I'm going to either France or Italy for school, and I've heard of schools where you don't have to know the language right away because they'll put you in a language immersion class for the first semester or two. The tuition was also very low, only about 1500 Euros a semester. Does anyone know of schools like this? I don't want to go there through a study abroad program at an American University because it's so much more expensive than just going straight to one of their schools, and I plan on moving there permanently. Any help or advice would be great!
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Make sure that, if you are looking at tuition fees, you're looking at the fees for a non-EU foreign student. It's cheaper to go to uni within the EU if you're from the EU. It's more expensive if you're from the US, so make sure you're looking at the right info. Keep in mind that any financial aid you might qualify for if you go to uni in the US, you will not qualify for if you go overseas. Now, some EU unis do offer some financial support to international students, so you should ask about that. But generally, if you're not fully immersed in a program that's taught in the local language - if you don't speak the language fluently, and thus must go through one of their "teach you to speak French" language programs, no aid will be available for that. Know that in some countries, the uni system is free of tuition, so long as you are fluent in the local language - you study in the local language. That includes most Scandinavian countries. Sweden, Iceland, etc. If that's of interest. Keep in mind living costs as well.
