U member state applicants to Romanian Universities

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E.U member state applicants can now benefit from reduced annual tuition fees at Romanian state universities. The reduction in fees comes with a small pre-requisite though!

Applicants wanting to take advantage of the reduced fee will have to pass an entrance exam taken at the university they have applied to, prior to registration.

In the 2007 academic year, Medical Student Advisors, assisted European Union clients during the examination session held late in September. Clients arrived to Romania and stayed for the 2-3 days, returning to their home countries after writing the exam.

All MSA clients managed to pass the fairly …

Romanian October 2007 applications now closed.

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Please note that applications for October 2007 registration are now closed. You may proceed to apply online for the 2008 registration. Due to time constraints we have prioritized most of our attention to the 2007 batch of students to ensure that they are settled into their new environment, after which we will attend to the 2008 applications. Thank you for your patience. …