The Student Room Group
Reply 1
WelshBoy
I have applied for a course that has the option of studying abroad for one year. Does anyone have an idea of how much this will cost?

Depends on which country you'll be going to and whether your university will be paying part of the cost involved (fees etc.).
Reply 2
And whether you study during it, or work (teaching English, whatever). If it's in the EU and you study, you'll get a grant from the European Union.
Reply 3
EPD
And whether you study during it, or work (teaching English, whatever). If it's in the EU and you study, you'll get a grant from the European Union.

Exactly, and you can always ask to work in the country part-time (regulations probably stipulate a maximum number of hours/week). All in all I don't think it'll be too financially burdensome. Anyhow the lessons from the experience IMO will far outweigh the costs involved, so go for it. :smile:
Reply 4
Well in Japan, the government subidises a lot of the costs of living and studying.

Plus you can work some hours on the student visa.
Do you have to be able to speak Japenese? If not that would be so amazing. If you do, then :frown:
Reply 6
Nutter
Exactly, and you can always ask to work in the country part-time (regulations probably stipulate a maximum number of hours/week). All in all I don't think it'll be too financially burdensome. Anyhow the lessons from the experience IMO will far outweigh the costs involved, so go for it. :smile:

They do. And it's cheaper anyway. Win-win.
Reply 7
Depends on which country you'll be going to and whether your university will be paying part of the cost involved (fees etc.).


I have applied for the University of Glamorgan and i can either go to the USA or Australia. I don't think it will cost more than £4,000 - well i hope not anyway.
Reply 8
Faith In Chaos
Do you have to be able to speak Japenese? If not that would be so amazing. If you do, then :frown:


No. Its not part of the requirements of a student visa. Obviously a Japanese university has to accept you, and the only way they are going to do that is by being able to pass level 1 of the JLPT plus having a relevant high school leaving certificate or simply by being part of an exchange programme as part of your 'year abroad' segment on your degree back home.
The Netherlands is not very expensive for EU people and English courses can be found easy enough
Reply 10
One of the least expensive ways of spending the year abroad is if you go on an Erasmus exchange, in which you study at another university in the EU, but do check with the departments you are applying to that they have sufficient Erasmus exchange places for the numbers who want to use them, as it is not an automatic right. If you go on an Erasmus exchange, you get approx £1500 to help with the living costs, and you do not pay tuition fees to your home university or the year abroad university. It may even be possible to get a refund on 3 return air fares over the year from your LEA.

If you decide to work, your LEA may decide to reduce the amount of student loan you are entitled to that year, so check first.