Sounds too good to be true? Yes and no. Yes, because nothing is free in this world right? The phrase free education stems from the fact that they don’t charge you any tuition fees for your studies in public universities. The free education only applies to public universities in Germany except universities in the state of Baden-Württemberg (refer the map below). Public universities in other 15 states does not have any tuition fees. What about private universities? Private universities do charge tuition fees and they fees varies depending on the university itself.