<p>I hear that some schools in Germany offer free, or reduced tuition for Americans, and something about them wanting to integrate Americans and English into their system of higher education.. is there anyway to find anything else about this?? I wouldn't mind giong , for even reduced tuition... any websites, or emails or anything would be great... thanks</p>
<p>oh, and maybe some of the schools who offer this?</p>
<p>don't all German universities (except for international ones) offer free tuition to everyone?</p>
<p>hmm...so am i right in assuming the university foundrs left a billion dollars each to the university<insert sarcasm=""> ???</insert></p>
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Studying</a> or researching at a German higher education institution needs to be properly financed. Public (state-maintained) universities in Germany do not generally charge tuition fees. Some Master's programmes and the additional fees charged by some of the federal states are exceptions to this rule.
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<p>just checked.. and it seems it's only the public ones tht generally don't charge tuition fees. whether they've multi-billionaire founders or wutever.. u decide!</p>
<p>They don't give free tuition to everyone. I'm pretty sure that only applies to German citizens and residents. They are starting to change their policy on charging fees though. Not many internationals study in Germany, but I am pretty sure they pay some kind of fee.</p>
<p>and this is meant for foreign students... so, many public universities do give free tuition! but it seems like they're doing away with the "no tuition" thing pretty soon.. as early as this year perhaps! tht's sth u've to keep in mind..</p>
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<p>BERLIN, Jan. 30(Xinhuanet)-- Students from foreign countries have long been attracted to Germany due to its free education system. But a court ruling this week clearing the way for German tuition fees could make things different.
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well.. it still seems unclear as to whether they'll start chargin tuition from this year..</p>
<p>They are already starting to charge fees or will in the very near future. I remember the protests.</p>
<p>there's a college called "Free University of Berlin" and there's no tuition. But if I remember correctly, it applies only to students in certain European countries. There are alot of schools in Europe other than Germany, without tuition. But they're only for people who lived in Europe for several years, etc..</p>
<p>They've been free of charge for decades, even to international students.</p>
<p>sooo if they DO charge international students, (even if it is free for citizens) how much would it be? would it still be cheaper than American Universities??</p>
<p>I am surprised you guys do not try to search some official information on German schools rather than asking on forum, but in any case. German universities are public in their majority, there are very very few private schools and they are usually not very high -ranked. They do not hav etuition charges, that applies to anyone - german, eu, european, international, whatever. They are chaning it now, indeed. ANd are planning to start charging some tuition fees. BUT that fee is ridiculous in comparison to any american school. It is somewhere around 200 - maybe 500 in the worst case- euros a semester (i.e. like 500$) you probably heard about student protests in germany because of that, i think that is strange since these fees are miniscule - but of course only in comparison to US schools. These fees usually include transportation, I think. Moreover, some universities are offering the so-called international degree programs, which are taught in Enlgish - look into them on daad site. But I would assume it is still a good idea to learn some german before you go:)</p>
<p>So yeah, as y17k put it "They've been free of charge for decades, even to international students." And any recent introduction of "fees" are not really going ot change this statement - they are pretty much nominal.</p>
<p>The theree biggest schools in berlin are Freie Universit</p>
<p>Aha, here we go: from FU web :</p>
<p>"Einzalung der Semesterbeitr</p>
<p>tuition has been placed at something like USD 600 a sem. living costs averages from 1200 SGD - 1700 SGD per month.</p>
<p>1.7 SGD = 1 USD</p>
<p>Ummm....i am confused. SGD?? I thought we were talking about Germany here, not Singapore....</p>
<p>so do the math</p>
<p>I am sorry, I am probably really dumm and cannot do any math calculations after my diff eq. midterm, but I do not see what you mean. Which math? you are talking about SGD - how are they connected to Germany? As far as my knowledge about Germany goes, they use Euro there. what are you talking about?</p>
<p>because im from singapore and obviously the statistics i know are in SGD. why cant u just convert whatever numbers i have provided into USD or whatever money you use?</p>
<p>well, because you never said that you are talking about germany, didn't introduce what your statistics is about and cited it in currency which has nothing to do with the place we are discussing and i did not know you were from Singapore... - so that confused me.
Oh, and by the way. The fact that you are from Singapore does not make it "obvious" that your statistics will be in SGD. But whatever.</p>