WHY DID YOU CHOOSE TO STUDY IN ROMANIA

so guys um in today's video I'm bringing someone onto the channel to talk about his um Journey from Nigeria to Romania for studies so he's going to be narrating the process everything that he went through from um the from legalizing his document the amission the Visa process and his experience so far as a student here in Romania so stay tuned and listen to everything that he will have to tell us would you also like to come in to talk about your own experience so they actually both of them so where are you from Niger okay

so he Nigeria oh yeah so both of them are from Nigeria so they will just tell us about their experience and yeah everything that they like about Romania so that being said let's dive in hi guys hi everybody welcome back to my channel welcome back to sind this reality if you're new on the channel you're welcome if you're all on the channel thanks for coming by to watch another video on this channel I talk about my life in Romania I talk about affordable Romanian universities available for international students I also talk about jobs available for

those that would like to come and work in Romania so if you find interest in content like this please do well to subscribe click on that notification button so each time I post a video you get no so welcome poper and kings on the channel poper you start by introducing yourself first and then next um Kings will do he would do introduce himself as well hi my name is Kings Immanuel I'm Nigerian I study Public Health at Bar B University here in Romania okay thank you very much kley you introduce yourself as well Prosper I'm

from Nigeria and I'm studying public he at ubb Bish Bo University here in ROM yeah okay um thank you all for coming to the channel um I would just want you guys to like talk about your experience the process and everything that you went through in order to come and study here in Romania so on why did you decide to study abroad and why did you choose Romania precisely all right uh why I chose to study abroad I think the education system in Nigeria mostly is like the main reason I chose to like study study

abroad I won't say it's that bad but it's not like something I could cope with because is inconsistent and you know yeah so I chose to so I could like you know get the best and you know um think that it okay how about you okay why did you decide to study abroad in Romania precisely I did some research about Romania and I found out like it was a very calm country it's um developing really fast um plus the school system in Nigeria is it's not really the best because there are strikes sometimes the lectures

are not really you don't really get what you paid for so that's like the main reason why I chose to study in okay so now um I don't know if you want to start first or po like to start first to like talk about the um admission process like the procedure to like um get um into Romanian University like the first process what did you do you can talk about from legalizing your documents the um application process so can you talk us through that process so if someone wants to apply in Romania they can just

have an understanding of what they should do okay uh I think firstly first things first I like legalize my documents at uh the Ministry of Education my state where I where I'm from what state IM Mo State okay yeah so I was told that the only place I could like legalize it was in Abuja so it was like difficult you know until I found out I could legalize it in my state the Ministry of Education in my state so I think it's just easier for me to legalize than I thought because I felt like maybe

it was hard moving from my state to the capital of Niger have to go and legalize the documents so I was like no was hard so I finally legalized it and IM it and to up with then then Pro proceed with the admission online and uh I think apply for the admission and I can't actually remember most of the documents I used to apply actually CU it's a long time now well you don't you don't need to list all the other documents because I think I have a video where I listed all of the documents

that one need in order to apply for um not to apply to study in Romania but then I think it also depend on thees on the also depend on the course that you choose to study in Romania if you did that science field you need to choose like a course inside but you do art you also need to choose a course in art study here in Romania how about you how was the process for you the process what ST Nigeria are you from I'm from Delta State okay so the process was it's not really um

hard to do but the thing is you have to need like guidance because obviously you can't know everything so after I did my documents legalized the documents I applied I went to the university website and applied and waited for the admission to be granted and then once admission is granted you have to pay the school fees because you can't go to the Romanian Embassy because there's one in Abuja it's in a lot of places but I went to the one in Abuja so you have to um pay the school fees first because it's going to

be part of the documents you take to the Embassy in order for them to like give you like um an reservation something so after I paid the school fees I applied for the Visa went for the interview and after the interview it took like um four weeks which is a month before my Visa came out and I also went back to the Embassy to pick the Visa and booked the flight I think I left like 3 days after I got to visa to I left ner to Romania okay so what the legalization process in Nigeria

like what do you need to do uh for my state you like bring the documents the photocopies of the documents you want to legalize and then I think you bring an identity card maybe your passport or something and then I think that's how much do you pay or you don't pay I can't remember the amount actually can what you pay no but does it varies according do you pay um depending on the amount of documents that you have or do you just pay a certain a specific amount I think there's like a specific amount because

it doesn't really matter if we going for like a science a C related to science or a C related to art but I think it's it has to be the same I don't think it's going to be very that much going to like different price for everything yeah so who assisted um you during your um process um I did most of the processes by myself because I'm already used to like um checking the internet trying to know how to do a lot of things so but I also had like guidance from people I know um

