Country guide

Study in Kosovo: universities, tuition fees and admission

Our catalogue has 23 universities and colleges in Kosovo offering 241 undergraduate programmes in 7 cities. 116 of the programmes are at public institutions and 125 at private ones.

Universities

23

Programmes

241

Cities

7

EU fee / year, public

Free

Non-EU fee / year, public

Free

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

How admission works

Public universities admit students through an annual public call (konkurs): you apply online, then hand in your documents at the faculty. At the University of Gjakova, for example, ranking is out of 100 points: secondary-school grades (up to 30), the State Matura (up to 30 for those who sat it) and an entry exam (up to 40, or up to 70 for applicants without a Matura), with at least 40% of the entry-exam points required; each candidate may apply to one programme only. Places are limited by the quotas accredited by the Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA), with reserved places for non-majority communities and for applicants from the Preševo Valley, North Macedonia, Albania and Montenegro. Candidates who finished school outside Kosovo compete on the same conditions, but their school certificate must be recognised (nostrified) by the Ministry of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation. Private colleges run their own admission and publish their own calls. Each university announces the dates of its call on its website, so check them there.

• Selection: entrance exam
• Main exam or platform: Matura Shtetërore

Tuition fees in Kosovo

At public universities an EU student typically pays no tuition fee, and a student from outside the EU no tuition fee. All amounts are per year in euros; fees charged per credit or per semester are converted to a full year (60 ECTS credits or two semesters).

Where the fee depends on family income, the typical figure is the full fee and the range starts at the lowest one.

Good to know about fees

• Kosova: At public universities, a regular full-time Bachelor student pays no tuition when registering a semester for the first time (Administrative Instruction MASHTI 09/2021); repeating a semester costs 25 euros, and there are small administrative fees (for example 5 euros for a diploma). The Instruction makes no difference between Kosovo and foreign students, but separate terms for foreigners may exist at individual universities — check before applying. Private colleges set their own fees, usually per semester or per year, and some publish them only in the call or on request; where a price is shown, it is the amount the college lists for a first-year student. All prices are in euros.

Language of instruction

Albanian: 115 programmes; English: 3 programmes; Turkish: 2 programmes.

Map of universities in Kosovo

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Where to study: cities

All 23 universities in Kosovo by city

What you can study

• Computer Science 28
• Languages and Literature 17
• Business Administration 11
• Design 11
• Law 10
• Economics 8
• Optics and Optometry 7
• Psychology 6
• Food Science and Technology 6
• Finance and Accounting 6
• Marketing 6
• Sport Sciences 6
• Agronomy 6
• Journalism 5
• Civil Engineering 5
• Mechanical Engineering 5
• Nursing 5
• Architecture 5
• Fashion Design 5
• Environmental Engineering 4
• Dentistry 4
• Music and Musicology 4
• Fine Arts 4
• Primary Education Teaching 4
• Biomedical Laboratory Science 4
• Social Work 3
• International Relations 3
• Energy Engineering 3
• Pharmacy 3
• Performing Arts 3
• Tourism 3
• Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy 3
• Hospitality and Gastronomy 3
• Mathematics 2
• Biology 2
• Chemistry 2
• Industrial Electronics and Automation 2
• Physiotherapy 2
• Early Childhood Education 2
• Mining and Geological Engineering 2
• Public Administration 2
• Speech Therapy 2
• Anthropology 1
• Philosophy 1
• History 1
• Sociology 1
• Chemical Engineering 1
• Physics 1
• Geography 1
• Geomatics and Surveying 1
• Medicine 1
• Veterinary Medicine 1
• International Business 1
• Forestry 1
• Telecommunications Engineering 1
• Materials Engineering 1
• Biochemistry 1
• Human Nutrition and Dietetics 1
• Logistics 1