
Serbia is not in the EU, so all international students – EU citizens included – pay fees for foreign students. Each institution, or even each faculty, sets its own. According to Study in Serbia they are usually €750 to €20,000 a year, around €2,500 on average. Study in Europe notes that at public institutions programmes in Serbian may be state-funded – ask your faculty whether this applies to foreigners.
Example: School of Electrical Engineering, University of Belgrade (ETF), 2025/26:
Books and study materials usually cost another €100–250 a year.
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.