� JOINT DEGREE MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION NETWORK TACKLING CURRENT ISSUES AND FACING FUTURE CHALLENGES � � National Legislation Regarding Tuition Fees of Master Programmes within the EU �� �
The following table is based on information provided by JOIMAN partners and other HEIs of the Utrecht Network (2009 – 2010) For general information on national tuition you might want to check http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/eurybase_en.php, chapter 6 in each individual report. Country Legal regulations for tuition fees of Master programmes Special regulations depending on Special regulations for Special regulations student's citizenship? joint degrees? for ERASMUS Mundus? Austria All tuition fees are waived for students holding Austrian citizenship or YES, see left column. NO NO from EU/ EEA countries for the duration of their curriculum plus two tolerance semesters (Bachelor, Master, and Doctorate programmes) - Universities Act 2002, sect. 92, § 9 UG 22. For other nationalities, a tuition waiver is granted upon condition of study progress as social contribution (Tuition Fee Decree - Studienbeitragsverordnung 2004- appendix 2). Nationalities listed in appendix 3 (less developed countries) have a tuition fee waiver as well. For further information check: http://www.bmwf.gv.at/wissenschaft/national/gesetze/studienrecht/stub eiv_2004/. Belgium Flanders The maximum fees for Bachelor and (initial) Master programmes are Yes, universities can charge extra NO A higher fee could be set by the Flemish government (same for both). Fees are calculated on registration fees from students from applicable to the number of credits of the study programme and depend on the outside the European Economic Area ERASMUS Mundus social status of the student (different categories). An interuniversity amounting to a maximum of 15 times advanced Master agreement arranges for the same fees at all Flemish universities. For the basic fee, depending on the field of programmes. 2009/ 2010, fees varied between 100 – 568 € for full-time registration. study (art, 27 § 4 27 July 1971). Advanced Master programmes are less regulated but a maximum tuition fee is set, generally 5 400 € (although exceptions are possible). Fees are determined for each academic year. Wallonia In French-speaking universities tuition fees are determined by laws on Yes, universities can charge higher fees No information given. No information given. university funding (27 July 1971 – art 39). For the academic year from students from outside the EEA. 2009/ 2010, tuition fees varied between 112 - 837 € (according to the social status of the student). �� �
Bulgaria In Bulgaria, tuition fees at state universities are set annually by the Non-EU students pay fees amounting to No information given. No information given. Council of Ministers (for undergraduate, postgraduate and specialized the education allowance norms of the courses). The Amount depends on the professional field and degree. respective professional tracks. Unlike Some categories of students are exempted from paying tuition fees Bulgarian and other EU students, they (orphans, disabled, war invalids, persons raised in homes for are exempted from state scholarships. abandoned children, cadets at higher defence schools, and postgraduates in the last two years of the programme for a Doctoral degree.) Czech Tuition fees in the Czech Republic are only compulsory for study No, all students (including local NO NO Republic programmes offered in a foreign language. Act 111/1998 §58 “Should students) pay tuition fees if they study in a public higher Education institution offer degree programmes carried a foreign language. out in a foreign language, it sets study fees for Bachelor’s, Master’s or Doctoral degree programmes.” Fees may also be applicable for students who excess given study lengths. Denmark Danish universities do not charge tuition fees for Danish and other EU Tuition fees for Master programmes are A new Act including A new Act including students in Master programmes. a must for non-EU/ EEA students and regulations on joint degrees regulations on students outside exchange agreements. is currently under discussion. ERASMUS Mundus The decision is taken by the Ministry, The term "Joint Degree" fees is currently under but the university has to define the does not exist in the judicial discussion. amounts for the various studies. For Danish education vocabulary Contradictions of EU Aarhus University check:: yet, though multiple/ double and national rules led to http://www.au.dk/welcome/degree/tuition degrees are awarded. So far, the reimbursement of . they count as exchange several Danish students agreements, and, therefore, who had paid tuition involve no tuition fees. fees in ERASMUS Mundus programmes in 2007/ 08. The agreement from June 2009 states the following: "Students who are entitled to Danish state educational support can finance any tuition fees necessary for a period of studying abroad through a scholarship for studying abroad. This applies even if in �� �
doing so the student is in receipt of a scholarship for studying abroad for more than two years. The universities may not enter into agreements concerning ERASMUS Mundus programmes with universities charging tuition fees exceeding the Danish scholarship for studying abroad." Estonia The Universities Act from 1995 stipulates the principles of financing Only citizens of EU member states are NO NO study places of Estonian universities. There are publicly and privately eligible to apply for state-commissioned funded student places. Each year, the government commissions a student places. fixed number of places in different institutions to be filled according to the results of the entrance examinations. Students accepted to the state-commissioned places do not have to pay tuition fees. State- commissioned places are mainly available to students at public and state institutions. A limited number of places may be available in private institutions, too. The quota beyond state-commissioned education and tuition fees for these students are set by the council of the respective university. Finland Following Finland’s University Act of 2009, all tuition fees in Finnish Starting from 2010, for a try-out period NO NO Higher Education were banned by law. The only exception was 3rd- of five years non-EU students might be party funded "commissioned education" in which an NGO, government, charged tuition for international Master or private company pays full fees for a group of non-EU students. In programmes. Each university 2010 however, a five-year experiment started, allowing Higher independently decides on its tuition fees Education Institutions to charge fees from non-EU students. (proposals were made by a working Universities will decide themselves whether they charge or not, the group). fees proposed by a respective working group range from 3 500 to 12 000 €. The fees are supposed to be applicable for special international Master courses only, and the government promised that they would not block former state funding. �� �
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