Education funding

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Education funding

Introduction

Legislative basis

funding
institutional

funding
Basic

Coefficients

Branches of science and coefficients

funding
SUPPLEMENTARY

Institutional Development Fund (IDF)

Special situation fund

Complementary financing

Introduction

Legislative basis

National Education Law no. 1/2011, art. 119:

  • (1) In state higher education institutions, education is free of charge for the tuition fee approved annually by the Government and for a fee. The amount of the fee is established by the university senate, according to the law;
  • (3) Higher education institutions have autonomy in determining the amount of taxes and have the obligation to communicate them to all those interested, including on the university website.

Structures that finance higher education:

  • Ministry of Education (ME)
  • National Council for the Financing of Higher Education (CNFIS)
  • Executive Unit for the Financing of Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation (UEFISCDI)
  • National Council for Statistics and Forecasting of Higher Education (CNSPIS)

In this sense, universities ensure their funding both through institutional financing - from the state budget as well as through own funds from tuition fees and other fees, services, non-reimbursable financing, other sources. laws 

Institutional financing

Institutional financing is made according to LEN no.1 / 2011, with subsequent amendments and completions, and subsequent regulations (financing methodologies). The Ministry of Education allocates several types of funds to higher education institutions, on a contract basis:

  • Basic Financing (72%)
  • Additional funding (26.5%)
  • Institutional Development Fund (FDI) (1.5%)
    • Special Situations Fund (SSF)
    • Complementary financing
    • Scholarships and other student protection measures

Basic financing

It covers the following categories of expenses:

  1. Staff costs (CP) - „salaries for teaching staff, teaching and non-teaching assistants, research staff involved in the development of study programs, sports ”;
  2. Material costs (CM) - „subsistence and household expenses, expenses for materials and functional services, research expenses related to study programs, inventory items, current repairs, books and publications, staff development, protocol, labor protection, etc. ”
  3. "expenditure on support for educational and human resource development projects "
  4. "Expenditure on the direction of higher education institutions for the conduct of a study program".

     

    Basic funding is based on a methodology developed by CNFIS and approved by the MoE, per capita.

    To understand how the fund received by each university is calculated we need to understand the difference between physical students - the total number of students enrolled in higher education, and unit equivalent students - weighting the number of physical students of a university with equivalence and cost coefficients.

    The basic funding is calculated taking into account the study cycle and the form of education, the language of instruction and the branch of science.

    Coefficients

    List of forms of education with the corresponding equivalence coefficients used for the financing of students enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree program.

    Nr. crt.

    The cycle and form of education

    Equivalence coefficient

    I. Undergraduate studies

    1

    Studies in Romanian(1)

    1,00

    2

    Studies in Hungarian - as a mother tongue

    2,00

    3

    Studies in German - as a mother tongue

    2,50

    4.1

    Studies entirely in languages of great international circulation(2)

    1,50

    4.2

    Studies carried out partly in languages of great international circulation and in Romanian

    1,25

    5.1

    Comprehensive study in restricted languages(3)

    2,00

    5.2

    Studies carried out partly in restricted languages and in Romanian

    1,50

    6

    Studies carried out within the university extensions - abroad

    2,50

    7

    Part-time university studies

    0,25

    8

    University studies - evening education

    0,80

    II. Master's Degree(4)

    9

    Master's degree in Romanian(1)

    2,00/1,00

    10

    Masters degree in international languages

    3,00/1,50

    11

    Master's degree studies in university extensions - abroad

    3,00/1,50

    12

    Master's degree in national minority languages(5)

    3,00/1,50

    III. Other forms of training

    13

    Residency internship

    1,20

    14

    Preliminary training for foreign students (preparatory year)

    1,25

    15

    Activities associated with teaching degrees in education

    pre

    0,40

    16

    Additional pedagogical training (pedagogical seminar)

    0,16

    Branches of science and coefficients

    List of branches of science with appropriate cost coefficients, used to finance students enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree program.

    DF code

    Fundamental domain (DF)

    RS code

    Branch of Science (RS)

