Looking for a University in Germany
Considering college as an international student? Read this, first.
As I mentioned in this post, we moved to Berlin with two teenagers. My daughter—the oldest—started 10th grade at an international school that offered the International Baccalaureate (IB) program.
She’s now 17, finishing her senior year, and about to earn her IB Diploma. So, like her friends back in the States, we’ve been looking at colleges.1
Applying to schools in Germany and the rest of the European Union is a very different process than the one in the U.S. So, I wanted to do a post highlighting some key differences.
Thanks to a good bit of marketing on behalf of European schools, many American parents know that tuition costs can be much lower than that of American universities—even paying international tuition at many universities for four years can be lower than the cost of just one year at a U.S. one.
Most German public universities offer free tuition to students who are legally resident in Germany—including students who have a valid study visa.
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