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Check here the schedule of the admission process – July 2024 intake

1. Online registration HERE – 18-22 July, 16:00h (Thursday – Monday)
2. Online language interview for candidates without an English language certificate – 23 July (Tuesday)
3. Online oral interview and publication of the interview results – 26 July (Friday)
4. Payment of the tax through the online platform – 29 – 30 July (Monday – Tuesday)
5. Publication of the final results – 31 July (Wednesday)

Schedule of the admission process – September 2024 intake (if there are places left)

1. Online registration HERE – 30 August – 2 September, 14:00h (Friday – Monday)
2. Online oral interview and publication of the interview results – 5 September (Thursday)
3. Payment of the tax through the online platform – 6 – 10 September (Friday – Tuesday)
4. Publication of the final results – 11 September (Wednesday)

This master’s program is taught in English and has a duration of 2 academic years (4 semesters) leading to the accumulation of 120 ECTS.

Minimum requests:

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent, regardless of field, provided the level of studies and the diploma are recognized by the Ministry of Education and Research of Romania.

For other EU citizens and the Swiss Confederation:

• Bachelor’s or equivalent diploma recognized by the competent department of the Ministry of Education and Research prior to the registration (the process may take up to 30 days).
• Experience in the creative or cultural industries sector

Admission procedure

The admission process consists of the online registration of the application file and an oral exam.

Online registration includes:

• Curriculum Vitae in English;
• One letter of motivation (maximum allowed: 2 pages) in English;
• Two letters of recommendation;

The oral exam will consist of:

• Candidates presenting a project or business idea in the field of creative or cultural industries (e.g. Book and Press, Performing Arts, Audio-Visual and Cinematography, Advertising, Arts, Design, Architecture, Cultural Heritage, Crafts);

The admission average grade point is determined as follows:

• 50% evaluation of the application files: Bachelor exam average – 10 points, letter of motivation – 15 points, recommendation letter and CV – 25 points (50 points)
• 50% oral exam:  an interview for knowledge assessment in the field, with questions from members of the commission and a presentation and evaluation of the project idea (50 points)

*The oral exam will be held online, in the English language.

A minimum of 60 / 100 points is required in order to be admitted. If you are unsure whether you qualify for this program, feel free to contact our admissions team for more information.

CONTENTS OF THE MASTER’S ADMISSION FILE 

Candidates will fill in their identification data, including email address and phone number, when they sign up, and they’ll upload on the admitere.ase.ro platform one file at a time (the copy will include all the pages of a document and will not be uploaded page by page) for the following documents (copies in .pdf or .jpeg/.jpg format, where applicable):

• *Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent);
• Transcript or diploma supplement from the undergraduate program;
• Baccalaureate diploma (or equivalent) and transcript (or equivalent);
• Birth certificate;
• Standard medical certificate, issued no more than six months before the dates hosted by the medical offices (school or territorial) or family doctor, from which it can be seen that the candidate is suitable for enrolment;
• Identity card / passport (for foreign citizens);
• Marriage certificate (if applicable);

• Declaration, according to Annex 7, on his own responsibility, completed at the time of registration in the IT system, by which the candidate declares that: 

  i. Was not expelled, without the right to re-en-roll, from ASE.

  ii. Agrees with the processing of personal data.

• An ID/passport photo, jpg or jpeg format;
• Proof of payment of the registration fees for those who pay by bank transfer (recommended: online payment on the admission platform).Standard medical certificate, issued no later than six months before the enrollment date by the medical offices (school or territorial) or by the family doctor, from which it should result that the applicants are fit for enrollment in college;
• English Proficiency Certificate (optional);
• Other documents certifying special status (Roma minority, social protection system, registration fees exemptions according to art. 39);
• Personal statement regarding the authenticity of the documents uploaded on the admission platform and the correspondence between the digital / scanned documents and the original ones (Annex 8);
• Curriculum Vitae in English
• One letter of recommendation (in Romanian or English)
• Motivational letter (maximum allowed: 2 pages / in English)

*Graduates of study programs abroad, in addition to the bachelor’s degree / graduation certificate, must upload on the platform admitere.ase.ro the copy of the certificate / equivalence certificate issued / issued by the Ministry of Education and Research – CNRED and will send before registration, at internationaladmission@ase.ro, the study documents (bachelor’s degree or equivalent, diploma supplement, and copy of the certificate issued by CNRED) for the equivalence of the grades. Citizens of other member states of the European Union, of the states belonging to the European Economic Area and of the Swiss Confederation, the candidates benefiting from a form of protection in Romania, who do not have CNP (Romanian Numerical Personal Number) – will send before registration, to the address internationaladmission@ase.ro study documents (bachelor’s degree, diploma supplement / transcript, baccalaureate diploma or equivalent, transcript and copy of the certificate issued by CNRED) and will request the ID in order to access the online platform and establish the averages of competition. If the study and / or civil documents (birth / marriage certificate) are written in a language other than Romanian, copies of the Romanian translations, legalized, will be uploaded on the platform www.ase.ro.

The interview is composed of two parts:

• an oral exam, to evaluate the knowledge of the candidate in the field – please find the recommended bibliography for the exam below
• presentation of a project or business idea in the field of creative or cultural industries

The members of the interview commission will be professors from the Bucharest University of Economic Studies.

Recommended Bibliography for the Admission exam:

Books:

• [1] Tanurovska-Kjulavkovski, B., (2021), Modelling Cultural and Art Institutions, P.I.E. Peter Lang;
• [2] Mitchell, J., M., (2017), International Cultural Relations (Routledge Library Editions: International Relations), Routledge;
• [3] Schramme, A., (2014), Fashion Management, Lannoo;

Online articles:

• [4] Art, Museums & Digital Cultures ebook
• [5] Creative Europe
• [6] Creative HubKit