Study Nursing in Serbia: programmes, fees and entry requirements

Serbia has 46 undergraduate programmes in Nursing at 36 universities in 20 cities. At public institutions EU students typically pay €1,500 a year (€900–€3,500); non-EU students €1,500 a year (€900–€3,500).

Always check current information on the official website of the university before you apply.

All Nursing programmes in Serbia

ProgrammeUniversityCityLanguageLengthEU fee / yearNon-EU fee / year
Strukovna medicinska sestraAcademy of Applied Preschool Teaching and Health Studies — Department of Medical Studies ĆuprijaĆuprijaSerbian3 yr€1,500€1,500
Strukovna medicinska sestra babicaAcademy of Applied Preschool Teaching and Health Studies — Department of Medical Studies ĆuprijaĆuprijaSerbian3 yr€1,500€1,500
Strukovna medicinska sestraAcademy of Applied Studies Belgrade — Department Higher Hotel School (Visoka hotelijerska škola)BelgradeSerbian3 yr€1,500€1,500
Strukovna medicinska sestra - vaspitačAcademy of Applied Studies Belgrade — Department Higher Hotel School (Visoka hotelijerska škola)BelgradeSerbian3 yr€1,500€1,500
Strukovna medicinska sestra babicaAcademy of Applied Studies Belgrade — Department Higher Hotel School (Visoka hotelijerska škola)BelgradeSerbian3 yr€1,500€1,500
Strukovna medicinska sestraAcademy of Applied Studies Belgrade — Higher Health School Department, unit in Čačak (Одсек Висока здравствена школа, високошколска јединица ван седишта – Чачак)ČačakSerbian3 yr€1,500€1,500
Zdravstvena negaAcademy of Applied Studies Politehnika (Beograd)BelgradeSerbian3 yr€3,000€3,000
Zdravstvena negaAcademy of Applied Studies Šabac — Department of Medical and Business-Technological StudiesŠabacSerbian3 yr€1,020€1,020
Strukovna medicinska sestra vaspitačAcademy of Applied Studies Šabac — Department of Preschool Teacher and Nurse-Educator StudiesŠabacSerbian3 yr€1,020€1,020
Strukovna medicinska sestraAcademy of Applied Studies Sirmium (Sremska Mitrovica)Sremska MitrovicaSerbian3 yr——
Strukovna medicinska sestraAcademy of Technical and Educational Vocational Studies (ATVSS) — перевод; английского названия на сайте не найдено — Department VranjeVranjeSerbian3 yr€2,000€2,000
Zdravstvena negaCollege of Applied Studies for Educators and Trainers, Subotica (Висока школа струковних студија за образовање васпитача и тренера)SuboticaSerbian3 yr€900€900
Strukovna medicinska sestraCollege of Sports and Health, Belgrade (Висока спортска и здравствена школа)BelgradeSerbian3 yr€2,200€2,200
Strukovna medicinska sestraHigher Health School of Professional Studies "Medika" — Unit in Kruševac (VŠJ Kruševac)KruševacSerbian3 yr€3,000€3,000
Strukovna medicinska sestraHigher Health School of Professional Studies "Medika" (Visoka zdravstvena škola strukovnih studija „Medika“)BelgradeSerbian3 yr€3,000€3,000
Medicinska sestraHigher Medical School "Milutin Milanković" — Unit in Tutin (Високошколска јединица у Тутину)TutinSerbian3 yr€3,500€3,500
Strukovna medicinska sestra-tehničarHigher Medical School "Milutin Milanković" — Unit in Tutin (Високошколска јединица у Тутину)TutinSerbian3 yr€3,500€3,500
Strukovna medicinska sestra-tehničarHigher Medical School of Professional Studies "Milutin Milanković", Belgrade (Висока медицинска школа струковних студија „Милутин Миланковић“)BelgradeSerbian3 yr€3,500€3,500
Strukovna medicinska sestraHigher Medical School of Professional Studies "Saint Basil of Ostrog" — Unit in NišNišSerbian3 yr——
Strukovna medicinska sestraHigher Medical School of Professional Studies "Saint Basil of Ostrog" (Висока медицинска школа струковних студија „Свети Василије Острошки“)BelgradeSerbian3 yr——
Zdravstvena negaInternational Center for Professional Studies (ICEPS) — branch in JagodinaJagodinaSerbian3 yr€2,200€2,200
Zdravstvena negaInternational Center for Professional Studies (ICEPS) — branch in KraljevoKraljevoSerbian3 yr€2,200€2,200
Zdravstvena negaInternational Center for Professional Studies (ICEPS) — branch in LeskovacLeskovacSerbian3 yr€2,200€2,200
Zdravstvena negaInternational Center for Professional Studies (ICEPS) — branch in Novi SadNovi SadSerbian3 yr€2,200€2,200
