Using a UK university degree certificate in Romania?

You may need your degree certificate properly certified and apostilled before a Romanian employer, university, regulator, immigration office, HR department or public authority accepts it.

Romania is covered by the Hague Apostille system. For UK documents used in Romania, the usual route is therefore UK solicitor certification followed by a UK FCDO apostille, rather than Romanian Embassy legalisation. The UK Legalisation Office confirms that it legalises documents by checking the relevant UK signature, stamp or seal and attaching an apostille.

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The Route for Romania

For many UK degree certificates, the process is:

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Degree Review

We check your UK university degree certificate and confirm whether it is suitable for certification and apostille.

02

Verification Where Needed

We verify your degree with the issuing institution or through a recognised verification route where needed.

This may include:

• HEDD
• GradIntelligence / HEAR
• Digitary / Parchment
• direct university registry verification
• official university verification letters
• university digital document portals

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Solicitor Certification

Our solicitor certifies the document for FCDO apostille submission.

Where appropriate, the certification can refer to the authenticity verification carried out before certification.

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2 Working Days FCDO Apostille

Once the document is ready for submission, we can arrange our 2 working days UK apostille service.

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Delivery to Romania or Worldwide

After the apostille is completed, we can arrange courier delivery to Romania, the UK or another international address.

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UK Degree Certificate Apostille for Romania

You may need a UK degree certificate apostille for Romania if you are applying for:

• employment in Bucharest
• employment in Cluj-Napoca
• employment in Timișoara
• employment in Iași
• work or residence documentation
• university admission or postgraduate study
• professional registration
• HR onboarding
• banking, corporate or compliance checks
• recognition of a UK academic qualification

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Why Romania Usually Does Not Need Embassy Legalisation

Romania is a Hague Apostille Convention country. This means an apostille is generally the legalisation method used for foreign public documents between Hague member states. Romania’s National Centre for Recognition and Equivalence of Diplomas describes an apostille as a certificate issued by competent authorities in a country that is party to the Hague Convention for documents presented in another country that is also party to the Convention.

For UK documents, the FCDO apostille is usually the key legalisation step for Romania.

In most cases, Romanian Embassy legalisation is not required after the UK apostille.

However, you should still check the exact Romanian receiving authority. Some employers, universities, regulators or public bodies may ask for a specific certification wording, sworn translation or document format.

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Degree Verification Before Apostille

Apostille does not prove that the degree itself is genuine.

The apostille confirms the UK signature, stamp or seal on the certified document.

That is why degree verification can matter.

Where needed, we can verify your degree with the issuing institution or through recognised platforms before solicitor certification.

This creates a stronger chain:

university verification → solicitor certification → FCDO apostille → Romania

This is especially useful for Romanian employers, universities, HR teams or professional bodies that need confidence in the authenticity of your UK qualification.

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2 Working Days Apostille Service for Romania

We can arrange a 2 working days UK FCDO apostille service once your document is ready for submission.

This is useful if you need your UK degree certificate apostilled quickly for:

• a job offer in Romania
• a university application
• a relocation deadline
• HR onboarding
• professional registration
• immigration or residence-related documentation

The 2 working days timeframe applies to the apostille stage once the document has been prepared.

University verification time depends on the issuing institution or verification platform.

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Documents We Can Prepare for Romania

We can assist with:

• UK bachelor’s degree certificates
• UK master’s degree certificates
• UK PhD certificates
• UK academic transcripts
• HEAR records
• GradIntelligence records
• Digitary documents
• university verification letters
• professional qualification certificates
• UK college certificates
• UK school documents

If your degree certificate and transcript need to be used together, we can advise whether to apostille them separately or prepare them as a bound set.

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Degree Certificate and Transcript Apostille for Romania

Some Romanian authorities may ask for both the degree certificate and the academic transcript.

In that situation, we can help you decide whether to apostille:

• the degree certificate only
• the academic transcript only
• the degree certificate and transcript separately
• the degree certificate and transcript as one bound set

The best option depends on the Romanian receiving authority’s instructions.

Where possible, we keep the certification clear, readable and easy for the overseas authority to understand.

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Why Choose Ginkgo Advisory?

For Romania, Ginkgo Advisory can help you:

• review your UK degree certificate
• verify your degree where needed
• use HEDD, GradIntelligence, Digitary or university verification routes where available
• prepare solicitor certification
• arrange a 2 working days UK FCDO apostille service
• prepare degree certificates and transcripts for Romanian use
• advise on bound sets where suitable
• arrange courier delivery to Romania or worldwide

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Apostille Your UK Degree Certificate for Romania

Need to use your UK degree certificate in Romania?

Send us a clear scan of your certificate and tell us where the document will be used.

We will review the document, explain the likely process and help you prepare it for Romania.

Ginkgo Advisory — UK degree verification, solicitor certification and 2 working days FCDO apostille service for Romania.