<p>I'm an American high school junior and I'm trying to find European schools that are affordable for American students. I've visited other threads and found some names - University of Paris, a load of Scottish schools, John Cabot University, Jacobs University, etc etc - but they're all ridiculously pricey, not accredited by America/Europe, or all of the above. I have an older brother who went off to college before me, and my parents made the mistake of spending all their money on his school and even buying him a six-bedroom house (which he promptly offered up as a frat house to his fraternity and is now worth about 60kUS$ in this market, but I digress). The point is, I have no idea how I'm going to get to college, let alone where I want to and for how long. I'm interested in the majors of Education (my career goal being to teach English as a foreign language in secondary schools) and Computer Science, Programming, or Engineering. The country I'm most interested in is Germany, since my family's hosted foreign exchange students from there and I've picked up a bit of the language. My GPA is 3.688, my ACT is a 28 but I plan on taking it again this April, and I haven't taken the SAT yet.
My questions: Where can I attend an affordable University in Europe at an affordable price? What test types and GPA levels do European schools look for? What can I do now to make myself look more appealing to a European University? Are there any programs specifically designed to train up teachers of English to Europeans, and if so, are there any languages I need to be working on now so I can speak them later/do I need to be fluent in so-and-so many languages before said program will accept me? Is it impossible or close-to to become a citizen of the European Union as an American or a long-term VISA equivalent?</p>
<p>I’m not sure about the first question, and the second, I’m not sure if I understand. 
Are you trying to pay the EU price at the University, instead of the Overseas price? Because I know that at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, you have to have lived in the EU for three years. </p>
<p>They have certain rules like that, that seem to make it more complicated. >< I’m an American hoping to earn my undergraduates in Great Britain, either at Oxford (hopefully!), University of St Andrews, or Cardiff. If you are unable to pay, you can always apply for financial aid.</p>
<p>I actually find the European (at least, UK) tuitions much less costly than American ones. Uni of St Andrews is a really high class school, and the tuition is about $20,000+ a year. Oxford, one of the top universities in the world, is only about $20,000 a year. $20,000 is obviously hard to pay for, but it’s a lot less compared to American universities like Harvard.</p>
<p>Anyways, I wish you the best of luck. :)</p>
<p>As long as you stay out of London (for CoL sakes), pretty much every euro school is cheap in comparison to the US. With that said, if you’re trying to be really cheap…why go to a scottish uni? You’d be paying an extra year of tuition plus CoL. </p>
<p>You can pretty much do most UK schools as an international for 30k-35k USD (including everything). The fact that its 3 years, makes it equivalent to paying about 22k (including everything) a year for a US school.</p>
<p>University of Helsinki has no tuition. BUT, I think it is fairly difficult to enroll as a degree student (visiting student isn’t as difficult, but is for a shorter period of time). Housing is difficult to come by for visiting students, too. I am also not sure about getting a visa for a full 4 year program (D just spent a semester there, but only needed a visa for 6 months).</p>
<p>Isn’t housing a big issue in Europe for University students? I think some offer on-campus housing like we do in the States for freshman and such, but I’m under the impression European Universities make most of their profit from housing. If you’re required to live in Europe for a certain period of time before attending some schools, do you still attend as a freshman International student and not as a transfer or late starter? What on earth would you do for three years or a few months or however long it is before starting college?</p>
<p>Does anyone know of any TESOL, ESL, EFL, or TESL programs offered in Europe that would be open for an American to attend?</p>
<p>yeah lol///my frined wenet to a school in belgium</p>
<p>Hey I used to interested in European colleges too and I’m also planning to teach English as a foreign language. I don’t think you’re going to find an “affordable” college that is accredited by America/Europe if you don’t have the $ to attend the ones you listed. The cheapest I came by was American Uni in Bulgaria, which was around $10,000 plus a grand for room and maybe board. Richmond College London, Webster University, and American University I think gives some decent scholarships. With that said even if you did find a college that is “affordable” chances are they’re aren’t going to have an English, Linguistics, or TESOL major available in English. I’m just saying this from my experience but as much as I wanted to go to college at an “affordable” price in Europe, I decided it was best for me to transfer from community college to a university here (in the US), to study English with an emphasis on Linguistics. After I’ve transfered then I would study abroad in Europe. There are some good 4 to 5 week TELF certificate courses you can take in Europe that cost very cheap but they aren’t undergrad degrees. Good luck!</p>
<p>If you want to live here and eventually become a citizen of the European Union, I’d suggest not studying at one of the American Uni’s here in Europe. I’m not sure which ones are accredited here but I do know that they are looked down upon. It’s better to find an English program at a ‘‘normal’’ university.</p>
<p>I don’t know if this is an option for you, but have you considered attending an American school with a good “study abroad” program? It would be recognized by U.S. colleges, housing would be provided, and the expense would be reasonable. </p>
<p>I think transfering, as an American, to a non-American school and having to deal with recognition, cost, finding a place to live, etc., would be so much of a hassle it probably wouldn’t even be worth it.</p>
<p>But don’t let me shoot down your dreams!</p>
<p>Well, I don’t know what to tell you. This is my experience. </p>
<p>I am a French major. I studied abroad in France. I paid American tuition and European living costs (you have to take into account that everything costs more because it’s the euro). It was a good experience, but it cost a whole lot of money.</p>
<p>Germany:
There are no or low tuition fees at public universities in Germany.</p>
<p>For example at [RWTH</a> Aachen University](<a href=“http://www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/main/~a/root/?lidx=1]RWTH”>RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY - Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule - English), the fees are about 200€ per semester/ 400€ per year.
Housing should be about 300€/month or 200€/month in dorms (easy to get in as international student) and food is also about 300€/month (a meal at the cafeteria costs less than 2,60€). At this university, it is really easy to get a job as student research assistant, which is relevant work for your studies and good for the CV, it gets you about 400€ a month.</p>
<p>So in total:
8000€/year without job and not living in a dorm
2000€/year with job and university housing</p>
<p>If you are interested in Computer Science or Engineering, this could be a very interesting school for you, because it is ranked #1 for those fields in national rankings.</p>