Canada
How Canadian university admissions work by province: OUAC, ApplyAlberta, EducationPlannerBC, Quebec CEGEP, costs, study permits and language tests.
University guides
Universities in Canada, the United States and Europe
How admissions work in each country, written for students finishing high school in Canada, the US or elsewhere: application systems, deadlines, entry requirements, costs, language and visa basics. Plus profiles of 83 widely searched universities, each checked against the university's own pages.
16 country guides83 university profilesOfficial sources listed
North America
United States
How US undergraduate admissions work for Canadian and international students: Common App, early decision, testing, financial aid, F-1 status and I-20.
Europe
United Kingdom
How UK undergraduate admissions work for Canadian and US students: UCAS, the October and January deadlines, AP and IB expectations, costs and the Student visa.
Ireland
How to apply to Irish universities from Canada or the US: the CAO for EU fee status, direct entry for non-EU students, points, costs and permission to stay.
Germany
How North American students get into German universities: entrance qualification, AP and IB rules, Studienkolleg, uni-assist, tuition exceptions and permits.
France
How Canadian and US students apply to French universities: Parcoursup or Études en France, the LMD degree system, 2026-27 fees, French tests and the visa.
Netherlands
Dutch universities for Canadian and US students: research vs applied sciences, Studielink deadlines, numerus fixus, binding study advice and fees.
Switzerland
Swiss university admission for North American students: ETH and EPFL vs cantonal universities, teaching languages, foreign diplomas, fees and permits.
Sweden
How Canadian and US students apply to Swedish universities: universityadmissions.se, deadlines, entry requirements, the SEK 900 fee, tuition and permits.
Denmark
How North American students apply to Danish universities: optagelse.dk, quota 1 and quota 2, the March deadline, requirements, tuition and the permit.
Spain
How Canadian and US students enter Spanish universities: homologación of the diploma, UNEDasiss, PAU and PCE exams, regional applications, costs, visas.
Italy
How Canadian and US students apply to Italian universities: Universitaly pre-enrolment, the 12-year rule, TOLC and IMAT tests, fees and the study visa.
Belgium
Belgian university admission for North American students: Flemish vs French-speaking systems, diploma equivalence, entrance exams, language, fees, visas.
Austria
How North American students apply to Austrian universities: direct applications, diploma recognition, tests such as MedAT, German, fees and permits.
Finland
How Canadian and US students apply in Finland: Studyinfo, the January joint application, entrance exams and SAT routes, tuition, scholarships and permits.
Norway
How North American students apply in Norway: Samordna opptak or direct application, entry rules, tuition for non-EU students since 2023, and the permit.
University profiles
We profile universities students ask about most often. A university missing from this list is not a judgement on it: each country guide explains how to apply to every university there.
United Kingdom
- Imperial College London London, England
- King's College London London, England
- London School of Economics and Political Science London, England
- University College London London, England
- University of Bristol Bristol, England
- University of Cambridge Cambridge, England
- University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, Scotland
- University of Glasgow Glasgow, Scotland
- University of Manchester Manchester, England
- University of Oxford Oxford, England
- University of St Andrews St Andrews, Scotland
- University of Warwick Coventry, England
Ireland
- Trinity College Dublin Dublin, Ireland
- University College Dublin Dublin, Ireland
Germany
- Heidelberg University (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg) Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Berlin
- LMU Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) Munich, Bavaria
- Technical University of Munich (TUM) Munich, Bavaria
France
- PSL University (Université PSL) Paris
- Sciences Po Paris and six regional campuses
- Sorbonne University (Sorbonne Université) Paris
Netherlands
- Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) Delft
- Leiden University Leiden and The Hague
- University of Amsterdam (UvA) Amsterdam
- Utrecht University Utrecht
Switzerland
- EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne) Lausanne
- ETH Zurich Zurich
Sweden
- Karolinska Institutet Stockholm (Solna and Flemingsberg)
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm
- Lund University Lund (with campuses in Helsingborg and Malmö)
Denmark
- University of Copenhagen Copenhagen
Spain
- University of Barcelona (Universitat de Barcelona) Barcelona, Catalonia
Italy
- Bocconi University (Università Bocconi) Milan
- Politecnico di Milano Milan (with regional campuses)
- University of Bologna (Alma Mater Studiorum) Bologna (with campuses in Cesena, Forlì, Ravenna and Rimini)
Belgium
- KU Leuven Leuven, Flanders
Austria
Finland
- University of Helsinki Helsinki
Canada
- Concordia University Montreal, Quebec
- Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia
- McGill University Montreal, Quebec
- McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario
- Queen's University Kingston, Ontario
- Simon Fraser University Burnaby, British Columbia
- Toronto Metropolitan University Toronto, Ontario
- Université de Montréal Montreal, Quebec
- Université Laval Quebec City, Quebec
- University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta
- University of British Columbia Vancouver and Kelowna, British Columbia
- University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta
- University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba
- University of Ottawa Ottawa, Ontario
- University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario
- University of Victoria Victoria, British Columbia
- University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario
- Western University London, Ontario
- York University Toronto, Ontario
United States
- Brown University Providence, Rhode Island
- California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California
- Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Columbia University New York, New York
- Cornell University Ithaca, New York
- Duke University Durham, North Carolina
- Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia
- Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts
- New York University New York, New York
- Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois
- Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey
- Stanford University Stanford, California
- The University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas
- University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California
- University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California
- University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Urbana and Champaign, Illinois
- University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan
- University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- University of Southern California Los Angeles, California
- University of Washington Seattle, Washington
- University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin
- Yale University New Haven, Connecticut
How these guides are made
Each guide is written for StudyBrix with AI assistance and checked against the official pages listed at the end of it: the university, the national application service and the government's study and visa pages. We leave out acceptance rates, rankings and fees that we cannot confirm for the current year, and link the official page instead. Start with getting ready for university in Canada if you are still in high school.