STUDENT FEES

<h3>STUDENT FEES</h3><p class="text-align-justify">Student fees are understood as any cost charged to students, including tuition fees but also administrative fees (eg for registration, examination, certification<em>)</em>. Contributions to student organisations are not considered.</p><p class="text-align-justify">European higher education systems differ substantially with regards to the fee amounts charged for higher education studies. Various criteria for fee differentiation are applied, considering:</p><ul><li><p class="text-align-justify">education cycle;</p></li><li><p class="text-align-justify">student category: home/international, students on non-state subsidised places, students studying in specific disciplines, students studying in foreign language programmes</p></li><li><p class="text-align-justify">student status: full-time/part-time</p></li><li><p class="text-align-justify">field of study (specific disciplines)</p></li><li><p class="text-align-justify">type of programme (offered in a foreign language; second- or further-degree programme at the same educational level etc.);</p></li><li><p class="text-align-justify">type of institution (universities, universities of applied sciences, colleges, art schools etc);</p></li><li><p class="text-align-justify">students’ socio-economic background (need-based differentiation);</p></li><li><p class="text-align-justify">students’ educational performance or study progression (performance-based differentiation)</p></li></ul><p class="text-align-justify">Information in this section includes comparative data for 39 education systems on:&nbsp;</p><ul><li><p class="text-align-justify">fees policies applied to students&nbsp;</p></li><li><p class="text-align-justify">criteria influencing the amounts</p></li><li><p class="text-align-justify">fee amounts and share of fee-payers</p></li><li><p class="text-align-justify">fee policies applied to international students</p></li><li><p class="text-align-justify">waivers and reductions to fees</p></li></ul><p class="text-align-justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>