Romanian undergraduate education system has undergone radical changes in the area of digitalization during the last years. Both Romanian authorities and private stakeholders contributed to this transformation. This paper has the goal to present an extensive overview of the most important measures in terms of digitalization that led to the system as it stands today. The research will divide the 32-year period of the post-communist regime in two distinct parts: the period before the COVID-19 pandemic arose (1990-2020) and the period during and after the pandemic (2020-2022). The paper will cover the public and private projects that were implemented in order to improve the level of technology integration and pupils’ development of digital skills. This study proved that digitalization has always been treated with priority by Romanian decision makers. Nevertheless, the number of implemented initiatives has not been enough for a complete and sustainable technologization of the system. The sudden shift from a face-to-face approach to a complete online one during the pandemic has shown the unpreparedness of the Romanian education system. This shift was extremely difficult both for pupils and teachers. Overall, the contribution of this study to the literature consists in the systematic overview of the main initiatives provided by public authorities and private stakeholders for the modernization of Romanian education. Moreover, the paper captures authorities’ attitude towards the process of technologization of the undergraduate education system.
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