Date of publication: 2025
Fees - first cycle (euro): min 30 - max 100 (up to 1,300 if studies take longer)
Fees - second cycle (euro): min 30 - max 200 (up to 2,000 if studies take longer)
Fees - note: Most full-time students on subsidised places
Grants - note: Need- and merit-based grants, no loans
Need-based grant (euro): 1,800
Merit-based grant (euro): min 2,700 - most common 2,700 - max 5,400
National student fee
Officially, all students in Croatia pay fees, but in practice only some full-time home students do. In 2023/24 about 35% of full-time home students in the first cycle (including integrated 5-6 year programmes) paid fees, and 29% in the second cycle. All part-time students pay.
For full-time students, the standard fees in 2023/24 were low: between EUR 30 and EUR 100 a year in the first cycle and between EUR 30 and EUR 200 a year in the second cycle. Students who study longer than planned pay much more, up to EUR 1,300 (first cycle) and EUR 2,000 (second cycle).
Fees are also higher for part-time and international students, for students on places not subsidised by the state, for programmes taught in a foreign language and for second degrees. Disciplines such as medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, architecture, art and engineering traditionally cost more.
Waivers and reductions are available on social grounds and for good academic results. A small share of international students do not pay fees.Student grants
Croatia has need-based and merit-based grants for full-time home students in the first and second cycle. They are paid in 9 monthly instalments and there is no age limit.
The main need-based scheme is the State Scholarship Based on Socio-Economic Status, awarded through a public competition. In 2023/24, 12,000 of these grants went to full-time home students. The need-based grant amounted to EUR 1,800 a year.
State Scholarships for Students in STEM fields are also available to full-time EU/EEA/EFTA students and to full-time students with international or temporary protection. In 2023/24 merit-based grants ranged from EUR 2,700 to EUR 5,400 a year, with EUR 2,700 being the most common.
About 12% of first-cycle students received a grant.Loans
There are no publicly subsidised student loans.Tax benefit for student's parents
Students' families and students who earn their own income can get tax benefits. There is no age limit.Family allowances
Family allowances are available for students' parents, with no age limit.
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