and I also knew somebody in Romania that Liv that's been here for a long time that also helped me with a lot of things told me where to go to get the to legalize my documents so I had most of the help from him yeah and also when I came here he was the first person that like came to the airport to pick me up told me the location of the school how to do a lot of things so that was it yeah okay that's quite cool um for you poper how did I assist you

in the application process I think you pretty much assisted me in everything um starting with the documents I needed to apply and uh also helping me apply on the University website too and I think it made everything pretty much easy for me and yeah okay so um what's your first impression of Romania when you arrive now um it was actually it's Romania is like a very underrated City because it's even more it's better than what I thought it was going to be because the environment is like very calm it's friendly it's a place where you

don't really have to spend a lot of money to like live comfortably here and still there lot of beautiful places to see a lot of like hisorical especially like in the city center they love beautiful statues and everything like that and even during like the past holidays like Christmas and year there were a lot of designs beautiful things to see a lot of light light works all this type of stuff but yeah it's it's a really beautiful city it is especially the one my school is like CL what's your faculty again um food spark it's

um faculty of communication administrative Sciences oh okay yeah and the course I studed Public Health Public Health the same with yeah so you two are ging that faculty how about what was your experience yeah before I actually came into Romania like you know did a few research and the um internet shuffling about the country and cl particular and I saw so many videos and pictures online and it was really beautiful and when I came it was actually what I saw online even more beautiful than what I saw online because most of the things I saw

online were like videos and pictures okay and when I came it was actually very developed than I thought okay so how has your experience been so far with the university and education system in Romania it's it's pretty much what you paid for and even more because the professors the people that teach you they are really nice they help you like they could be teaching here and if you don't like understand exactly what they're trying to say you can really ask and still like after the classes you can go to the professor and be like okay

I didn't understand what you were saying in class earlier but because probably you didn't want to slow down the class and maybe other people might understand yeah yeah you could go there and they would like sit down with you tell you about it because it has already happened to me already because I went to a professor I told him that okay I didn't understand what you were trying to explain and he stayed with me for like almost an hour tell teaching me more about what he was trying to explain earlier so yeah the professors are

really nice we've had good interactions with the students to you meet a lot of people from different parts of the world world and yeah it's a really good experience the school is really nice my school actually so yeah how about your yeah it's pry more the same actually um talking about the classes and the lectures uh the lectures are quite friendly they try their best to like make sure you understand and carry out the assignments very well because I have I've had something Sim because when I my first assignment M for this particular course I

did the assignment and like uploaded it online lecturer like sent me an email and told me that I didn't do it correctly I should redo it again I did the assignment for like five times until I got it right so they actually very patient with these students and I think that a plus and very friendly as well how about the accommodation the student life in the the coming is actually very good not really good not it's not the best not excellent but it's good for some where you can like lay your head and go about

your daily life there's security there's water there's electricity and I think it's yeah for now I'm sure your incoming season and the coming where there are six per room yeah yeah so for the system has actually changed because for the first year for international students um you don't really have the choice to choose a cing but they are better cing like C I don't know if you have been there the one beside your faculty is really good it's three room C 17 is also very good it's I don't know if it's two or three per

room where they have like the kitchen um is it com in A4 I don't know where they have the kitchen the fish everything inside in an inclusive room so what the univers when you come in the first you don't have a choice to like pick a suitable hostel for you but in the second year if you have better gr it's your gr that help you to get to a better um hostel where you have a lot of space you have a lot of um like you have um everything inside the C like in your room

you have the Kitchen in your room you have the fridge in your and you have a back on it all to yourself and it's two person per room yeah I of that as well yeah so in then and even in the summer in the summer you have to leave from that c and go to another one if you're lucky you might go to like a very beautiful C like 21 or yeah 21 and if you find yourself in 2 be very easy because it's just like two minute work to your faculty close my yeah so

do well with your grades so you get to a better coming so another question that I have for you is about life in Romania how have you been able to adapt to life how how have you adapted to life in Romania and what do you enjoy most about living here life in r very it's very really really nice because um things are really cheap okay yeah as and as a student you get like free U Transportation using the bus yeah free cards are free now the buses are free for students the bus cards you have

you have free Transportation stent card you get po card for free when it expires you can R it again for free so yeah that's a really good thing yeah you don't have to spend money on Transportation when you're going to class or going somewhere else and another thing is that the food items are really cheap good items are cheap very really really cheap compared to like Nigeria or something or any other place and the only tough thing like an international student might face is the weather during like win it's really really cold it gets to

