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Croatia

Country: Croatia

Population (million): 3.9 (2025)

Area (km²): 56594

Official language: Croatian

Currency: euro (since 1 January 2023)

Dialling code: +385

Internet users (million): 2.5 (2025)

Number of students: 155,387 (2024)

Students as % of population aged 20-24: 43.6 (2024)

Women among students (%): 58.5 (2024)

Students - bachelor's level: 87,629 (2024)

Students - master's level: 62,942 (2024)

Students - doctoral level: 4,788 (2024)

Tuition fees - bachelor's (EUR per year): free for EU citizens in full-time study – costs covered by the ministry (2026/27); non-EU students pay fees set by the institution

Tuition fees - master's (EUR per year): free for EU citizens in full-time study – costs covered by the ministry (2026/27); non-EU students pay fees set by the institution

Full-time study at public institutions is free for EU citizens (English-taught programmes may charge fees), with costs covered by the Ministry of Science, while non-EU students pay fees set by the institution – around €1,000–6,000 a year in the natural and technical sciences. Croatia offers more than 1,850 programmes, around 100 of them in English, and a student residence place costs around €35–130 a month. Read about admission, living costs and student jobs.

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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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