Post-secondary education is organized for professional qualifications established by the Ministry of National Education in accordance with the National Qualifications Register.

In post-secondary education, high school graduates, with or without a baccalaureate diploma, may enroll, with admission carried out in accordance with the general criteria established by the Ministry of National Education.

Post-secondary education is conducted through the post-secondary school and the foremen’s school. Both the post-secondary school and the foremen’s school represent specialized training routes, lasting between 1 and 3 years, depending on the complexity of the qualification.

Graduates of post-secondary education who pass the professional qualification certification exam obtain a level 5 qualification certificate according to the National Qualifications Framework, corresponding to reference level 5 of the European Qualifications Framework (specialist technician) and the descriptive supplement of the certificate, according to Europass.

Post-secondary education is organized in post-secondary schools, within high schools with legal status, or in colleges within accredited higher education institutions.

Schooling in state post-secondary education is financed through the local budgets of administrative-territorial units, from amounts broken down from the state budget revenues and from local budget revenues. Schooling may also be financed by applicants, natural or legal persons, through a contract concluded with the educational unit providing the schooling.

Credits for education and vocational training obtained in post-secondary education may be recognized for graduates with a baccalaureate diploma by universities, based on the decisions of the university senate, as transferable study credit units for the bachelor's level.

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