<p>Hey guys!</p>
<p>I have been looking into European universities, especially tuition free ones in Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Portugal, Cyprus etc., for a while now and I just wanted to see if you had any suggestions. I am majoring in Nutrition/dietetics.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>You need to understand the visa rules and how each university handles visiting students. They are pretty lenient in a lot of cases about someone coming to study abroad for a semester or a year, but longer than that can be challenging. Before you are granted a visa, too, many countries need you to provide evidence that you have enough money in the bank to support yourself for the length of your stay. Also, some universities that are free or near-free for students in their own country charge foreign students. Also, the cost of living is pretty high in a lot of European cities with major universities, so even if tuition is low, your rent/food cost/transportation, plus any cost of going back to the US for visits with your family needs to be taken into account. An additional concern is that the classes are not all in English. Some universities offer SOME classes in English, but usually not everything you would need to earn a degree.</p>
<p>It sounds great on when you first year about it, but “free” isn’t as “free” as you might think…</p>
<p>In some EU countries you need to be a citizen to recieve free tuition. That usually means you live there for a certain length of time prior to entering an educational institute or that you have a parent or grandparent who is a citizen. It can be a very long process and you need to be prepared for that. If you need to move there to get citizenship, you need a work visa, unless you are independently weatlhy or have parents who will support you living abroad. if you are looking for “free” universities, that probably isn’t the case. </p>
<p>Sweden introduced tuition in 2011, though PhDs are still free there. They do offer a lot of scholarships to citizens, however so universities are still basically free.
[The</a> High Price of a Free College Education in Sweden - Matt Phillips - The Atlantic](<a href=“The High Price of a Free College Education in Sweden - The Atlantic”>The High Price of a Free College Education in Sweden - The Atlantic)</p>
<p>And in Germany, states have the right to charge tuition. Many don’t, but they can. This is from the Freie Universit</p>