In Bordeaux it's ~200€ for licence and ~300€ for master, but yeah, lowballed that a little bit.
But ! Note that in France almost 40% of university students get the state grant (https://www.campusmatin.com/vie-campus/experience-etudiante/...) - and thus don't even have to pay the inscription fee.
> Lets not forget that all this is paid with tax money though. You will sort of pay back these studies when paying your taxes once working :)
People in the US pay income tax, too - https://www.companow.com/us-vs-france-where-do-you-pay-the-m...
Also, forget having a campus, classrooms looks like they haven't been renovated in 200 years, you need your own computers because labs are too outdated, professors salaries are a joke, professors keep mixing their personal interests / companies with university - basically getting free work out of students for their businesses, majority of students move out of Italy after graduating because high taxes and bureaucracy make it impossible for profitable business to start up (estimated 250k€ in taxes invested in education lost per student).
I'd rather live in Italy than other countries but I won't uniquely for tax reasons.
I think the fee was 300€/year, most of it was headed toward paying mandatory access to the university library. That would be 300x5=1500€ (~2k$) for a complete engineering degree.
Lets not forget that all this is paid with tax money though. You will sort of pay back these studies when paying your taxes once working :)