Zdravstvena negaInternational Center for Professional Studies (ICEPS) — branch in VršacVršacSerbian3 yr€2,200€2,200
Zdravstvena negaInternational Center for Professional Studies (ICEPS) — College of Applied StudiesBelgradeSerbian3 yr€2,200€2,200
Zdravstvena nega (in English)International Center for Professional Studies (ICEPS) — College of Applied StudiesBelgradeEnglish3 yr€4,400€4,400
Strukovna medicinska sestra/tehničarPreschool Teacher Training and Medical College of Professional Studies "Mihailo Palov", Vršac (Висока струковна васпитачка и медицинска школа у Вршцу)VršacSerbian3 yr——
Strukovna medicinska sestraSanitary Medical School of Applied Sciences "Visan" (Висока здравствено-санитарна школа струковних студија „Висан“)BelgradeSerbian3 yr——
SestrinstvoSingidunum University (Valjevo)ValjevoSerbian4 yr——
Sestrinstvo (in English)Singidunum University (Valjevo)ValjevoEnglish4 yr€3,900€3,900
Zdravstvena negaState University of Novi PazarNovi PazarSerbian3 yr——
Strukovna medicinska sestraToplica Academy of Applied Studies — Department of Medical Studies, ProkupljeProkupljeSerbian3 yr——
Sestrinstvo — Evropski fakultet „Kallos“University Business Academy in Novi Sad (Belgrade)BelgradeSerbian4 yr€2,850€2,850
Zdravstvene nege — Farmaceutski fakultetUniversity Business Academy in Novi Sad (Novi Sad)Novi SadSerbian, English3 yr——
Sestrinstvo — Medicinski fakultetUniversity of Belgrade (Belgrade)BelgradeSerbian4 yr€2,500€2,500
Strukovna medicinska sestra vaspitač (zsp sa fakultetom medicinskih nauka iz kragujevca) — Fakultet pedagoških naukaUniversity of Kragujevac (Jagodina)JagodinaSerbian3 yr——
Strukovna medicinska sestra — Fakultet medicinskih naukaUniversity of Kragujevac (Kragujevac)KragujevacSerbian3 yr€1,900€1,900
Strukovna medicinska sestra vaspitač (zsp sa fakultetom pedagoških nauka iz jagodine) — Fakultet medicinskih naukaUniversity of Kragujevac (Kragujevac)KragujevacSerbian3 yr——
Strukovni anestetičar — Fakultet medicinskih naukaUniversity of Kragujevac (Kragujevac)KragujevacSerbian3 yr€1,900€1,900
Strukovni instrumentar — Fakultet medicinskih naukaUniversity of Kragujevac (Kragujevac)KragujevacSerbian3 yr€1,900€1,900
Strukovna medicinska sestra — Medicinski fakultetUniversity of Niš (Niš)NišSerbian3 yr€1,500€1,500
Strukovna medicinska sestra — Medicinski fakultet (in English)University of Niš (Niš)NišEnglish3 yr€3,500€3,500
Zdravstvene nege — Medicinski fakultetUniversity of Novi Sad (Novi Sad)Novi SadSerbian4 yr€2,000€2,000
Zdravstvena negaWestern Serbia Academy of Applied Studies — Užice DepartmentUžiceSerbian3 yr€1,200€1,200
Zdravstvena negaВШССОВиТ — Unit in Tutin (Јединица ван седишта - Тутин)TutinSerbian3 yr€900€900

How admission works in Serbia

Admission is run by each faculty or school itself under an annual call (konkurs) that states the number of budget-funded and self-financing places, the entry requirements, the ranking criteria and the tuition (Higher Education Act, art. 98). You need a completed four-year secondary school; candidates are ranked by points (up to 100) from the secondary-school record and a faculty entrance exam or aptitude test (art. 100) — at the University of Belgrade, for example, up to 40 points for the school record and up to 60 for the entrance exam. Foreign citizens enrol under the same conditions as Serbian citizens as regards previous education, but must know the language of instruction (art. 97); a foreign secondary-school diploma has to be recognised first by the ENIC/NARIC centre of the Ministry of Education, a procedure that takes up to 60 days (studyinserbia.rs). The first round is held in June–July (in 2026 applications at Belgrade faculties were on 19–22 June); a second round follows from late August to mid-September (University of Niš: 1–18 September 2026) and a third one where places remain. Calls for autumn 2027 are expected to follow the same pattern and are published on the institutions' own websites.

See also: Study in Serbia · Nursing in other countries

Sources

How the figures are collected and calculated: Data and sources.