Universities in Europe's small states

Luxembourg

Regulator: Ministry of Research and Higher Education (MESR) · List of recognised and accredited higher-education programmes (updated 17.07.2026) · read 24 October 2026

The ministry's list covers the Université du Luxembourg, whose programmes are recognised by law, two specialised higher-education institutions with accredited programmes (LUNEX and the Luxembourg School of Business), and 15 lycées that run accredited BTS programmes (brevet de technicien supérieur, a two-year higher-education diploma). Each programme is shown with its validity dates as the list gives them (day.month.year). Only programmes still valid on 17 July 2026, the list's own date, are shown; a programme that starts after that date is shown "from" its start. The list also keeps 38 programmes whose accreditation had ended by then — some with a run-out period for students already enrolled — at these and 8 other institutions; they are counted here, not listed.

To check recognition: MESR: recognition of higher-education qualifications.

• Studying in Luxembourg — fees, living costs and visas, from the European Commission's Study in Europe profile

Andorra

Quality agency: Agència de Qualitat de l’Ensenyament Superior d’Andorra (AQUA) · AQUA activity report 2025 (presented 2 June 2026) · AQUA activity report 2024 · Official gazette (BOPA) · read 24 October 2026

These are the eight universities in the activity report that Andorra's higher-education quality agency, AQUA, presented to the Consell General on 2 June 2026 (the system it describes at the end of 2025). The Universitat d’Andorra is the only public university and was created by law; private universities are authorised by the Government (Llei 14/2018 de l’ensenyament superior, art. 13.2), and each authorisation is announced in the official gazette, the BOPA — the year and the notice are shown for each. Most are online or blended universities; the types are our English for the BOPA notices' wording. The authorisations of the Universitat de les Valls (2016) and the Universitat Oberta La Salle (2021) were revoked by law, and they are not listed.

To check recognition: AQUA: quality assurance and accreditation of study plans.

San Marino

Legal texts: Consiglio Grande e Generale (laws and decrees) · Legge 31 ottobre 1985 n.127 · Decreto Delegato 11 settembre 2024 n.150 · read 24 October 2026

San Marino has two higher-education institutions, both public. The Università degli Studi della Repubblica di San Marino was established by Legge 31 ottobre 1985 n.127 as a public body with administrative autonomy. The Istituto Musicale Sammarinese is a public-law institute (Decreto Delegato 11 settembre 2024 n.150, which replaced its 1994 founding law) that may run academic courses leading to its own qualifications. The national statistics office publishes no student numbers per institution; the one figure shown is the university's employees from its public-sector staff table.

Figures: Fonte: Ufficio Nazionale di Statistica della Repubblica di San Marino (Supplemento al Bollettino di Statistica 2025, Tavola 4.2), licensed under the statistics office's terms (use and publication allowed with the source cited); the employee count restated by CollegeMatcher.

Holy See — pontifical universities in Rome, Italy

Holy See body: Dicastery for Culture and Education (DCE) · DCE database of ecclesiastical institutions · read 24 October 2026

These are the pontifical universities and athenaea of the Holy See located in Rome, Italy, as the Dicastery for Culture and Education's database lists them (9). The database lists no institution in Vatican City State itself. It also lists pontifical faculties and institutes in Rome, some of them part of these universities, which are not shown here. The Dicastery marks the database as a beta version and says its completeness depends on each institution keeping its own record up to date. These universities award the Holy See's ecclesiastical degrees; they are not part of Italy's state university system and are not in this site's Italy section.

To check recognition: DCE: recognition of qualifications.

• Universities in Italy — Italy's state and recognised universities, from the Ministry of Universities and Research

Monaco

Official site: Government of Monaco (Mon Service Public) · Higher education in Monaco (government page) · checked 24 October 2026

Monaco's government publishes its own list of the higher-education institutions in Monaco on its Mon Service Public site, linked above. That site's terms of use forbid reproducing any of its content — names included — without the Government's permission, so the list is not restated here. See the regulator’s own website.