Study-abroad requirements you can actually trust
Sourced, dated and freshness-tracked requirements for student visas, scholarships and university admission — with free checkers, checklists and cost calculators. Every claim links to its official source.
- blocked-account minimum
- 11,904 EUR/yr
- Living cost
- 992 EUR/mo
- Visa fee
- 75 EUR
- Processing
- ~8 weeks
- Student-visa guides
- 800
- Study destinations
- 25
- Nationalities covered
- 32
- Scholarships tracked
- 2
How OfficialRequirements works
Three steps from “where do I even start” to a complete, verified application plan.
Find your exact requirements
Pick your nationality and destination. We assemble the precise document set, funds figure, insurance rule and timeline for your case — not a generic checklist.
Understand every item
Each requirement is explained in full: what it is, why it's asked for, how to obtain it, and the mistakes that cause refusals. No jargon, no guessing.
Plan with free tools
Use the eligibility checker, cost calculator and timeline planner to turn the requirements into a dated, costed action plan you can actually follow.
Study-destination hubs
Visa requirements by nationality, funds, scholarships and costs for each country.
Cheapest countries by proof of funds
The money you must show is the make-or-break number of any student visa. Here are the lowest, computed from official figures and converted to a common currency at ECB reference rates.
University admission requirements
Bachelor's, Master's, MBA and PhD entry requirements by country — GPA and grade thresholds, English scores, GRE/GMAT, transcripts, references and the full document checklist for each program type.
Browse admission requirements →Scholarship eligibility
Check whether you qualify for major scholarships before you spend hours applying — with a free, instant eligibility checker and a clear breakdown of what each award covers and its deadlines.
Why you can trust these numbers
Primary sources only
Every figure traces to an official government or university page — linked on the page, never paraphrased from a forum or another blog.
Dated & freshness-tracked
Each record shows when it was last verified, and an automated pipeline re-checks figures and flags drift before it misleads anyone.
Honest about certainty
We label whether a figure is machine-compiled, corroborated by multiple sources, or human-verified — so you know how much weight it carries.
Common questions
Is OfficialRequirements an official government website?
No. We are an independent reference that compiles study-abroad requirements from primary official sources and links every figure back to the government or university page it came from. Always confirm the final detail on the official source before you act.
How current is the information?
Every record carries a 'last verified' date and a source link, and a freshness pipeline re-checks figures and flags anything that may have changed. You always see when a page was last checked, so you can judge how much to trust it.
Is it free to use?
Yes. All requirement pages, checklists, the eligibility checker, the cost calculator and the timeline planner are free. We may earn a commission from some clearly-disclosed affiliate links, which never changes what we list.
What does it cover?
Three things: student-visa requirements by nationality and destination, university admission requirements by program and country, and scholarship eligibility — each with the documents you need and how to obtain them.