Sculeni (Yiddish: סקולען, Skulen) is a commune in Ungheni District, Moldova.

The Romanian boyar and heir apparent to the Moldavian throne Grigore Mihail Sturdza was born in Sculeni in 1821.

He was the son of Prince Mihail Sturdza, a scion of Wallachian and Moldavian nobility.

The town had an important Jewish community before World War II.

[3] In June 1941, hundreds of Jews from the area were murdered in mass executions perpetrated by a death squad of Romanian troops.