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Planning to study abroad? Start with the country, not the university. For each of 35 countries we have gathered what you would otherwise look for on a dozen different websites: what the universities are like, how admission works, what studying and living cost, where to look for scholarships and whether you can work while you study. With links to official sources.

  • 35 countries
  • 11 chapters on every country
  • for EU and non-EU students

What you will find for each country

  • Universities
  • Study system
  • Admission
  • Entrance exams
  • Language
  • Residence and formalities
  • Tuition fees
  • Accommodation and living costs
  • Scholarships
  • Working while studying
  • Useful links

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New articles every week about EU-funded research projects, written for students. Every article ends with a short quiz – check what you remember.

Edible electronics: honey and toothpaste inside a smart pill + test

A pill that checks how your gut is doing, then simply gets digested like a meal, sounds like science fiction. Yet the EU-supported ELFO project, run at the Italian Institute of Technology from 2020 to 2025, built exactly this kind of electronics from honey, toothpaste pigment, seaweed and red cabbage juice. The aim is safer, more sustainable devices that could one day replace some invasive procedures — and at the end you can check whether you would trust a pill with a sensor.

Can a memory be erased? A neuroscientist on engram cells + test

Almost everyone has a memory they would happily get rid of: an awkward moment, a painful scene, something that keeps coming back at the worst possible moment, often late at night. Johannes Gräff, a neuroscientist at EPFL in Lausanne, studies whether such memories can really be deleted. His answer is yes, in principle, but with a catch that matters a lot once you move from mice to people — and at the end you can check how you deal with your own difficult memories.

Cellular recycling takes on diabetic foot ulcers + test

Diabetic foot ulcers affect about a quarter of the more than 800 million people with diabetes worldwide. Today they are mostly cleaned and dressed, which means treating the symptoms. The EU-funded APTADEGRAD project takes a different route: its compounds remove excess inflammatory proteins from the wound by recruiting the natural recycling system inside our cells – and at the end you can check whether you have a head for biotechnology.

DRIVING IN EUROPE36countries29facts12topicsupdated: September 2026

Traffic rules in 36 European countries

Road trip, Erasmus or a summer job abroad? Before you set off: these rules change from country to country.

0.0 ‰for young or novice drivers in 11 countries – e.g. Germany, Italy, Croatia and the Czech Republic
Vignettecompulsory in 8 countries: Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria
140 km/hthe highest motorway limit – in Poland and Bulgaria; Germany has no general speed limit
alcohol and traffic lightsalcohol limitstraffic lights

All 36 countries compared »Motorway tolls and vignettes »

TOLLS IN EUROPE8vignettes15toll booths14toll-free37 countries · September 2026

Vignettes and motorway tolls in 37 countries

Driving abroad? Check where you need a vignette, where you pay at toll booths and where the motorway is free – click a country for the details.

Austriaa 2-month or annual digital vignette bought online is only valid from the 18th day; 1-day and 10-day ones – straight away
toll boothsin 15 countries, including France, Italy, Spain, Croatia and Greece
no barrierson some motorways in France (e.g. A13/A14, A79) you pay online within 72 hours; in Ireland on the M50 – online too
freetoll-free motorways for cars in 14 countries, including Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Lithuania
extratolled tunnels, passes and bridges in 11 countries, e.g. the Brenner in Austria, the Karawanken tunnel, the Storebælt and Øresund bridges in Denmark

Tolls in 37 countries »Traffic rules in Europe »

JOBS IN EUROPE6.0%unemployment15.2%under 2522minimum wagesEU · Eurostat 2025–2026

Working abroad: 32 European countries compared

Where is it easiest to find a job, how much is the minimum wage and what do you do in your first weeks? Key figures and practical tips for every EU country, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and the UK.

lowestunemployment in 2025: 2.8% in the Czech Republic, 3.1% in Malta and Poland (EU: 6.0%)
highest10.5% in Spain and 9.7% in Finland
under 25youth unemployment from 7.1% in Germany to 26.1% in Romania
minimum wagefrom €620 a month in Bulgaria to €2,771 in Luxembourg (July 2026); in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Italy and Sweden minimum pay is set in collective agreements
work permitnot needed for EU citizens in the EU, Iceland and Norway; Switzerland and Liechtenstein have their own rules

32 countries »How to find a job abroad »

3. Talk of the town
There is a certain aura of genius attached to speaking languages. But multilingual­ism is not only the preserve of academic sand bookish linguists; plenty of European celebrities are also multilingual. Take foot­ball, a sport not traditionally associated with linguistic prowess, but which is replete with players who are fluent and articulate in several languages.
Slovakia - Potato pasta with sheep’s cheese
Bryndzové halušky INGREDIENTS (serves 4) • 1 kg of potatoes • 200 g of flour • 2 eggs • 250 g of sheep’s cheese (Slovakian bryndza cheese) • 120 g of diced bacon • Milk • Salt
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