Luxembourg

• Very low public tuition compared with anywhere outside continental Europe, and the same fee whether you are EU or not.
• A compulsory semester abroad in every bachelor's degree, so international mobility is guaranteed rather than something you have to organise.
• Multilingualism is the point: if you have IB French B or German B alongside English, Luxembourg turns that into an asset rather than a hurdle.
• Small cohorts and close contact with staff at a university of a few thousand students.
• Location. The Court of Justice of the EU, the European Investment Bank, Eurostat and a large financial sector are all in the same city, which matters for law, economics and finance internships.

• English alone is often not enough. Many bachelor's require French or German as well as English, and the requirement is per programme. Read the language requirements of the individual programme before anything else.
• One intake a year, in September, with no spring or summer entry. Applications for 2027-2028 open on 1 February 2027, and the university has said the admission criteria for that year are under review and may change.
• Every programme sets its own closing date and they are not the same. In the 2026-2027 cycle Computer Science closed for EU applicants on 15 July and a second programme was indexed as closing on 8 July. Read your own programme’s admissions page rather than any university-wide date, including the ones on this page.
• Very small choice. This is one university with a limited range of bachelor's - if your subject is not among them, Luxembourg is simply not an option.
• Cost of living is high. Rents in and around Luxembourg City are high, and student housing is limited.
• The compulsory mobility semester is a real constraint if you have family or work commitments; waivers exist but are not automatic.
• Two private schools often listed for Luxembourg are not options. Sacred Heart University closed its Luxembourg campus in 2022 and shu.lu is now a parked domain; BBI hospitality school’s address, bbi-edu.eu, now serves an unrelated gambling page. Neither appears on the ministry’s list of accredited specialised institutions, which names only LUNEX and the Luxembourg School of Business.

Accepted

Yes

Subjects and levels

The University of Luxembourg assesses foreign school-leaving diplomas individually against its programme-specific admission criteria, and states that the criteria for 2027-2028 are under review. No IB-specific rule is published. The decisive requirement in practice is the language combination the programme demands, not a points threshold.

Score conversion

No official IB-to-Luxembourgish conversion is published.

• A full IB Diploma is a university-entrance qualification recognised across the EU, and Luxembourg admits students from a very wide range of national systems - but confirm your specific case with the university's student department (SEVE) rather than assuming.
• If you plan to have your degree formally recognised in Luxembourg later, Luxembourg maintains a Register of Titles (registre des titres) for higher education qualifications.
• Because the university says its admission criteria for 2027-2028 are under review, treat everything here as provisional and check the university's admissions pages again in late 2026.

1. Choose a programme from the university's bachelor list and read its language requirements first - this is what decides whether Luxembourg is viable for you.

2. Check the eligibility criteria for that programme, and note that the university says its 2027-2028 criteria are under review.

3. Prepare your documents: IB transcript or predicted grades, school-leaving certificate, proof of the required languages, passport, motivation letter.

4. Create an account on the university’s admission platform when applications open on 1 February 2027, and find your own programme’s closing date on its admissions page - there is no single university-wide deadline.

5. Complete the application and pay the application fee, then submit online.

6. If admitted, enrol and pay the semester registration fee, and start looking for accommodation immediately - housing is the tightest constraint in Luxembourg.

7. Plan for the compulsory semester abroad, normally taken in the third, fourth or fifth semester.

Admission is decided by the university programme by programme against published eligibility criteria, rather than by a national points system or a central office. There is no numerus fixus system of the Dutch kind and no CAO-style ranking; the practical filters are the language combination and the subject prerequisites of the individual programme.

English-taught bachelors

Small and mostly multilingual rather than purely English. The University of Luxembourg builds bachelor's around combinations of French, English and German, so a programme described as partly English-taught may still require French or German for a substantial part of the teaching. A few programmes are taught wholly in English. No count of fully English-taught bachelor programmes is confirmed here.

Proving your English

Set per programme by the University of Luxembourg; no national rule. An IB Diploma taken in English will usually satisfy the English component, but you must check whether the programme also requires French or German and at what level.

