In the pandemic context, Romanian Cultural Institute organizes online Romanian language classes for foreigners, using Zoom platform and Google Meet.
If you want to study Romanian for your business / for your job or for fun, the language courses offered by the Romanian Cultural Institute are the best choice! We plan on giving you the opportunity to discover, step by step, the mysteries revolving around one of the roman(t)ic languages.
For 2021 the Romanian Cultural Institute offers extensive courses both in the morning and in the evening.
Courses for beginners, intermediate and advanced learners (based upon the regulations and principles issued by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment) are available for all the series.
In order to assess the level of Romanian correspondent to the enrolled candidates, an initial placement test will be taken by the prospective students. According to the results of the evaluation, the study groups will be assembled for the pre-intermediate level (A2), intermediate (B1, B2) and advanced (C1, C2) levels.
Important! Please note that the participants not familiarized with the Romanian language, thus corresponding to the A1 level, will not be submitted to a placement test.
The placement test is free.
Duration of one module: 40 hours of study
The study groups comprise 6 up to 12 students. In order to be able to set up a study group for each of the levels indicated above, we need to have a minimum of 6 students enrolled per group.
Regular courses consist of two hours of study/twice a week.
The schedule for online classes – 2021
A. Extensive courses, in the morning (9.30 AM – 11.30 AM) – 40 hours of study
May 24th - July 28th, beginner level A1 and A2 – Mondays and Wednesdays from 9.30 AM till 11.30 AM.
May 25th - July 29th, intermediate B1 and B2 – Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9.30 AM till 11.30 AM.
B. Extensive evening courses (6.30 PM – 8.30 PM) – 40 hours of study
May 24th- July 28th, beginner level A1 and A2 – Mondays and Wednesdays from 6.30 PM till 8.30 PM.
May 25th - July 29th, intermediate B1 and B2 and advanced levels C1 –
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6.30 PM till 8.30 PM.
Deadline for registration: May 14th.
The level testing will take place onMay 17th, 12.00 PM, via e-mail.
Online classes will be held on Zoom platform and Google Meet.
Applications must be submitted to the following e-mail addresses: limbaromana@icr.ro, oana.dragnea@icr.ro, dana.bleoca@icr.ro
Please find attached the application form below or just
by clicking here.
The cost of one module is 750 RON or 150 Euro.
The price comprises the placement test and the study materials.
Payment conditions:
The payment must be confirmed to the Romanian Cultural Institute prior to the aforementioned deadlines of the application procedures. Please make sure to explicitly write your full name and the designated address (Romanian Cultural Institute) for the receipt/bill on all the documents related to the bank transfer process. Note that all supplementary bank charges fall under the responsibility of the applicants.
Method of payment:
· In EURO: using the bank account IBAN RO63RNCB0072049713640004, open at Banca Comercială Română SA, 155 Calea Victoriei, Sector 1 - Bucharest, Romania, BIC/SWIFT CODE: RNCB RO BU
· In LEI: into the bank account no. RO47RNCB0072049713640001, open at Banca Comercială Română SA, Calea Victoriei 155, Sector 1 - Bucharest
Institutional data:
Institutul Cultural Român, cod fiscal (CIF) 15726657, address:
38 Aleea Alexandru, 011824, Bucharest
Conditions for the withdrawal from the course:
• If you inform the RCI team in writing, before the course starts, we will be able to refund you the course fee, minus an administrative charge of 10%.
• If you inform the RCI team in writing, during the first week of the course, you will get a credit report and will be reimbursed for the costs of the remaining unattended classes minus 25% of this amount, charged as administrative costs.
• No reimbursement shall be made after the ending of the first week.
The Romanian Cultural Institute does not assume responsibility for granting
visas in the case of the non-EU citizens that apply for a visa in order to
participate to the Romanian Language Classes in Bucharest.
Moreover, the Institute does not have the obligation of providing accommodation in Bucharest for the foreign participants that do not reside in Romania, during their stay for the courses, this task falling under the applicants’ personal concern.
For further information: (004) 031 7100 672 or e-mail adresses: limbaromana@icr.ro, oana.dragnea@icr.ro, dana.bleoca@icr.ro
Romanian language teachers:
Enida Cincora (b. 1990) graduated the Faculty of Letters (Romanian Language and Literature specialty - French Language and Literature) of the University of Bucharest in 2012. Between 2012–2014 she attended the Master's Degree in Advanced Studies in Linguistics - the structure and functioning of the Romanian language. Since 2019 he has been a doctor in Philology. Since 2015 she is a university assistant at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Bucharest, where she teaches practical courses in Romanian as a foreign language to students enrolled in the Preparatory Year. Since 2018 she is a Romanian language teacher for foreign students in the summer courses of the Romanian language, culture and Romanian civilization of the University of Bucharest. She published syntax articles of the old Romanian language and reviews.
Ioana Negrău (b. 1972) graduated from the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, specializing in English Language and Literature and Romanian Language and Literature. For his Bachelor's Thesis he chose "The Study of Masks in William Shakepeare's Plays." He attended the Master's courses in Applied Linguistics at the Faculty of Foreign Languages at the University of Bucharest, defending the master's thesis "Teaching foreign languages to children". During the faculty she worked as an English teacher at Nicolae Iorga Kindergarten, between 1995-1999, she was an English teacher at ASE at the Department of English Language and Business Communication as well as at the Foreign Language Center "Prosper Ase" where she taught both Romanian for foreigners as well as English. She taught English conversation courses at the University of Bucharest from 1995 to 1999. She taught Romanian as a foreign language at the American government organization "Peace Corps" between 1997 and 2005, where she also held the position of Director of Training for American volunteers. She taught Romanian at the Japanese organization JICA-JOCV between 2000-2002, as well as at many multinational companies in Bucharest: Deloitte, Hilti, Max Boegl, Colgate Palmolive, Viticola Corcova, OMV Petrom, Saaten Union Romania, Ecovis Romania, Mivan Kier, Unilever Romania, S&T Romania, Allianz Tiriac Life Insurance, Luxoft Romania, Fokker Engineering and Aerospace. She has been teaching Romanian language courses since May 2018 at the French Cultural Institute in Bucharest. She has collaborated for teaching Romanian with the Embassy of Austria, the Embassy of Poland, the US Embassy, the Embassy of France, the Embassy of Germany, the Embassy of Qatar, the Embassy of Canada, the Austrian Chamber of Commerce and the South Korean Chamber of Commerce.
Marinela Bota (b. 1984) is a PhD student at the Doctoral School in Letters, University of Bucharest, working on regional pragmatic variation in the use of the discourse markers. She is a graduate of the Master program „Advanced Studies in Linguistics” at the Faculty of Letters, University of Bucharest, and a graduate of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Bucharest, specialization Spanish/ Romanian Language and Literature. She is an assistant researcher at the "Iorgu Iordan - Al. Rosetti" Institute of Linguistics of the Romanian Academy and she teaches Romanian as a foreign language within the Faculty of Letters, University of Bucharest, at the Romanian Center Studies. Since 2020 she is a collaborator professor of the Romanian Language Classes Program organized by the Romanian Cultural Institute.
2021 FORMULAR DE ÎNSCRIERE / APPLICATION FORM
