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What the three programs actually cost

Every figure below is computed from the catalog on this site rather than typed in, so it moves when the underlying data does. A fee counts only when an official university page confirms it as an annual total for the 2026-2027 cycle. Programs whose fee is income-assessed, published as a band, or carried over from a prior cycle are deliberately left out of these ranges — 29 of the 271 programs are in that position, and Italy accounts for most of them because its public universities charge a statutory instalment plus a contribution set by assessed household income.

How long each one takes

Length matters as much as the annual fee, and the two are not correlated. Medicine most commonly runs 6 years, in 100 of 141 options. Dentistry most commonly runs 5 years, in 40 of 59. Pharmacy most commonly runs 4 years, in 36 of 71 — four in the United Kingdom and five almost everywhere else, which is the single most consequential fact on this page for anyone intending to register as a pharmacist in the United States.

Why an annual fee is the wrong comparison

A headline fee misleads in at least six ways across this catalog, all of them documented on the individual program pages. Some universities charge substantially more for clinical years than pre-clinical ones. Some publish a fee that rises every year of the course. Some bill a final year separately. Some quote only a first-year figure with a policy note that later years may increase. Degree length changes the total independently of the rate, so a shorter course at a higher annual fee can cost less overall. And the city can outweigh the fee entirely — living costs across the locations covered here range from about €6,400 to €15,700 a year.

Every program page below therefore shows the fee alongside its cycle, its source, and whether it is confirmed for the current year. Where a university has not published something, the page says so rather than estimating.