Tuition fees

No. The following are not subject to differentiated fees and therefore pay the same fees as French students:

• PhD students, students enrolled in the third cycle of health studies, and holders of the Accreditation to Supervise Research (Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches – HDR)
• Refugees, people granted subsidiary protection, and their children
• Long-term residents in France, and their minor children
• Students who have been tax residents in France for over two years (or who have been part of a French tax household for over two years)
• Students enrolled in CPGE (Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Écoles)
   

Other students from outside the European Union and other eligible countries and territories not covered by any of the situations listed above are generally required to pay differentiated tuition fees, unless they qualify for an exemption.

The following students are exempt from paying tuition fees:

• Students who receive a higher education scholarship from the French State, including French Government Scholarships awarded by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
• Students taking part in an international exchange programme or covered by a cooperation agreement with a foreign institution that includes a reciprocal tuition fee exemption

Students may also request an individual tuition fee exemption from the President of the university. Applications will be reviewed by the university's Tuition Fee Exemption Committee (commission d'exonération).

For more information, go to the "Cancel your enrolment, request a fee waiver or refund, transfer your academic record" web page

Yes. The Decree of 19 May 2026 provides for transitional measures for students who benefited from a tuition fee exemption during the 2025–2026 academic year or who had already been granted an exemption for the 2026–2027 academic year.

Students already enrolled at the University of Strasbourg in 2025–2026

• If you were enrolled in an undergraduate programme in 2025–2026 and benefited from an exemption from differentiated tuition fees, you will continue to benefit from this exemption until you obtain your undergraduate degree, provided that you continue your studies at the University of Strasbourg (including if you repeat a year).
• If you were enrolled in the final year of a national undergraduate programme at the University of Strasbourg in 2025–2026 and benefited from an exemption from differentiated tuition fees, and if you then enrol in the first year of a national postgraduate programme in 2026–2027, you will be exempt from differentiated tuition fees until you obtain your postgraduate degree, provided that you continue this programme at the University of Strasbourg (including if you repeat a year).
• If you were enrolled in a postgraduate programme at the University of Strasbourg in 2025-2026 and had to pay differentiated tuition fees, you will be exempt from differentiated tuition fees if you re-enrol in a postgraduate programme in 2026-2027 until you obtain your postgraduate degree, provided that you continue this programme at the University of Strasbourg (including if you repeat a year).

New students enrolling at the University of Strasbourg in 2026–2027

• If you were admitted through the Études en France platform and enrol in an undergraduate programme, you will benefit from an exemption from differentiated tuition fees until you obtain your undergraduate degree, provided that you continue this programme at the University of Strasbourg (including if you repeat a year).
• If you were admitted through the Parcoursup or eCandidat platforms and enrol in an undergraduate programme, you will benefit from an exemption from differentiated tuition fees until you obtain your undergraduate degree, provided that you continue this programme at the University of Strasbourg (including if you repeat a year).