In Hungary

As far as we are members of the European Union, we are free to study all across Europe. The conditions are different in every country.

In Hungary there are two types for financing the education fee. If the student had good results in the GCSE and at secondary school, the government can pay the costs of university. The other type is self-financing. Their parents, or a student loan can pay the fees. As for accommodation, students can have a bed in a dormitory, or they can rent a whole apartment. Nowadays, the costs of the flats are very high in Hungary, so most of the students try to get into a dormitory.

Students who have government financing must finish their studies within certain terms, which is 1,5x of the curriculum. If it is not the case, the person has to pay the whole money back to the government.

There are some other opportunities for studying as well, for example there are OKJ trainings, where you can learn a profession.

As for foreigners, if they are coming out of the Schengen Area and the EU they have to have a passport, and a visa as well. Their cost of living is the same like for the Hungarians. In dormitories they can find a bed for around 20.000 forints for a month. For EEA countries there are many programs organized for students to study for university and for secondary school as well. They can be exchange programs, or paid programs as well.

Besides studying, they can also have a job. Students from a third country (Non-EEA) carrying out regular studies in Hungary as part of a cooperation program can work in their term-time for a maximum of twenty-four hours weekly, and sixty-six working days beyond their term-time or during a period not exceeding ninety days.

 

Studying in Germany

Studying in Germany is hardly for free (150€-250€) This is the sum of administration costs for the university. To this you also have to pay an  undergraduate cost to study. That is around 170€-300€ but it depends on the university you study at.  If you want to study in Germany, you can use the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service). With this you will study and have a place to live for about 9.170€. This sum covers food, transport, accommodation, entertainment, course materials and other necessary things. If you don’t come from a European country or Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland, you have to pay approximately 60€ for the student visa. And you also should prove that you are able to get the sum of around 8040€ per year to cover living, food etc. costs. To enroll for a German university, you also have to have a health insurance.

Studying as a German in Germany:

In Germany you have to have the „Abitur“, „Fachabitur“ or a „Hochschulreife“. These are different types of school-leaving qualifications. To get a study place you have to speak a foreign language. For application, you have to fill in as minimum the application, that you find on the internetpage of the university. If necessary (for example because of less places) you have to write an extra application.

If there are to many competitor, the university choices its competitors after following certain criteria

• how long a competitor is waiting
• best application
• best average

But you still have a chance even if you don‘t have a good average, waited for a long time or a good application. Some universities have the drawing of lots.

 

Study in The Netherlands:

If you want to study in The Netherlands, you will need to get a residence permit. The educational institution will apply for the residence permit. The educational institution can only submit an application for a residence permit if it is recognized by the IND (handles requests from people who want to come to the Netherlands or want to be a Dutchman.).

For a residence permit for study you have to meet with the following conditions:

• You are enrolled in a full-day course.

• You need to have enough money to be able to maintain yourself for 1 year.

• You have a valid passport.

• You have not been convicted crime committed against humanity.

• You need to have a health insurance in the Netherlands.

• You have to get checked for tuberculosis at your Municipal Health Service in the Netherlands.

Standard tuition fees in 2016/17 are EUR 1,984 for most courses. There are some exceptions and private universities will almost always be more expensive. If we add up the rent, food, tuition, study materials, insurance, clothes and entertainment then the total will be around €889.

Studying in Italy

In Italy research has analyzed annual income of families, since the tuition fee to pay depends on it. The national average tuition fee is € 541.30 for the first band, so for people with the lowest income (up to 6000 euro); 583.78 euro for up to € 10,000; 899.76 EUR up to 20,000; 1240.38 EUR up to 30,000; 2193.39 EUR for maximum range. The survey shows that the University of North Italy impose higher fees. Taking as reference the first band, the most expensive fees of the university record goes to Parma: To attend, students must pay contributions of 739.68 EUR for humanities and 855.50 euro for science faculties. Milan follows that provides fees of 713,00 euro range for the humanities and 790.00 for scientific ones. Not always, there are different fees for humanities and science faculties faculty. A student of the Faculty of Mathematics, for example, pays an average of between 5% and 6% more than his colleague of Humanities, depending on the annual income of the family in universities applying this distinction, the membership. Compared to last academic year, the amounts related to the first and second income group recorded an average increase of + 2.51% and + 2.29%. The third and fourth end, however, were slightly down, respectively -1.58% and -1.40%, while the maximum amounts were up + 4.03%. There are other living costs that enrollment at a university entails, from food to housing to the textbooks. Without forgetting that, in the university years, a boy hardly works, so there is also the cost of the loss of income that the family must take into account.

For example, we take a boy who decides to stay in Apulia. Imagine that the ISEE is from 25,000 to 30,000 Euros, the boy wants to study medicine in the University of Milan and he chooses as a university residence accommodation, and he eats in the cafeteria.

For five years, the cost will be € 54,538, of which 30,504 of tuition fees, room and board between 12,000 and 8,000 school supplies.

Goes a bit 'better if he decides to stay closer to home: enrolling in the Faculty of Bari, the total expenditure will be EUR 31,742.

Studying in the EU

 

To be able to study in the EU you have to own a passport and visa (except for members of the EU, they only need an ID card). In some countries, as the Netherlands for example you must not have been indited by the police at any former point of time and you have to hold a health insurance. In some countries you have to own a certain amount of money for the time you're living there. This is important to show you can finance your studies without having to worry about money. The money is used for food, paying your rent and entertainment. Of course you also have to pay for the education fees itself. The conditions vary from country to country though, as every country makes it's own rules.

 

Another example is Spain, to study there you have to own the “DELE-certificate” which is a certificate for you knowing the Spanish (or wherever you want to study) language. Through a language course in Spain you can receive the "DELE Nivel Intermedio B2" of the "Instituto Cervantes" to be able to study at a Spanish university.

 

If you want to stay in a foreign country for longer than 90 days you have to register by the public authorities. You also have to own a health insurance, members of the EU got the so called “European Health Insurance Card” (EHIC). Though it would still be useful to own an overseas health insurance as backup.

 

 

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Sources:

http://www.studyinholland.co.uk/cost_of_living.html

https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/mwikis/eurydice/index.php/Netherlands:Overview

http://www.studyinholland.co.uk/financial_information_parents.html

https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/mwikis/eurydice/index.php/Italy:Adult_Education_and_Training

https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/fpfis/mwikis/eurydice/index.php/Italy:Higher_Education

http://www.a1life.it/2014/12/quanto-costa-l-universita/

https://www.mawista.com/blog/studium-spanien/

https://www.college-contact.com/spanien

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