For EU/EEA students, tuition is usually 363 EUR/semester. For non-EU/EEA students, costs start at 727 EUR and can reach 7,500 EUR/semester for certain courses. At private universities, all international students should expect to pay between: 6,000 – 15,000 EUR/academic year for a Bachelor's degree.

Considering your application as early as possible is the best way to go. After all, the sooner you gain acceptance into a university, the sooner you can arrange your travels. Application deadlines will be different depending on the school, but, for programs starting in the fall (September/October), applications will generally be open from early in the year (January/February) until the middle of the year (June/July). Many universities may have a shorter window of accepting applications.

Entry requirements vary widely between universities and between countries, so we will guide you to provide the necessary documents for the Universities that you have shortlisted.

You may be asked to provide some supporting documentation as part of your application. Once again, requirements vary depending on the country and university, but international students are often asked to provide the following :

• Passport photos for identification
  
• A statement of purpose
• CV/résumé
• Academic references/ letters of recommendation
• Certificate and transcripts of your secondary education
• Proof of English-language proficiency (e.g. a TOEFL/IELTS certificate, for schools in English-speaking countries), or other language test
• Admissions test results (e.g. GMAT/GRE results, for graduate programs) – If required

This depends on the country you wish to study in, and the language your course will be taught in. If you’re not a native English speaker but wish to study a course taught in English, you will have to prove you can speak the language to a fairly high level, by providing English-language test results. This is to ensure you will be able to follow your course without any comprehension problems.

Some universities hold international interviews in various locations around the world, so you may be expected to attend one of these. There is also a growing trend of using video interviewing. This is like any other interview, with a prearranged time and date, but will take place online, via an application such as Skype

Yes, and this only applies to longer periods of international study; if you’re participating in a shorter exchange, last three months or less, a tourist or visitor visa may suffice. However, to pursue a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, research or a certification program, a student visa is required.

This will depend on whether or not your student visa allows you to work. In some countries there are restrictions on the amount of paid work you can undertake during your studies. Often there’s a limit of 20 hours’ paid work per week during term time, with full-time work permitted during holidays.

The average length for degree programmes is :

• Bachelor's degree programme: 3 years / 4 Years
• Master's degree programme: 1 / 2 years
  

Each European country has adopted different regulations to allow students to stay on after their studies to look for a job. However, the European Union has requested that international students can stay at least for 9 months to look for a suitable work opportunity.

A UK Masters degree is worth 180 credits. Elsewhere in Europe a Masters is worth 120 / 90 or 60 ECTS credits.

Applications for postgraduate study are usually handled directly by universities and most will require some (or all) of the following :

• Evidence of your final (or predicted) undergraduate grades
• A personal statement, explaining why you want to study this course
• One or two references (ideally including previous course tutors)
• Information on how you expect to fund postgraduate study
• Evidence of language ability (if you are studying in a second language)
• Scores from graduate admissions tests (if you are applying for more selective / competitive programmes)
• Some universities interview applicants to check they have chosen the right course or to select from a shortlist of candidates for programmes with limited places.