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Where can you actually study abroad?

Pick your passport and set your yearly budget. Every country is checked against its published financial requirement, visa fee, living costs and — where governments publish them — student-visa approval rates for your nationality.

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Policy figures are sourced and dated. We link to the government publication or cited analysis used for each requirement. Tuition and program counts come from the Global Admissions catalog. Where no usable figure exists, we say so instead of guessing.
Free, no sign-up. Program and scholarship counts come from a recent Global Admissions catalog snapshot.
A reference, not immigration advice. Rules change — always confirm requirements with the relevant government and institution.
Yearly budget — used for the funds check; full cost estimate shown separately
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All 51 countries, ranked for you

Tap any country to see its costs, approval odds, scholarships and programs. A marks an approval rate the government publishes for your nationality.

    How this works

    Policy figures come from cited publications: immigration-authority visa fees and financial requirements, student living budgets, per-nationality approval statistics from the UK Home Office (2025) and Australian Home Affairs (FY2024–25), and cited country-wide statistics or analyses where available. Tuition is a Global Admissions catalog median, not a government figure. Amounts are converted to USD at July 2026 rates. Each country links to the sources used and the date we last checked them. Where no usable figure exists, we say so instead of guessing.

    This is a reference tool, not immigration advice. Rules change; always confirm requirements with the relevant government and institution.

    What is proof of funds?

    Many countries ask you to show a fixed amount of money during the student visa or residence process — for example, Germany requires €11,904 in a blocked account and France asks for about €615 per month. The money usually needs to sit in an acceptable account for months; borrowed money and sudden deposits are common refusal reasons. This tool compares each country's published threshold against your budget. Meeting that threshold is not an admission decision, visa approval or proof that you can afford tuition and living costs; available first-year cost estimates are shown separately.

    Why approval rates depend on your passport

    Australia and the UK say how often each nationality gets approved; most countries don't. The differences are large — in FY2024–25 Australia approved 49% of Pakistani student applications and 93% of Chinese ones. When there is no figure for your nationality, we show the country-wide average with a “~” in front, and some countries publish nothing at all — for those we leave the approval column empty rather than guess.

    Frequently asked questions

    Is the approval rate a prediction for my application?
    No. It's the published share of applications your nationality had approved in the most recent period the government reported. Your own outcome depends on your documents, funds history and program.
    Why does a country show “no fixed amount”?
    Some countries (like the US) let each school set the required amount, and some publish no single national figure. You may still need to prove funding, so we mark the budget comparison as unknown rather than treating it as passed.
    Are these all the countries where I can study?
    These are the 51 destinations with enough published data to compare honestly. More are added as we verify their figures.
    Where do the program counts come from?
    From a Global Admissions catalog snapshot. The count shown is programs in that country. Where the cost inputs are complete, the link also limits yearly tuition to the amount left after published living costs and the known visa fee.
    Sources: national immigration authorities, UK Home Office, Australian Department of Home Affairs, cited approval-rate analyses, student-living publications and the Global Admissions program catalog. Figures checked July 2026 · USD conversions at July 2026 rates.

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