From Italy to South Africa to Singapore and everywhere in between, this list highlights the 50 Best Places to Study Abroad In the World, and gives you information on schools, prices and activities.
we know the feeling summer is over
you’re back in school but instead of
studying you’re watching travel vlogs on
YouTube counting down the days until
graduation when you can take off on your
big adventure but don’t worry
travels in the world doesn’t have to
wait for graduation studying abroad can
be one of the most enriching experiences
of your life and there are tons of
scholarships to make it no more
expensive than your current tuition
we’re gonna be making a follow up video
with information about scholarships
grants and fellowships but this video is
gonna get you inspired about all the
places you can study abroad before we
get started it’s important to ask
yourself the following questions first
and foremost where does your school
offer study abroad programs every school
partners with different universities
overseas but your Study Abroad Office
can tell you specifically where you can
go next ask yourself these questions
what is your major what’s your budget
are you learning a foreign language and
can this experience help you get a job
after you graduate no matter where you
choose one piece of advice applies
everywhere if you’re gonna spend the
time and the money to move abroad avoid
the familiar and go to the place with
the most culture shock that you can
handle the more you pop out of your
comfort zone the more you’ll grow the
more this experience will help you in
the future and even if you do choose a
popular destination like Italy or London
remember to limit your time with other
foreigners and try your best to
integrate yourself to the local culture
you’ll make connections that will last a
lifetime if you have not already make
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remember this is not a lecture there’s
not gonna be a test but you may want to
take some notes these are the best
places to study abroad the most popular
study abroad destination in the world is
you guessed it Italy the prospect is
spending a semester enjoying la dolce
vita indulging in the mediterranean diet
and learning Italian in the arms of a
local lover it’s all quite enticing and
the schools are good to be at you take
Rome the Eternal City with over ,
years of history Milano
the fashion capital of the world
Florence also known as fiancé the
birthplace of the Renaissance Leonardo
da Vinci Michelangelo and all of the
other Ninja Turtles but if you want to
go deeper consider these universities
Bologna Padua Naples or dream in the
north these are some of the oldest
universities in the world and they’re
off of the tourist trail for English
speakers and English students the UK is
an understandably popular destination
synonymous with sophistication and full
of dream schools like Oxford Cambridge
and the London School of Economics who
wouldn’t want to study in the UK and if
you haven’t travelled much the UK is a
really great first time destination
London is the obvious choice with plenty
of prestigious schools loads of students
and no shortage of things to do in your
free time in northern England
you have Manchester home to the
top-ranked University of Manchester with
a music scene that produced bands like
Joy Division Oasis and the Smiths in
Scotland consider studying in the
gorgeous capital of Edinburgh a historic
hilltop town with loads of students
great nightlife and a castle it’s
basically the closest thing you’re gonna
get to studying at Hogwarts
next up Spain which will teach you that
there’s a lot more to being a student
than just studying leisurely lunches
conversations of our cafe con leche and
all-night parties will make you never
want to go home plus it’s a great place
to learn Spanish with the proper
Castilian accent Castellanos better
think us dia Madrid is the obvious
choice
as is Barcelona both are great cities to
study in but there are a ton of foreign
students and it’s easy to get lumped in
with the rest of the
unikz spelled GUI RI s is Spanish slang
for foreigners dive deeper by studying
in Salamanca the university town in
Castilla lay on the heartland of Spain
also consider San Sebastian or Bilbao in
our beloved Basque Country can also
check out Santiago de Compostela the
holy city in Galicia
there are so many beautiful cities in
Spain and all of them have great
universities if you already speak
Spanish why not challenge yourself to
learn some of the local languages like
Basque Catalan Gallego the options are
public service announcement did you
realise over / of us students study
abroad in Europe with over / studying
in Italy Spain and the UK alone by
comparison only % studied in Asia %
in Latin America in Africa the Middle
East and Australia were all in the
single digits so on that note let’s
think more broadly than Western Europe
take for example China you may be asking
yourself why China
let’s let’s take a little moment to
think hmmm with over , years of
written history it is the oldest
continuous civilization on earth with
the widest spoken language and the
second largest economy in the world in
short China matters and studying there
is probably a good call for your future
career Hong Kong is the softest landing
for many Westerners because it’s a
former British territory that speaks
English and blends east and west like no
other place on earth but if you plan on
learning Mandarin you might want to
choose you like Beijing or Shanghai
because in Hong Kong the primary
language
Shanghai is another solid choice for
China like Hong Kong it’s a global
financial hub full of expats locals and
students alike if you’re trying to beef
up your resume it’s hard to think of a
better place to do it than Shanghai
Beijing China’s massive capital is ideal
for those of you looking to dive into
the deep end with over million
inhabitants and over , years of
history Beijing is the beating heart of
