Questions about a US student considering doing a masters in the UK

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<p>My (American) daughter will be graduating from college in the US in a little over a year, and has started thinking about doing graduate studies in the UK, ideally around London. She may be interested in a masters degree program in International Public Policy. For a foreign student at University College London (for example), it appears that tuition would be around $25,000 while housing and food may run an additional $10,000-12,000. In the US, students would seek graduate assistantships in their academic departments that might cover much or all of their tuition fees. Do such assistantships exist for masters students in the UK and would they be available to foreign students? Is campus housing generally available to graduate students?</p>

<p>And with an interest in International Public Policy and related topics, what UK universities would you recommend that she research? Thanks.</p>

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<p>She needs to research the universities and departments that she is interested in to find out what each of them offers. She also could contact the Education Officer at the UK Consulate closest to where she is currently studying to get general information about educational opportunities there.</p>

<p>The US citizens I know who pursued graduate studies in the UK all completed Ph.D. programs. Most of them managed to scavenge up some sort of research or instructional assistantship along the way. But considering that this was back in the last century, things could have changed!</p>

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<p>Thanks Happymom - I’m really just wondering if grad assistantships are a unique American phenomenon, and apparently that’s not the case.</p>