🇷🇸 18 universities · 248,509 students in higher education · 2,372 programmes in the register
Higher education in Serbia — 62.0% of students pay their own way.
How many study at each university, how many are on state-funded places and how many pay tuition, how many graduate — and every faculty and programme in the Ministry of Education's register for 2025/26. Figures from the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia.
Students, 2025/26 (preliminary)
248,509
On state-funded places
38.0%
94,465 students
At state universities
70.2%
174,440 students
Graduates, 2025 (preliminary)
32,531
What it costs, and what isn't here
“State-funded” is SORS's “budget” category: students on places the state finances, who pay no tuition. Everyone else is “self-financing” and pays the tuition the institution sets. Private institutions have no state-funded places. A graduate counted as “partly state-funded” financed part of their studies each way.
Tuition for self-financing students is set by each institution and is not published as open data — the Ministry of Education's open tuition feed holds only placeholders — so ask the faculty for the current amount. For first-year places at state institutions, the government sets each year how many are state-funded, and each faculty ranks its applicants for state-funded and self-financing places.
No tuition, entrance cut-offs or graduate outcomes are published per institution as open data, and SORS's open database gives student numbers per university only — not per faculty or programme — so this is a directory, not a matcher.
The 9 state universities
The 2025 figures are SORS's preliminary results and may be revised. Student numbers are for the 2025/26 school year; graduates are those who completed their studies in the 2025 calendar year.
| State university | Students, 2025/26 | State-funded | Graduates, 2025 | Programmes in the register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of BelgradeUniverzitet u Beogradu · Belgrade | 89,577 | 42.9% | 9,233 | 486 |
| University of ArtsUniverzitet umetnosti · Belgrade | 2,981 | 63.2% | 432 | 79 |
| University of DefenseUniverzitet odbrane · Belgrade | 1,100 | 78.8% | 218 | 15 |
| University of KragujevacUniverzitet u Kragujevcu · Kragujevac | 14,375 | 54.4% | 1,793 | 192 |
| University of NišUniverzitet u Nišu · Niš | 21,245 | 49.1% | 1,831 | 190 |
| University of Novi SadUniverzitet u Novom Sadu · Novi Sad | 42,048 | 50.0% | 3,729 | 433 |
| University of Novi PazarUniverzitet u Novom Pazaru · Novi Pazar | 2,327 | 44.3% | 84 | 40 |
| University of Criminalistics and Police StudiesKriminalističko-policijski univerzitet · Belgrade | 787 | 44.7% | 263 | 13 |
| University of Priština, temporarily seated in Kosovska MitrovicaUniverzitet u Prištini sa privremenim sedištem u Kosovskoj Mitrovici · Kosovska Mitrovica | No SORS figures | — | — | 146 |
SORS's figures exclude AP Kosovo and Metohija: in its own words, “starting from 1999 the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia has not at disposal and may not provide available certain data relative to AP Kosovo and Metohija”. The University of Priština, temporarily seated in Kosovska Mitrovica, is therefore listed from the ministry's register only, with no student or graduate figures.
The 9 private universities
Private universities have no state-funded places: all 32,315 of their students in 2025/26 are self-financing. Their faculties are often registered separately, and the register doesn't say which university each belongs to — so a private university's programme count here covers only what is registered under its own name.
| Private university | Students, 2025/26 | State-funded | Graduates, 2025 | Programmes in the register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University “Singidunum”Univerzitet „Singidunum“ · Belgrade | 8,300 | None | 1,238 | 42 |
| University “Union – Nikola Tesla”Univerzitet „Union – Nikola Tesla“ · Belgrade | 4,627 | None | 1,059 | 1 |
| University “Union”Univerzitet „Union“ · Belgrade | 4,226 | None | 553 | 0 |
| “Alfa BK” University„Alfa BK“ univerzitet · Belgrade | 1,241 | None | 275 | 25 |
| University “Metropolitan”Univerzitet „Metropolitan“ · Belgrade | 759 | None | 176 | 24 |
| University “Educons”Univerzitet „Edukons“ · Sremska Kamenica | 2,468 | None | 385 | 22 |
| University “Business Academy”Univerzitet „Privredna akademija“ · Novi Sad | 8,460 | None | 1,571 | 4 |
| International University in Novi PazarInternacionalni univerzitet u Novom Pazaru · Novi Pazar | 1,208 | None | 151 | 13 |
| University “MB”Univerzitet „MB“ · Belgrade | 1,026 | None | 451 | 0 |
SORS also lists University “Megatrend” and European University, with no students in 2025/26: University “Megatrend” last reported 449 in 2022/23; European University last reported 7 in 2023/24.
