Admission to the 10th grade began on Monday, 13 July, in Ungheni district. The Ungheni Education Department announced the launch of enrolment in lyceum education for the 2026–2027 school year, and eight lyceums in the district receive files.
Five of them are in the town of Ungheni: the “Vasile Alecsandri” Theoretical Lyceum (13 Națională St.), the “Mihai Eminescu” Theoretical Lyceum (1 Națională St.), the “Gheorghe Asachi” Theoretical Lyceum (7 Crestiuc St.), the “Ion Creangă” Theoretical Lyceum (151 Ștefan cel Mare St.) and the “Alexandr Pușkin” Theoretical Lyceum (36 Decebal St.), the only one teaching in Russian. The other three are in villages: the “Alexei Mateevici” Theoretical Lyceum in Pîrlița, the Theoretical Lyceum in Sculeni and the “Elada” Theoretical Lyceum in Măcărești.
Cornești is missing from the list. The town has only lower-secondary schools, so 9th-grade graduates from the Cornești area who want to continue at a lyceum must submit their file to an institution in another locality.
The calendar: two stages, the first until 1 August
The admission competition runs in two stages, following the schedule set by the Ministry of Education and Research through Order no. 421 of 9 March 2026.
In Stage I, files are submitted between 13 and 22 July. Lyceums with an arts or sports profile — a category that includes none of the district’s eight theoretical lyceums — hold aptitude tests on 24 July. The files competition, that is, the ranking of candidates by average, takes place between 23 and 25 July, results are announced on 27 July, and enrolment is confirmed with the original documents between 28 and 30 July.
For the places left free, Stage II opens between 3 and 14 August: files are submitted on 3–6 August, the files competition is on 7 August, and results are posted on 10 August.
The file may be submitted both online and on paper, and a pupil has the right to apply to several lyceums at the same time, to then be assigned in descending order of the average.
What documents you need
The national admission methodology (MER Order no. 190/2024) requires in the file the application for enrolment stating the desired profile, a copy of the lower-secondary graduation certificate, a copy of the identity card (or of the birth certificate, if the pupil has not turned 16), a medical certificate and a 3×4 cm photograph. Those who hold diplomas from district, national or international olympiads or competitions also add copies of them.
How the competition average is calculated
The ranking is done by the competition average, calculated differently depending on the profile, but with the same logic: half of the mark comes from the lower-secondary averages, half from the graduation exams.
For the real profile, the average of the annual grades is taken from mathematics, biology, physics, chemistry and computer science. For the humanities profile, the language of instruction, the foreign language, geography and the history of Romanians and universal history are taken. For both, this average weighs as much as the average of the grades from the lower-secondary graduation exams. Candidates are enrolled in descending order of the average, calculated to two decimal places, without rounding.
Who is admitted without competition
The methodology reserves in each public lyceum a quota of 10% of the places, by profile, granted without competition, in order of priority: children left without parental care, children of parents with a severe or pronounced disability, children with special educational needs who followed the general curriculum, twins, children of migrant workers and children of Moldovan citizens in the diaspora. Separately, holders of diplomas from national or international olympiads and competitions are admitted out of competition.
The specific number of places per lyceum and per profile is not published centrally: according to the methodology, each institution posts its available places on the information board and on its own web page. Parents and pupils can check directly with the targeted lyceum how many places there are and for which profiles admission is held this year.