
Planning to study abroad? Start with the country, not the university. For each of 35 countries we have gathered what you would otherwise look for on a dozen different websites: what the universities are like, how admission works, what studying and living cost, where to look for scholarships and whether you can work while you study. With links to official sources.
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New articles every week about EU-funded research projects, written for students. Every article ends with a short quiz – check what you remember.

A pill that checks how your gut is doing, then simply gets digested like a meal, sounds like science fiction. Yet the EU-supported ELFO project, run at the Italian Institute of Technology from 2020 to 2025, built exactly this kind of electronics from honey, toothpaste pigment, seaweed and red cabbage juice. The aim is safer, more sustainable devices that could one day replace some invasive procedures — and at the end you can check whether you would trust a pill with a sensor.

Almost everyone has a memory they would happily get rid of: an awkward moment, a painful scene, something that keeps coming back at the worst possible moment, often late at night. Johannes Gräff, a neuroscientist at EPFL in Lausanne, studies whether such memories can really be deleted. His answer is yes, in principle, but with a catch that matters a lot once you move from mice to people — and at the end you can check how you deal with your own difficult memories.

Diabetic foot ulcers affect about a quarter of the more than 800 million people with diabetes worldwide. Today they are mostly cleaned and dressed, which means treating the symptoms. The EU-funded APTADEGRAD project takes a different route: its compounds remove excess inflammatory proteins from the wound by recruiting the natural recycling system inside our cells – and at the end you can check whether you have a head for biotechnology.

A semester abroad, a traineeship after graduation or a free train pass at 18 – here is what Erasmus+ offers and how to apply.

ID card or passport, the new EES border checks, passenger rights, free roaming, the euro and the EHIC card – ten short guides for your next trip.
Road trip, Erasmus or a summer job abroad? Before you set off: these rules change from country to country.
Driving abroad? Check where you need a vignette, where you pay at toll booths and where the motorway is free – click a country for the details.

Where to look, your rights without a work permit, CV and interview, recognition of diplomas, contract and insurance, internships – and how to spot a job scam.
Where is it easiest to find a job, how much is the minimum wage and what do you do in your first weeks? Key figures and practical tips for every EU country, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and the UK.

