Hello,
I’m thinking of applying to U.S colleges, but as an international financial aid applicant, everywhere is a reach. That’s why, apart from my own country, I wanted to look at colleges in Europe. I am not an EU/EEA citizen, so lots of colleges are expensive for me. I can pay around $10,000.
One almost free school I know of is Sciences Po, but I don’t know any other schools with nonexistent tuition like theirs. Does anyone know European colleges with need based awards, scholarships or just with low tuitions?
Thanks!
German unis are tuition-free. Some have majors taught in English. You’d still have to cover living expenses, and $10K/year may be pretty tough.
The concept of fin aid pretty much doesn’t exist in Europe.
What are your grades and what would you want to major in?
Some Universities are tuition free and with 10k/year you may have enough to pay for expenses in “provincial” towns (not regional capitals but large enough to have colleges).
my GPA is 95/100, and I want to major in social sciences.
my GPA is 95/100, and I want to major in social sciences.
What’s your educational system (because 95/100 means different things in Italy, Iran…) and is your secondary diploma considered equivalent to automatic university admissions (like the Bac, ALevels, Scottish Highers, Maturità, Abitur…) or is it like Bachillerato, Apolytirion, CCEM…and you need to take a national examination?
But all in all it means you’re a strong student (the above questions would only determines how strong).
Okay, for social science, definitely Sciences Po (choose the campus associated with your area of linguistic expertise or the geographic area you’re from).
You can also look at ESSEC BBA (which is ostensibly about Business but includes a lot of general classes in economics, history, English…) They have a campus near Paris (expensive) but a less expensive campus in Mauritius.
If you’re interested in Economics/Business/English, there are “free tuition” small colleges in France in smaller towns, meaning you would likely only have about $6,000 total for the year for room/board/transportation/books. Those have a good reputation, include internships (or can be done as co-ops) and lead to a “licence professionelle” from which you can look for a job; there are also “ECE prépa”, which are free tuition, are more academic and less applied, it includes mandatory classes in math, economics, philosophy, literature, English, sociology, history; the pace is very intense. One BIG downside is that both are taught exclusively in English.
The University Colleges in the Netherlands are interdisciplinary with a focus on social science, are taught in English, and are low-cost, with scholarships.
You could also look at Malta (classes are in English but I don’t know about costs).