- The master program is taught in English and has a normal duration of 2 academic years (4 semesters) conducting to the accumulation of 120 ECTS. This Master allows the graduates to pursue their education at the doctoral level.
- There are 48 places – all with tuition fees.
- The admission process is open to Bachelor’s graduates having a Bachelor’s diploma or equivalent, regardless of the year of graduation, provided the level of studies and the diploma are recognized by the Ministry of Education and Research of Romania.
- The citizens of other European Union member states, of the European Economic Area and of the Swiss Confederation are entitled to take part in the admission process under the same legal conditions as the Romanian citizens, including the same tuition fees. Their Bachelor’s or equivalent diploma has to be recognized by the competent department of the Ministry of Education and Research prior to the registration with the ASE (the process may take up to 30 days).
- The admission process consists of the online registration of the application file and an online oral exam. The admission of the applicants is based strictly on the admission average grade point – descending ranking of the applicants, correlated with the options expressed at the registration. The minimum average grade required to pass the admission exam is 6,00.
- The online oral exam consists of questions from the bibliography. The exam will be held in English.
- The admission average grade point is determined as follows:
– 50% evaluation of the application files: Bachelor exam average – 40 points, letter of motivation – 40 points, professional experience/recommendations/extracurricular activities – 20 points (100 points)
– 50% oral exam (i.e. online interview): knowledge assessment interview from the bibliography (100 points)
A minimum of 60 / 100 points is required in order to be admitted.
The admission methodology can be found here.
Number of places: 53 (with tuition fee only), out of which 8 places for Non-EU citizens
Tax per year:
- tuition fee for EU citizens: 10,000 LEI/year
- tuition fee for Non-EU citezens: 3,600 EUR/year
- application fee for EU citizens : 250 LEI
- application fee for Non-EU citizens : 400 EUR
Schedule of the admission process
July 2024 intake
| 1. Online registration on admitere.ase.ro
(The platform will be open between 18-22 July) |
18-22 July (Friday-Monday), Monday until 16:00 |
| 2. Online oral interview and publication of the interview results | 26 July (Friday) |
| 3. Publication of the preliminary admission results | 29 July (Saturday) |
| 4. Confirmation of the places by paying 1/2 of the annual tuition fee |
Payment of 1/2 of the annual tuition fee: 29 – 30 July (Mon-Tue), exclusively on admitere.ase.ro |
| 6. Publication of the final results | 31 July (Tuesday) |
| 7. Matriculation to the 1st year of studies | 1st October 2024 |
The interview is composed of two parts:
- an oral exam, to evaluate the knowledge of the candidate in the business administration field and the Information and Communication Technology industry, with the members of the admission commission – please find the bibliography for the exam below
- presentation of the career development plan of the candidate
Bibliography for the Admission exam:
| Nr | Theme | Area | Bibliographic reference | Pages |
| 1 | The business environment | Business Administration | [1] | pp. 11-19 |
| 2 | Understanding economics and how it affects business | Business Administration | [1] | pp. 28-59 |
| 3 |
Competitive Advantage, Firm Performance, and Business Models |
Business Administration | [2] | pp. 140 – 173 |
| 4 | Business Strategy: Differentiation, Cost Leadership, and Blue Oceans | Business Administration | [2] | pp. 174 – 207 |
| 5 | Marketing: Helping Buyers Buy | Business Administration | [1] | pp. 360-387 |
| 6 |
The infrastructure of the organization |
Digital business | [3] | pp. 98-130 |
| 7 | Information and communication technology infrastructure | Digital business | [3] | pp. 134-162 |
| 8 | Digital business | Digital business | [3] | pp. 200-224 |
| 9 | Digital transformation | Digital business | [4]
[5] |
online |
| 10 |
What Is Disruptive Innovation? |
Digital business | [6] | online |
[1] Nickels, William G.; McHugh, James M.; McHugh, Susan M. (2016): Understanding Business, McGraw-Hill Education, New York
[2] Rothaermel, Frank T. (2017), Strategic management (3rd edition), New York : McGraw- Hill Education, ISBN: 9781259255496
[3] Beynon-Davies, P. (2019): Business Information Systems, Macmillan International Higher Education, Red Globe Press, 3rd edition.
