Updated: 23 September 2026 la 13:21. Articolul a fost revizuit pentru a reflecta informațiile disponibile la această dată.
Students starting Year 9 in the 2026–2027 school year will not sit the Baccalaureate under the rules applied to the class of 2026. For them, the 2030 exam has a separately approved structure: communication-skills assessments in two modern languages, two written tests differentiated by educational track, profile and specialisation, and an additional written test known as test F.
The key point is straightforward: “differentiated” does not mean that every high school will devise its own Baccalaureate. It means that the pathway chosen on entry to high school — for example, mathematics and computer science, natural sciences, philology, social sciences, technological or vocational education — will more clearly determine the examination subjects and choices available. The Ministry of Education and Research has specified that the structure applies to the first cohort to start high school in 2026, alongside the new curriculum. The Ministry’s statement on the 2030 Baccalaureate sets out the announced tests and subjects.
What is already set for the 2030 Baccalaureate
The order covering the tests and subjects for the 2030 Baccalaureate was published in Official Gazette No. 500 of 17 June 2026. The Ministry subsequently published a summary page specifically for students starting Year 9 in 2026. This is therefore no longer merely a proposal put out for public consultation.
The announced structure retains the Romanian language and literature test and, where applicable, the mother-tongue test. The significant new features are:
- an assessment of communication skills in two modern languages, rather than one modern language as under the current structure;
- an assessment of digital skills;
- two differentiated written tests, grouped under test E;
- a new written test, test F, assessing a core competence in an area complementary to the student’s profile.
The differentiation is most visible in test E. For mathematics and computer science, the first test is mathematics, while the second may be chosen from computer science, physics, chemistry and biology. For natural sciences, the first test may be physics, chemistry or biology, while the second has a wider range of options, including mathematics and computer science. For philology and social sciences, the combinations are built around the humanities profile.
Test matrix: what depends on the profile and when assessments take place
| High-school pathway | Announced differentiated tests | Assessments scheduled during the school year | What matters when choosing a specialisation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theoretical, mathematics and computer science | E1: mathematics; E2: computer science, physics, chemistry or biology | Two modern languages, digital skills and test F | Mathematics becomes the fixed test; the second choice can direct preparation towards computer science or sciences. |
| Theoretical, natural sciences | E1: physics, chemistry or biology; E2: physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics or computer science | Two modern languages, digital skills and test F | Students have more options for specialist tests, but will need to plan the appropriate combination in advance. |
| Theoretical, social sciences | E1: history; E2: geography, socio-human subjects or religion | Two modern languages, digital skills and test F | History is the fixed test, while the second choice remains within the humanities area. |
| Theoretical, philology | E1: the language and literature of an international language; E2: history, geography, socio-human subjects or religion | Two modern languages, digital skills and test F | The specialisation places a foreign language at the centre of one of the written tests. |
| Technological | E1: a test specific to the field of training; E2: a subject relevant to the science-oriented profile | Two modern languages, digital skills and test F | The field and vocational qualification play a direct role in the first differentiated test. |
| Vocational | E1: one specialist subject; E2: a subject relevant to the predominant profile | Two modern languages, digital skills and test F | The specialist subject becomes a central element of the written examination. |
Test F is the change most easily overlooked. It is designed as an assessment complementary to the student’s profile: students on science-oriented profiles will choose from history, geography, socio-human subjects and religion; those on humanities profiles will choose from mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology. For the technological and vocational tracks, the choice must be complementary to the subjects already selected for test E.
Which skills will be assessed during the school year
Not all assessments will be concentrated in the written examination session at the end of Year 12. The law and the structure communicated by the Ministry provide for the following to take place during the school year:
- test B — language skills in two modern languages;
- test C — digital skills;
- test F — assessment of core competences, through a written test.
This should not be understood as an informal assessment decided by each teacher. These are national-examination tests, but the documents consulted do not yet set a specific Year 12 timetable for the 2029–2030 school year. Exact dates, centres, registration, marking and appeals procedures will require organisational measures issued closer to the 2030 session.
Students and parents should not infer that Baccalaureate results will be determined by grades earned in high school. The tests are national; the change is primarily one of distributing assessments over time and aligning them with the high-school pathway.
The actual timeline for the cohort starting high school in 2026
- Autumn 2026: students enter Year 9, following the new framework plans and syllabuses progressively introduced for this cohort.