like 5° told me about his experience I don't know if he first that he he went on campus and they had it was an experience um outside like not in class like the field the FI trip here was crazy why why are we going to go in the morning when you can go in the afternoon so I was and I didn't actually go with covering and it was zero degrees no but usually you don't dress warm I'm seeing you walking around with your hoodie you don't have a thick jacket and you're complaining about cold I

went out with a thick jacket that morning everybody was very cold everybody were wearing sick jacket I wore a short a long sleeve sweater inside my sweater and my winter coat and then TR us but even everybody Dr the same like that so that morning was so cold it was very cold but have you realized that there different colder than when you came now it's really really we have minus yeah I know at this point now we used to but we're used to it now it's not we don't we can come outside for me for

me is actually warm when it's 7° yeah 7° is like really warm but in Nigeria try 7° yeah when is 7° I can actually go out with my hood just like that or 8° have you been ill before with this c p too many times already used to it I I finished like three bottles of C I'm very soon those those syrup will not work anymore because your system will be used to so the only thing I need to do is to dress you and does not Dr in particular I'm seeing him moving around with

Woody and then the which one the gr one but that jacket is not even thick are you talking you see it now and it's really heavy like when I came when I um arve at the airport I didn't bring a jacket I was just wearing one light with but when I came outside I was freezing you when the two po the two come before him or he came before you I came before him I came in November I came actually September yeah yeah po came in September I think he's one of the first students that

that that got here in Clos because even when he got his accommodation was was not ready they had to book him on a B and B yeah my accumulation was actually supposed to be ready in November mm just that they pity us because I do not know like what am I going to do I didn't see the date well when I was booking that um the accommodation for him anyway I think like the student Hoster when it comes to is not that expensive as well you know but when you go to a better one like

I think in 21 I think it's aund and something I'm not really sure how much do you pay in 16 is 80 yeah so when you go to a better host you pay more so let's look let me look for the next question um do you have any advice for future students who would like to come to study in Romania and as International students what will you tell them what will you recom them what would you advise them to know before coming I think the first ADV give you or an international student when you're coming

if you're coming during the win period please bring a jacket don't be like me I I didn't know no but then is there good jacket in in in Nigeria that I really that can prevent you from this school I think when you come here before you can really get a good jacket in is Nigeria cold by the way no Nigeria is hot so why would you think that they have like take jacket exactly so you can at least bring something that a jacket that actually wear two hoodies and then one jacket I think he'll be

fine cuz when I first arve I was wearing just I think just no but that night would do not work because when you arrive at the airport you just got into a tax and went straight to your a walked to the door of the airport I was freezing the first place I experienced the cold was in Paris but because um it just like we came down from the plane and got into the airport I didn't think I was like okay it's not that it's cold but just for like a short period like was like 5

minutes M but when I really felt the Cod was then I got to Romania because I had to wait for my friend to come pick me up because I in buchar so I had toit for to come pick me up and I was outside it was really cold was when I got to his apartment that he gave me an extra jacket that he had that that was one I wore till I got to my um C so for you you didn't book your flight straight um from um you fly from Abuja yes yes so you

flew from Abuja to Paris from Paris to buar and from buar to I FW from Nigeria to Kenya then from Kenya I was supposed to go to Amsterdam from Kenya but the flight was um delayed which flight did you use Kenya areas from Nigeria from Nigeria yeah to no but I think it's advisable you talk about your you talk about the EXP is advisable if anyone is fing to come to Rania get like um Turkish Airline from yeah Turkish aine yeah I had straight to CL yeah I had that one but I think it was

delayed still okay yeah and the dates for I was supposed to check into the cing was getting too close so we just had to B any available on so that's why we still check it anytime you want we didn't know want to if your day that is supposed to check in the C pass I don't know how many days they give you as an extra date but if the date pass the chance of of you losing that com is very slim it's very very slim I think at that point there were too many students it

doesn't matter they but they have reservation and if somebody get the visa immediately you delay with um checking into your they can give that just got a vis and apply yeah true and then you'll be stranded anyway can you talk can you um give an advice to anyone that like to come and study for me I think if you're coming here you should just set your mind straight that all right this is where I'm coming to this is what I want to achieve and I think it's going to be pretty easy for you because many

people don't like know Romania to be a known country like Germany think a lot of people don't even know Romania like when you say Romania are like which count but I think as of now Romania really get popular because enter into the Shen region so you can travel anywhere as of now as compared to the time when I came here for studies at that time we couldn't go anywhere if you want to go to Germany to Poland to Italy you needed to apply for a Visa but now is Visa free for anyone that wants to

