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300 Foreign Students enroll at Ss Cyril and Methodius University to study Macedonian

300 foreign students have enrolled at Macedonia's biggest university Ss. Cyril and Methodius in a program to study Macedonian language from September 2012 through May 2013.

Macedonian geographical dialects in the Balkans.

Should they pass the exam, they will be granted a certificate which will allow them to enroll into any of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius colleges for the next academic year.

This program is designed to prepare students in learning Macedonian so they can later enroll and be successful in their studies.

The 300 foreign students mostly come from the European continent: Turkey, Serbia, Bulgaria, Holland, Lithuania, Spain, Croatia, Slovenia etc.

Students to pay three times lower participation fee

Macedonian government has decreased the participation fee for studying at state universities. In the future, the highest co-financing fee for students will be EUR 400 instead of current EUR 1,200. The decision was made after the Parliament of Students at the University of St. Cyril and Methodius demanded a decrease in student taxes. From now on, the participation fee will amount to EUR 200 for students within the state quota, whereas students outside the quota will pay up to EUR 400. The fee for dispersed studies will be some EUR 100.