How much do international schools cost in Romania in 2026?

Bucharest hosts the country’s densest international school map, with American, British, and IB-style campuses serving embassy and corporate corridors north of the centre. As one planning example, the American International School of Bucharest (AISB) publishes 2026–27 annual tuition near €7,810 for EC2 half day, €13,600 for EC2 full day or EC3/EC4, €24,850 for kindergarten, about €26,040 for grades 1–5, and roughly €26,270–€28,050 through middle and high school. Always verify the live fee page before you freeze a spreadsheet; registration, capital or building levies, bus, lunch, and activities stack on top. Other Bucharest international campuses publish their own euro or lei sheets in the same five-figure neighbourhood even when the brand differs.

Cluj-Napoca and Timișoara have thinner English or IB menus than the capital. Families still face five-figure euro years when a private international track exists, or they accept Romanian public school with a different language path: Living in Cluj-Napoca. Nursery years before primary still matter because private grădiniță invoices can already rival rent before AISB-style years begin: Childcare costs.

Two children at international secondary levels can push annual tuition into the same order of magnitude as a year of Floreasca rent. Public Romanian schools remove that fee shock but change language support and peer networks: How expensive is Romania. Lease choice and school bus lines travel together when you pick northern Bucharest corridors versus outer sectors; a cheaper Titan flat that adds ninety minutes of bus each day is not a clean saving once you count adult time.

Rebuild monthly cash with school invoices as fixed annuals: Monthly budget. Sibling discounts help; they rarely erase a second child’s year. Keep deposits and first-year registration cash outside the thin monthly fantasy you used for a single remote worker.