The official language is Romanian, spoken by approximately 90% of the population. Approximately 1,700 years old, Romanian is one of the five Latin languages in the world, together with French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, but it also has Slavic influences.

Hungarian is spoken by around 7% of the population, mainly in Transylvania. There is also a population of German speakers in Transylvania who make up around 1.5% of the national population. Other languages spoken especially in the East and South East part of the country are: Aromanian (also known as Macedo-Romanian or Vlach), Turkish, Greek and Russian.

Romania is situated in the South-Eastern part of Central Europe and shares borders with Hungary to the North-West, Serbia to the South-West, Bulgaria to the South, the Black Sea to the South-East, Ukraine to the North-East and the Republic of Moldova to the East. 

The name “Romania”, which was first used when the three regions of the country were united in 1859, reflects the influence of ancient Rome on the nation’s language and culture. The three regions—Walachia, Moldavia, and Transylvania—are relatively culturally uniform. There is a significant Hungarian community in Transylvania (approx. 7% of the Romanian population), which has its own language and traditions. Also, ethnic Roma represent approximately 3.3% of the total population of Romania according to the 2011 census.

Whoever you are, European or non European citizen, choosing to study abroad in European Union, especially in Romania, is the best choice you can make: vast cultural diversity, access to all  European countries, heart of research and conferences centres and possibility of easily being involved into community, meeting people from all over the world and possibility of making network useful lasting for the rest of live, etc.  Studying in Romania makes students grow a lot and quickly.