Titu Maiorescu University Medicine Admission Test 2027: Complete Preparation Guide

Anatomy and physiology, not general biology. Across every chapter TMU excludes the textbook's Homeostatic Imbalances, Disorders, Diseases, Aging, Career Connections, Everyday Connections and Interactive Links features; nothing drawn from those may be tested.

• Introduction to the human body: anatomical position, body planes and sections, directional terms, body cavities and the serous membranes lining them, abdominal quadrants and regions, levels of organisation, the organ systems and what belongs to each, homeostasis and negative feedback (medical imaging is excluded)
• Cells and tissues: plasma membrane structure and membrane transport, cytoplasm and organelles including nucleus, mitochondria, ribosomes, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, lysosomes and peroxisomes, which organelles are double-membraned, the cytoskeleton, protein synthesis, the cell cycle; epithelial, connective, muscle and nervous tissue; serous, mucous, cutaneous and synovial membranes
• Integumentary system: epidermal layers in order, dermis and hypodermis, keratinocytes and melanocytes, pigmentation as a feature rather than a layer, hair, nails, sweat and sebaceous glands, the functions of the skin
• Skeletal system and joints: support, protection, movement, mineral storage and blood cell formation, classification into long, short, flat, irregular and sesamoid bones, compact and spongy bone, gross anatomy of a long bone; fibrous, cartilaginous and synovial joints, synarthroses, amphiarthroses and diarthroses, the features of a synovial joint, types of joint movement
• Muscle tissue and the muscular system: skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle, the sarcomere, actin and myosin, the neuromuscular junction and acetylcholine, calcium and the sarcoplasmic reticulum, the contraction mechanism; agonists, antagonists, synergists and fixators, fascicle arrangements, first, second and third class levers, naming muscles by location, shape, action, size and fibre direction
• Nervous system: central and peripheral divisions, neuron structure and neuroglia, grey and white matter, the paired terms nucleus and ganglion, tract and nerve, resting and action potentials, synapses and neurotransmitters; brain regions, spinal cord, meninges, ventricles, cranial and spinal nerves, sensory and motor pathways; sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions, preganglionic and postganglionic neurons, autonomic reflex arcs
• Endocrine system: the hypothalamus and its relationship to the anterior and posterior pituitary, which hormone comes from which gland, thyroid and parathyroids, adrenal glands, pancreas, gonads, pineal gland, classes of hormone and their mechanisms of action, feedback regulation of hormone release
• Blood, heart and circulation: plasma and plasma proteins, erythrocytes, leukocytes and platelets, the functions of blood; heart chambers, valves and great vessels, the route of blood through the heart, pulmonary and systemic circuits, coronary circulation; major arteries and veins, the hepatic portal system and venous return from the digestive organs. Cardiac conduction, the cardiac cycle and the ECG are excluded by the Call and cannot be tested
• Lymphatic and immune system (anatomy only): lymph and lymphatic vessels, lymphatic trunks and ducts including the thoracic duct and the right lymphatic duct, lymph nodes, spleen, thymus and tonsils. The immune response, antibodies and immunity are outside the stated scope
• Respiratory system: nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles and alveoli, the boundary between conducting and respiratory zones, the lungs and pleurae, the mechanics of ventilation, gas exchange across the respiratory membrane, transport of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood
• Digestive system and metabolism: the alimentary canal and the accessory organs, stomach structure and its functions including intrinsic factor, mechanical and chemical digestion, absorption, liver, gallbladder and pancreas; anabolism and catabolism, the absorptive and postabsorptive states, energy balance and heat balance
• Urinary system and body fluids: kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra, gross and microscopic kidney anatomy, the nephron and its segments, filtration, reabsorption and secretion, normal urine volume; intracellular and extracellular fluid, plasma and interstitial fluid, how body water is distributed between compartments. Electrolyte and acid-base regulation are excluded by the Call
• Reproductive system: male and female reproductive organs, spermatogenesis and oogenesis, Sertoli cells and the blood-testis barrier, reproductive hormones, the ovarian and uterine cycles, the structure of sperm and ova (development of the reproductive systems is excluded)

Five chapters of a school chemistry text, each restricted to a stated page range, plus one area TMU does not list but does test. Only those page ranges are in scope: no thermochemistry, no chemical equilibrium, no electrochemistry, no gas laws and no periodic-table trends beyond what those pages carry.

