<p>Anyone know how Webster University is regarded? they are located in Vienna and seem to have a very flexable business program with internship possibilities....their degree is recognized in the US and EU and all lessons are onducted in English..........it seems worth considering, especially given it's location.</p>
<p>Bonafide :</p>
<p>It's very easy to get around Geneva. this city is actually much smaller than people usually think. We've got a great tram and bus system. Plus, the trains are wonderful. It's a great place to be based if you want to travel around Europe.
I live in a 2 bedroom (+big kitchen & livingroom) apartment in the center of the city, 15 min by foot from the uni, cost : 1500 swiss francs. 3 of us are living here quite comfortably. I don't know if that's expensive, but I'm moving to NYC this summer and rent there is outrageous !
I'll try and think of someone I know at the translation school. It's probably best to speak with someone there to get a full understanding of the program.</p>
<p>Regarding the previous post about French unis:
anyone and everyone who has a french baccalaureat is automatically accepted at state university (sorbonne and the like)regardless of GPA or the like. Plus, the students pay next to nothing. The state isn't going to invest massively, because so many of the students will flunk out (the French selection process). If you want quality, you need to go to a Haute Ecole (well, in most cases you do). These require entry examinations to get into and are highly selective.</p>
<p>thank you, Kerry, I appreciate it! oh wow, you are moving to NYC? yeah rent there is through the rough, even if you are NOT living comfortably there. Oh and your rent in Swtzerland is about $1217/month for the 2BR, which I think is moderate, even reasonable particularly since you are sharing the bill.</p>
<p>Well, as for getting a job, often it is difficult or impossible for Americans to work abroad, you'd have to get a different type of visa I think.</p>
<p>What schools are you looking at in Vienna, bonafide20? I spent some time at the University of Vienna.</p>
<p>Foreign students in the UK are automatically granted a part-time work visa, which allows them to work up to 20 hours per week, on application for their student visa. However, most UK universities require foreign students to show proof that they can pay for their fees and living expensese for the entire duration of their course, before they can start. In other words, they won't grant you a student visa if you are planning to pay for your study by working in the UK. You have to show you already have about £10,000 per year of study in your bank account before you start.</p>
<p>wow, cupcake...that I definitely owuld not have.....lol. Well, If I could get a huge loan, I'd have it. </p>
<p>@josephine, I was thinking of Webster University's Vienna campus...it's an American University thats accredited in the US and the EU.....was thinking of going there for business.....classes are in the evening and taught in English, which would allow ampe time to persue German lessons during the day and to perhaps work (maybe for the school?) part time. It's just something I am considering.</p>
<p>bonafide, I must say I have never heard of Webster and I suspect that these types of universities have limited prestige both in the US and abroad. I am not sure attending this school would really help you career wise. Americans are often suspicious of foreign degrees. I could certainly be wrong, though. As I said, I am not sure how easily you will be able to work, I had a student visa and that didn't allow me to do so.</p>
<p>i've heard of webster, but mainly for their theatre and music programs. i know a guy from my igh school that went there (to the main campus) in St. Louis, MO. Not sure how their busines programs are, but I know that they have sister campuses throughout Europe.</p>
<p>I would just like to mention that if you want to go to France there are several issues to consider. It is very cheap and even if they don't give financial aid, you will not need it. Also, don't expect to get into Sciences Po or Ecole Normale if have never done studies in the French system. You usually have to take at least two years of "Prepa" before entering -- therefore it would be complicated to do "graduate" in France when you have done undergrad in the US. You should also be completely FLUENT in French (especially if you are not entering in the sciences or in math etc.). Also, just to make a correction: Paris IV on its own does not constitute the Sorbonne -- Paris I, Paris III, Paris IV and Paris V are all part of the Sorbonne.
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A New York Times article last week stated that most public universities in France are substandard and neglected by the government. Apparently, the children of the elite and aristocrats of France attend private universities.
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This is not true. In France, very few students attend private universities, and they are generally the students who want to specialize in something or they are bad students with rich parents. The "children of the elite and the aristocrats" go to schools such as Ecole Polytechnique or Ecole Normale, as those are both extremely difficult to get into and to finish, plus graduates have a huge edge in getting jobs in their country which is so infested with unemployment.</p>
<p>The reason why I called Paris IV the Sorbonne is due to the fact that it inherited most of what it was famous for.</p>
<p>Actually Paris I did -- research + humanities + social sciences... Paris IV also has humanities, but is not regarded in the same way as Paris I in France.</p>
<p>I ordered an info packet from Les Roches only the other day and it already got here! I think I ordered it Friday or Saturday actually. Niiiiiiiice. Les Roches seems to be pretty neat for hotel stuff.</p>
<p>It is supposed to be one of the best in the world for the field.</p>
<p>What kind of quality European Universities are cheap and also English speaking? Someone said their Swiss school is like $700 a semester -- is that English-speaking? And do they have many film schools in Europe?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>i would really love to study in Europe. too bad i only know english :(</p>
<p>There is a school in Germany called International University of Bremen that is English-speaking.</p>