Students in Serbia, 2021/22–2025/26
State-funded (dark) and self-financing (light), all higher-education institutions.
* preliminary
Where the 248,509 study
- State universities174,440 · 70.2%
- Private universities32,315 · 13.0%
- Private faculties not part of a university3,295 · 1.3%
- State academies and higher schools of applied studies30,022 · 12.1%
- Private higher schools of applied studies8,437 · 3.4%
SORS, 2025/26, preliminary. It publishes academies, higher schools and stand-alone faculties as these totals only, not per institution.
Academies and higher schools of applied studies
The 22 public academies and higher schools of applied studies (strukovne studije — professionally oriented degrees) in the register, with their programmes for 2025/26. SORS counts 30,022 students at them together, 42.0% on state-funded places, but publishes no figure per school.
- Akademija strukovnih studija BeogradAcademy of applied studies · Belgrade (Zemun)27 programmes
- Akademija strukovnih studija Južna srbijaAcademy of applied studies · Leskovac22 programmes
- Akademija strukovnih studija kosovsko metohijska LeposavićAcademy of applied studies · Leposavić19 programmes
- Akademija strukovnih studija PolitehnikaAcademy of applied studies · Belgrade (Zvezdara)53 programmes
- Akademija strukovnih studija ŠabacAcademy of applied studies · Šabac24 programmes
- Akademija strukovnih studija ŠumadijaAcademy of applied studies · Kragujevac31 programmes
- Akademija strukovnih studija Zapadna srbijaAcademy of applied studies · Užice29 programmes
- Akademija tehničko-umetničkih strukovnih studija BeogradAcademy of applied studies · Belgrade (Palilula)47 programmes
- Akademija tehničko-vaspitačkih strukovnih studijaAcademy of applied studies · Niš (Crveni Krst)37 programmes
- Akademija vaspitačko-medicinskih strukovnih studijaHigher school of applied studies · Kruševac22 programmes
- Beogradska akademija poslovnih i umetničkih strukovnih studijaAcademy of applied studies · Belgrade (Zvezdara)17 programmes
- Toplička akademija strukovnih studijaAcademy of applied studies · Prokuplje21 programmes
- Visoka poslovna škola strukovnih studijaHigher school of applied studies · Novi Sad10 programmes
- Visoka strukovna vaspitačka i medicinska škola u VršcuHigher school of applied studies · Vršac9 programmes
- Visoka škola strukovnih studija - SirmijumHigher school of applied studies · Sremska Mitrovica10 programmes
- Visoka škola strukovnih studija Vazduhoplovna akademijaHigher school of applied studies · Belgrade (Stari Grad)1 programme
- Visoka škola strukovnih studija za obrazovanje vaspitačaHigher school of applied studies · Novi Sad2 programmes
- Visoka škola strukovnih studija za obrazovanje vaspitača i treneraHigher school of applied studies · Subotica11 programmes
- Visoka škola strukovnih studija za obrazovanje vaspitača u KikindiHigher school of applied studies · Kikinda4 programmes
- Visoka tehnička škola strukovnih studijaHigher school of applied studies · Novi Sad17 programmes
- Visoka tehnička škola strukovnih studijaHigher school of applied studies · Subotica13 programmes
- Visoka tehnička škola strukovnih studija u ZrenjaninuHigher school of applied studies · Zrenjanin8 programmes
Other private faculties and higher schools
37 private institutions the register lists under their own name with at least one programme in 2025/26 (a further 22 are registered with none). Some are faculties of a private university and some are independent — the register doesn't say which, so none is attributed here. SORS counts 11,732 students at private faculties outside a university and private higher schools of applied studies combined.
