1. This Agreement regulates the access to higher education and admission to study at accredited public higher education institutions of the Parties for purposes of acquiring rights to studies in each of the Parties. The rights to education free of charge, housing and scholarship are regulated according to each Party’s legislative framework.

2. The Parties agree to grant applicants from other Parties access and admission to their respective public Higher Education Institutions the same or equivalent access and admission criteria as to applicants from the host Party.

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* This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244/1999 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.