Studying in Europe for foreign graduates is associated with wide opportunities in the future: the choice of a place of work, a place of residence, a worthy employer. Prestigious universities in Europe have established themselves as launching pads for the rapid development of personality and the formation of high-level specialists.
Education in Europe can begin with studying at a European school and passing final exams: this is the most reliable and comfortable way to prepare for higher education abroad, but also the most expensive and lengthy.
There is an opportunity to enroll after school in preparatory courses at a university or college, and you can enter a university in Europe for postgraduate programs. Training in the magistracy, postgraduate studies will take 1-2 years, will require a lot of effort, since during this time it is required to fulfill the curricula and complete the study.
Studying in Europe: what you need to know
Education in Europe for foreign graduates should begin long before graduation. You will need many years of language training, the requirements of language certificates are high: you need not only to master the spoken language, but also to confidently master literary styles. In order to pass the language exam, you also need to have a broad outlook, since the questions can be from different fields of knowledge. Requirements for the scores of language certificates each university has its own, they can be found on the official website. But when entering prestigious universities in Europe, high scores will be required - this is a fact.
The cost of higher education in Europe depends on the country of study, the profile of the university, a specific program. In some European countries, education in the state language can be much cheaper than in English, and may even be free. This is the situation with higher education in Germany, Austria, France, Belgium. But there are university programs in English in all European countries, and their number is increasing every year.
In most European countries, you can enter a university only from the age of 18, so for foreign graduates there is a way to enter a university, and after the first or second year to continue their education in Europe.
It is necessary to collect documents to a European university a year before admission, universities stop accepting documents for several months.
Studying in Europe for students from other countries means not only overcoming many difficulties, but also an interesting educational process, a variety of student activities, a multinational student community. Comfortable conditions for studying and living on university campuses are also important. Let's see which universities in Europe in 2021-2022 are considered the best.
TOP-20 universities for education in 2022
Germany
Germany is now considered the best country in Europe for international students. With a high standard of living in Germany, higher education is inexpensive for Europe even on paid programs, but in state universities bachelor's programs in German are free, including for foreigners, there are free master's, postgraduate and English programs.
NB: There are no free programs in public universities in two regions of the country: North Rhine-Westphalia and Baden-Württemberg. MBA programs are also paid throughout the country.
German universities do not require German national or international final examinations, as they do in the UK. Many of them have quite high marks of the certificate and high scores of the language certificate.
The best universities in Germany for foreign applicants:
- Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (Karl and Ruprecht University of Heidelberg)
- Technische Universität Dresden, TUD (Technical University of Dresden)
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, HU Berlin (Humboldt University of Berlin)
- Freie Universität Berlin, FU Berlin (Free University of Berlin)
- Universität Hamburg (University of Hamburg).
One of the oldest universities in Europe, founded in the XIV century, the University of Heidelberg traditionally occupies high places in world and European university rankings. Its strongest programs are developed in the following areas:
- Medicine
- Neuroscience
- Philology
- Archaeology
- Astrophysics.
You can enter the University of Heidelberg after the 2nd year of an university or after 1 year of study at Studienkolleg (preparatory school for German universities).
As a language certificate, they accept DSH in German, IELTS or TOEFL in English.
Dresden Technical University is the oldest technical university in Germany, founded in the XIX century. The university has 37,000 students, of which 5,000 are foreigners.
The strongest directions at the university:
- Nanotechnology
- Information Technologies
- Ecology
- Power engineering
- Medicine (oncology, cardiology)
- Pharmaceutics
- Engineering.
In some areas, there are double programs created jointly with universities in Italy, France, and Canada. Students of these programs get the opportunity to study in 2 universities and receive 2 diplomas.
United Kingdom
The best universities in the UK for foreign applicants:
- University of Cambridge
- University of Oxford
- University College London
- University of Lincoln
- University of Westminster
Cambridge and Oxford universities are the most famous universities in Europe, regularly occupy places in the top ten world university rankings (the rest of the places are usually for US universities).
Prestigious destinations in Cambridge:
- Economics
- Management
- Finance
- Design
- Art History.
Prestigious destinations in Oxford:
- Economics
- Political science
- International Relations.
Netherlands
The best universities in the Netherlands for foreign applicants:
- Universiteit Maastricht (University of Maastricht)
- Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
- Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen (University of Nijmegen).
For example, the strengths of Maastricht University:
- Science
- Social sciences
- Medicine
- Economics
- Management.
France
The best universities in France for foreign applicants:
- Universite PSL (Paris Sciences & Lettres), (Paris University of Sciences and Letters)
- Ecole Polytechnique (Higher Polytechnic School)
- Sorbonne University (Sorbonne University)
- Centrale Supélec (École Centrale Paris) (Graduate School of Engineering)
- École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (École École Normale de Lyon).
PSL is a large association of colleges with different directions. Prestigious destinations:
- Art history
- Decorative arts
- Design
- Film and television.
Sweden
The best universities in Sweden for foreign applicants:
- Karolinska Institutet (Karolinska Institutet)
- Lunds universitet (Lund University).
Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm trains specialists in the field of medicine, microbiology, medical technology. Prestigious destinations:
- Biology
- Healthy eating
- Cell and Molecular Biology
- Environmental Medicine
- Oncological pathology
- Epidemiology.