- Fakultet društvenih naukaFaculty · Belgrade (Novi Beograd)8 programmes
- Fakultet savremenih umetnostiFaculty · Belgrade (Stari Grad)6 programmes
- Fakultet za bankarstvo, osiguranje i finansijeFaculty · Belgrade (Stari Grad)6 programmes
- Fakultet za ekonomiju i inženjerski menadžmentFaculty · Novi Sad11 programmes
- Fakultet za informacione tehnologije i inženjerstvoFaculty · Belgrade (Novi Beograd)4 programmes
- Fakultet za inženjerski menadžmentFaculty · Belgrade (Savski Venac)4 programmes
- Fakultet za medije i komunikacijuFaculty · Belgrade (Savski Venac)14 programmes
- Fakultet za menadžment u Sremskim KarlovcimaFaculty · Sremski Karlovci8 programmes
- Fakultet za poslovne studije i pravoFaculty · Belgrade (Novi Beograd)18 programmes
- Fakultet za pravne i poslovne studije „Dr Lazar Vrkatić“Faculty · Novi Sad1 programme
- Fakultet za primenjeni menadžment, ekonomiju i finansijeFaculty · Belgrade (Stari Grad)3 programmes
- Fakultet za primenjenu ekologiju „Futura“Faculty · Belgrade (Čukarica)2 programmes
- Fakultet za projektni i inovacioni menadžment u Beogradu prof. dr Petar JovanovićFaculty · Belgrade (Voždovac)3 programmes
- Fakultet za sportFaculty · Belgrade (Novi Beograd)7 programmes
- Fakultet za sport i psihologiju TIMS Novi SadFaculty · Novi Sad6 programmes
- Farmaceutski fakultetFaculty · Novi Sad7 programmes
- FEFAFaculty · Belgrade (Savski Venac)8 programmes
- Pravni fakultetFaculty · Belgrade (Novi Beograd)4 programmes
- Pravni fakultet za privredu i pravosuđeFaculty · Novi Sad6 programmes
- Računarski fakultetFaculty · Belgrade (Stari Grad)10 programmes
- Visoka brodarska škola akademskih studijaHigher school · Belgrade (Savski Venac)2 programmes
- Visoka medicinska škola strukovnih studija „Sveti Vasilije Ostroški“Higher school of applied studies · Belgrade (Stari Grad)4 programmes
- Visoka poslovna škola strukovnih studija „Čačak“Higher school of applied studies · Belgrade (Zemun)2 programmes
- Visoka poslovna škola strukovnih studija „Prof. dr Radomir Bojković“Higher school of applied studies · Kruševac4 programmes
- Visoka sportska i zdravstvena škola strukovnih studijaHigher school of applied studies · Belgrade (Čukarica)4 programmes
- Visoka strukovna škola - Internacionalni centar za profesionalne studijeHigher school of applied studies · Belgrade (Novi Beograd)14 programmes
- Visoka škola „Akademija za poslovnu ekonomiju“Higher school · Čačak4 programmes
- Visoka škola Akademija za hotelijerstvo, turizam i velnesHigher school2 programmes
- Visoka škola modernog biznisaHigher school · Belgrade (Stari Grad)1 programme
- Visoka škola strukovnih studija „Sportska akademija“Higher school of applied studies · Belgrade (Stari Grad)3 programmes
- Visoka škola strukovnih studija biznisa „BIZNIS“Higher school of applied studies · Niš (Medijana)1 programme
- Visoka škola strukovnih studija za informacione tehnologijeHigher school of applied studies · Belgrade (Zemun)9 programmes
- Visoka škola strukovnih studija za kriminalistiku i bezbednost NišHigher school of applied studies · Niš (Medijana)3 programmes
- Visoka škola strukovnih studija za menadžment i poslovne komunikacijeHigher school of applied studies · Belgrade (Zemun)3 programmes
- Visoka škola za poslovnu ekonomiju i preduzetništvoHigher school · Belgrade (Palilula)7 programmes
- Visoka zdravstvena škola strukovnih studija „Medika“Higher school of applied studies · Belgrade (Palilula)4 programmes
- Visoka zdravstveno-sanitarna škola strukovnih studija „VISAN“Higher school of applied studies · Belgrade (Zemun)10 programmes
Faculties and programmes are from the Ministry of Education's register for 2025/26. The register does not record which university a faculty belongs to: public faculties are assigned by CollegeMatcher, and a private faculty is shown under a university only where its registered name says so. It has no language-of-instruction or ECTS field, so neither is shown; a programme's language appears only where its name states it.
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Student and graduate figures — Source: Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (SORS), database tables 11040107 (students enrolled by way of financing, by universities and sex) and 11040205 (graduated students by way of financing, by universities and sex). Modified by: CollegeMatcher. Note on modification: shares, percentages and the selection of years are CollegeMatcher's calculations, and “state-funded” is our label for SORS's “budget” category. University names are SORS's own.
Faculties and programmes — Source: Ministry of Education of the Republic of Serbia (Министарство просвете), “ВИСОКО ОБРАЗОВАЊЕ - Подаци о студијским програмима” and “ВИСОКО ОБРАЗОВАЊЕ - Контакт подаци”, data.gov.rs, downloaded 2026-10-19 from https://opendata.mpn.gov.rs/srv/Vs/StudijskiProgramiJSON and https://opendata.mpn.gov.rs/srv/Vs/kontaktPodaciJSON, under the data.gov.rs open-data licence. Changes: duplicate rows removed; names transliterated from Cyrillic to Latin script; levels translated; faculties assigned to universities by CollegeMatcher (the register records no affiliation); towns, websites and the University of Priština's English name added by CollegeMatcher.
17 of the 18 universities have SORS figures.