Some European higher education institutions allow refugees to enrol as academic students in a course to first explore the university and their level of knowledge, waving any fees. For example, the Stiftung Universität Hildesheim have opened  their courses to refugees. The University of Groningen offers the possibility to switch to a degree programme despite not having official documentation. The University of Bologna implements a programme enabling asylum seekers to enrol in single course units wavering the fee and without official recognition of the previous degree.
Other institutions which permit refugees to follow courses as guests and use the institution’s facilities include the University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer;
The University of Duisburg-Essen; Leiden University’s graduate school of teaching (ICLON) allows Syrian teachers to take part in the Mobile Educator project, an 8-week programme designed by ICLON that aims to enable participants to use a range of ICT applications for mobile education; TU Dortmund University encourage refugees to start or continue their academic education as visiting students, waving the tuition fee until they may start or continue their studies as regular students. More examples can be found here.