ESN Romania

Erasmus Student Network (ESN) is the biggest student association in Europe. It was born on the 16th October 1989 and legally registered in 1990 for supporting and developing student exchange.

Present in more than 1000 Higher Education Institutions from 42 countries, the network is constantly developing and expanding, with around 15,000 active members in many sections, supported by so called buddies mainly taking care of international students.

ESN involves around

  • 50,000 young people
  • 350,000 international students every year benefit from its services

ESN activates on three levels: local, national and international.

ESN in Romania

15 Cities
40+ Partner universities
360 Volunteers
3,500 International students helped yearly
A digital graphic with a dark blue, blurred background of a cityscape. In the center is a white, dashed-line outline of the map of Romania, filled with several small dots and text labels representing the locations of local ESN sections across the country. In the bottom left corner is the hashtag '#THISisESN', and in the top right corner is the official logo for ESN Romania.

But who are we?

A group of young people who voluntarily put their effort into helping international students integrate, providing opportunities for cultural understanding and self development for students of Romania and beyond. Volunteers across the country, no matter their section, work together to add value to Erasmus+ students' and trainees' experiences and also get to develop their hard and soft skills, reaching ESN's mission of "Enrichment of society through international students."

Our story

The first local section of Erasmus Student Network in Romania was born in 2004, when ESN Cluj Napoca was accepted within the network. Since then, more and more people started to believe in the mission and vision of Erasmus Student Network and joined it. Today, ESN Romania has 14 local sections in 12 cities, plus a Candidate Section:

ESN Alba Iulia ESN ASE CMP Bucharest ESN Brașov ESN Cluj Napoca ESN Constanța ESN Craiova ESN Iași ESN Pitești ESN Poli ESN Sibiu ESN Suceava ESN Târgu Mureș ESN Timișoara ESN UniBucharest ESN Galați (Candidate)

What do we stand for?

  • Unity in diversity, diversity in the unity: we all have different backgrounds, but share one common aim and goal
  • Students helping students: we passionately commit ourselves to volunteering for the benefit of others
  • Fun in friendship and respect: we enjoy relations based on respect
  • International dimension of life: we are open minded, mobile, like to discover and explore, to co operate and to interact to break borders
  • Love for Europe as an area of peace and cultural exchange: we live and benefit from the cultural richness of Europe to the utmost
  • Openness with tolerance: we understand and accept others and learn from them
  • Cooperation in the integration: we share a holistic view towards internationality