<p>does anyone, particularly europeans, know how presitgious schools like the american university of paris and rome and franklin college switzerland are seen in europe when looking for jobs? any other insight into these schools would be appreciated.</p>
<p>I'm from Switzerland and i've never heard of franklin college before...
i guess they can't compete with the national universities (ETH, Univ Zurich, Geneva, St. Gallen, etc.) when it comes to faculty and prestige.
In addition, they're (I assume) very expensive (swiss universities are normally free) and full of rich kids from America.</p>
<p>I keep getting emails from Franklin College. </p>
<p>As compared to US Schools , in the international sphere - European schools lose out. However within Europe it could be a different scenario.</p>
<p>Swiss University free for international students?
I think it is close to free these days charging Fr 600+ per semester.</p>
<p>It's not free for internationals, I think internationals pay tuition fees. EU students pay something close to free.
I've done some research on those American Universities in Europe, and I can tell you that they are not worth it. They cost as much as universities in the US, which is like 1000000x more expensive than their local counterparts. If you want an US education, go to the US. If you want an European education, go to Europe, but a REAL European university.</p>
<p>They are usually not seen as being great. The stereotypical view is that thye are places where rich kids with bad grades go to.</p>
<p>i just looked up average sat scores and gpa for the schools i listed and they are really low. it's just that i spent last summer in europe and absolutely loved it and wish i could live there, but i don't speak any european language fluently. i'm taking spanish in school, but i really want to go to france or italy or switzerland, and i don't think i could go to a european university without knowing the language.</p>
<p>Why don't you apply to the UK?</p>
<p>i might. i suppose i can go somewhere in the uk and then maybe study abroad to italy for a year.</p>
<p>Well in the UK there is not a lot of freedom for study abroad programs and things like that, normally it has to be in your program. For example, if you decided to major in Modern Languages, the program would be 4 years, with one of the years being abroad. You can't just go study abroad if you feel like it.</p>
<p>are they any american uinversities in london?</p>
<p>Regent's college</p>
<p>r6mile, i already understand that. i actually am planning on studying modern languages.</p>
<p>so, is american academy in rome any good for art history?</p>
<p>Not sure. Good place to see art though.</p>
<p>Instead of going to an American University of blah blah blah why not go to an actual European University? They are the ones that are actually known anyway, and if you look hard enough you will find programs offered in English.</p>
<p>its just hard because you go to their websites and they're all in italian or french or whatever.</p>
<p>I am not aware of a an undergraduate program that is complete taught in English at public universities in non-anglophone countries. I know plenty of grad programs and most universities offer a few undergrad courses in English, but usually the introductory courses are conducted in the country's language so one would not get by without being fluent in that language.</p>
<p>franklin college comes to my international school alllll the time for promotional purposes.</p>
<p>i don't think they're that prestigious, but they are good schools. i would recommend IUB Bremen over any of them though.</p>
<p>nauru, i think the reason is that not many american students want to study in college-level french or spanish, etc. when it comes to academics, u want to stick with ur birth language......but then, these european languages are not difficult to master because they're so similar to english...</p>