A degree abroad you can actually afford — wherever you're from.

Low-tuition degrees, universities that cover full financial need, and fully funded scholarships for students of every nationality. Every figure links to its official source with a checked-on date — and nothing here is paid for by a university or a consultancy.

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59
low-tuition degrees checked by hand
32
full-aid & tuition-free universities
41
scholarships (14 fully funded)
35
countries & online options

Start from your situation

I can't pay tuition at all

Fully funded scholarships, tuition-free colleges, and universities that meet 100% of need for international students.

Fully funded options →
I have a small budget

Degrees from €0 to a few thousand a year — 7 with no tuition at all — with real cost to graduate in your currency.

Low-tuition degrees →
I'm aiming for the top

MIT, Harvard, Amherst, Dartmouth and others are need-blind for international applicants — the sticker price isn't the real price.

Full-aid universities →

Fully funded scholarships

Designed to cover tuition and living costs. Awards with no nationality list come first — open any of them to see who can apply, the deadline, and the latest news.

All 41 scholarships →
Fully fundedMaster's
Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD) Scholarship
Multiple EU countries (consortium-dependent)
Who can apply: Any nationality
Verified 2026-09-01
Fully fundedMaster's · PhD
Gates Cambridge Scholarship
United Kingdom
Who can apply: Any nationality except UK citizens
Verified 2026-10-25
Fully fundedMaster's · PhD
Knight-Hennessy Scholars
United States
Who can apply: Any nationality (bachelor's earned January 2020 or later)
Verified 2026-10-25
Fully fundedBachelor's · Master's · PhD
Türkiye Scholarships (Türkiye Bursları)
Türkiye
Who can apply: International applicants (not Turkish citizens)
Verified 2026-10-25
Fully fundedBachelor's · Master's · PhD
Chinese Government Scholarship (CSC)
China
Who can apply: Any non-Chinese nationality
Verified 2026-10-25
Fully fundedMaster's · PhD
KAUST Fellowship
Saudi Arabia
Who can apply: Any nationality (admitted graduate students)
Verified 2026-10-25

Universities that can cost you nothing

Tuition-free colleges, fully funded graduate schools, and universities that meet 100% of demonstrated need for admitted international students.

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BC
Berea College
Berea, Kentucky
Tuition-freeCovers housing & food
Berea says every admitted international student receives aid that covers 100% of tuition, housing, food and fees.
Uot
University of the People
Online (US-based, Pasadena, California)
Tuition-freeOnlineScholarships for fees
A tuition-free, 100% online university accredited by WSCUC (the WASC Senior College and University Commission, recognised by the US Department of Education). Donor-funded scholarships, awarded first come first served, can cover the remaining fees.
K
KAUST
Thuwal
Fully funded (all admitted grad students)
The KAUST Fellowship covers tuition, housing, health insurance and relocation support for admitted graduate students of any nationality.
M
MIT
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Need-blind for internationalsMeets 100% of needFree tuition under $200k income
Need-blind admission for every applicant regardless of citizenship. Since the 2025–26 academic year, MIT is tuition-free for undergraduates — including international students — from families with typical assets and annual income below $200,000, and fully free (tuition, housing, meals) below $100,000.
Y
Yale
New Haven, Connecticut
Need-blind for internationalsMeets 100% of need
Need-blind admission for all applicants regardless of citizenship or immigration status. Starting the 2026–27 academic year, Yale eliminates all expected costs — tuition, room, board and fees — for families with typical assets and annual income under $100,000, and covers tuition in full for families under $200,000.
PU
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey
Need-blind for internationalsMeets 100% of need
Need-blind admission for every applicant regardless of citizenship, with 100% of demonstrated financial need met through grants, not loans — the same policy for international and domestic students. 69% of the Class of 2029 qualified for aid, and the average grant for aid recipients is roughly $80,000/year, bringing their average net cost down to about $6,680/year.

Lowest-tuition degrees we've verified

59 institutions checked by hand so far, at the international (non-EU) rate. Two hundred verified beats fifty thousand stale.

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UoI
The University of Iceland's main building, Reykjavík
Peterappelros · CC BY 3.0
Lögberg, on the University of Iceland campus
Guðmundur D. Haraldsson · CC BY-SA 3.0
The main building under the Icelandic summer midnight sky
Jonashtand · CC BY-SA 4.0
University of Iceland
Reykjavík, Iceland · Est. 1911
Accreditation: not yet checkedPhDEnglish / Icelandic-taught
Doctoral (PhD) study, any field with an available supervisor
€730/year
Verified 2026-11-12
UoG
Hospital Real — the University of Granada's rectorate
Tomateloconfilosofia · CC BY-SA 4.0
Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada
Andreuvv · CC BY-SA 4.0
Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, University of Granada
Andreuvv · CC BY-SA 4.0
University of Granada
Granada, Spain · Est. 1531
Accreditation: not yet checkedBachelor'sSpanish-taught
Bachelor's degrees (grados) — taught mainly in Spanish
€757/year
Verified 2026-11-12
UoV
Campus
Cityscape
Location
University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria · Est. 1365
Accreditation: not yet checkedMaster'sEnglish / German-taught
Master's programmes (several taught in English) — one flat fee across programmes
€1,453/year
Verified 2026-10-25
M
METU's campus in Ankara
AtilimGunesBaydin at English Wikipedia · Public domain
The METU 'Science Tree'
Modern primat · CC BY-SA 4.0
METU's northern campus
Basak · CC BY-SA 4.0
METU
Ankara, Türkiye · Est. 1956
Accreditation: not yet checkedBachelor'sEnglish-taught
Bachelor's programmes in Engineering (taught in English)
€2,160/year
Verified 2026-11-12
UoL
Universidad de Letonia, Riga, Letonia, 2012-08-07, DD 01
Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0
Latvijas Universitāte - ogre11 - Panoramio
ogre11 · CC BY 3.0
The Polytechnic, Riga, 1890s
Library of Congress · Public domain
University of Latvia
Riga, Latvia · Est. 1919
Accreditation: not yet checkedBachelor'sEnglish-taught
Engineering bachelor's programmes (varies by faculty)
€2,700/year
Verified 2026-09-01
SU
P1300734 Paris V place de la Sorbonne rwk
Mbzt · CC BY-SA 4.0
Paris 75005 Grande Galerie de l'Evolution 20070804
Benh LIEU SONG · CC BY 3.0
Sorbona Amphi Richelieu
Gouts · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sorbonne University
Paris, France · Est. 2018
Accreditation: not yet checkedBachelor'sFrench-taught
Licence (Bachelor's) programmes, national tuition rate
€2,902/year
Verified 2026-09-01
Low-tuition degrees verified so far
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