Local language needed?

Yes, for most programmes

• Luxembourgish is the national language, with French and German as administrative languages. You will not normally need Luxembourgish to study, but French is genuinely useful for daily life, administration and student jobs.
• If you took French B or German B in the IB, say so in your application - the multilingual profile is exactly what this university is built around.
• Luxembourg also runs BTS programmes (two-year higher technician diplomas) in its secondary schools, taught mainly in French; these are a different route from a university bachelor's.

Tuition, EU/EEA

Registration fee of 400 EUR per semester at the University of Luxembourg; the university notes that fees may vary by programme, so check your programme page. (Current figure on the university budget page (September 2026))

Tuition, non-EU

The university budget page gives the same 400 EUR per semester and does not distinguish by nationality; check your programme page. (Current figure on the university budget page (September 2026))

Living costs

At least 1,517 EUR a month (18,211 EUR per academic year): the resources the immigration authority requires, which the University of Luxembourg quotes as its budget floor. University housing starts at 450 EUR a month and is not guaranteed; private rooms cost significantly more. Plan about 2,700 EUR for the first weeks (registration, insurance, first rent and deposit). (2025 figure, as published by the University of Luxembourg)

• University of Luxembourg registration is charged per semester (400 EUR on the university budget page, as of September 2026). Fees may vary by programme.
• There is an application fee, and paying it is step five of the application process on the university's own admissions page, so you cannot submit without it. The current amount is not confirmed here: the university's 2022 news item is titled "Uni.lu introduces a 50 EUR application fee". Check the amount before budgeting.
• Living costs in Luxembourg are high, driven mainly by rent. Public transport inside the country is free.

Funding you could actually get

• Danish SU can follow you here if you can claim it (Danish citizens, or EU/EEA citizens with equal status under EU rules) and meet the ties-to-Denmark requirement. The programme must be SU-approved, and outside the Nordics SU is capped at four years (48 klip). Apply to Uddannelses- og Forskningsstyrelsen before you leave. If you cannot claim SU, look first at your own country's student finance: several EU/EEA systems fund a full degree in another country.
• Luxembourg state financial aid for higher education (AideFi, the successor to CEDIES aid) exists in the form of grants and loans, and is administered through guichet.public.lu. It is aimed at residents and at the children of people working in Luxembourg; the exact eligibility conditions for a newly arrived EU student are not confirmed here, so check them at guichet.public.lu before assuming you qualify.
• Erasmus+ funding is available for the compulsory mobility semester, which reduces its cost.
• Student jobs exist in Luxembourg City and pay comparatively well, but often expect French and sometimes Luxembourgish.

Residency

As an EU citizen you enter with your EU passport or national ID card and need no visa. You must make a declaration of arrival at the commune where you live, and after three months register as an EU citizen residing in Luxembourg, showing proof of enrolment, sufficient resources and health cover. Non-EU students need a temporary authorisation to stay before travelling, followed by a residence permit after arrival.

Working

As an EU citizen you may work in Luxembourg without a permit. A student enrolled in Luxembourg can work on a student fixed-term contract for up to 15 hours a week on average over a month (60 hours) during term, and up to the normal 40 hours a week in the holidays, at no less than the age-adjusted minimum wage (guichet.public.lu).

Housing

The hardest practical problem of studying in Luxembourg. The country has an expensive rental market, and the student population competes with a large professional and cross-border workforce. The University of Luxembourg runs its own student housing service and this should be your first and main approach - apply as soon as you are admitted, not after. If you miss university housing, consider living just across the border in France, Germany or Belgium and commuting: public transport inside Luxembourg is free, and many students in the Greater Region do exactly this. No official rent figures are quoted here.

Healthcare

Bring your European Health Insurance Card from the country where you are insured. If you register as a resident and study in Luxembourg for a full degree, you will normally be affiliated to the Luxembourg health insurance system (CNS) - the university's student department explains the process during enrolment. Non-EU students must show proof of health cover to obtain their residence permit.

Your IB is still a foreign qualification here, so the IB entry rules still apply to you.