At Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, foreign students – EU citizens included – pay from €800 a year in philology to €5,000 for medicine in English. North Macedonia has 7 state and 14 private universities, and students who live here to study don't need a work permit. Find out how each faculty sets its fees and what a studio flat costs (€80–120 a month).
The official languages are Macedonian (written in Cyrillic) and Albanian. At UKIM teaching is mainly in Macedonian.
If you don't speak Macedonian, UKIM runs a one-year programme "Macedonian Language for Foreigners" (60 ECTS) at the Blaže Koneski Faculty of Philology. Classes are intensive, and at the end you receive a certificate of the exam you passed. There is also a similar one-year English programme.
UKIM teaches in English in programmes including:
For doctoral studies UKIM requires an English certificate at level B2.
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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