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).
International students in North Macedonia – EU citizens included – pay fees for foreign students. At UKIM each faculty sets them, per year of study (60 ECTS).
Examples for first-cycle programmes in 2026/27:
On top of that there is a fee of MKD 750 for student activities.
For comparison: a Macedonian student on a state-funded place pays €200, and on a self-funded place €400 (in denars). In the second cycle, a foreign student pays e.g. €1,000 per semester at the Faculty of Law.
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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