1. Tuition fees

In Brussels, carefully determine whether your institution is a university or a college (as in Hochschule in Germany). This is because there is a difference when it comes to registration fees.
While EU students at colleges pay a tuition fee of €835 per year for a Bachelor's or Master's degree, the fee at universities is lower. For colleges, the Wallonia-Brussels Association has set a minimum rate, known as the "Minerval", depending on the type of institution. For short degree programs like a Bachelor’s (three years), the maximum annual minerval is €175.01 per year and €227.24 for a final year. To find out the exact amount of your tuition fees, you should therefore check directly on the website of the institution concerned.
At Uni.lu in Luxembourg, on the other hand, registration fees are charged per semester. These amount to €400 for the first two semesters, and €200 for semesters 3 to 6. So, for a three-year Bachelor's degree, for example, you pay a total of €1,600 in tuition. In addition, Uni.lu applies a €50 processing fee per application. However, students who end up enrolling in a degree program will have the application fee deducted from their first semester tuition. People whose applications are rejected do not get their fees refunded.
In contrast, the city of Vienna attracts students with its (almost) tuition-free offer. As an EU/EEA/CH citizen, you are exempt from tuition fees for the minimum duration of your studies plus two additional semesters and only pay the ÖH student union fee of €21.20 per semester.
Example: you can complete a three-year Bachelor's degree (six semesters) without tuition fees over a total of eight semesters thanks to the two additional semesters. Once the tuition fee-free period ends, you will pay tuition fees of €363.36 and the ÖH student union fee each semester.

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