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Affording living in a foreign country during university studies 2016-08-05 17:53:14 Post No. 17431090
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Affording living in a foreign country during university studies
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2016-08-05 17:53:14
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I want to attend university in Germany/Austria, and I'm in eastern Europe right now. As you can probably tell from my place of origin, I'm not very well off. I have a choice, I can stay and attend university here, or I can try and move to Germany or Austria, attend university there, adapt to the life there during my studies and be prepared to immediately work there.
I think I'd rather choose Germany/Austria over a country that is ran by politicians who don't care how their people live and where there are literally no jobs. There is basically a huge wave of migration of young educated people leaving the country in search of a better life and in search of work (not necessarily to Germany or Austria of course, basically all over Europe, even Australia, NZ etc.).
Now the main problem I'm facing is, I can't really afford to live in Germany/Austria during my studies, and from what I have read, most of the scholarships require you to have already finished a semester, proving you're worthy of being supported by presenting excellent academic merit.
Also, working part time won't pay the bills from what I've read, and working full time would be literally impossible since I have to study in a foreign language which I've been learning for only a year now. I'm not really fond of picking up a loan either, as I've read that I wont be repaying what I've borrowed, but even more than that, since the amount I'd be paying back is decided in accordance to my earnings, so a bigger salary equals you give even more money than what we've initially borrowed you.
>TL:DR
I'm asking the peeps who live there, is there a way to afford living there during studies, that doesn't include a full time job or a loan? Maybe a minimal monthly grant or something enough for me to survive each month? Anything literally? Either place is fine, but other German speaking countries welcome too! (I can only speak Ger/Eng/Cro)
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Bump! Come on...
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Realisticly not much unless your parents lend you some initial financial help
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Or a scholarship
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Maybe go work there for some period of time? Learn the language, see how you like the country, meet people...
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> posts picture of Berlin
Well first things first. If you realistically want to do this you WON'T be going to Berlin, Vienna or any trendy (read expensive) city.
Price wise I'd advise you eastern Germany. There are some decent universities there with cheap housing available (none of which you will find in Berlin for example).
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I'm from a poor european country too. I went to study in the UK for a semester; I got Erasmus scholarship but it was not enough to cover the expenses, and I was aware it wouldn't do. So before even trying to get into this student exchange programme, I went to work in a call centre, full time during summer break, then for a few months half-time. This way I had my own money, and that plus the scholarship was enough to sustain me. If I were you, I wouldn't count on finding job in the exchange country and getting your money there - it might take a lot of time till you find it, and you gotta have means of living in the meantime.
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>>17433608
Yeah, but the problem is that I already have to be there to "prove" I'm good enough for a scholarship, so no way of getting it beforehand, not that I know off.
>>17433623
I was thinking Eastern Germany too, desu the pic of Berlin is there just because most people will recognize it, not saying that the Austrians or Germans wouldn't recognize other parts of their country...
>>17433632
I don't really have a benefit of working part time in my country, unless I'm a student already. Which I'm not. But I get what you mean, it's tough. How did you get the Erasmus scholarship?
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