Romania's 2026 residency exam: top scores 943 in Medicine, 936 in Dentistry, 925 in Pharmacy

Top marks nationally

Romania's health ministry has published the highest scores from the residency exam, which was held on 15 November 2026 at six university centres. The best national results were 943 points in Medicine, 936 in Dentistry and 925 in Pharmacy. Minister Alexandru Rogobete said the top Medicine and Pharmacy marks were both obtained in Bucharest, while the best Dentistry result came from Timișoara.

Bucharest943

Timișoara938

Cluj-Napoca935

Iași929

Craiova926

Târgu Mureș924

Bucharest

943 points

Timișoara

938 points

Cluj-Napoca

935 points

Iași

929 points

Craiova

926 points

Târgu Mureș

924 points

Data from the article text

Results by university centre

The ministry also listed the highest mark in each field at every centre. In Medicine, Bucharest led with 943 points, followed by Timișoara with 938, Iași with 929, Craiova with 926, Cluj-Napoca with 935 and Târgu Mureș with 924. In Dentistry, Bucharest recorded 932, Timișoara 936, Cluj-Napoca 924, Iași 917, Craiova 902 and Târgu Mureș 887. In Pharmacy, the highest scores were 925 in Bucharest, 915 in Timișoara, 900 in Târgu Mureș, 898 in Cluj-Napoca, 872 in Iași and 861 in Craiova.

Pass thresholds and what follows

The threshold for each field is 60% of the national maximum score. It is 565.8 points for Medicine, 559.2 for Dentistry and 555 for Pharmacy.

Medicine565.8

Dentistry559.2

Pharmacy555

Medicine

565.8 points

Dentistry

559.2 points

Pharmacy

555 points

Data from the article text

Candidates can file appeals within 24 hours of the scores being posted, which means until 16 November at 16:00. Depending on their score, candidates can take a place on the spot, on a fixed-term basis lasting as long as their training, between 3 and 7 years, or take a post, which is an open-ended contract with the hospital that advertised it.

Ministry message

Rogobete congratulated all candidates in a Facebook post after the papers were marked and the top scores from the six centres were collected.

“Congratulations to all candidates! Behind these results are years of work, preparation, sacrifices and determination.”

He thanked Cătălina Poiană, president of the National Residency Commission, the rectors of the six medicine and pharmacy universities, and the local commissions that ran the exam.