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Study in Serbia: universities, tuition fees and admission

Our catalogue has 130 universities and colleges in Serbia offering 837 undergraduate programmes in 41 cities. 580 of the programmes are at public institutions and 257 at private ones.

Universities

130

Programmes

837

Cities

41

EU fee / year, public

€1,928

Non-EU fee / year, public

€1,928

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

How admission works

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.

• Selection: entrance exam
• Main exam or platform: Prijemni ispit (faculty entrance exam) + secondary-school record

Tuition fees in Serbia

At public universities an EU student typically pays €1,928 a year, and a student from outside the EU €1,928 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

• Srbija: Every student is enrolled either as budget-funded (ranked within the places the Government funds at public institutions) or as self-financing, who pays tuition (Higher Education Act, art. 97 and 99). Budget places are free; the prices on this site are the first-year tuition of a self-financing student, which each institution sets before the call (art. 71 and 98) and which covers one year, i.e. 60 ECTS. Serbian citizens at public institutions can have 50% of the tuition they paid reimbursed by the state (art. 71, based on the reference tuition of 2024/25). Foreign citizens (including EU citizens) take the same entrance exam; at the University of Belgrade, for example, a foreigner pays tuition throughout the studies unless an international agreement says otherwise (admission rules, art. 5), and other institutions publish their own foreigners' prices; prices are in dinars (RSD) or euros as the institution quotes them. Where the institution publishes no price, the programme is listed without one.

Language of instruction

Serbian: 801 programmes; English: 67 programmes; Hungarian: 9 programmes. See all English-taught programmes in Serbia.

Map of universities in Serbia

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Where to study: cities

All 130 universities in Serbia by city

What you can study

• Computer Science 82
• Business Administration 54
• Nursing 46
• Design 27
• Environmental Engineering 25
• Early Childhood Education 23
• Mechanical Engineering 23
• Law 23
• Sport Sciences 22
• Finance and Accounting 21
• Pharmacy 20
• Industrial Engineering 20
• Agronomy 19
• Physiotherapy 18
• Psychology 18
• Languages and Literature 17
• Hospitality and Gastronomy 16
• Logistics 16
• Music and Musicology 14
• Civil Engineering 13
• Performing Arts 13
• Journalism 13
• Primary Education Teaching 12
• Dentistry 11
• English Studies 11
• Chemistry 11
• Architecture 10
• Electrical Engineering 10
• International Relations 10
• Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy 9
• Food Science and Technology 9
• Audiovisual Communication 9
• Tourism 8
• Materials Engineering 8
• Industrial Electronics and Automation 8
• Economics 8
• Biology 8
• Medicine 8
• Physics 8
• Fine Arts 8
• Marketing 7
• Pedagogy 7
• Energy Engineering 6
• Fashion Design 6
• Geomatics and Surveying 6
• Sociology 6
• Mathematics 6
• Multimedia and Video Games 6
• Chemical Engineering 5
• Environmental Sciences 4
• Social Work 4
• Animal Science 4
• Geography 4
• Mining and Geological Engineering 4
• Geology 4
• Human Nutrition and Dietetics 3
• Biomedical Laboratory Science 3
• Aerospace Engineering 3
• Telecommunications Engineering 3
• Criminology 3
• History 3
• Philosophy 3
• Political Science 3
• Biotechnology 3
• Social Education 3
• Veterinary Medicine 3
• Conservation and Restoration 2
• International Business 2
• Public Administration 2
• Forestry 2
• Occupational Therapy 1
• Advertising and Public Relations 1
• Speech Therapy 1
• Art History 1
• Anthropology 1
• Archaeology 1
• Biomedical Engineering 1
• Optics and Optometry 1