摘要:The financing system of higher education is a relevant tool in order to achieve the objectives of
Europe 2020 strategy related to increasing the number of university graduates while ensuring the quality of
the educational activities. The accessibility rules to financial resources determine the efficiency of the higher
education institutions and, ultimately, the social and economic performance of a country. There is an evident
trend at the European level to finance the performance of the universities, not their mere existence in the
educational environment. However, Romania did not actually initiate such approaches in financing public
higher education, which is why the negative aspects that characterize the tertiary education system are
becoming clearer. This paper highlights the negative issues which characterize the Romanian financing
system of higher education, compared with current trends related to the modernization of financing system
of higher education.