go and for me I just think that the tution fee in Romania is quite affordable it's quite affordable even when it comes to the bank statement the visa fee and everything it's quite affordable and I've also made a video where I spoke about the total cost for anyone that want to come and study in Romania you should know like an extimate of everything that you need to budget or you need to have in mind in order for you to come and study in Romania I'm also going to link that video down in the description below

so you should talk about your challenges po you fa a lot of challenges creating your your your bank account I hope it's not recording H is it recording yes it's recording yeah I mean it took me like a month to get my bank DET or my bank card mhm I don't even know why but I think that's the system yeah for international they have to do like a lot of verification things like that and I was I was asked to bring the specific documents and the tax identification number yeah so you should probably get that

ready if you planning to come here you have to do it because you can do it online too but it's easier if you want to do it while you're still in Nigeria or any you are but the I think it's depending on your country that they ask for that tax ID so I don't know if but for Nigeria they do ask but they ask for Nigeria for I don't know they might not ask but Nigeria it's compulsory and do you know why it's difficult to also get that bank statement because maybe you go and meet

someone at the bank that does not understand English and they'll be scared to ask you question they'll just tell you that it's not possible yeah the first time I went to the bank to open the account it was she told me that okay she has opened the account she gave me the documents and everything she said I should wait for a week and the account will be open I waited and I didn't receive any email or anything so I went back to the bank and I saw someone else there and the person was telling me

that the accounts was um they had they were doing some verification so yeah but later I waited for like two to three days and account was open successfully I think for post case we went to like three Banks yeah we went to BC and then BC BT yes yeah didn't to also do you face um challenges in like getting your resident pay the one that you got now I did cuz I I applied for the um appointment at the immigration through the university link but when I applied I have not got the documentary like TX

um the medical certificates and I've not had any document so I missed the days for that one so I had to reapply again when I collected all those documents and after that it was pretty much easy yeah usually as of now the university like um do an appointment for you immediately you you arrive poper missed that um he missed that appointment because of we Face a lot of difficulties um creating a bank account for him but then he's very lucky because even the second time that he went to look for a date he got like

a date that is really closed yeah then I think I missed that one too and then you did not miss it did I you did not miss it I think you wanted you wanted a closer day date so you kept checking to look for a closer date cuz I saw one in December uhhuh then I like kept checking so I was see one in November so luckily I saw one in November too yeah now that you have your resent you can walk it's you that still waiting AB but the univ already sent me the link

to apply and with that link you can get your to go to immigration in like two weeks when is your um Visa expiring March it was a six month Visa mm so you still have time and now when you apply for your resident permit 2 weeks is out what do you know that actually receive a date after apply for my permit I was supposed to go and pick my own resident permit on the 5th of December I got anill but I did not check my I did not check my email but then my pay was

already out even before on holid dayss and that random day I just went to the immigration and let me check and then he was ready then I told him to go and pick up his own but I was I wanted to travel this holiday but I thought that my payment is not out my plans change you can even go for Easter Hol where will you be going for Easter holid you to [Music] col oraly or you have in Germany no you go with him that's the good thing about Romania once you get the visa you

can go anywhere in Europe yeah as of now of for I to to even is very Paris is expensive I swe they don't use Euros I think they use EUR they use Euros but their actual currencies are so the ranian C which is Le bigger than their currency 500 500 are you being serious 500an currency is like 6 yeah I don't even know wait 500 r no 5ari what toan how much 6 I don't know what that's what they call it 500 is oh is it actually 599 6 6 60 for 500 that's 500 and

500 money you spend and spend 500 imag it's 41,000 so for these two people that came on the channel today I'm sure you have your Instagram page y I'm going to link it in the description I'm also going to put it on the screen how about have instagr page so if anyone out there want to reach out to you to ask something specific they can actually um reach out to you so yeah guys I think that was um do you have any other thing else to say nothing just if you get a chance to study

in Romania take take it immediately don't even it is be the best move you ever made is what is what the the price yeah even though if you don't have good grade that's that's another thing because I applied for some people last year I think two of them got rejected the admission got rejected because of four grades so if your grades are not good however there's some possibility to check your um to check if your certificate or your grades are good on the unity admission is not now admission is in April 2025 so if your

someone looking forward to like um come to Romania for studies you can actually reach out to any of them or you reach out to me so we could help you to come and study in Romania so guys that being said thanks for watching if you have any question you have any worries um don't hesitate to leave your comments or your question down in the comments below and I'm going to reply to that that being said thanks for watching and see you in another one bye