City
Vilnius is generally pricier than Kaunas and Klaipėda, and rent is where you feel it.
Cost of living in Lithuania
Students and parents ask this more than anything else: "what does a year actually cost?" The calculator below lets you build an estimate around your own situation.
These are your figures, not a price list
The calculator is not a fixed tariff. You set each line yourself. Tuition should be checked on the university's own page and rent against current listings — both change every year and differ by school.
Calculator
Build your yearly budget
Slide each line to match your situation; the total updates as you go.
TuitionAnnual fee. Varies by programme and university; check the exact figure on the school's official page.
AccommodationA dormitory is usually cheaper; a shared flat can be reasonable. Yearly total.
Food and groceriesThe line that moves most, depending on how often you cook at home.
TransportDiscounted student monthly pass plus the occasional intercity trip.
Phone, internet, personalSIM, subscriptions, clothes, social life and the unexpected.
Estimated yearly total
€10,900
About €908 per month
This estimate rests only on the values you entered and is not a price commitment. Real figures vary by university, city, accommodation type and spending habits. Visa and residence permit fees, health insurance, flights and one-off setup costs (deposit, furniture, first shop) are not in this table — budget for those separately. The monthly figure is the yearly total divided by twelve; tuition is usually paid once or twice a year, so your monthly cash need is lower than that. To build your own budget from scratch, see the budget article in the Student Guide.
What drives the budget
Why two students on the same programme spend differently
Accommodation type
Dormitory, shared flat or a place of your own — the single biggest variable in a yearly budget.
Programme
Health and engineering programmes usually carry higher tuition than social sciences.
Eating habits
Cooking at home versus eating out can be worth several thousand euros a year.
Heating season
Heating costs rise noticeably in winter. If rent is not "bills included", budget for it.
One-off costs
Deposit, furniture, the first big shop and the flight — your first month never looks like the others.
Let's talk about your budget
If the figure above is higher than you can manage, there may be more affordable programmes and cities in the same field. In the free eligibility analysis we work out the options that fit your budget.
Which universities fit this budget?
Share your grades, your goal and your budget; I'll put together the schools that fit and an estimated total cost.