Students object to ‘unjustified and illegal’ taxes

Tuition fees for university studies have been growing steadily in Romania in the last few years, according to the National Alliance of Student Organisations in Romania, or ANOSR. Many of the taxes paid by students at 21 universities in the country are “unjustified, borderline illegal or simply illegal”, writes Irina Popescu for the Romania Insider.

The alliance recently launched a study that includes the value of the most important taxes students have to pay. In the last academic year, 38% of universities increased tuition fees. Moreover, in the last three years, 81% of universities increased fees, according to the study.

ANOSR shows the differences between tuition fees charged by universities for the same programme of study, although the costs should be similar. The study also reveals the highest student accommodation fees applied by Romanian universities. Universities can also charge registration fees: although the costs for this process are insignificant, there are universities that ask a registration fee of RON250 (US$100), while other universities don’t ask for any additional fees to register students.
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