rising China and it would be a great
place to study for a semester if China
seems like too much culture shock
consider Singapore a prosperous City
State founded by the British that today
is a global hub of Finance and trade
with some really great schools to match
National University of Singapore and
Nanyang Technical University are both in
the top worldwide beyond that the
population is a mixture of Chinese
Indians and Malay which creates a very
unique cultural experience not to
mention the food is incredible and its
location right at the tip of Southeast
Asia
makes it the perfect place to base
yourself to explore more of the region
including Thailand the Philippines
Indonesia all of these countries are a
hop skip and a jump away from Singapore
moving back to Europe we have thumbs a
classic choice since the days of the
Enlightenment because Paris is always a
good idea especially when you consider
schools like the star bong Seon SPO and
HEC Business School just to name a few
in terms of learning a language French
is still a really great choice not as
popular as Spanish or Chinese but spoken
by million people worldwide very
handy for getting around Africa the
Caribbean and the South Pacific if you
want to get beyond Paris
check out Bordeaux in the southwest wine
country the Mediterranean melting pot of
Marseille the student city of
Montpellier oricon over a skiers
paradise nestled NIAMS
another great place to learn French is
multi L in Quebec a bilingual City home
to the excellent McGill University and
the université de montréal it has more
grad students than any other city in
North America in short it’s smart sexy
and sophisticated and a great place to
live for a while another alternative is
Vancouver Canada’s third largest city
nestled in the beautiful forests of
coastal British Columbia van City is a
great place to be and it’s within
striking distance of Whistler Blackcomb
Mountain one of the world’s best ski and
snowboard destinations while we’re in
North America how about the USA although
our current president is talking about
restricting visas and immigration the
United States still has some of the
world’s best universities and
unparalleled student life take Boston
quintessential New England home to
Harvard and MIT and some epic nightlife
or New York packed with great schools
tons of young single people and things
to do plus plenty of great ethnic
restaurants that are so cheap they won’t
break your bank even if your rent does
in California the Bay Area has Berkeley
Stanford and many other while in Los
Angeles you have my alma mater UCLA one
of the top destinations for
international students and my school UC
Santa Barbara voted number one party
school in the world by Playboy lastly
Boulder Colorado not only one of the
most educated stays in the country but
also some of the wildest party life and
incredible surrounding the Rockies back
in Europe let’s check out the
Netherlands which has a large
english-speaking population and if
you’re gonna learn Dutch it’s actually
the closest related language to English
in the Netherlands you can literally
bike everywhere not to mention it’s
extremely well connected to Europe via
train and airports plus weed is legal so
when you don’t feel like studying you
can do that Amsterdam is great and has
plenty of universities but the oldest in
the Netherlands is the University of
leading not to mention Erasmus
University in Rotterdam for students
looking for sunshine and good times what
about Australia if you speak English or
want to learn it Australia has some
Sydney combines the best of Oz’s beach
vibe
with the urban sophistication of what
the world’s most dynamic cities
Melbourne Australia’s bohemian second
city is consistently ranked one of the
best places in the world to live and
Brisbane with three major universities
two million people and one of the
highest student ratios of any major city
in the world it’s also the gateway the
Gold Coast which is a great option for
Sun seekers not far away is New Zealand
which is perfect for those of you who
feel like a more chilled version of
Australia and those of you who love
nature our dad is from New Zealand we
are New Zealand citizens as well as
American citizens and I actually studied
abroad at the University of Otago in
Dunedin on the South Island of New
Zealand it was one of the best
experiences of my life the university
life the student life was great at
Hatano
there are tons of parties tons of great
people and it was located very close to
explore lots of the wild nature in the
South Island the University of Auckland
is New Zealand’s top school in the
largest city but consider the University
of Victoria in Wellington the coolest
little capital in the world on the other
side of the globe considered the Alpine
nation of Austria home to Vienna one of
the world’s great intellectual cities
Vienna is absolutely gorgeous
very safe and it’s been consistently
ranked one of the best places to live in
the world it’s also at the center of
Europe just a short train ride away from
Budapest Prague Italy and the outs plus
Vienna invented coffee houses as we know
them so when it comes time to study
you’re gonna have plenty of coffee to
keep you going
nearby Prague is a great place for
students
because a it’s not on the euro and be
beer is literally cheaper than water
Prague has been home to creative such as
Franz Kafka and Milan Kundera and it
still is a great place for young
creatives plus it’s centrally located
within the continent of Europe which
means all of that money you’ve saved on
your beer fund you can use to travel to
other places also in Central Europe is
Budapest which like Prague is not on the
euro and therefore one of the cheaper
places to study in Europe
it’s got a long intellectual history
some beautiful people great nightlife
and not to mention over natural Hot
Springs in the middle of the city so
when you get tired from studying go
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