The realistic tier
Wide enough to have real choice, high enough that nobody at home has to explain the name. For most students with good grades and no scholarship, this is where the sensible application actually goes.
84 routes, across 15 countries. A route is here when the institution awarding the degree sits inside the QS 2027 top 300 — not when the college you enrol at first does. Ranking reviewed 2026-08-20; what we can submit to, 2026-10-11.
Ordered by the rank of the degree, cheapest first where the rank ties. Costs are the first year in full — tuition plus living — with deposits and one-off fees listed on each school’s page.
Hong Kong (SAR)
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HKU admits a small share of the international students who apply, and being able to submit is not the same as being likely to succeed. We will tell you honestly where your grades sit before you spend anything on this one.
Hong Kong (SAR)
Cost not read off the page yet
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United States
Cost not read off the page yet
Postgraduate only. Eleven Johns Hopkins master's programmes are open to a Central Asian applicant through our channel; the undergraduate intake is not, checked for Uzbek, Tajik and Kazakh nationals with and without the intake filter. If you want a Hopkins bachelor's, we coach your own direct application — we cannot submit it.
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Germany
Non-EU tuition of about EUR 2,000 to 3,000 per semester since winter 2024/25, plus the semester contribution
An eleven-year certificate is not a German university entrance qualification. The route is a Studienkolleg year ending in the Feststellungsprüfung, or one to two completed years at a recognised university at home, checked against the anabin database. Nearly every bachelor's is taught in German and needs DSH-2 or TestDaF 4; English-taught bachelor's are the exception and English-taught master's the rule. Tuition: Non-EU tuition of about EUR 2,000 to 3,000 per semester since winter 2024/25, plus the semester contribution.
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Malaysia
RM49,920–71,040 a year for most degrees; RM138,720 for Medicine. MUFY beforehand is RM38,600–41,000 at Sunway College Kuala Lumpur or RM27,000–29,400 at Sunway College Johor Bahru, plus RM2,250 administrative fee for international students. All figures exclude 6% SST. (≈ $12,300) tuition, first year
READ THE ELIGIBILITY BEFORE QUOTING ANY OF IT, because the two largest awards are closed to our students. The ASEAN Monash Malaysia Scholarship — 100% of tuition, with a stipend for some recipients — is for ASEAN nationals, and Uzbekistan and Tajikistan are not ASEAN. The Monash Equity Scholarship is for Malaysian citizens and permanent residents only. So is the Sports Scholarship; the Indonesian bursary is for Indonesians. WHAT IS ACTUALLY OPEN to a Central Asian student is the MONASH HIGH ACHIEVER AWARD — RM5,000 off tuition per semester, awarded automatically at admission with no separate application — and it asks for a very high result: MUFY 89% or above, or A-Level 3 As, or IB 38. It excludes Medicine and Pharmacy. Beyond that there are 10% course bursaries on a named list of degrees, given to anyone holding a full offer, a 10% sibling discount, and for women entering Engineering an award worth RM6,000 in the first year at MUFY 86–88.9%, capped at seven recipients in February and July and six in October. At Sunway, MUFY students can apply for Sunway's own scholarships, but the one the guide names — the Jeffrey Cheah Entrance Scholarship — rewards SPM, Cambridge O-Level or Ontario results, none of which our students hold.
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Hong Kong (SAR)
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HKUST is highly selective for international applicants, and being able to submit is not the same as being likely to succeed. We will tell you honestly where your grades sit before you spend anything on this one.
United Kingdom
£27,300 (≈ $37,000) tuition, first year£40,647 (≈ $55,000) with living costs
One programme, and three conditions on it. It is a Master of Laws by Research, so it suits a law graduate and nobody else. It is not currently available to Tajik nationals through this channel. And it states a FOUR-YEAR bachelor's as the minimum, so a three-year degree does not qualify.
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Malaysia
Public-sector rates
Applications here run through a partner rather than our own account, and a service fee may apply. We will state the exact fee before you start, and you may also apply to UM yourself: its admissions portal is public.
United Kingdom
Cost not read off the page yet
This is direct degree entry, which needs a completed Grade 12 or an accepted foundation year — an eleven-year certificate is not enough on its own. Our separate Bristol foundation route is not yet open.
