Dual citizens (US/Europe) - college options in Europe?

[Anonymous]

I was born and raised in the US and am in the process of getting my Spanish citizenship through my grandfather.

This opens so many options for me down the road as well as my kids.

Specifically, I know one of the benefits of EU citizens (once my kids get it) is access to education at a very low cost.

HAs anyone done this before? Any recommended reading? Would like to learn more about it.

[Anonymous]

I think a lot of them require X number of years of EU residency, too

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of them require X number of years of EU residency, too

Can't speak for EU but for UK - price for our dual US-UK citizen kids would still be international because they live in the US. We would have had to live in UK for two years prior to college to get cheaper tuition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of them require X number of years of EU residency, too

Yes. Mine are dual citizens w/ UK, and they determine tuition rate by local residency. So, if my kids wanted to go to UK schools, it wouldn't matter that they are UK citizens in terms of cost because they have no local UK residency. We'd still have to pay int'l rate.

[Anonymous]

Not true- the residency requirement is a UK thing. You won’t find that- at least not much/ on the continent.

[Anonymous]

Everyone has access to European colleges at very low cost, but you normally have to be RESIDENT for the really, really low costs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not true- the residency requirement is a UK thing. You won’t find that- at least not much/ on the continent.

And do you want to be specific about countries?
You can get low tuition in Germany as an international student. Almost FREe. But that's the only place really.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think France requires residency - tuition is very low. The downside, OP, is that your children will need to master the language if attending a non-UK university, and that low-tuition universities are more exacting in their grading systems than US colleges. Given that students don’t pay high tuition, the schools will fail them if they’re not up to the standards, since there is no real financial downside for the student.

[Anonymous]

I could be wrong, but to be admitted to a university in Spain you have to take an entrance exam called the Evaluación del Bachillerato para el Acceso a la Universidad.

Having Spanish citizenship would mean that you don't need a student visa, but I don't think there's any other advantage.

[Anonymous]

Depends on the country - for Germany you need a certain level of language proficiency. but yes, the price is right.

There was a poster on an older thread that said their EU-citizen nephew attended school in Denmark because it was in English and ended up meeting their spouse and settling there.

[Anonymous]

My kids are dual citizens with an EU country. As far as universities, they’d have to be residents to get the low tuition. Mine don’t want to live there for the 18 months or whatever is needed to establish residency. That said, the non-resident tuition is still only about $15k/yr (plus off campus housing), so it would still be a relative bargain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not true- the residency requirement is a UK thing. You won’t find that- at least not much/ on the continent.

So, what you are saying is that it IS true because the PPs were talking about UK. You also offer no info here. So maybe omit the judgment and add some info next time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not true- the residency requirement is a UK thing. You won’t find that- at least not much/ on the continent.

So, what you are saying is that it IS true because the PPs were talking about UK. You also offer no info here. So maybe omit the judgment and add some info next time.

I think that poster is correct.

Typical universities on the Continent charts a very low tuition rate for everyone. The big exception is that Netherlands, but non-EU tuition is only about $14,000 per year. The problem there is housing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Depends on the country - for Germany you need a certain level of language proficiency. but yes, the price is right.

There was a poster on an older thread that said their EU-citizen nephew attended school in Denmark because it was in English and ended up meeting their spouse and settling there.

No you really don't. Many courses are taught entirely in English.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was born and raised in the US and am in the process of getting my Spanish citizenship through my grandfather.

This opens so many options for me down the road as well as my kids.

Specifically, I know one of the benefits of EU citizens (once my kids get it) is access to education at a very low cost.

HAs anyone done this before? Any recommended reading? Would like to learn more about it.

Here’s a place to start: https://beyondthestates.com/rankings/top-english-taught-universities-in-europe-for-bachelors