Study in Europe

Studying in Europe – practical information

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.

35 countries
11 chapters on every country
for EU and non-EU students

What you will find for each country

Universities
Study system
Admission
Entrance exams
Language
Residence and formalities
Tuition fees
Accommodation and living costs
Scholarships
Working while studying
Useful links

Choose a country

Universities in Europe

1. Poland (389)

2. Germany (386)

3. United Kingdom (361)

8. Spain (97)

10. Italy (93)

11. Romania (80)

12. Austria (78)

Science: what Europe is researching now

New articles every week about EU-funded research projects, written for students. Every article ends with a short quiz – check what you remember.

Why do undernutrition and obesity go hand in hand in Ethiopia? + test

In Ethiopia, undernutrition persists while overweight and obesity are rising, especially among women in cities. For years the main response was nutrition education. The EU-supported TAMMIE project handed cameras to women themselves and combined their experiences with policy analysis. It found that money and time, rather than knowledge, stand in the way of healthy diets — and at the end you can check whether you see why this is a problem for the whole system.

Can an algorithm spot dementia risk before symptoms appear? + test

More than 10 million Europeans live with mild cognitive impairment, and about half of them will develop dementia within five years. Yet clinicians still lack an affordable way to tell who is most at risk. The EU-funded AI-Mind project brought EEG recordings, blood biomarkers and cognitive assessments together in an AI-based decision-support system — and at the end you can check whether you caught the key details of the story.

How satellites help the power grid keep pace with sun and wind + test

Sunshine and wind do not follow the schedules of electricity users: when the weather changes, so does the amount of power flowing into the grid. The EU-funded RESPONDENT project set out to reduce this uncertainty by combining data from Europe’s Copernicus and Galileo space programmes with readings from local weather stations, and put its platform to the test in Greece and Spain — and at the end you can check how well you understand the link between satellites and the grid.

11 fields of science

Fundamental Research Health Climate & Environment Food & Natural Resources Space Digital Economy Society Security Industrial Technologies Energy Transport & Mobility

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Where would you like to study?

Bachelor

1. United Kingdom (25057)

8. Netherlands (2283)

9. Portugal (2063)

10. Belgium (1822)

11. Czech Republic (1657)

12. Sweden (1555)

Master

1. United Kingdom (15027)

10. Czech Republic (1773)

11. Sweden (1675)

12. Netherlands (1618)

Integrated Master's

1. United Kingdom (4586)

5. Italy (446)

7. Spain (315)

9. Czech Republic (76)

10. Slovakia (57)

11. Austria (50)

12. Lithuania (19)

What's next after your studies?

Doctorate

1. United Kingdom (2133)

2. Spain (1604)

3. Czech Republic (1463)

10. Belgium (44)

11. Slovenia (38)

12. Estonia (34)

MBA

1. United Kingdom (301)

2. Poland (280)

3. Germany (167)

4. Spain (53)

5. France (42)

10. Belgium (8)

11. Denmark (6)

12. Finland (4)

Other information

How you can learn languages?

How to write clearly?

Erasmus+

How to find a job abroad?

Working in Europe

Tastes of Europe

Skiing in Europe

How you can learn languages?

4. The language of opportunity
Learning a new language - like learning music - requires some effort but is enormously rewarding, and the journey can be as enjoyable as the arrival, as anyone who has embarked on this road can tell you.

How to write clearly?

3. Get your document into shape
If your outline includes a summary, begin with that: you may find it is enough! Put it at the beginning because that is the first (and sometimes the only) part that people will read.

Erasmus+

4. Youth mobility
Youth Exchanges help young people acquire important skills such as project management and teamwork. Such opportunities outside the school environment enable groups of young people to undertake a structured programme of activities (e.g. a mix of workshops, exercises, debates and role plays) in another country within or outside the EU for up to 21 days.

How to find a job abroad?

How to prepare for living abroad?
Adapting to work in a foreign environment is a skill in itself A person who works for a time in Spain, Romania and Sweden, for example, has learnt to adapt to different cultural patterns and knows how to work best and to cooperate with people there. These are very valuable skills. Someone working in a Latin country such as Italy, for example, would get used to managing flexibility, so when someone says '5 minutes’, they know that this may not be the same as 5 minutes would be to a German.

Why work in this country?

Netherlands

Skiing in Europe

Switzerland - winter photo gallery

Tastes of Europe :)

Germany - Swabian-style roast beef with onions
Schwäbischer Zwiebelrostbraten INGREDIENTS (serves 4) • 4 rump steaks • Olive or rapeseed oil • 4 to 6 medium-sized onions • 3 tablespoons of clarified butter • 500 ml of beef stock • 250 ml of dry red wine • Salt and pepper • Fresh thyme in a linen bag To be served with sautéed potatoes and a mixed salad.

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