Which countries fit my budget?

Enter what you can spend on your first year, including tuition, rent and the visa. We compare it with the figures in each country guide.

Country	First year, all in (EUR)	Tuition a year	Living a month	Money to show for the visa
Estonia	EUR 5,330 to EUR 21,230	EUR 1,500 to 15,000	EUR 300 to 500	EUR 10,560
Bosnia and Herzegovina	EUR 5,410 to EUR 10,730	BAM 2,000 to 8,800	BAM 700 to 1,000	BAM 4,800
Türkiye	EUR 5,490 to EUR 10,560	USD 750 to 2,400	EUR 400 to 700	Not published
Slovakia	EUR 6,500 to EUR 20,600	EUR 500 to 12,200	EUR 500 to 700	EUR 3,543
Poland	EUR 6,980 to EUR 18,080	EUR 1,500 to 6,000	EUR 450 to 1,000	PLN 12,120
Croatia	EUR 8,290 to EUR 23,690	EUR 1,000 to 10,400	EUR 600 to 1,100	EUR 4,347
Portugal	EUR 8,410 to EUR 9,610	EUR 3,500	EUR 400 to 500	EUR 11,040
Taiwan	EUR 8,440 to EUR 16,730	TWD 101,000 to 124,000	TWD 16,500 to 39,250	Not published
Bulgaria	EUR 8,500 to EUR 11,200	EUR 3,000 to 3,300	EUR 450 to 650	Not published
Italy	EUR 8,750 to EUR 17,450	EUR 300 to 3,000	EUR 700 to 1,200	EUR 10,180
Latvia	EUR 8,770 to EUR 13,470	EUR 3,300 to 5,000	EUR 450 to 700	EUR 9,360
Indonesia	EUR 9,220 to EUR 14,020	IDR 33,000,000 to 129,000,000	USD 678	USD 2,000
Germany	EUR 9,880 to EUR 18,780	EUR 200 to 700	EUR 800 to 1,500	EUR 11,904
Romania	EUR 9,930 to EUR 10,200	EUR 2,430 to 2,700	EUR 600	RON 51,900
Spain	EUR 9,980 to EUR 25,070	EUR 1,500 to 8,186	EUR 700 to 1,400	EUR 7,200
South Korea	EUR 10,030 to EUR 12,030	KRW 6,034,163	KRW 750,000 to 1,000,000	KRW 20,000,000
Lithuania	EUR 10,030 to EUR 18,680	EUR 3,950 to 9,000	EUR 500 to 800	EUR 6,924
Japan	EUR 10,230 to EUR 10,840	JPY 535,800 to 642,960	JPY 105,000	Not published
Slovenia	EUR 10,500 to EUR 23,500	EUR 2,000 to 15,000	EUR 700	EUR 6,089
Czechia	EUR 10,610 to EUR 14,510	CZK 110,000 to 132,000	EUR 500 to 750	CZK 115,810
France	EUR 11,400 to EUR 23,250	EUR 2,902 to 3,950	EUR 700 to 1,600	EUR 10,530
Serbia	EUR 12,250 to EUR 27,050	EUR 2,000 to 3,000	EUR 850 to 2,000	Not published
Greece	EUR 13,490 to EUR 29,490	EUR 5,000 to 15,000	EUR 700 to 1,200	EUR 4,800
Thailand	EUR 15,600 to EUR 20,300	THB 300,000 to 405,000	THB 24,000 to 30,000	Not published
Cyprus	EUR 16,570 to EUR 18,970	EUR 6,834	EUR 800 to 1,000	EUR 7,000
Belgium	EUR 17,130 to EUR 29,110	EUR 2,297 to 7,079	EUR 1,200 to 1,800	EUR 12,744
Austria	EUR 17,270	EUR 1,453	EUR 1,300	EUR 8,671
Denmark	EUR 18,430 to EUR 28,460	DKK 45,000 to 120,000	EUR 1,000	DKK 89,112
Sweden	EUR 18,600 to EUR 24,400	SEK 80,000 to 145,000	SEK 10,584	SEK 127,872
Luxembourg	EUR 19,050	EUR 800	EUR 1,517	EUR 18,666
Finland	EUR 19,400 to EUR 35,000	EUR 8,000 to 20,000	EUR 900 to 1,200	EUR 9,600
Netherlands	EUR 21,250 to EUR 48,250	EUR 9,000 to 30,000	EUR 1,000 to 1,500	EUR 13,569
Singapore	EUR 21,980 to EUR 39,140	SGD 21,400 to 39,700	SGD 833 to 1,358	Not published
Iceland	EUR 22,900	ISK 100,000	ISK 247,572	ISK 3,119,412
Norway	EUR 23,440 to EUR 37,020	NOK 60,000 to 205,600	NOK 15,488	NOK 170,368
Canada	EUR 24,920 to EUR 47,290	CAD 24,028 to 41,746	CAD 1,300 to 2,800	CAD 23,448
Switzerland	EUR 28,770 to EUR 31,700	CHF 1,640 to 4,380	CHF 2,100	CHF 21,000
United States	EUR 29,810 to EUR 74,640	USD 20,000 to 45,000	USD 1,100 to 3,200	Not published
New Zealand	EUR 30,550 to EUR 39,450	NZD 40,225 to 58,009	NZD 1,667	NZD 20,000
Ireland	EUR 32,860 to EUR 60,760	EUR 16,000 to 29,500	EUR 1,400 to 2,600	EUR 10,000
Australia	EUR 32,880 to EUR 63,830	AUD 30,000 to 60,600	AUD 1,700 to 3,300	AUD 29,710
United Kingdom	EUR 41,250 to EUR 71,930	GBP 22,400 to 40,000	GBP 1,000 to 1,700	GBP 10,539

Not enough published figures to total the year for: Albania, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Egypt, Georgia, Hungary, India, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, North Macedonia, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates. Their guides say what the government does and does not publish.

How this is worked out. First year = tuition at a public university for an international student, twelve months of living costs, and the visa fee, from each country's guide. It leaves out flights, deposits and health insurance where the guide does not include them. Private universities and some programmes (medicine above all) cost far more. The money you must show for the visa is separate: it has to be in your account before you apply, even though most of it pays your living costs. Currency: Rates by Exchange Rate API, 8 October 2026. Guide figures checked 24 September 2026.