<p>Is it not recommended to go to grad school in another country? I always wanted to go to school in another country, but didn't think I'd have enough money for it for undergrad. And now I realize that I really want to live in another country. Is admission the same? I'm not sure which school yet, but there was one school I was interested in for undergrad, but I forgot the name. ><</p>
<p>It depends on your field. </p>
<p>In Classics for example, I've had several professors who had taken a master's of one sort or another in Great Britain and then taken their PhD here. </p>
<p>The main thing will be to make sure that the added cost will really be worthwhile. London, in particular, is a VERY expensive place to live, so while tuition may be reasonable, the total cost may not. Graduate school in the US (save vocational programs like Law Business, Medicine) should be paying you, not the other way around.</p>
<p>4321234, I have been researching graduate schools in the U.K. for the past year. There are marked differences between the U.S./U.K. systems. I can reccomend two websites for you to peruse. The first of these websites (<a href="http://www.**************.co.uk%5B/url%5D">www.**************.co.uk</a>) is more of an "on the ground" site but unfortunately tends to contain a degree of adolescent drivel. However, if you look in the right places it can be informative. The other website (<a href="http://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk%5B/url%5D">www.universitiesuk.ac.uk</a>) is basically an overview of the U.K. university system and can guide you to virtually every university in the U.K. </p>
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<p>Sorry, the first website should read: <a href="http://www.**************.co.uk%5B/url%5D">www.**************.co.uk</a></p>
<p>Blu</p>
<p>The main difference IMHO is that you can get a PhD degree much faster in Europe than in US. Counting from the date one would qualify for a first academic degree (bachelor's), the normal time required to finish a doctorate, for example, in science or engineering, is:</p>
<p>1) In the UK: 4-5 years (one year for a master's + 3 - 4 years for the doctorate properly).</p>
<p>2) In Germany (new B-M-D system): 5-6 years (two years for a master's + 3 -4 years for a doctorate).</p>
<p>3) In the US: 6 -7 years (two years for a master's + 4-5 years for the PhD). </p>
<p>It is often claimed that, because undergrad studies are more specialized in Europe and go deeper than in the US, European students enter a PhD program already with enough background to go straight into research without having to take additional graduate classes beyond those normally taken as a master's student. That allows them to finish their dissertations faster. </p>
<p>In reality, it's hard to tell, not least because the quality of a PhD degree varies a lot, not only across different schools, but also depending on the student him/herself and who his/her advisor is. Some people (see e.g. the thread I started in the International Students forum) argue that, ** on average **, PhD dissertations in the US tend to be of a higher standing and generate more publications than it is normally required in Europe. </p>
<p>Having said that, there are several excellent research universities in Europe. For example, in engineering, I could mention Imperial College London, the University of Cambridge, or ETH Zurich. Humanities degrees from European universities (for example in English, History, Classics, etc.) also tend to be high-valued (more so than degrees in natural sciences or technology).</p>