Do you know Germany remains the best country for international students, above Britain and France?
Germany is now the best in Europe for international students. To study, Germany offers some world-class institutions and a number of courses taught in English. Nonetheless, courses are far cheaper than in the UK or France.
Combining high-quality education with a unique cultural experience living in Germany is the main reason why young people from all around the world come to Germany.
There are hundreds of universities in Germany that have free or very low-fee tuition programs available for international students. Whether you want to study Engineering, Medicine, Architecture, or Business, Germany is the place to be.
According to the new study by Study.EU, Germany came out on top with a total score of 80.7 out of 100 – far ahead of the UK and France, which were scored at 75.8 and 68.6, respectively.
Germany has placed one of its universities in the World’s best top 30 universities as the rankings stated recently, included Germany. Besides studying, you have the chance to live and explore one of the world’s most developed countries and its unique culture, history, and landscape.
Including Germany, 30 European countries were ranked in the study according to three categories: Education, Costs, and Life and Career.
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Education
- Germany has over 100 universities, 165 universities of applied sciences and more than 50 colleges of music, film, and arts. In Germany, there is 12 percent of the country’s students are foreign.
- Nearly 2,000 of the 18,000 post-secondary courses to choose from in Germany cater to students from abroad in that they’re conducted in the English language.
- Addressing the quality of education offered in Germany, the CEO of the Study.EU Gerrit Boras told The Local that there are a large number of higher education institutions in the country which are in good standing in international rankings.
- Gerrit Blöss said that “Where Germany has made a considerable improvement is in the number of courses offered in English. While the UK and Ireland dominate this metric, offering almost all courses in English, Germany is second only to the Netherlands in the amount of courses students can study in English”.
- Offering more and more courses in English in the coming years is an important thing, in Germany, referring to the issue of an increasing number of domestic students going abroad and the country having to attract more international students.
- Bloss said that whenever the UK is still at the top of the university rankings, German higher education schools have achieved much better teaching scores than Britain’s rivals.
Cost of Study
- The cost of education is another factor that has been made Garmany out of countries like the UK, France, Switzerland, and Sweden.
- Both local and international students at state-run universities in Germany do not pay tuition fees, but rather, simple administrative fees of between €100 and €500 per semester that also cover their public transportation costs.
Life and Career
- An important aspect of this category, he explained, is that it covers the needs and interests of those who wish to study in Germany and go home afterward as well as those who want to stay in the country – Africa or Asia.
- In Germany, there are endless opportunities for international students to work in the country after graduation. Graduates in Bundesrepublik can stay for 18 months after the completion of their studies. It is significantly longer than the UK, where non-EU students are generally allowed to stay for a few months of their studies.
