Poll: Where Should I Go to Study Abroad

[JLML]

I'm going to say come to Sweden! Because I'd be unpatriotic if I didn't =P

Although our universities aren't too shabby - haven't gone myself so can't really give a educated (ha!) opinion. And English is like a second language here, haha. I do believe a lot of courses are even given in English, and/or have a lot of English text books.

Going to agree and elaborate on this. Now, I haven't personally gone and gotten a higher education (multiple reasons, mostly having failed my upper secondary too hard because of multiple reasons (mostly because of the retarded system, but don't worry about that, the system for the universities is much better)) but I know several who have recently gone to, or are currently getting an education at some university here in Sweden. (Also, patriots unite! You're not from Skåne, are you? <.<)

Spoiler: Spoiler for size.

So here we go: Yeah, studying in Sweden works perfectly fine without speaking the language, most courses are available in English. Especially at the big ones (like Chalmers, Lund, Uppsala, UMU and so on).

Depending on your interests there may even be opportunities to establish connections and work on exiting projects.

Some of the educations offered more or less guarantees a job within a year after you've graduated (my half-sister studied economy at UMU a few years back, every single person who took that education got a job within 3 months after having finished the education (even my half-sister, who still technically hasn't graduated <.<)).

Also, ignore that thing about not being too shabby. Some universities here (key word being 'some', and it's also limited to specific educations) are considered amongst the best in their fields.

/recruitmentagency

Ahem. That was a bit longer than I intended. . . well, that's what you get for checking out universities and educations for yourself when you can't get in anyway. Ah well, maybe it'll be of more use to you, or anyone else that reads it.

 

[trollnystan]

Going to agree and elaborate on this. Now, I haven't personally gone and gotten a higher education (multiple reasons, mostly having failed my upper secondary too hard because of multiple reasons (mostly because of the retarded system, but don't worry about that, the system for the universities is much better)) but I know several who have recently gone to, or are currently getting an education at some university here in Sweden. (Also, patriots unite! You're not from Skåne, are you? <.<)

Spoiler: Spoiler for size.

So here we go: Yeah, studying in Sweden works perfectly fine without speaking the language, most courses are available in English. Especially at the big ones (like Chalmers, Lund, Uppsala, UMU and so on).

Depending on your interests there may even be opportunities to establish connections and work on exiting projects.

Some of the educations offered more or less guarantees a job within a year after you've graduated (my half-sister studied economy at UMU a few years back, every single person who took that education got a job within 3 months after having finished the education (even my half-sister, who still technically hasn't graduated <.<)).

Also, ignore that thing about not being too shabby. Some universities here (key word being 'some', and it's also limited to specific educations) are considered amongst the best in their fields.

/recruitmentagency

Ahem. That was a bit longer than I intended. . . well, that's what you get for checking out universities and educations for yourself when you can't get in anyway. Ah well, maybe it'll be of more use to you, or anyone else that reads it.

Skåning? ME?? I'm upplänning thank you very much! ;P

Good on ye for explaining more thoroughly. I know very little about university despite being born and raised in a university town. -_-;

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

Personally, I'd vote Germany. If nothing else, the language is relatively easy to learn all told. After a lifetime of speaking english, the fact that there exists a language with relatively solid rules of syntax and grammar is refreshing. And once I found that the extremely long words German is so fond of is often really just a collection of smaller words for the most part, most of the intimidation factor went away.

Beyond that, it's location gives ready access via rail to a number of places you might also want to go and also sports some of the most fascinating history in Europe.

 

[JLML]

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Upplänning is. . . tolerable. For now. /Göteborgsrivalitet

And with university town I'm guessing you're referring to Uppsala? That's not "just" a university town. It's one of the oldest university towns in the world! Shame on you. . . *shakes head*

Nah, just joking. ^_^


PS: Sorry for sort of hijacking the thread, won't happen again. . . I hope.

ALSO!!! Captcha says "not in Kansas" so whatever happens, don't study in Kansas!

 

[Creator002]

I'd go with Australia, Melbourne specifically.[footnote]Biased patriotism alert. AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE! OI OI OI![/footnote] From what I understand most, if not all, degrees received here are recognised worldwide. I'm not sure if its the same with other countries, but based on that (and the fact you're a native English speaker), I think Australia's best.
Plus, I could find you and stalk you and we'd have fun times. Well, fun for me.
(Anybody, feel free to correct me on anything I said in this post.)

If I'm wrong about anything here or you don't like stalkers, Germany. It's not THAT hard of a language to learn, sounds like a beautiful place and most people would speak some English anyway. Just make the first words you say to someone "Sprechen Sie Englisch" until you get comfortable.

 

[O maestre]

china for future networking connections, as everyone has probably told you china has the greates economic prospects, and a lot of it is about personal relationships. brazil is becoming a hot bed for industrial expansion especially the northern states.

and finally spain, it will hone your spanish and get you to see economic decline first hand, as it tears a country to pieces both financially and culturally... then again that might not be too different from the u.s. assuming you are an american (just kidding)

 

[thesilentman]

India! Come to India! Our food's awesome and we have some of the nicest people on the planet!

 

[Slitzkin]

Forget England, Australia or Germany should be your choice.

 

[Evil Smurf]

Australia is amazing! We have the best looking women, the best beer and a pretty good healthcare system. Not to mention great universities.

 

[Vault101]

Vault, you should just come here. We have a clock tower, great rivers, and world class vineyards. You're not allowed to drink however, unless you're 21. Also the most dangerous animal here are the deer. Not to mention a poorly funded educational system.

my birthday was a few months ago...I can no longer be smug about being able to legally drink while americans my age cant

 

[AgentNein]

Germany. Berlin girls have always been good to me.

 

[Jodan]

come here to winnipeg we have.... snow and that looong skating rink and snow, and cheap university.

 

[Commissar Sae]

Come to lovely Montreal, Canada. We speak French, drink too much and have a wide diversity of interesting foodstuffs. The culture is generally fairly close to the US (depends where you live though) and our drinking age is 18 (if that's your thing.)

I still voted Germany, as I think it would be a more interesting and educational trip, but if you want to stay relatively comfortable while still exploring new things you could do worse than going to McGill or Concordia.

 

[ShinyCharizard]

Somalia!

So many wonderful oppertunities to learn and become a real man!

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Find AID free prostitutes!

Hey now don't go getting peoples hopes up. We all know they are just an urban legend.

 

[TakeshiLive]

I'm applying for Uni's too and from what I've found:

Japan, difficult as fuck to get in (U of Tokyo etc.) and language barrier limits your course options. (Expensive too!)
Germany, France and Spain, not too difficult to get into but language barrier also limits course options.
England, great place to get a bachelor's, not too expensive, quite affordable if EU citizen. No language barrier and has a great selection of courses. Try Erasmus.
Australia, one of the most expensive places. Avoid if you're not native from there.

I'm currently applying to Canada, good uni's with a variety of courses, no language requirements and possibly some of the most beautiful cities to live in, from what I've seen.

NOTE: The UK does have the UCAS application system which makes it 100000% easier to apply to.

EDIT: Canada's also got a high percentage of emigrants living there which makes it quite and international place to learn.

 

[Kirke]

If you want a place radically different from the US, come to Sweden! And if you can't take the language, it's alright! Nearly everyone speaks English as well!