[4] Harvard Business Review Analytic Services (2020): Rethinking Digital Transformation. New Data Examines the Culture and Process Change Imperative in 2020, online at https://hbr.org/resources/pdfs/comm/red%20hat/RethinkingDigitalTransformation.pdf
[5] Tabrizi, B.; Lam, E.; Girard, K., Irvin, V. (2020): Digital Transformation Is Not About Technology, online at https://hbr.org/2019/03/digital-transformation-is-not-about-technology
[6] Christensen, C. M.; Raynor, M.E.; McDonald, R. (2015) What Is Disruptive Innovation?, Harvard Business Review, online at https://hbr.org/2015/12/what-is-disruptive- innovation
The full bibliography can be requested by email: admiteremaster2024@biblioteca.ase.ro. Make sure to specify the program’s admission code: AA5.
Registration for Romanian, EU, EEA and Swiss Confederation Citizens:
The applicants will fill in their personal data on the online platform (admitere.ase.ro), including e-mail address and telephone number and will upload copies of the following document (submitted in .pdf or .jpeg / .jpg format):
a) A copy of the bachelor’s degree (or equivalent). For graduates of the 2024 promotion, a certificate of completion of the bachelor’s exam, specifying the arithmetic averages of the years of study, the average of the bachelor’s exam, and other information provided by the Framework Regulation regarding the regime of study documents in higher education, approved by OMEC No. 4156/2020;
b) A copy of the transcript or diploma supplement from the bachelor’s program;
c) A copy of the baccalaureate diploma (or its equivalent) and the transcript (or equivalent);
d) A standard medical certificate, issued no more than six months before the date of registration by medical offices (school or territorial) or by the family doctor, showing that the applicants are fit for the profile they are applying for;
e) A copy of the birth certificate;
f) A copy of the identity card;
g) A copy of the marriage certificate (if applicable);
h) A declaration, according to Annex 7, completed at the time of registration in the IT system, in which the candidate declares that:
i. they will not benefit simultaneously from budget funding for two university study programs, regardless of their level;
ii. they will not simultaneously pursue more than two university study programs, regardless of their level and form of funding;
iii. they have not been expelled without the right of re-enrollment from ASE;
iv. they have/have not been enrolled in another master’s degree program.
i) A passport-type photo;
j) A copy of the language proficiency certificate, certifying language skills for the English language of instruction, if applicable;
k) Curriculum vitae in English;
l) A motivation letter in English;
m) A letter of recommendation (in Romanian or English);
n) A declaration on their own responsibility regarding the authenticity of the documents uploaded on the admission platform and the correspondence between the digital/scanned documents and the originals (Annex 8).
Study and/or civil status documents (birth/marriage certificate) written in a language other than Romanian must be accompanied by certified translations into Romanian.
Citizens of other member states of the European Union, of the states belonging to the European Economic Area and of the Swiss Confederation, the candidates benefiting from a form of protection in Romania, who do not have CNP (Romanian Numerical Personal Number) – will send before registration, to the address internationaladmission@ase.ro study documents (bachelor’s degree, diploma supplement / transcript, baccalaureate diploma or equivalent, transcript and copy of the certificate issued by CNRED) and will request the ID in order to access the online platform and establish the averages of competition.
If the study and / or civil documents (birth / marriage certificate) are written in a language other than Romanian, copies of the Romanian translations, legalized, will be uploaded on the platform admitere.ase.ro.
Registration of non-EU citizens: all information regarding your registration can be found here.
For further information regarding the admission process please access the methodology.
If you have any questions please contact us at MDBI@fabiz.ase.ro