Study in Europe: 33 countries compared
What a degree costs, what living costs, and how many students come from abroad — for every country in the European Commission's Study in Europe programme, with a guide to each.
33
countries, each with a guide
26.8 million
students in higher education (latest year for each country)
2.2 million
of them enrolled for a degree from abroad
8
charge EU/EEA students no tuition at public institutions
Side by side
Click a column to sort. Ranges are what each country's profile quotes, so they don't measure the same thing everywhere: one country quotes its public universities, another its English-taught programmes, a third a range across everything. Read the guide before comparing two countries on fees alone.
| (sortable) | EU/EEA tuition | On CollegeMatcher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | €1,453 | €950–1,100 | 442,235 | 20.8% | 16 | Free | Directory |
| Belgium | €1,200–8,000 | €800–1,000 | 551,141 | 8.8% | 53 | Fees | Directory |
| Bulgaria | €562–5,360 | €500–900 | 195,697 | 7.9% | 0 | Not stated | Guide |
| Croatia | €1,000–10,400 | €400–800 | 155,387 | 3.5% | 9 | Not stated | Guide |
| Cyprus | €4,100–10,250 | — | 57,889 | 21.6% | 2 | Partly | Guide |
| Czechia | — | €500–750 | 343,827 | 16.7% | 15 | Partly | Directory |
| Denmark | €6,000–16,000 | €1,000–1,700 | 290,902 | 9.9% | 11 | Free | Matcher |
| Estonia | €1,500–15,000 | €300–500 | 44,377 | 9.8% | 16 | Not stated | Guide |
| Finland | €8,000–20,000 | €900–1,200 | 338,808 | 10.5% | 29 | Free | Matcher |
| France | €2,895–3,941 | €800–1,200 | 2,879,212 | 9.9% | 110 | Fees | Matcher |
| Germany | — | €1,150 | 3,272,087 | 13.4% | 72 | Free | Directory |
| Greece | €3,000–15,000 | €700–1,200 | 885,486 | 2.6% | 20 | Partly | Matcher |
| Hungary | — | €500–600 | 310,414 | 13.9% | 12 | Not stated | Guide |
| Iceland | €600–800 | €1,300–1,900 | 20,884 | 10.6% | 1 | Free | Directory |
| Ireland | €9,850–25,500 | €950–1,500 | 286,900 | 12.1% | 18 | Fees | Directory |
| Italy | €900–4,000 | €700–1,100 | 2,311,826 | 5.3% | 84 | Fees | Directory |
| Latvia | €1,800–15,000 | €450–700 | 74,017 | 14.1% | 2 | Not stated | Guide |
| Liechtenstein | €2,640 | €1,600 | 968 | 85.8%2022 | 0 | Fees | Guide |
| Lithuania | from €1,300 | €500–800 | 100,744 | 11.4% | 11 | Not stated | Guide |
| Luxembourg | €800 | €1,500 | 8,364 | 51.5% | 3 | Fees | Guide |
| Malta | €1,000–12,000 | €900–1,400 | 22,276 | 35.6% | 3 | Fees | Guide |
| Netherlands | €6,000–20,000 | €1,000–1,500 | 969,491 | 13.7%2021 | 32 | Fees | Directory |
| North Macedonia | — | — | 56,761 | 10.2% | 1 | Not stated | Guide |
| Norway | €11,000–33,000 | — | 315,674 | 4.2% | 16 | Free | Matcher |
| Poland | €2,000–12,000 | €330–430 | 1,397,522 | 6.8% | 28 | Not stated | Directory |
| Portugal | — | — | 430,226 | 12.9% | 72 | Not stated | Matcher |
| Romania | €2,000–5,000 | €600–900 | 544,623 | 7.0% | 10 | Fees | Directory |
| Serbia | €750–20,000 | €750–2,000 | 249,768 | 4.6% | 7 | Not stated | Guide |
| Slovakia | €750–11,000 | €350–700 | 141,119 | 15.6% | 3 | Partly | Guide |
| Slovenia | €2,000–15,000 | €400–800 | 80,648 | 11.8% | 10 | Free | Matcher |
| Spain | €700–3,500 | €700–1,200 | 2,444,285 | 4.6% | 101 | Fees | Matcher |
| Sweden | €7,270–26,820 | €970 | 494,296 | 7.2% | 30 | Free | Matcher |
| Türkiye | €250–1,200 | €400–800 | 7,081,289 | 4.8% | 4 | Not stated | Directory |
“From abroad” is the share of tertiary students who came from another country for a whole degree; exchange students aren't counted. “Mundus” counts Erasmus Mundus joint master's with a university in the country. Where a country's profile gives no figure, the cell is blank rather than estimated.
No tuition for EU/EEA students
At public institutions, per each country's profile.
Most students from abroad
Degree-mobile students, latest year.
- Germany 438,260
- Türkiye 336,372
- France 284,865
- Netherlands 135,535
- Italy 123,392
Most international
Share of all students who came from abroad.
- Liechtenstein 85.8%
- Luxembourg 51.5%
- Malta 35.6%
- Cyprus 21.6%
- Austria 20.8%
Erasmus Mundus joint master's
206master's programmes run jointly by universities in several countries — you study in at least two — open to students from anywhere, many with EU-funded scholarships. Search them by field, length and the countries you'd study in.
Find an Erasmus Mundus master's →Country guides
20 of these countries also have a full university directory or matcher on CollegeMatcher, linked from their guide.
- Study in Austria
- Study in Belgium
- Study in Bulgaria
- Study in Croatia
- Study in Cyprus
- Study in Czechia
- Study in Denmark
- Study in Estonia
- Study in Finland
- Study in France
- Study in Germany
- Study in Greece
- Study in Hungary
- Study in Iceland
- Study in Ireland
- Study in Italy
- Study in Latvia
- Study in Liechtenstein
- Study in Lithuania
- Study in Luxembourg
- Study in Malta
- Study in the Netherlands
- Study in North Macedonia
- Study in Norway
- Study in Poland
- Study in Portugal
- Study in Romania
- Study in Serbia
- Study in Slovakia
- Study in Slovenia
- Study in Spain
- Study in Sweden
- Study in Türkiye
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Country guidance adapted from the European Commission’s Study in Europe country profiles, © European Union, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Condensed, restructured and combined with other data by CollegeMatcher. Original profiles.
Student numbers: Eurostat, tables educ_uoe_enrt01 (tertiary enrolment) and educ_uoe_mobs02 (degree-mobile students from abroad).
Programmes: the Erasmus Mundus Catalogue of the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA); partner institutions from the Erasmus+ Project Results Platform. © European Union, CC BY 4.0.