🇲🇰 How to apply to university in North Macedonia

There is no central application system: you apply to each institution directly. Programmes usually start: Each university sets its own calendar; Ss. Cyril and Methodius University's 2025 call for foreign students ran from 19 August to 29 September.

Checked on 22 October 2026 against the official sources listed below.

The essentials

Application system: None — apply to each institution on its own website.
When programmes start: Each university sets its own calendar; Ss. Cyril and Methodius University's 2025 call for foreign students ran from 19 August to 29 September.
International applicants: International students apply to each university directly, following its own call for foreign students; fees for foreign students are set by each university.
Language: Macedonian (or Albanian) for most programmes; English-taught programmes may ask for proof of English.

Key dates

Each university publishes its own call. Ss. Cyril and Methodius University's call for foreign students in 2025 ran from 19 August to 29 September; the next call's dates were not yet published when we checked.

The dates for the next intake haven't been published yet. We add them once the official source does.

Your checklist

The usual steps for an international student applying to a bachelor's in North Macedonia, in order. Tick them off as you go — your ticks stay in this browser, with no account.

1.Choose a university and programme; each university publishes its own call for foreign students.
2.Check the language: most programmes are taught in Macedonian (Albanian at some universities); Ss. Cyril and Methodius lists a few programmes taught entirely in English.
3.Apply in the call's window — at Ss. Cyril and Methodius, foreign applicants send an electronic application and then hand in original documents at the Rectorate in Skopje.
4.Pay the tuition set for foreign students: Ss. Cyril and Methodius listed €2,000–€5,000 for its English-taught programmes in 2025.
5.Apply for a temporary residence permit for study once you are accepted.

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Next steps

Sources

Written by CollegeMatcher in our own words from these official pages, checked on 22 October 2026. Dates change every year.

Ss. Cyril and Methodius University — Information for enrollment of foreign students