• Atomic combinations and bonding: valence electrons and Lewis notation, ion formation by gain or loss of electrons and the resulting charge, ionic, covalent and metallic bonding, single, double and multiple bonds and how many electron pairs each shares, molecular formulae, electronegativity and bond polarity, molecular shape
• Solutions and solubility: solute, solvent and solution, dissolving as a process, saturated and unsaturated solutions, solubility and the factors that affect it, elementary concentration terminology, whether a common substance gives an acidic, neutral or basic solution in water
• Organic molecules: bonding of carbon, saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons, alkanes, alkenes and alkynes, molecular, structural and condensed formulae, isomerism, the common functional groups including alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, amines and haloalkanes, naming and recognising a family from its formula
• Organic macromolecules: monomers and polymers, condensation and hydrolysis, carbohydrates including glucose and its storage as glycogen, lipids and fatty acids, amino acids joined by peptide bonds and protein structure, nucleotides and nucleic acids
• Types of reactions: acid-base reactions and neutralisation, redox reactions and oxidation, addition, substitution and elimination, polymerisation, and above all classifying an unfamiliar equation by what changes between reactants and products
• Moles and basic calculations (not in TMU's bibliography, but present in its published sample test): the mole and Avogadro's number, molar mass, the relation n = m / M, converting between mass and amount of substance in one step, with arithmetic simple enough to do without a calculator

Four chapters, each restricted to named sections, and nothing beyond them. This is the narrowest single-subject scope of any exam in IvyTest's catalogue: geometrical optics and simple direct-current circuits only, almost entirely conceptual, with no mechanics, kinematics, energy, momentum, waves, sound, thermodynamics or magnetism.

• Light rays, reflection and refraction: light rays and travel in straight lines, incident and reflected rays and the normal, the law of reflection, specular reflection from a smooth surface against diffuse reflection from a rough one, refraction at a boundary, the change of speed and direction on entering a new medium while frequency stays unchanged, refractive index
• Lenses, the eye and microscopes: converging and diverging lenses and the shapes that distinguish them, focal point and focal length, principal rays and ray diagrams, real and virtual images, the eye as an optical system, the compound microscope as a two-lens instrument
• Electric circuits and current: circuit components and their symbols, closed and open circuits, series and parallel arrangements, potential difference as energy per unit charge, cells and batteries as sources of potential difference, current as a flow of charge, resistance, and a resistor converting electrical energy into heat
• Ohm's law and resistance: Ohm's law and one-step calculations with V = IR, ohmic conductors and their straight-line voltage-current graphs against the curved graphs of non-ohmic conductors, the factors that determine a conductor's resistance, internal resistance and how a real battery differs from an ideal source

60 multiple-choice questions in 120 minutes: 40 in Biology plus 20 from a single choice subject, Chemistry or Physics, each with five options. It is the written admission test Titu Maiorescu University sets for its English-taught Medicine in English programme in Bucharest, sat on paper and in person, and the bibliography on this page lists every chapter it can draw on.

No. There is no shared national medical admission test behind it; each Romanian university sets and grades its own paper. The other Romanian school in IvyTest's catalogue, Vasile Goldiș Western University of Arad, runs 60 questions in 180 minutes covering Biology and organic Chemistry, with no Physics route and a different grade formula. Preparation built for one does not transfer cleanly to the other.

Only one. Chemistry and Physics are mutually exclusive alternatives declared on the application form: every candidate sits 40 Biology questions plus 20 from whichever of the two they declared. The paper is always 60 questions, never 80.

