Eurostat · 2025

Studying in Serbia: do graduates get work?

83% of recent graduates are employed, which ranks Serbia 29 of 34 European countries. It hosts 74 students from abroad.

Graduates in work83%-7.2 vs European median
Degree holders 25–3437%of the age group
Public spend per studenttertiary, per year
International students74studying here

What this tells a student deciding on Serbia

A high graduate employment rate means the labour market absorbs new graduates quickly — the single most useful signal when you cannot see salaries. Serbia sits below the European median, so plan for a longer job search.

Public spending per student is the closest thing Europe has to a teaching-quality figure. It is not a fee: what an international student pays is set by each university and by your nationality, and no European body publishes it centrally. That is why these pages do not quote a price — and why the US and Canadian pages on this site do.

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Serbia: common questions

Do graduates find work in Serbia?
83% of recent graduates aged 20–34 are employed and no longer studying (2025), ranking Serbia 29 of 34 European countries.
How many international students go to Serbia?
74 students came from abroad to study at tertiary level (2024).
How much does Serbia spend per student?
Not published for Serbia.
Can you tell me what a degree in Serbia costs?
Not from official European data — Eurostat publishes no tuition series, and fees differ by university, programme and nationality. Check the university page directly; for the US and Canada we do publish exact fees, because those governments release them.

Source: Eurostat. Figures are national and cover all institutions; they are not university-level measures.