Hi
I’m a third year dentistry student at UMF Iasi (GT Popa). I transferred from Czech Republic because it’s cheaper here and the system is easier. I have been here for 3 months now so I understand the place well. Unfortunately I got ripped off by an agent when doing my application. He didn’t get me a place and I had to go to uni to do everything myself. I also got screwed when looking for accommodation. Agents everywhere! I met one guy from Malaysia who was charged 7000 Euros just to get a place. It’s an easy trap to fall into but YOU DONT NEED AN AGENT (not anymore anyway)
Lots of people are asking me if I can help them apply to UMF Iasi. This is why I’m here. I’m very angry about what happened to me. I met 2 other guys who also got conned and we have decided to start doing applications for anyone who wants to come to study Medicine, Dentistry or Pharmacy at UMF Iasi. We are genuinely here to help you and we will sort out your documents, the legalising and apostilling process, submit your application to the university, pick you up from the airport, give you temporary accommodation until you manage to find a apartment that you like, help you open a bank account, get a sim card, get extra luggage sent over from your home country and anything else you need help with. Things like getting a sim card may seem small but because of the beauracracy here, it could take a whole day just to get a prepaid sim card!
So why should you apply to UMF Iasi?
- University tuition fee is just €5000 (probably cheapest in the EU) and can be paid in monthly instalments if need
- Living cost is very cheap - you can live the whole year, rent and living cost included, for just €1800 if you want to save money. But if you want to live like a king, go out every day, eat out every day, then it’ll only cost you €4000 in total. For example a chicken shawarma wrap costs just €2 and a cinema ticket costs just €4
- The pass mark is 50%. This is very good considering in Czech Republic it was 70%! The system is much easier. Also, you only need 45 credits out of 60 to pass the year. This means that you don’t need to pass every subject to progress (but it’s good to pass everything because you will still have to make it up later)
- 99% pass rate I.E. EVERYONE passes. I have not met one person who has had to repeat the year.
- You get up to 6 months holidays throughout the year. The academic year starts in October, you get 1 month for Christmas, 1 month for Easter and the year ends in June so that 3 months for summer holidays. Also if you do well in exams you can get 2 weeks at the end of February after winter exams and 2 weeks at the end of June after summer exams.
- City is big, cheap and student orientated – most of the city is made up of students so there are lots of things to do here. You will definitely not get bored!
So if any of you want to apply here then please contact me and ill tell you what to do. Its not hard but its very long and tedious.
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Here is a summary I did of my first few weeks in this place. It might help give you an idea:
Iasi is a proper city, about 300,000 population. It’s a proper student place. There are 12 universities in the city and about 80,000 students. In each year of UMF-Iasi (University of Medicine and Pharmacy) there are 1000 students. Students come from everywhere - Greece, Canada, USA, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Kuwait, Norway, Palestine, UK, Ireland, Iran and more.
It's quite Americanised, they have malls and shopping centres, yellow Taxis, food courts, wide roads etc. And there's a lot of work going on here as well. Taxis are very cheap. A 10 minute trip to the mosque or mall costs little more than €1.5. This place is big enough to be using Taxis frequently though.
There are a lot of food places to go to. You can choose between Italian, Turkish, Lebanese, American, Chinese and they have all the big restaurants like McDonalds, KFC, Subway, Starbucks etc
Life here is too relaxed though. The people here like to take their time. If they don't feel like doing something they won't do it. But if they next guy after you wanted the same thing, they will do it for him! They get annoyed very easily as well and it doesn’t take much for them to start complaining.
I’m a third year dentistry student at UMF Iasi (GT Popa). I transferred from Czech Republic because it’s cheaper here and the system is easier. I have been here for 3 months now so I understand the place well. Unfortunately I got ripped off by an agent when doing my application. He didn’t get me a place and I had to go to uni to do everything myself. I also got screwed when looking for accommodation. Agents everywhere! I met one guy from Malaysia who was charged 7000 Euros just to get a place. It’s an easy trap to fall into but YOU DONT NEED AN AGENT (not anymore anyway)
Lots of people are asking me if I can help them apply to UMF Iasi. This is why I’m here. I’m very angry about what happened to me. I met 2 other guys who also got conned and we have decided to start doing applications for anyone who wants to come to study Medicine, Dentistry or Pharmacy at UMF Iasi. We are genuinely here to help you and we will sort out your documents, the legalising and apostilling process, submit your application to the university, pick you up from the airport, give you temporary accommodation until you manage to find a apartment that you like, help you open a bank account, get a sim card, get extra luggage sent over from your home country and anything else you need help with. Things like getting a sim card may seem small but because of the beauracracy here, it could take a whole day just to get a prepaid sim card!
So why should you apply to UMF Iasi?
- University tuition fee is just €5000 (probably cheapest in the EU) and can be paid in monthly instalments if need
- Living cost is very cheap - you can live the whole year, rent and living cost included, for just €1800 if you want to save money. But if you want to live like a king, go out every day, eat out every day, then it’ll only cost you €4000 in total. For example a chicken shawarma wrap costs just €2 and a cinema ticket costs just €4
- The pass mark is 50%. This is very good considering in Czech Republic it was 70%! The system is much easier. Also, you only need 45 credits out of 60 to pass the year. This means that you don’t need to pass every subject to progress (but it’s good to pass everything because you will still have to make it up later)
- 99% pass rate I.E. EVERYONE passes. I have not met one person who has had to repeat the year.
- You get up to 6 months holidays throughout the year. The academic year starts in October, you get 1 month for Christmas, 1 month for Easter and the year ends in June so that 3 months for summer holidays. Also if you do well in exams you can get 2 weeks at the end of February after winter exams and 2 weeks at the end of June after summer exams.
- City is big, cheap and student orientated – most of the city is made up of students so there are lots of things to do here. You will definitely not get bored!
So if any of you want to apply here then please contact me and ill tell you what to do. Its not hard but its very long and tedious.
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Here is a summary I did of my first few weeks in this place. It might help give you an idea:
Iasi is a proper city, about 300,000 population. It’s a proper student place. There are 12 universities in the city and about 80,000 students. In each year of UMF-Iasi (University of Medicine and Pharmacy) there are 1000 students. Students come from everywhere - Greece, Canada, USA, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Kuwait, Norway, Palestine, UK, Ireland, Iran and more.
It's quite Americanised, they have malls and shopping centres, yellow Taxis, food courts, wide roads etc. And there's a lot of work going on here as well. Taxis are very cheap. A 10 minute trip to the mosque or mall costs little more than €1.5. This place is big enough to be using Taxis frequently though.
There are a lot of food places to go to. You can choose between Italian, Turkish, Lebanese, American, Chinese and they have all the big restaurants like McDonalds, KFC, Subway, Starbucks etc
Life here is too relaxed though. The people here like to take their time. If they don't feel like doing something they won't do it. But if they next guy after you wanted the same thing, they will do it for him! They get annoyed very easily as well and it doesn’t take much for them to start complaining.