The Bacalaureat (or bac for short) is an exam held in Romania when one graduates high school (Romanian: liceu).

Romania

History

The Romanian Baccalaureate has evolved over time.

Present

Unlike the French Baccalaureate, the Romanian one has a single degree. The subjects (except subject A) depend on the profile studied (Romanian: profil de studiu): mathematics and computer science (Romanian: matematică-informatică), philology (Romanian: filologie), natural sciences (Romanian: științe ale naturii), social sciences (Romanian: științe sociale), or various other vocational tracks (Romanian: filiera vocaţională), and the candidate's choice.

The exam covers the whole high school curriculum and the marking scale is between 1 and 10. In order to pass, students must obtain at least 5.00 in every subject with a minimum of 6.00 overall. All the graduates in the country take the exam at the same time. The subjects vary from profile to profile.

Subjects

The baccalaureate has up to 5 modules, each one graded separately. Module E, the written examination, is the one considered for admission to higher education.

Competence exams

A, B and D are marked with: Beginner, Average, Advanced and Experienced.

A: Romanian language - oral examination.

B: Maternal Language - if different from Romanian, and if studied; oral examination.

C: foreign language - oral and written examination; graded on the CEFR scale, from A1 to B2.

D: computer skills.

Written exams

Each exam takes three hours.

E)a): Romanian Language and Literature.

E)b): Maternal Language and Literature - if different from Romanian, and if studied.

E)c): compulsory subject (of the profile).

E)d): subject to be chosen (of the profile).