Overview
- The FAGE indicator published on Wednesday, September 2 shows the average cost for a non‑bursary first‑year student at €3,239.79, a 25.38% rise since 2020.
- Housing is the largest single expense with average student rent about €637 per month, limited CROUS places leave one room available for roughly every 17 students and many report worsening food insecurity.
- Students from outside the EU face much higher costs — roughly €7,023 for the rentrée — driven mainly by differentiated tuition rates and recent changes to housing aid.
- Students in health and technical programs face heavy extra charges for mandatory materials and fees that can reach €1,500–€2,000 in some universities, costs student groups call unlawful.
- Policy moves so far include €1 university meals in place since May 4 and a June Assembly vote to index and annualise scholarships now awaiting Senate review while student organisations press for APL restoration, rent‑control extension and removal of extra fees.