UK students advised to consider going to university abroad

Tue, 31 May 2011

Students from the UK could make significant savings on tuition fees by attending a foreign university, it has been claimed.

With many universities charging as much as £9,000 a year for courses from next year, an increasing number of students could be tempted to seek cheaper higher education elsewhere.

According to Mark Huntington, founder of A Star Future, a marketing consultancy that links British students with international institutions, a number of European countries offer far lower fees than in the UK and have many courses taught in English.

"A UK student would be hard pushed to find more expensive options in Europe," he told the Telegraph.

"In fact, you can study for free in Scandinavia, Austria and much of Germany - and the value of that is more than monetary.

"We meet two types of student: those who want something cheaper, and those with wealthier parents who seek the best experience internationally. A European university can be the answer for both."

Around two-thirds of English universities are expected to charge the full £9,000 a year for some or all of their courses under the new tuition fees structure. 
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