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Germany
Cost not read off the page yet
An eleven-year certificate is not a German university entrance qualification. The route is a Studienkolleg year ending in the Feststellungsprüfung, or one to two completed years at a recognised university at home, checked against the anabin database. Nearly every bachelor's is taught in German and needs DSH-2 or TestDaF 4; English-taught bachelor's are the exception and English-taught master's the rule. Whether a non-EU tuition fee applies is set by the federal state and is confirmed on the programme page before you commit; every student pays a semester contribution.
United Kingdom
£23,390 (≈ $31,700) tuition, first year£35,396 (≈ $47,900) with living costs
Master's only — there is no undergraduate route at this campus at either Grade 11 or Grade 12, and school-leavers use the Birmingham foundation pathways instead. Every open programme states a FOUR-YEAR bachelor's degree as the minimum, so a three-year degree does not qualify here.
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United Kingdom · degree from University of Birmingham
£25,520 (≈ $34,500) tuition, first year£38,867 (≈ $52,600) with living costs
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Ireland
€24,100 (≈ $27,900) tuition, first year€39,100 (≈ $45,300) with living costs
Nothing is open here today. A recount on 19 August found 582 Trinity programmes on the postgraduate profile and NOT ONE with an open intake — four are flagged likely to open and 580 will open later. That is a closed window, not a closed door, and it is why this row shows no apply route: we will tell you the week it changes rather than take an application it cannot go anywhere.
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United Kingdom · degree from University of Leeds
£13,900 tuition plus £12,180 living for the first year, and a £7,260 deposit before the visa
Grade 12 / High School is the minimum here — a completed lyceum or professional-college diploma. An eleven-year certificate alone returns no programmes at all at this institution.
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Australia · degree from Adelaide University
AUD 26,300 (≈ $18,600) tuition, first yearAUD 56,010 (≈ $39,700) with living costs
Open to Uzbek applicants. Tajik and Kazakh nationals see only one programme here instead of 121 — if you hold a Tajik or Kazakh passport, treat this route as closed until we confirm your specific case.
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United Kingdom · degree from University of Glasgow
£24,930 (≈ $33,800) tuition, first year£37,110 (≈ $50,200) with living costs
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United Kingdom · degree from University of Sheffield
Cost not read off the page yet
Grade 12 / High School is the minimum here — a completed lyceum or professional-college diploma. An eleven-year certificate alone returns no programmes at all at this institution.
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United Kingdom · degree from Durham University
£25,900 tuition plus £13,347 living for the first year, and a £7,260 deposit before the visa
Grade 12 / High School is the minimum here — a completed lyceum or professional-college diploma. An eleven-year certificate alone returns no programmes at all at this institution.
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Germany
Baden-Württemberg non-EU fee of EUR 1,500 per semester plus about EUR 161 semester contribution
An eleven-year certificate is not a German university entrance qualification. The route is a Studienkolleg year ending in the Feststellungsprüfung, or one to two completed years at a recognised university at home, checked against the anabin database. Nearly every bachelor's is taught in German and needs DSH-2 or TestDaF 4; English-taught bachelor's are the exception and English-taught master's the rule. Tuition: Baden-Württemberg non-EU fee of EUR 1,500 per semester plus about EUR 161 semester contribution.
Italy
Cost not read off the page yet
Italian public universities set tuition by FAMILY INCOME, assessed through a document called the ISEE, and award need-based grants on the same basis. A family that files it correctly can pay very little; a family that does not file it is charged the top band. We prepare the ISEE with you — it is the single most valuable thing we do on an Italian application, and it has a deadline of its own.
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United Kingdom
Cost not read off the page yet
Two portal readings disagree about this route. A check on 17 August recorded it open; a per-school query on 18 August, for a student with an eleven-year certificate, returned no programmes at all — with or without the intake filter. Until we know which reading holds, we will not tell anyone they can apply here.
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United Kingdom · degree from University of Nottingham
£18,100 tuition on the foundation certificate, £25,320 on the degree routes, plus £12,180 living
Grade 12 / High School is the minimum here — a completed lyceum or professional-college diploma. An eleven-year certificate alone returns no programmes at all at this institution.
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Malaysia
Well below the UK campus; High Achievers scholarships available
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Italy
Cost not read off the page yet
Italian public universities set tuition by FAMILY INCOME, assessed through a document called the ISEE, and award need-based grants on the same basis. A family that files it correctly can pay very little; a family that does not file it is charged the top band. We prepare the ISEE with you — it is the single most valuable thing we do on an Italian application, and it has a deadline of its own.
