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For: KIT · Bachelor's programmes (mostly German-taught; German C1 typically required for admission) · international (non-EU) student
Your situation
Programme length (3-year Bachelor's is typical)
2 years
3 years
4 years
City
Karlsruhe
Tuition shown is the non-EU / international rate. If you hold an EU/EEA passport (or the host country's), you may pay much less — check the official fee page.
Your monthly living-cost estimate for Karlsruhe (€)
Pre-filled with our rough estimate for Karlsruhe (not independently verified — there's no single official source for per-city student living costs). Edit it to use your own number instead.
Tuition (3 years × €3,000)
€1,500/semester for newly-enrolled non-EU/EEA students in bachelor's, teacher's, and consecutive master's programmes, per the Baden-Württemberg Act on State University Fees. · Verified 2026-10-05 · Source ↗
€9,000
≈ $10,043
Living costs, Karlsruhe (3 years)
Your own estimate — we don't have verified per-city living-cost data yet (Milestone 3 of the roadmap).
€32,400
≈ $36,156
Residence permit & visa fees
Not yet in the data pipeline for this country — not counted in the total.
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Legal part-time work offset
Not yet in the data pipeline (needs a verified minimum-wage figure) — not counted in the total.
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Estimated cost to graduate
€41,400
≈ $46,200
€1 ≈ 1.12 USD · rate updated 2026-11-07 · ExchangeRate-API — rates move, so treat this as a guide.
Every verified row above is a specific, sourced figure — nothing here is interpolated. Residence permit fees and the work-offset aren't in the data pipeline yet, so they're shown as missing, not guessed, and left out of the total.