Universities

Named institutions, without the brochure

Institution by institution: which programmes are really taught in English, the entry requirements, the tuition, and the caveats a brochure leaves out.

Once the country is settled the question becomes the institution, and that is where the official website stops being readable. These articles go university by university: which programmes are genuinely taught in English, the entry requirements as they are actually applied, any entrance exam, approximate tuition and the application window. Each one carries a section on that institution's limits — subjects taught only in the local language, courses with very few places, and the places where the real cost lands well above the published tuition.

25 articlesMost recently reviewed: 4 September 2026

Universities — every article

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Aalto University: who gets in, what it costs, and where you get rejected

Finland's technology, business and design university: entry by faculty, the portfolio and entrance-exam routes, tuition waivers and the real competition.

4 September 20267 min

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Aarhus University: Denmark at a lower cost than Copenhagen

A research university in Jutland with cheaper living than Copenhagen and the same three-year post-study window. Entry, the SIRI permit and the limits.

4 September 20266 min

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Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: what is really taught in English

Greece's largest university, and the most misrepresented one in this market. What is actually taught in English, how non-EU admission works, what it costs.

4 September 20267 min

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Budapest University of Technology (BME): entry and fees

Hungary's principal technical university. English-taught engineering and computing, what entry really demands, and the dropout risk nobody mentions.

4 September 20267 min

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Cyprus University of Technology: what is taught in English

Limassol's public technology university. What is taught in English, what is not, how you apply and where a Bangladeshi applicant stands.

4 September 20266 min

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KTH Royal Institute of Technology: entry by course content, not grades alone

Sweden's largest technical university admits on documented prior coursework, not CGPA alone. How that requirement works, tuition, and Stockholm housing.

4 September 20267 min

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Lund University: one application, four choices, and a January deadline

One of Sweden's largest English-taught catalogues, applied for through a single national portal. The January deadline, the SEK 900 fee and scholarships.

4 September 20267 min

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Medical University of Sofia: the entrance exam, the fees and the licence

Bulgaria's oldest medical school: six years in English, an entrance exam in biology and chemistry, and the BMDC step that decides if the degree is usable.

4 September 20268 min

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Politecnico di Milano: entry tests, fees and who gets in

Italy's most competitive technical university. What the entry evaluation really weighs, what non-EU students pay, and who gets filtered out.

4 September 20267 min

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Politecnico di Torino: the TIL test and how entry works

Turin's technical university, and the entrance test that decides bachelor's admission. Requirements, fees, scholarships and honest odds.

4 September 20267 min

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Sapienza University of Rome: what it actually asks for

One of Europe's largest universities, with an income-assessed fee. Entry rules, English-taught programmes, deadlines and where applications fail.

4 September 20267 min

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Sofia University: Bulgaria's oldest university, without the sales pitch

Founded 1888 and strongest in informatics. English-taught provision, fees of EUR 3,000-5,000, and the MON recognition step that delays most files.

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Tampere University: the strong Finnish option fewer people apply to

Finland's second city, a serious technical and health-sciences university, and lower living costs than Helsinki. Entry, the January round and the waivers.

4 September 20266 min

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University of Athens: the English-taught medical degree, examined honestly

Greece's oldest university runs an English-language medical degree that is heavily marketed here. What it is, what it is not, and the licensing chain.

4 September 20267 min

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University of Bologna: entry, fees and the study grant

The oldest university in the Western world, and one of the few that pays international students to attend. Entry, fees and the study grant deadline.

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University of Copenhagen: excellent, and the most expensive of the nine

Denmark's largest university, founded 1479. Entry requirements, the SIRI permit, DKK 89,112 of funds and an honest look at whether the total is affordable.

4 September 20267 min

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University of Cyprus: strong, public, and mostly in Greek

Cyprus's public flagship — respected, cheap, and mostly taught in Greek at bachelor's level. What is actually available to you in English.

4 September 20266 min

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University of Debrecen: the entrance exam and the real fees

Hungary's biggest destination for international medical students. The entrance exam, the real fees, and what the degree does not give you.

4 September 20268 min

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University of Helsinki: what it actually asks a Bangladeshi applicant

Finland's oldest and largest university, where almost everything in English is at master's level. Entry, the January round, waivers and where files fail.

4 September 20267 min

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University of Malta: English-medium, but hard to enter

Malta teaches in English, but the university is harder to enter than students expect. Entry rules, the foundation route, and non-EU fees.

4 September 20267 min

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University of Nicosia: fees, medicine and honest caveats

Cyprus's largest private university, teaching entirely in English. Fees, medicine, and why easy admission is a warning rather than a feature.

4 September 20267 min

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University of Padua: the widest English catalogue in Italy

Italy's widest English-taught catalogue outside Milan, in a small city built around students. Rounds, requirements, fees and the scholarships.

4 September 20267 min

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University of Pécs: English-taught medicine since 1984

Hungary's oldest university has taught medicine in English since 1984. Entry exam, fees, living costs and who this actually suits.

4 September 20267 min

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University of Szeged: medicine, science and the entry exam

Strong medicine, pharmacy and computer science in a cheaper city than Budapest. Entry exam, fees, Stipendium places and the honest limits.

4 September 20267 min

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Uppsala University: the oldest in the Nordics, and its housing queue

Founded 1477, broad and research-heavy, forty minutes from Stockholm. The national application route, tuition, the student nations and the housing queue.

4 September 20267 min

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