United Kingdom
Cost not read off the page yet
Two portal readings disagree about this route. A check on 17 August recorded it open; a per-school query on 18 August, for a student with an eleven-year certificate, returned no programmes at all — with or without the intake filter. Until we know which reading holds, we will not tell anyone they can apply here.
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United Kingdom · degree from University of Southampton
£23,685 (≈ $32,100) tuition, first year£35,865 (≈ $48,600) with living costs
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Malaysia
RM33,000 (Business foundation) — RM39,200 Engineering and Computer Science (≈ $8,140) tuition, first yearRM57,000 (≈ $14,100) with living costs
Foundation scholarships are read straight off the Certificate of Completed Secondary Education. Engineering and Computer Science: Excellent (5) in nine or more subjects is a 100% award, seven subjects RM13,000, six RM7,000, five RM3,000. Business: Excellent (5) in seven subjects is 100%, six RM13,000, five RM7,000, four RM3,000. Undergraduate awards run to 60% of year one plus 20–40% of later years for the top band, then RM25,000–30,000 and RM10,000–13,000. Separately, an education grant of RM1,500 (foundation) or up to RM5,000 (undergraduate) is open to everyone who does not hold a scholarship, and siblings and children of alumni get 10% off the first year. Only one award applies — they do not stack.
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Italy
Cost not read off the page yet
Italian public universities set tuition by FAMILY INCOME, assessed through a document called the ISEE, and award need-based grants on the same basis. A family that files it correctly can pay very little; a family that does not file it is charged the top band. We prepare the ISEE with you — it is the single most valuable thing we do on an Italian application, and it has a deadline of its own.
Malaysia
Public-sector rates
Two of USM's three graduation requirements for international doctoral candidates are not about your thesis: you must pass its Malaysian Culture and Malay Language course (LKM111) at grade C or better, and you must publish before you can graduate. There is also a Research Methodology course to pass in your first semester. On the visa, USM asks candidates to start the approval process AT LEAST THREE MONTHS before the registration date, and the student pass itself is only issued after you arrive in Malaysia and complete a medical examination there. Applications here also run through a partner rather than our own account, so a service fee may apply — we state the exact amount before you start, and USM's admissions portal is public if you would rather apply yourself.
Malaysia
Public-sector rates
Applications here run through a partner rather than our own account, and a service fee may apply. We will state the exact fee before you start, and you may also apply to UPM yourself: its admissions portal is public.
United Kingdom · degree from University of Liverpool
£19,080 (≈ $25,800) tuition, first year£31,260 (≈ $42,300) with living costs
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United Kingdom · degree from University of York
£23,890 (≈ $32,300) tuition, first year£36,070 (≈ $48,800) with living costs
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United States
USD 34,398 tuition plus USD 14,718 living for the first year
Grade 12 / High School is the minimum here — a completed lyceum or professional-college diploma. An eleven-year certificate alone returns no programmes at all at this institution.
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Canada
CAD 54,910 (≈ $39,600) tuition, first yearCAD 77,805 (≈ $56,100) with living costs
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United Kingdom
Programmes from GBP 23,850 undergraduate and GBP 18,650 postgraduate — the lowest figure on an open record on the partner portal (2026-08-19), not an annual tuition
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United Kingdom · degree from Loughborough University
£33,910 (≈ $45,900) tuition, first year£46,186 (≈ $62,500) with living costs
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Australia · degree from Deakin University
AUD 34,133 (≈ $24,200) tuition, first yearAUD 63,843 (≈ $45,300) with living costs
Open to Uzbek and Kyrgyz applicants only at present. Tajik and Kazakh nationals match the same 82 programmes but not one of them has an open intake, so there is nothing to apply to. Treat this route as closed on a Tajik or Kazakh passport until we confirm otherwise.
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United States
Cost not read off the page yet
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Malaysia
About RM31,455 a year for engineering, including hostel (≈ $7,760) tuition, first year
Award UTP states it helps students apply to more than 100 sponsoring bodies, including the PETRONAS Scholarship Loan Fund and Yayasan UTP
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Malaysia
RM28,160 (foundation) / RM35,600–48,960 (degree) (≈ $6,950) tuition, first year
Award Considered automatically on application — the guide states every applicant is assessed
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Where a country is missing from this tier, we hold no route into it at this height — not that none exists. The United States, for instance, has many Top 100 universities and we can reach none of them today; the American routes we hold sit further down and are listed honestly where they fall.
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