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World University Rankings 2026: Romania

21 universities ranked in Romania, out of 2,280 worldwide. No official admissions or graduate-earnings data is used for Romania yet, so the within-country part (35%) is estimated from each university’s standing among Romania’s universities on the global measures.

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National rankRank	University	World rank	Overall score	Research	Alumni outcomes	Admissions & earnings (in country)	World rank range
1	University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila" Bucharest	=480	33.9	75	21	est.	252–1177
2	University of Bucharest	=506	33.4	53	91	est.	174–1278
3	Babeș-Bolyai University	=667	28.6	65	69	est.	357–1443
4	University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca	=836	24.5	57	74	est.	436–1734
5	University of Oradea	=907	23.1	62	21	est.	490–1880
6	West University of Timişoara	=918	23.0	45	82	est.	442–1783
7	Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca	=938	22.7	62	21	est.	513–1808
8	Polytechnic University of Bucharest	=1080	19.3	50	69	est.	591–1961
9	The Bucharest University of Economic Studies	=1116	18.9	29	81	est.	572–2042
10	Transilvania University of Brasov	=1219	17.1	49	63	est.	711–2038
11	Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iași	=1306	16.1	51	21	est.	715–2093
12	University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu Mureș	=1358	15.6	49	21	est.	734–2137
13	Politehnica University of Timișoara	=1439	14.8	38	65	est.	767–2152
14	Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava	=1548	13.8	44	21	est.	800–2188
15	Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi	=1595	13.5	28	68	est.	804–2178
16	Technical University of Cluj-Napoca	=1618	13.3	40	47	est.	847–2183
17	Victor Babeş University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara	=1776	12.4	38	21	est.	893–2209
18	Universității „Dunărea de Jos” din Galați	=1836	12.0	37	21	est.	906–2225
19	Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu	=2019	10.8	28	45	est.	982–2242
20	Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iaşi	=2102	10.2	25	21	est.	1030–2241
21	Ovidius University	=2120	10.0	23	21	est.	1025–2252

21 universities

Research Index for Romania · All of Europe · All countries

National rank follows the world ranking: universities are listed in world-rank order and keep a shared rank where their world rank is shared. Research and Alumni outcomes are percentiles among all 2,280 ranked universities; Admissions & earnings is the position within the university’s own country (est. where no official data exists). How the ranking works.