It depends on your background, but the scopes are genuinely different sizes. TMU's Chemistry covers six areas: bonding, solutions, organic molecules, macromolecules, reaction types and one-step mole calculations. Its Physics covers four, and only four: light rays and refraction, lenses and the eye, electric circuits, and Ohm's law. There is no mechanics, energy, thermodynamics or magnetism in the Physics bibliography at all, and the numerical work stops at relationships like V = IR.

In person, on paper, at the TMU campus in Bucharest, and delivered entirely in English. Answers are marked with an X in dark blue non-erasable pen, no erasures or corrections are permitted, and no information or communication devices may be brought into the room.

One point per correct answer, nothing added or subtracted for a wrong one or a blank: there is no negative marking. A blind guess across five options is therefore worth +0.20 marks on average against 0 for a blank, so you should answer every question. The one thing to avoid is marking more than one box: a multi-marked item is cancelled by the invigilator and scores nothing.

Your Biology score and your choice-subject score are added and divided by 6, giving a mark on Romania's 1-10 scale, so 60 correct is the maximum of 10.00, and 45 correct is 7.50. Each single raw mark is worth about 0.167 grade points.

There is one overall minimum: 5.00 out of 10, which corresponds to exactly 30 of the 60 questions correct. Below it you are not eligible regardless of rank. There is no Biology, Chemistry or Physics sub-threshold, and Romanian admission has no equivalent of the Italian OFA additional learning requirement. Above the floor, places are filled in descending order of grade, so competition sets the real cut-off.

Medicine in English has 45 places for 2026-2027. TMU publishes no applicant totals or past cut-offs, but it posts its provisional lists: in September 2026, 37 candidates were admitted, from 9.50 down to 5.00, and the 7 not admitted were all absent. Places go in descending order of grade above the 5.00 floor, so the bar rises above 5.00 only when more than 45 candidates reach it.

TMU publishes no reserve or replacement questions. Instead, the grading key is posted in the admission building during the exam, and a faulty item or a disputed answer key is challenged by appeal to the faculty admission committee within two hours of the exam ending, a short window that is worth knowing about before you walk out.

TMU's Faculty of Medicine says its teaching follows the EU's recommendations for the sectorally regulated profession of doctor. Its 2026-2027 list of programmes marks Medicine in English as 'Autorizat' (authorised) and Medicine in Romanian as 'Acreditat' (accredited). Romania's government decision on study programmes for 2026-2027 (HG 191/2026, as amended by HG 606/2026) says what that means: Medicine in English at TMU holds a provisional authorisation to operate (AP), not yet accreditation, for at most 45 students, while Medicine in Romanian is accredited; the decision marks both as specialisations sectorally regulated in the EU. Under TMU's rules for its 2025-2026 licence exams, graduates of a provisionally authorised programme sit the final exam at TMU before committees drawn from the accredited programme in the same field. Recognition is decided by the country where you want to practise, so check its rules for a provisionally authorised programme before you enrol. For the UK, the Medical Act 1983 (section 21B, as in force on 12 October 2026) spares holders of a Romanian medical degree listed in Annex V of the EU Directive the knowledge test other international graduates take through PLAB/UKMLA, but neither the Act nor the GMC's Romania page says how a degree from a provisionally authorised programme is treated, so ask the GMC before you rely on it. Outside the EU, as general guidance rather than anything TMU states, US-bound graduates need ECFMG certification via USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK. TMU's admission pages set no Romanian-language requirement.

Yes. The IvyTest simulator runs TMU-format practice (60 questions, five options, the real +1/0/0 scoring and the / 6 grade conversion, in either the Chemistry or the Physics configuration) in timed, tutor and review modes, with a free diagnostic available without payment.

TMU publishes no past papers. Its Medicine in English page links one sample multiple-choice test (Annex 5a, headed Admission 2020) as a Word document, not a PDF: 20 Biology, 8 Chemistry and 8 Physics questions with five options each, every one followed by its answer and the textbook page it comes from. The real paper is 40 Biology questions plus 20 from your choice subject.

