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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Notable European Universities by Country / Area
	•	Switzerland: ETH Zurich, EPFL
	•	United Kingdom: Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial, UCL, King’s, etc.
	•	Germany: Technical University of Munich (TUM)  ; Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU)  ; Heidelberg University  ; Humboldt (Berlin)
	•	Belgium / Netherlands / Belgium: KU Leuven  
	•	Sweden / Scandinavia: Karolinska InstituteP[/quote]

Adding a few German and Dutch Universities that are really great. Humboldt University Berlin, University of Tuebingen (Germany). 
For Engineering: TU Delft (Netherlands) and Aachen University (Germany) are also excellent. [/quote]

Also Bocconi, