Romania’s 2026 residency exam: 645 places available in Family Medicine

A total of 645 training places in Family Medicine are available through the residency entrance exam on 15 November 2026, the largest allocation among specialties in the Medicine category. The highest number of places is allocated to Bucharest – “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, followed by Iași and Timișoara.

The allocation appears on page 1 of the list of training places published on the exam’s official website. The figures refer to place-based residency training, with places allocated by university training centre.

The 645 Family Medicine places account for approximately 14.4% of the 4,481 places published for the Medicine category.

Allocation of places by university centre

Bucharest – “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy has the largest allocation, with 165 places. It is followed by Iași, with 76, Timișoara, with 67, Târgu Mureș, with 66, and Cluj-Napoca, with 59 places.

The two universities in Bucharest have a combined allocation of 199 places. Family Medicine places are allocated in all 13 university-centre columns of the official table, including Brașov.

Registration open until 20 October

According to the official exam announcement, registration runs from 7 to 20 October 2026, through public health directorates and, where applicable, ministries operating their own healthcare networks.

The exam on 15 November will consist of 200 multiple-choice questions for each category, identical across all examination centres, with a duration of four hours. It will take place in Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, Craiova, Iași, Târgu Mureș and Timișoara.

Places are allocated in order of candidates’ scores, based on a national ranking for the Medicine category and subject to availability. To select a place, candidates must meet the passing threshold: 60% of the highest score achieved nationally in this category.