<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>If I graduate from a UK university, what would it take for me to go to a foreign university with funding (US/Europe)?</p>
<p>Also, in order to do a PhD in biomedical sciences, which country would be the best? I think US is pretty much the top choice....how about Sweden, France and other european countries?</p>
<p>What you should be aware of is that there is a difference in the education system between the US and the Bologna countries( [Bologna</a> process - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bologna_process]Bologna”>Bologna Process - Wikipedia) ), including UK. Briefly, in Europe you are expected to obtain a Masters Degree before you start your PhD studies, whereas in the US many student directly move from a Bachelors to a PhD program. However, an US Bachelor will take 4 years, and the graduate school another 4-5 years, whereas in the European system, you’ll spend only three years for your BSc, 2 years for the MSc and another 3-4 years for a PhD, so in the end, you’ll spend roughly the same time in both systems. I do not think that funding depends on where you got your degree from, rather your country of citizenship may play a role, but here I am no expert.
Additionally, in most main-land European countries, tuition is much cheaper than in the US for an undergraduate degree.</p>
<p>In biomedical science, you should be able to get funded for a PhD wherever you do it. The amount you get may vary from country to country, though. I would further disagree that the US is better than (Western) Europe, the top universities should be on the same level, and it is much more important with whom you do your PhD. I know some people from France and Italy that had to write their theses in French and Italian, respectively, so this might be a problem in some places if you are not familiar with these languages. For the Scandinavian countries, Switzerland and I’d guess also in Austria and Germany a thesis in English should be fine, however.</p>
<p>Two professors I’ve spoken to who both got their graduate degrees in Western Europe think US graduate schools provide a better education in biosciences than European institutions do.</p>
<p>Thanks both for ur replies. Yea I feel so too, I duno but I personally feel US is more updated with the currentl biomedical sciences. I got a colleague who is flying off to sweden Lund university to do his PhD, sounds great, but for me, I dun feel like going to a non-english speaking country, alot of difficulties here and thr. I would be aiming for US schools, probably those in the middle range. I think ivy-league schools are out of my abilities. You guys in which graduate schools?</p>