TMU has not published its 2027 dates yet. In 2026 there was one September session: online registration from 29 June to 11 September (the portal closes at 16:00 Bucharest time on the last day), the exam on 16 September in Bucharest, final results on 21 September and the place confirmed by 25 September. All TMU programmes start on 1 October.

Chemistry and Physics come from a high-school textbook series (five chemistry or four physics chapters); Biology from named chapters of OpenStax's college Anatomy and Physiology. In IvyTest's reading of the sample test, no calculation goes beyond one step and the distractors are neighbouring terms, so the difficulty is scope and recall. In September 2026 the provisional lists admitted 37 candidates, from 9.50 down to 5.00, against 45 places, and the 7 not admitted were all absent.

TMU's 2026-2027 fee regulation (Regulamentul privind nomenclatorul de taxe) sets Medicine in English tuition at €13,500 in year one for EU, EEA and Swiss citizens, falling to €8,000 in year six, and €16,500 for non-EU citizens, falling to €9,500. EU students may pay in 4 instalments; non-EU students pay year one in full. The admission fee is 750 lei, and admitted candidates educated abroad (except citizens of Moldova) pay 3,000 lei for their Ministry file. TMU, a private university, offers no scholarships.

A secondary-school diploma that gives access to university in its own country and is recognised by Romania's Ministry of Education. Non-EU candidates need the final diploma; EU candidates may use an official graduation certificate with final grades, never predicted ones. You also need B1 English unless you are exempt (English is your country's official language, or you studied in English), the Hague apostille or authentication, certified Romanian translations of documents in other languages, and a medical certificate.

Six years, 12 semesters and 360 ECTS, each semester 14 weeks of about 30 hours a week. Years 1 to 3 are preclinical (anatomy, histology, physiology, medical chemistry and biochemistry among them) on TMU's IOR campus; years 4 to 6 are clinical, in hospitals TMU has contracts with, such as the Central Military Emergency University Hospital Dr. Carol Davila. You must clear every exam of years 1 and 2 before year 3, and of years 3 and 4 before year 5; a graduation exam ends the course.

TMU describes itself as a top private university in Romania with 30 years of history, and points to small groups (8 students in clinical subjects, 12 to 15 in preclinical ones, at most 15 in Medicine), clinical practice in public and private hospitals and Erasmus+ mobility. Its documents state that it was accredited by Law 239/2002. Its admission pages cite no ranking (the site shows a QS Stars rating badge), and IvyTest has no independent reviews to quote.

TMU is in Bucharest. The Medicine in English page gives Calea Văcărești 189, sector 4, with [email protected] and +40 21 316 1646, the contacts of the Department of International Relations, which checks every application file; the university's letterhead gives Calea Văcărești 187, and the Faculty of Medicine is at Strada Gheorghe Petrașcu 67A, sector 3. The exam itself is sat in person on TMU's Bucharest campus.

TMU lists two dormitories it owns on Gheorghe Șincai Boulevard 16 (500 furnished rooms), a restaurant and cafeteria, free or discounted private medical services, career coaching and soft-skills training, free Microsoft Office 365 licences, a gym and Erasmus+ mobility. Its Department of International Relations sends admitted candidates' files to the Ministry of Education for recognition, and a separate Preparatory Year teaches Romanian.

Admitere is Romanian for admission, the word TMU's Romanian-language pages use. Its Faculty of Medicine's admitere for 2026-2027 included, among others, Medicine in Romanian (150 places) and Medicine in English (45 places); Medicine in English has its own English page, calendar and online admission portal. Medicine in English's 2026 calendar ran from registration on 29 June to the final results on 21 September 2026.

Yes. TMU has a Faculty of Informatics (Facultatea de Informatică) at Calea Văcărești 189, Bucharest, with a three-year Informatics degree and a two-year master's taught in Romanian, and its English menu also lists Artificial Intelligence in English. This guide covers only Medicine in English, which is admitted by the Biology and Chemistry-or-Physics test.