Serbia

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The organisation of the academic year 2026/2027 in Serbia is as follows.

Beginning of the academic year	October
Period(s) when there are teaching activities	October–June
Period(s) of examination	January–February April

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Students may have their tuition fees covered by the state (students on state-subsidised places do not pay tuition fee) but pay administrative costs.
The maximum amount of fee is the amount that students in a status of self-financed students pay in certain faculties yearly for 60 ESTC. Data on most common fees and fees in case of extended length of studies and foreign language programmes is not available.
Students enrolled in foreign language programme usually pay higher tuition fees.
International students as non-Serbian students usually pay higher tuition fees than home students. The only exception are students nominated for the programme “World in Serbia” which is a scholarship programme of the Republic of Serbia for the citizens of the Non-Aligned Movement member and observer states. Students who take part in this programme have a scholarship which includes: free preparatory classes of Serbian language, free education within bachelor or master level (with no fees), scholarship-18 000 RSD per month, free accomodation and food in student standard institutions, free health insurance, free residence visa and free recognition of secondary school diplomas.
Students who achieve 48 ECTS credits in the current academic year, have the right to be financed from the state budget in the next academic year.
Students with disabilities and students enrolled according to the affirmative actions who achieve 36 ECTS credits in the current academic year, have the right to be financed from the state budget in the next academic year.
All students enrolled in short-cycle programmes pay all fees.

Annual grant amounts (in EUR)

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DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT - GRANTS

Merit based grants are available for full-time home students.
There is no national grants system for international students in Serbia, but there is the programme “World in Serbia” which is a scholarship programme of the Republic of Serbia for the citizens of the Non-Aligned Movement member and observer states. Candidates must be nominated for a scholarship by the government of their respective country.
There are no age limits for access to public grants.

Annual loan amounts (in EUR)

DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT - LOANS

Publicly-subsidised loans are available to full-time home students in first cycle.
Only students in stat-subsidised places in public HEIs are entitled to apply for loans.
Loans cover 10 equal monthly installments.
There is no age limit for access to loans.

Key features of the Education System

The education system in Serbia is regulated by the set of education laws, primarily the Law on the Education System Foundations, the Law on Primary Education, the Law on Secondary Education, the Law on Higher Education, and the Law on Adult Education.

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There are several primary school variations that differ from the most common public basic schools:

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There is no publicly regulated ECEC provision that is delivered in a provider's home.

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Admission requirements and choice of ECEC setting

Read more about Organisational variations and alternative structures in ECEC

According to the Law on Preschool Education, an early childhood education and care (ECEC) institution at local level may have a certain number of separate units and may carry out its programme outside the institution’s main centre, through separate units for children in rural areas or through other means of reaching children in rural areas. These separate units have specific methods.

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Minimum, maximum, and most common annual fee amounts (in EUR)

FEES

Annual grant amounts (in EUR)

DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT - GRANTS

Annual loan amounts (in EUR)

DIRECT FINANCIAL SUPPORT - LOANS

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