Veterinary Medicine (studies in English)

About the course

This Veterinary Medicine degree is taught in English by the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at IULS in Iasi. Applicants are ranked 70% on their school-leaving exam average and 30% on an online interview.

Entry requirements for Irish students

• The university assesses the Irish Leaving Certificate individually and does not publish a fixed Irish requirement. Contact admissions to confirm. The admission committee converts your grades to the Romanian 1 to 10 scale, and your school-leaving exam average makes up 70% of your ranking. If applicants have the same exam average, the average of their 3 or 4 years of secondary school grades decides it.
• There is no written entrance exam. The other 30% of your ranking comes from an online interview with the admission committee (6 to 20 July in 2026). The university does not publish what the interview covers.
• English: a certificate at B1 or higher covering at least speaking, listening and writing, or proof that you are a native speaker or studied in English for 4 or more years. If you have no valid certificate, you can take the university’s own English test (50 euro).

Working in Ireland afterwards

Veterinary degrees from EU member states listed in Annex V (point 5.4.2) of Directive 2005/36/EC are recognised qualifications you can register with at the Veterinary Council of Ireland, which in effect means automatic recognition. You still need to apply to the VCI to register before you can practise. Check the VCI’s list of recognised qualifications to confirm your specific degree is on it.

How to apply

1. Prepare CNRED documentsAs an EU citizen, include the documents CNRED (Romania’s recognition centre) needs to recognise your school qualifications in your application file. Check whether your documents need an apostille or legalisation.
2. Apply by early JulyEmail your electronic file to vet.admission@iuls.ro: Leaving Cert results, medical certificate, passport, birth certificate, English certificate, 4 photos and proof of the 100 euro fee. In 2026 the window was 27 April to 5 July.
3. Online interviewSit the online interview with the admission committee. In 2026 interviews ran from 6 to 20 July and results were published on 21 July.
4. Enrol and payEnrol by the deadline (26 July in 2026) and pay the first 1,500 euro instalment. Bring your original documents to the Secretariat by 10 September, or you lose your place.

Costs

• The university lists tuition of 5,950 euro a year for Veterinary Medicine taught in English, and EU students pay it too. EU/EEA/Swiss students pay the first year in instalments: 1,500 euro when they enrol (a non-refundable guarantee), then 2,000 euro in the first week of Semester 1 and 2,000 euro before the first exam session. Those instalments add up to 5,500 euro, not 5,950 euro, so ask admissions which figure applies. There is also a 100 euro application fee, and a 50 euro fee for the university’s English test if you do not have a valid certificate. Fees for later years are not published separately.

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