study in Australia or America

amit_1

A friend of mine his son wants to study in oz or America how does he go about it he will be finshing his a levels this year. WHat do u need to study over there?

Petree

in the states about £25,000 a year for a good one, about 15,000 for a not so good one, i believe you can get the student loan to help with 3/4000 the rest is up to you. Those prices don't include flights, rent or food, just tuition.
Also he needs to be near top of his class and have done voluntary work etc, basically places like MIT offer 1st choice to locals, 2nd to nationals, 3rd to world.

No idea about oz, imagine it was a similar situation though.

If this all appears too much, then often you can attend an english uni and then spend a term abroad.

HTH petree

stuwilky

A lot of Universities offer the option to study abroad for a semester or for a year as part of their UK course. This has the obvious advantage of meaning that tuition fees are payable to the institution in the UK rather than the massive fees outlined by Petree above.

A few of my students did this a year or two ago and went to a few universities, one in/near Chicago and one in Quebec, both had an absolutely brilliant time, and last I heard one of them had moved out there permanently. (with a job they secured whilst studying over there)

amit_1

stuwilky wrote:

A lot of Universities offer the option to study abroad for a semester or for a year as part of their UK course. This has the obvious advantage of meaning that tuition fees are payable to the institution in the UK rather than the massive fees outlined by Petree above.

A few of my students did this a year or two ago and went to a few universities, one in/near Chicago and one in Quebec, both had an absolutely brilliant time, and last I heard one of them had moved out there permanently. (with a job they secured whilst studying over there)

wow that sounds good. What types of courses do u need to study?

stuwilky

amit_1 wrote:

wow that sounds good. What types of courses do u need to study?

In all honesty I dont have all the details, at the University I work at you can be on any course and just need to meet the visa requirements. But Id guess not all were the same as the tend to be reciprocal arrangements.

Its worth contacting whichever university they want to go to and asking about educational exchanges.

Clareo

I know someone at Sheffield who's done a year in California and is studying Chemistry

Katgoddess

There is an article here about studing down under:

http://www.studential.com/articles/getarticle.asp?article=2

With UK tuition fees set to rise, a degree abroad has never been so appealing. Each year, more and more British students are packing their suitcases to start their university career in sunny Australia. Tuition fees on average range from $A10,000-13,000 (£3850-£5000) and according to government statistics, the average international student spends approximately $A320 (£120) per week on: accommodation, clothing, entertainment, food, transport international and domestic travel, telephone and incidental costs. When compared to the living costs in most UK cities this is extremely competitive especially coupled with the fact that the Australian Immigration authority permits students visiting the country on a student visa to work up to 20 hours per week during term time, and in vacations students can work full time.

This is the link to the official site:

http://studyinaustralia.gov.au/Sia/en/Home.htm