Published on June 3, 2024 – Updated on November 28, 2024

In accordance with the decree of April 19, 2019, setting the tuition fees applicable to non-EU international students enrolled in a public higher education institution, differentiated fees were approved by the University Clermont Auvergne’s Board of Directors during its session on September 27, 2019. Due to the health context, UCA has decided to postpone the implementation of differentiated fees for non-EU students. Their application is expected to take effect starting from the 2025/2026 academic year.
 

Important Information:

The UCA Board of Directors, in its meeting on December 15, 2023, decided to postpone the partial exemption for the 2024/2025 academic year.
As a result, non-EU students will pay the same tuition fees as national and European students for the 2024/2025 academic year.

Who is affected by differentiated tuition fees?

Non-EU students enrolling for the first time in a bachelor's, master's, or engineering program.

Who is not affected by differentiated tuition fees?
  • French government scholarship recipients.
  • Non-EU students enrolled at UCA before the 2019 academic year, until the end of their uninterrupted studies.
  • Students enrolled in preparatory classes (CPGE) also registering for a bachelor's degree at the university.
  • Students enrolling in a PhD, HDR (Habilitation to Direct Research), long medical postgraduate (DES), or university diploma.
  • Students with refugee status, subsidiary protection, or children of individuals with such status.
  • Non-EU students who have resided in France for at least 2 years or are linked to a tax household for more than 2 years.
  • International students already enrolled at UCA during the 2019-2020 academic year (all levels) until the end of their study cycle (e.g., bachelor's degree).
  • Students coming to France as part of a partnership or exchange program between universities that includes a tuition fee waiver.

These students These students will pay the same tuition fees as French students for the entire duration of their studies at a public higher education institution under the Ministry of Higher Education, Research, and Innovation.

2023-2024 Tuition fees - Non-EU students
Program Tuition fees
Bachelor’s Degree, BUT (Bachelor Universitaire de Technologie), Professional Bachelor’s Degree, DEUST (Diplôme d'Études Universitaires Scientifiques et Techniques), Capacity in Law, University Access Diploma (DAEU) 170 €
Master's Degree 243 €
Doctorate, Habilitation to supervise Research (HDR) 380 €
Integrated or equivalent engineering preparatory cycle 170 €
Engineering cycle 3 770 €
First cycle health diplomas (DFGSM, DFGSP, DFGSO, DFGSMa) 170 €
Second cycle health diplomas (DFASM, DFASP, DFASO, DE Sage femme) 243 €
Third cycle health diplomas including theses 243 €
State Diplomas of Doctor (Medicine, Pharmacy, Dental Surgery) / DES and DESC, including theses 502 €
Thesis leading to the State Diploma of Doctor in Medicine and
Thesis leading to the State Diploma of Doctor in Pharmacy/Dental Surgery within the framework of the long third cycle		 380 €
Certificate of orthoptist competence 330 €
Certificate of speech-language pathologist competence 539 €