The national Baccalaureate exam will begin at the beginning of June, with the assessment of language and digital skills. However, the real emotions for the 12th grade graduates will begin on June 29, with the written tests. As every year, the Romanian Language and Literature test will be the first.
List of exams for the Baccalaureate 2026. What the calendar looks like
Candidates will be able to register for the exam between June 2 and 4. Moreover, June 4 is also the date when the courses for them end. Then the practical tests begin, which are mandatory, but do not contribute to the final average. Moreover, students do not receive grades, but qualifications (Beginner, Medium, Advanced or Experienced), and the only condition to pass these tests is to present them.
- June 8-10, 2026 – Assessment of oral communication skills in Romanian – test A
- June 10-11, 2026 – Assessment of oral communication skills in the mother tongue – test B
- 11-12 June 2026 – Assessment of language skills in a language of international circulation — test C
- 15-17 June 2026 – Digital skills assessment – test D
Written tests begin on June 29.
- June 29, 2026 – Romanian language and literature — test Ea) — written test
- June 30, 2026 – Compulsory profile test — Ec test) — written test
- July 2, 2026 – Test of choice of profile and specialization — Ed test) — written test
- July 3, 2026 – Mother language and literature — test Eb) — written test
What subjects are given
For students from the Humanist Profile, majoring in Social Sciences or Philology
- Compulsory test: History
- Optional exam: Geography, Logic and Argumentation, Psychology, Sociology, Economics, Philosophy
For students from the Humanist Profile, the Mathematics – Computer Science or Natural Sciences specialization
- Compulsory test: Mathematics
- Test of your choice: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science
For students from the Technological Branch
- Compulsory test: Mathematics
- Test of your choice: Geography, Logic and reasoning, Psychology, Economics (Services profile), Physics, Chemistry, Biology (Natural Resources and Environmental Protection profile and Technical profile)
For students from the Vocational Stream
- Compulsory test: History
- Test of your choice: Geography, Logic and argumentation, Psychology, Economics, Philosophy (regardless of the profile)
The syllabus for each subject
Although the syllabus for the Baccalaureate exam has not been shown, it will most likely be the same as in previous years. For over 10 years, students have to prepare the same content.
Romanian Language and Literature – Real Profile, Technological Stream, Vocational Stream. e (excerpt)
a. Literature. Authors to study:
• Mihai Eminescu
• Ion Creangă
• IL Caragiale
• Titu Maiorescu
• Ioan Slavici
• G. Bacovia
• Lucian Blaga
• Tudor Arghezi
• Ion Barbu
• Mihail Sadoveanu
• Liviu Rebreanu
• Camil Petrescu
• G. Călinescu
• E. Lovinescu
• Marin Preda
• Nikita Stanescu
b. LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION
– the application, in various communication situations, of orthographic, orthoepic, de
punctuation, morphosyntactic and the appropriate use of lexical-semantic units;
– application of language knowledge, including those acquired in secondary school, in
the correct expression and in the reception of the texts studied or at first sight.
The full syllabus can be downloaded here
Romanian Language and Literature – Human Profile, Teaching Profile (excerpt)
a. Literature. Authors to study:
• Mihai Eminescu
• Ion Creangă
• IL Caragiale
• Titu Maiorescu
• Ioan Slavici
• G. Bacovia
• Lucian Blaga
• Tudor Arghezi
• Ion Barbu
• Mihail Sadoveanu
• Liviu Rebreanu
• Camil Petrescu
• G. Călinescu
• E. Lovinescu
• Marin Preda
• Nikita Stanescu
• Marin Sorescu
b. LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION
– the application, in various communication situations, of orthographic, orthoepic, de
punctuation, morphosyntactic and the appropriate use of lexical-semantic units;
– application of language knowledge, including those acquired in secondary school, in
the correct expression and in the reception of the texts studied or at first sight.
The full syllabus can be downloaded here.
Mathematics
Specific skills:
- Identifying, in everyday language or in math problems, certain notions specific to mathematical logic and set theory
- Using the properties of algebraic operations of numbers, estimates and approximations in various contexts
- Choosing the form of representation of a real number and using some algorithms to optimize calculations with real numbers
- Deducing results and verifying them using mathematical induction or other logical reasoning
- Writing the solution of a problem, correlating the usual language with that of mathematical logic and set theory
- Transposing a problem-situation into mathematical language, solving the obtained problem and interpreting the result
The complete program can be consulted here.
History
A. Peoples and historical spaces
- The Romanity of Romanians in the view of historians
B. People, society and the world of ideas
- The 20th century – between democracy and totalitarianism
- Political ideologies and practices in Romania and Europe
- Constitutions from Romania
C. The state and politics
- Local authorities and central institutions in the Romanian space (9th–18th centuries)
- The modern Romanian state: from the political project to the achievement of Greater Romania (18th–20th centuries)
- Post-war Romania: Stalinism National-communism Anti-communist dissent
- Stalinism
- National communism
- Anti-communist dissent
- The construction of post-December democracy
D. International relations
- The Romanian space between diplomacy and conflict in the Middle Ages and at the beginning of modernity
- Romania and the European concert: from the “oriental crisis” to the great alliances of the 20th century
- Romania during the “Cold War”
The complete program can be consulted here.
The curriculum for Geography can be consulted here.
The syllabus for Logic can be consulted here.
The syllabus for Psychology can be consulted here.
The syllabus for Philosophy can be consulted here.
The syllabus for Sociology can be consulted here.
The syllabus for Economics can be consulted here.
The syllabus for Physics can be consulted here.
The syllabus for Biology can be consulted here.
The syllabus for Chemistry can be consulted here.
The syllabus for Informatics can be consulted here.
This year’s changes
This year the skills assessment tests will be held again in the summer. Last year, high school graduates gave them in the winter, between January 27 and February 7. The tests were moved during that period so that students could take the written exams in the first part of June and not be affected by the heat.
How the Baccalaureate Exam calendar looked in 2025
