CroatiaHRVerified ProgramsUniversity of Rijeka runs one English-taught health program in Rijeka, in medicine. Its confirmed 2026-27 fee is €12,000 a year.
Average source completeness across verified programs.
CroatiaRijeka charges the same €12,000 as every other verified Croatian medicine program, so the fee decides nothing. What separates it is the route in: applicants are ranked through Croatia's national higher-education applications system, with an allocated registration number and the state graduation exam, rather than through a separate international call.
The published requirements are specific about the mechanism. Candidates come from the national information system for applications to higher education with an allocated registration number, and selection uses prerequisite courses, mandatory and optional tests, and the state graduation exam per the faculty program page.
That is a materially different proposition from Split, which reviews an application file submitted directly under its own annual call with a CV, a motivation letter and a €200 fee. Here you are entering the machinery Croatian domestic applicants use, and your ranking is produced by prerequisite subjects and state exam results rather than by documents an admissions officer reads.
For an international applicant the practical question is whether your qualifications map onto that system at all. That is a question to resolve with the faculty before you build a plan around it, because it is upstream of everything else — a file that cannot be scored has nothing to rank.
The published timeline is shaped around enrolment rather than around a closing date. First-year enrolment runs 16-17 July 2026 for the spring and summer exam terms, online from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. Autumn-term enrolment is 17-18 September 2026, and courses begin 1 October 2026. An intensive preparatory course runs 21-25 September 2026.
Those four-hour online windows are worth reading twice. This is not a deadline you meet by submitting before midnight — it is a two-day slot with a clock on it, and the autumn term gives a second slot in September for candidates who did not enrol in July.
€12,000 per academic year, confirmed for 2026-2027. Rijeka, Split and Zagreb all charge exactly that, so nothing about cost distinguishes them; twenty-eight of the 124 European medicine programs with a confirmed fee cost less, against a median of €16,968.
With price held constant the decision comes down to how you are assessed. Rijeka ranks you through the national system and its exams; Split reads a file. Those reward different applicants, and an applicant who is strong on documents and weak on standardized exams should not treat the two as interchangeable just because the invoice is identical.
Rijeka's sponsor notes were re-checked on 2026-08-04, among the most recent verification dates in this profile set. The degree runs six years and 360 ECTS to a Doctor of Medicine, and Croatian is normally required for patient contact.
Applicants whose qualifications can be scored inside Croatia's national admissions system, who are stronger on examined subjects than on written applications, and who can be present for a fixed two-day enrolment window rather than a rolling deadline.
Rijeka is listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools as school F0001671. The ECFMG Sponsor Note was present with the graduation-year field including Current when the sponsor notes were checked on 2026-08-04, and the Canada sponsor note was present with a pass at school level for the MCC check. Confirm the exact issued diploma title against the ECFMG Reference Guide for Medical Education Credentials before enrolment. This describes the school-level evidence on the audit date and does not guarantee certification, residency, registration, or licensure.
Written from the verified catalog and the official sources linked on this page. Sources last checked 2026-09-12; profile updated 2026-09-12. Approver: EuroMedGuide AI editorial pipeline. Figures quoted here are gated against the catalog by npm run validate:guide-stats.
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Faculty of Medicine
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Typical monthly student costs in Rijeka. Over a 10-month academic year, with €250 of health insurance, that is about €8,750 before tuition.
Monthly housing estimate
€300
Monthly living estimate
€550
Typical monthly total
~€850
Basis: Rijeka, Croatia student cost preset (2026-06-11), high confidence. These are planning estimates — rent, housing availability, visa and insurance costs and exchange rates differ, so check housing and the university's own guidance before committing.
Latest source check: 2026-07-13. Sources are attached only to verified programs on this university page.