The procedure applies within the Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest to citizens from member states of the European Union, from the Swiss Confederation, who have obtained the status of doctoral supervisor in accredited higher education institutions from member states of the European Union, from the Swiss Confederation, of the European Economic Area, from the Swiss Confederation, and from prestigious universities in other states included in the "List of prestigious universities from other states", approved by order of the Minister of National Education and Scientific Research OMECTS no. 5825/2016 and periodically updated, for the purpose of settling in Romania. Only in the case of temporary exercise, the provisions of Law no. 200/2004 and Art. 296 of the National Education Law no. 1/2001 are applied directly.

(1) Reserved or temporarily vacant teaching positions are covered as a priority by the tenured teaching staff of the institution or by associated teaching staff, paid by the hour, according to the law.
(2) The employment of specialists with recognized scientific professional value in the field from the country or abroad, as invited associated teaching staff, is approved by the associated academic council, paid by the hour, according to the law.

Applicants who do not fall into one of the above situations shall address directly the National Center for Recognition and Equivalence of Diplomas within the Ministry of National Education and Scientific Research.

Teaching positions obtained at other accredited higher education institutions than those mentioned above are recognized only based on an international mutual recognition agreement, concluded at intergovernmental or inter-university level.

Documents of studies subject to recognition are authenticated with the Hague Apostille for states that are parties to the Hague Apostille Convention, and for other states, the study documents are superlegalized or accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by the competent authorities from the country of origin.

Exemption from apostille or superlegalization is permitted on the basis of the law, an international treaty to which Romania is a party or on a reciprocal basis.

The Rectorate requests the Faculty to which the academic field of the teaching position for interfere recognition belongs, to appoint a committee of 3 specialists, having at least the same academic rank as the applicant, who within 5 working days, check and express their opinion on the fulfillment of the recognition conditions for the proven teaching position. If uncertainties are found, the committee requests other documents from the applicant, who is obliged within maximum 5 working days to submit the requested documents.

Otherwise, the committee will reject the recognition request. If the conditions are found to be met, the committee of specialists prepares an Analysis Report with the proposal for recognition of the teaching position.

Following the Analysis Report, the UTCB Rector issues the recognition decision. The certificate of recognition of the teaching position is issued by the Rectorate Secretariat within a maximum of 5 working days from notification, according to the model in this procedure.

For the analysis of the files, a processing fee is charged, established annually by the University Senate, in the UTCB Fee Regulations, which will also include postal fees for correspondence with applicants.