- 2026–2029: the chosen profile and specialisation shape the curriculum. In practical terms, this is when students need to understand the specialist subjects and the options they will later have.
- 2029–2030 school year: students reach Year 12. Assessments in two modern languages, digital skills and test F are scheduled to take place during the school year.
- 2030 Baccalaureate session: students sit the common written tests and the differentiated written tests. A day-by-day timetable has not yet been announced.
This timeline explains why the article on the 2026 Baccalaureate is useful for students taking the exam now, but cannot be used as a structural guide by those beginning high school in 2026. The 2026 Baccalaureate still applies to cohorts educated under the previous curriculum.
What is not yet a reason to rush your choice
Choosing a profile is more relevant to the 2030 Baccalaureate than it was for earlier cohorts, but the decision should not be reduced to the question, “Which subject will I be examined in?” A student who chooses a specialisation solely to avoid a subject risks overlooking four years of study and their own post-secondary admission options.
In addition, operational elements still need to be detailed or updated for the 2030 session: the annual timetable, examination methodology, technical equivalency rules and administrative procedures. Examination syllabuses for subjects and modules were subsequently approved by Ministry of Education and Research Order No. 5,077 of 25 August 2026, published in Official Gazette No. 737 of 2 September 2026. The distinction between “what is examined” and “how the 2030 exam will be organised in practice” therefore remains important.
The most sensible use of the information currently available is this: choose a profile based on interests, results and likely post-secondary plans; then check whether the Baccalaureate subjects associated with that profile are compatible with the intended direction. Students already considering university should also check the accreditation of prospective programmes early, using the steps explained in InfoBuz’s article on how to check whether a university and programme are accredited.
What pilot framework plans mean for students in Buzău
In Buzău County, the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” Technological High School is listed in Ministry documents among the institutions piloting alternative curriculum framework plans for the technological track, economic field, from the 2026–2027 school year. The pilot may change the school’s curriculum organisation and provision, including through new subjects or modules. It does not, however, establish a separate local Baccalaureate for the school’s students.
For further information on the Baccalaureate, see also Alternative high-school curriculum framework plans: a map of the 32 pilot schools and the real differences between the models, which provides additional details on this subject.
Nationally, the 2030 Baccalaureate structure remains that approved by order. For a student choosing a pilot school, the practical question is whether the school’s provision will better help them build the competences relevant to their chosen profile, not whether they will receive a separate version of the examination. Details of this local case are also explained in InfoBuz’s analysis of the changes at the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” High School in Buzău.
The practical conclusion for 2026 high-school admissions
For the cohort entering high school in 2026, the Baccalaureate is no longer distant information that can be left entirely until Year 12. Its structure is already known: the chosen profile matters for the differentiated tests, two modern languages form part of the skills assessments, and test F adds an assessment in an area complementary to the specialisation.
Even so, high-school choices should be based on the fit between the student, the profile, the subjects studied over the four years and plans after graduation. The 2030 Baccalaureate is an important part of that decision, not its sole criterion.
Frequently asked questions
Who will take the 2030 Baccalaureate?
The first cohort covered is the one starting Year 9 in the 2026–2027 school year and completing high school in 2030.
Does the 2030 Baccalaureate have more tests than the 2026 Baccalaureate?
The structure includes two differentiated written tests and test F, a written assessment complementary to the student’s profile that does not exist in the current structure. In addition, language skills will cover two modern languages.
When will modern-language and digital-skills tests take place?
The tests in two modern languages, digital skills and test F are scheduled to take place during the school year. The exact timetable for the 2029–2030 school year has not yet been established.
Will students at a pilot school take a different Baccalaureate?
No. Piloting curriculum framework plans may change a high school’s curriculum organisation, but it does not create a separate national examination. The 2030 Baccalaureate tests are set nationally.
Sources consulted
- Ministry of Education and Research — Differentiated Baccalaureate from 2030, adapted to specialisation and students’ choices
- Ministry of Education and Research — Baccalaureate 2030
- Legislative Portal — Pre-University Education Law No. 198/2023
- Ministry of Education and Research — National Programme for the Systemic Piloting of Curriculum Framework Plans in Upper-Secondary Education
- Official Gazette No. 500 of 17 June 2026 — Order on the tests and subjects for the 2030 Baccalaureate
