The Bacalaureat is an exam held in Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

 when one graduates high school

High school

High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....

 .

Unlike the French Baccalaureate

Baccalauréat

The baccalauréat , often known in France colloquially as le bac, is an academic qualification which French and international students take at the end of the lycée . It was introduced by Napoleon I in 1808. It is the main diploma required to pursue university studies...

, the Romanian one has a single degree. The subjects (except subject A) depend on the profile studied : mathematics and computer science , philology , natural sciences , social sciences , or various other vocational tracks ), and the candidate's choice.

The Hungarian minority living in Romanian and taking baccalaureate examination translate Bacalaureat into "Érettségi", which means maturity, like the Spanish Matura. Diploma de Bacalalureat is translated into Érettségi Diploma.

Subjects

The baccalaureate has up to 5 modules, each one graded separately. Module E, the written examination, is the one considered for admission to higher education.

Competence exams

A, B and D are marked with: Average, Advanced and Experienced.

A: Romanian language

Romanian language

Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...

 - oral examination.

B: Maternal Language - if different from Romanian

Romanian language

Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...

, and if studied; oral examination.

C: foreign language - oral and written examination; graded on the CEFR scale, from A1 to B2.

D: computer skills.

Written exams

Each exam takes three hours.

E)a): Romanian Language and Literature.

E)b): Maternal Language and Literature - if different from Romanian

Romanian language

Romanian Romanian Romanian (or Daco-Romanian; obsolete spellings Rumanian, Roumanian; self-designation: română, limba română ("the Romanian language") or românește (lit. "in Romanian") is a Romance language spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova...

, and if studied.

E)c): compulsory subject (of the profile).

E)d): subject to be chosen (of the profile).

Profile	c) Subject	d) Subject
Theoretical: Sciences	Mathematics	Computer Science, Physics, Biology, or Chemistry
Theoretical: Humanities	History	Geography, Logic, Psychology, Economics, Sociology, Philosophy
Technological: Technical	Mathematics	Computer Science, Physics, Biology, or Chemistry
Technological: Services	Mathematics	Geography, Logic, Psychology, Economics, Sociology, Philosophy
Vocational: Pedagogy	Mathematics	Geography, Logic, Psychology, Economics, Sociology, Philosophy
Vocational: Military	Mathematics	Computer Science, Physics, Biology, or Chemistry
Vocational: Other	History	Geography, Logic, Psychology, Economics, Sociology, Philosophy