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National policy · Quality assurance and accreditation · Romania

ARACIS council validates 67 doctoral study fields at its 22 October meeting

The council of ARACIS, a Romanian quality agency for higher education, analysed and validated 67 doctoral study fields, three bachelor's programmes, one master's field and one teacher-training programme.

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Why it matters: Universities offering the doctoral fields and programmes listed in the 22 October ARACIS decisions now have them validated by the agency's council.

ARACIS said its council analysed and validated a set of study programmes and fields at a meeting held on 22 October 2026.

According to ARACIS, the items validated included three bachelor's degree programmes, one psycho-pedagogical training programme for pre-university teaching and one master's study field.

The agency said the council also validated 67 doctoral study fields, with the details given in a document attached to its published decisions.

Editor’s view

Richard Davies, Policy and Finance Editor

Universities offering the 67 doctoral fields and the other programmes and fields listed in the document attached to the 22 October decisions have had them validated by the ARACIS council.

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