Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Hi. I'm a junior in college in the US and I'm looking for a Graduate school outside of the US as I want to emigrate from the US. I don't currently speak a foreign language but plan to learn in grad school. I was wondering if anyone here knows of/recommends an English speaking school located in European countries. Also, what's the most useful language to learn in the EU? Obviously I could most likely get by with English for some things but I plan to become a citizen of some European nation and would have to learn the language.
I guess that begs the question: which European nation provides the best economic benefits, is open to immigration, etc?
Hello. Since you can't speak anything other than English, but want to go to school in Europe, have you considered a school in the UK? I'll put a recommedation in for Cambridge since I am a little familiar with it just because my wife studied there. Cambridge is jaw dropping beautiful (and I'm sure Oxford is the same way from what I've seen in pictures, but I just never made it over there). Anyways, there is nowhere in America like it- not even close. -And though I'm not really the academic type, I still can help but be impressed by the fact that Darwin and Newton went there; that it is considered one of the top 1,2, or 3 schools; and that- even in our modern world- it maintains old world traditions (like the graduation ceremony being in Latin) and has old world charms.
I am debating doing the same thing eventually, and for linguistic reasons would choose the U.K. It also seems to me that degrees from British universities are more recognized in the U.S. than those from other countries, should you ever choose to return to the U.S. for whatever reason. As the United Kingdom is part of the EU, assuming by going to school there you were able to properly network and obtain a work visa and march onwards towards the path to residency or citizenship, you would then be permitted to work/live virtually anywhere within the EU's borders.
Yes, I want to leave the US. Don't have a heart attack!
To dullnboring: Yea that's why I want EU citizenship since it opens up so many options. The only bad thing about the EU is that the Euro kills the USD so I'd have to get a work permit as well. I don't think I'd have a problem learning a language but my college let's say... offers languages but doesn't teach them in a way I can learn. Basically they just talk at you in the language from day one. So I sit there wondering when the sentence ends and what the words are, how they're spelled, etc. It seems backwards to me with how they teach. But anyway, thanks for the response!
To islandfever: Yea it's be great to go to Cambridge... I don't know if I could get in, but I'll definitely check it out! Thanks!
I'll be happy to exchange my French or UK passport against your US one, as it would help in both ways for tuition...
UK is the wisest option if you really can't speak an other language, but France has very good schools for graduate students ( Sciences Po - Polytechnique ...) but it is taught in French only unfortunately.
Maybe if you gave the field you are studying in (or planing), It would be easier to give an opinion.
Ah yes, sorry about that. I forgot about that part! I'm majoring in Geology (aka Earth Sciences in some places) with a minor in English. I'd pursue Geology.
Yes, I want to leave the US. Don't have a heart attack!
To dullnboring: Yea that's why I want EU citizenship since it opens up so many options. The only bad thing about the EU is that the Euro kills the USD so I'd have to get a work permit as well. I don't think I'd have a problem learning a language but my college let's say... offers languages but doesn't teach them in a way I can learn. Basically they just talk at you in the language from day one. So I sit there wondering when the sentence ends and what the words are, how they're spelled, etc. It seems backwards to me with how they teach. But anyway, thanks for the response!
To islandfever: Yea it's be great to go to Cambridge... I don't know if I could get in, but I'll definitely check it out! Thanks!
I've read tons of threads and posts about immigration to U.S before,ahh.
I guess UK is a good idea. Learning a new language may be more difficult than you think.
My friend did his masters in the Hague - can not remember the name of the school and it was in English.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
European schools
