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Tuition fees in Europe

Germany

Country: Germany

Population (million): 83.6 (2025)

Area (km²): 357022

Official language: German

Currency: euro (since 1 January 1999)

Dialling code: +49

Internet users (million): 58.6 (2025)

Number of students: 3,272,087 (2024)

Students as % of population aged 20-24: 32.5 (2024)

Women among students (%): 50.6 (2024)

Students - bachelor's level: 1,932,838 (2024)

Students - master's level: 1,123,568 (2024)

Students - doctoral level: 204,945 (2024)

Tuition fees - bachelor's (EUR per year): no tuition at most public universities, only a semester contribution, e.g. €189.80 per semester in Heidelberg; non-EU: €1,500 per semester in Baden-Württemberg (2026)

Tuition fees - master's (EUR per year): usually no tuition at public universities, only a semester contribution; some programmes charge fees, and non-EU students pay fees in Baden-Württemberg and at TU Munich (2026)

Most public universities charge no tuition for bachelor's programmes, only a semester contribution such as €189.80 at Heidelberg; non-EU students pay fees in Baden-Württemberg (€1,500 per semester) and at TU Munich. In the 2025/26 winter semester 422 institutions offered 22,426 programmes, 2,383 of them in English. See how to apply, what a student residence costs (€318 a month on average) and how much you can work.

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Sources: European Commission – Study in Europe (education.ec.europa.eu/study-in-europe), Eurostat, official national study and residence portals and authorities, Eurodesk, enic-naric.net, studentnews.eu. As of September 2026.

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