how to deal with this issue in other countries...

Shaun Wilde

In the UK we had full time funding about 10 years ago for undergarduates which was about £2000 and this was supplemented by money from parents and loans from the bank. Nowadays it is maninly student loans which they don't have to start paying back until the earn over a certain limit (can't remember how much). (Scotland is an exception I think) If you're lucky you get sponsorship (I got a telecom sponsorshop with BT and didn't even do telecoms - I was a solid state engineer - silicon chips and all that) so that helped in the final year as my drinking limit was exceptionally high by then :) . You hear stories of kids leaving Uni with excess of £10000 in debt (they must have drunk lots), but they are exceptions.

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Janine

I guess we are pretty lucky here in Finland. First of all we don't have any tuition fees, thanks to the high taxes. We have to pay "students' union fee" which is about 70e/year and it includes student health care and so on. Then we get student aid from the government which barely is enough to eat and pay your rent. Almost all the students work during summer, some work all year round and many get some money from their parents. You can also get pretty cheap students loan. The system is made like this so that everyone has a change of studying. I think it works well. -Janetta

zhoujun

So primarily you apply for loans. Is sponsorship different from scholarship? Does scholarship matter much? :) this is my signature for forums quoted from shog*9: I can't help but feel, somewhere deep within that withered, bitter, scheming person, there is a small child, frightened, looking a way out.

Daniel Turini

In Brazil, you have a student's loan, where you can take some money to pay your course and start paying it 2 years after you graduated. But, since interest rates in Brazil are so high, the debt for some is almost unpayable. Concussus surgo. When struck I rise.

Pavel Klocek

In Czech Republic we have mostly state universities - there You don't have to pay fee for now (only if You exceed the normal length of study You pay). Of course You still need money for books, food and so on. Other problem is, that the capacity is not sufficient for all applicants - on some disciplines there is a ratio of 100 accepted to thousands of applicants. Sonork 100.15206;PavelK

Jeremy Pullicino

In malta, things are so bad, that students between 17yrs and 30yrs get paid for studying!! they also get lots of money to buy books and other stationery, plus they get a loan (at very low interests) of up to 2500 usd to buy a computer (many use it to buy a car). "Hey man, Taliban, Tali me Banana."

Hel

In South Africa, the studies of most people I know, are paid by their parents. Parents usually take out study policies when babies are born. The students then get waitering jobs in order to get spending money. A lot of black students get 'previously disadvantaged group' bursaries. I know very few people who pay for it all themselves, unless they are doing correspondence or night courses while having a day time job. That is how I paid for my Computer Science course but my parents spend a lot of money on me studying art after I left High School.

David Wulff

Shaun Wilde wrote: I got a telecom sponsorshop with BT and didn't even do telecoms So you are the reason I can't get broadband? :mad: ** David starts smoking form the ears and his eyes glow red ** :rolleyes: Shaun Wilde wrote: You hear stories of kids leaving Uni with excess of £10000 in debt (they must have drunk lots) If you took the beer money off of that total you would probably save £9,800... Shaun Wilde wrote: but they are exceptions Students who don't drink are bound to be exceptions. :laugh:

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David Wulff

Say, what are the immigration laws like in Malta? ... And more importantly, what are the property prices like and do you have a broadband infrastructure? :suss:

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Shog9 0

Here it varies a lot. And others get it paid for by their parents. Some people work their way through school. Many take out loans, as the government subsidises them and reduces or eliminates interest costs while actually in school. Even then, a lot of students will work for extra (beer) money.

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