Countries

USA

In the USA, a bachelor's usually takes four years, and students most often choose their major at the end of the second year.

Canada

In Canada, university programs are taught in English or French.

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, a full-time bachelor's normally takes three years. In Scotland, an honours degree takes four years.

Ireland

In Ireland, the language of instruction is English and a bachelor's usually takes 3 to 4 years.

Netherlands

In the Netherlands, a bachelor's takes 3 years at a research university and 4 years at a university of applied sciences (hogeschool).

Belgium

In Belgium, higher education is organized by language communities. In the Flemish Community, most programs are in Dutch.

France

In France, a bachelor's (licence) takes three years.

Spain

In Spain, a bachelor's is 240 ECTS. For a full-time student it takes four years.

Germany

In Germany, most state universities do not charge tuition for a bachelor's. Students pay a semester contribution every semester (for example, 402 euros in Hamburg for the 2026/27 winter semester).

Austria

In Austria, a Turkish high school diploma alone does not give the right to enter university. You need at least 180 points in YKS (Türkiye's university entrance exam) and a placement in a program.

Switzerland

In Switzerland there is no central application system. Each university sets its own admission requirements.

Italy

In Italy, a student who needs a visa first pre-registers on the Universitaly portal, then applies for the visa after the university confirms.

Malta

English language schools in Malta are licensed by the ELT Council. The list published in 2026 has 33 licensed schools.

Hungary

In Hungary, medicine, dentistry and pharmacy can be studied in English, and universities choose students with their own entrance exams.

Poland

In Poland, medicine can also be studied as a 6-year English program.

Czechia

In Czechia, state universities do not charge tuition to students who study in Czech, whatever their nationality.

Estonia

In Estonia, most English programs are at master's level.

Latvia

In Latvia, you usually apply to English programs with English at B2 level or higher.

Lithuania

In Lithuania, medicine can be studied in English, and universities choose candidates with their own online exam.

Sweden

In Sweden, you apply to bachelor's and master's programs through a single portal, universityadmissions.se.

Finland

In Finland, most English bachelor's and master's programs are entered through the joint application in January.

Denmark

In Denmark, bachelor's applications are made through a single system, optagelse.dk.

Dubai

In Dubai, private training and education centers operate with KHDA permission, under Executive Council Resolution No. 50 of 2015.

Japan

In Japan, the academic year starts in April at most universities. Some schools also admit students in September or October.

Australia

To study in Australia, you need a Student visa (subclass 500).

New Zealand

New Zealand has eight universities: Auckland, Otago, Canterbury, Victoria University of Wellington, Waikato, Massey, Lincoln and Auckland University of Technology.