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Study in North Macedonia: universities, tuition fees and admission

Our catalogue has 20 universities and colleges in North Macedonia offering 488 undergraduate programmes in 12 cities. 429 of the programmes are at public institutions and 59 at private ones.

Universities

20

Programmes

488

Cities

12

EU fee / year, public

€1,000

Non-EU fee / year, public

€1,000

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

How admission works

Each public university publishes its own enrolment call (konkurs) once the Government has fixed the number of first-year places (for 2026/27: decision of 14 July 2026, Official Gazette 160/2026), and you apply directly to the university; the first call comes in summer and further rounds run until October. Candidates are ranked by points: secondary-school grades (60%) and State Matura results (40%), with extra aptitude tests for some programmes (arts, sport, medicine and others). Foreign applicants are enrolled outside the quotas, must have their secondary-school certificate recognised (nostrification) and prove knowledge of the language of the programme (several universities run a preparatory Macedonian or English year). Private universities publish their own calls. The 2026/27 calls appeared between April and September 2026; the calls for 2027/28 are expected to follow the same pattern.

• Selection: grade limit (numerus clausus)
• Main exam or platform: Државна матура (државна матура)

Tuition fees in North Macedonia

At public universities an EU student typically pays €1,000 a year, and a student from outside the EU €1,000 a year. 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

• Северна Македонија: At public universities the annual fee is quoted per 60 ECTS credits (one study year). Citizens of North Macedonia studying within the state quota pay a participation fee, usually 200 EUR a year (100 EUR at some branches); those enrolled on a co-financed basis usually pay 400 EUR. Foreign students, including EU citizens, are enrolled outside the quota and pay a separate fee set in each call — from about 500 EUR to 2,000 EUR a year, and several thousand euro for medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and veterinary medicine; English-language programmes are usually charged to everyone at a higher rate. Amounts are fixed in euro and paid in denars. Private universities set their own fees; where a university quotes a lower fee for students from the Balkans, that figure is shown as the national tariff. All amounts are for the first study year; where a call gives two figures, the lowest and highest are shown. For some private universities the fee was not found.

Language of instruction

Macedonian: 317 programmes; Albanian: 120 programmes; English: 72 programmes; Turkish: 4 programmes; German: 1 programme. See all English-taught programmes in North Macedonia.

Map of universities in North Macedonia

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Where to study: cities

All 20 universities in North Macedonia by city

What you can study

• Music and Musicology 50
• Languages and Literature 38
• Computer Science 29
• Business Administration 16
• Agronomy 16
• Finance and Accounting 13
• Design 11
• Nursing 11
• Hospitality and Gastronomy 10
• Fine Arts 10
• Mathematics 10
• Dentistry 9
• Sport Sciences 9
• Food Science and Technology 9
• Primary Education Teaching 8
• Law 8
• Performing Arts 8
• Industrial Electronics and Automation 8
• Materials Engineering 8
• Physics 8
• Architecture 7
• Political Science 7
• Marketing 7
• International Business 7
• Translation and Languages 7
• Chemistry 7
• Psychology 6
• Early Childhood Education 6
• Logistics 6
• Mechanical Engineering 6
• Industrial Engineering 5
• Civil Engineering 5
• Fashion Design 5
• Physiotherapy 5
• Pedagogy 5
• Pharmacy 5
• Electrical Engineering 5
• Human Nutrition and Dietetics 5
• Journalism 4
• Criminology 4
• Medicine 4
• Biology 4
• Sociology 4
• Veterinary Medicine 4
• Economics 3
• Environmental Engineering 3
• Biochemistry 3
• Public Administration 3
• International Relations 3
• Social Education 3
• History 3
• Biomedical Laboratory Science 3
• Tourism 3
• Environmental Sciences 3
• Audiovisual Communication 3
• Multimedia and Video Games 2
• Chemical Engineering 2
• Social Work 2
• Energy Engineering 2
• Advertising and Public Relations 2
• Biotechnology 2
• Optics and Optometry 2
• Telecommunications Engineering 2
• Geography 2
• Art History 2
• Philosophy 2
• Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy 2
• Speech Therapy 2
• Animal Science 2
• Mining and Geological Engineering 1
• Geology 1
• Geomatics and Surveying 1
• Anthropology 1
• Archaeology 1
• Biomedical Sciences 1
• Forestry 1
• Landscape Architecture 1