France's Conseil constitutionnel (constitutional court) ruled on Friday that free access to public higher education is a constitutional right in France. The ruling appears to strike a blow to the French government's plans to significantly hike tuition fees to anyone from outside the EU who attends university in France. READ ALSOAt present, overseas students from outside the EU (which will of course include the UK after Brexit) pay the same tuition fees as French students - €170 a year for a bachelor’s degree and €243 for a master’s. The low tuition fees have over the years made France an attractive place for overseas students to study, particularly in contrast to the USA where tuition fees regularly run into tens of thousands of dollars. In the academic year 2017/18 340,000 foreign students came to France to study, making it the leading non-English speaking destination for overseas students.

Source: The Local October 14, 2019 09:33 UTC