    Coefficient cost

    Grant funding areas

    doctorate

    ENCODE

    10

    Mathematics and natural sciences

    10

    Math

    1,65

    D2

    1010

    50

    Informatics

    1,65

    D2

    1050

    20

    Physics

    1,9

    D2

    1020

    30

    Chemistry and chemical engineering

    1,9

    D2

    1030

    40

    Earth and atmosphere sciences

    1,65

    D2

    1040

    20

    Engineering sciences

    10

    Civil engineering

    1,75

    D2

    2010

    20

    Electrical, electronic and engineering

    telecomunications

    1,75

    D2

    2020

    30

    Geological engineering, mining, oil and gas

    1,75

    D2

    2030

    40

    Transport engineering

    1,75

    D2

    2040

    50

    Plant and animal resource engineering

    1,75

    D2

    2050

    60

    Systems engineering, computers and information technology

    1,75

    D2

    2060

    70

    Mechanical engineering, mechatronics, engineering

    industrial and management

    1,75

    D2

    2070

    30

    Biological and biomedical sciences

    10

    Biology

    1,9

    D2

    3010

    20

    Biochemistry

    1,9

    D2

    3020

    30

    Medicine

    2,25

    D3

    3030

    40

    Veterinary medicine

    2,25

    D3

    3040

    50

    Dental Medicine

    2,25

    D3

    3050

    60

    Pharmacy

    2,25

    D3

    3060

    40

    Social Sciences

    10

    Legal Sciences

    1

    D1

    4010

    20

    Administrative sciences

    1

    D1

    4020

    30

    Communication science

    1

    D1

    4030

     

    DF code

    Fundamental domain (DF)

    RS code

    Branch of Science (RS)

    Coefficient cost

    Grant funding areas

    doctorate

    ENCODE

    40

    Sociology

    1

    D1

    4040

    50

    Political Sciences

    1

    D1

    4050

    60

    Military science, intelligence and public order

    1

    D1

    4060

    70

    Economics (Bachelor's degree in Cybernetics, Statistics and Economic Informatics and specializations in Agri-Food Economics and

    Agri-food and environmental economics)

    1,65

    D2

    407050;

    40701020;

    40701050

    70

    Economics (without a Bachelor's degree in Cybernetics, Statistics and Economic Informatics and specializations in Agri-Food Economics and Agri-Food and Environmental Economics)

    1

    D1

    4070

    (without 407050;

    40701020;

    40701050)

    80

    Psychology and behavioral sciences

    1

    D1

    4080

    50

    Humanities and arts

    10

    Philology

    1

    D1

    5010

    20

    Philosophy

    1

    D1

    5020

    30

    History

    1

    D1

    5030

    40

    Theology

    1

    D1

    5040

    50

    Cultural studies

    1

    D1

    5050

    60

    Architecture and urbanism

    2,5

    D3

    5060

    70

    Visual arts (without History and theory of art)

    3

    D4

    507040

    70

    Visual Arts (Art History and Theory Only)

    1

    D1

    50704070

    70

    Theater and performing arts

    5,37

    D4

    507010

    70

    Cinematography and media

    7,5

    D4

    507020

    70

    Music (Music performance only)

    5,37

    D4

    50703040;

    50703050

    70

    Music (without Music Performance)

    3

    D4

    507030

    60

    Sports Science and

    Physical Education

    10

    The Science of Sports and Physical Education

    1,86

    D2

    6010

     

    The core funding is actually "how much money the university receives for a student”And is calculated by multiplying the unit allowance (6.346 lei according to the latest available data) with the equivalent student unit. The fund for a unit equivalent student is calculated by multiplying the number of physical students by the coefficients presented above.

    FB = AU * SEU

    SEU = S * efr * crs

    FB = core funding

    AU = unit allowance (6.346 lei according to the latest available data)

    SEU = equivalent student unit

    S = number of physical students

    efr = equivalence coefficient

    crs = cost coefficient 

    Additional funding

    It is based on the criteria and quality standards established by CNFIS and approved by the MoE, depending on 4 categories of performance indicators:

    C1. Teaching / Learning (22%)

    C2. Scientific research / artistic creation (46%)

    C3. International Orientation (12%)

    C4. Regional orientation & social equity (20%)

    ANOSR considers that universities should be funded to a significant extent depending on their performance and the quality standards they meet.

    Institutional Development Fund (IDF)

    FDI is aimed primarily at the best performing higher education institutions in each category (education-focused universities; education and science research universities; education and artistic creation universities; advanced research and education universities) and is allocated according to competitive standards-based criteria. international. This fund is accessed through a competition project, on various areas:

    1. Increasing social equity, with a view to social inclusion and increasing access to higher education, linking the educational supply with the demand of the labor market (including those related to career counseling and guidance);
    2. Internationalization of higher education in Romania;
    3. Ensuring the proper functioning of university botanical gardens, teaching stations, practice bases and other infrastructures to support teaching activities within universities;
    4. Supporting the activities of student entrepreneurial societies (SAS) within universities;
    5. Improving the quality of teaching, including compliance with academic ethics and ethics;
    6. Supporting research excellence in universities.

    Special situation fund

    It is available to the Minister of Education and is allocated to state higher education institutions that request support to finance special situations that involve urgent or unforeseen expenses. It can be accessed to take advantage of development opportunities that arise in teaching and research, or to deal with special or unforeseen situations.

    Complementary financing

    It is established by the complementary contract and covers the fields related to the teaching process: the expenses for the dormitory-canteen subsidy, funds allocated on basis of specific priorities and rules for endowments and other investment and repair costs.

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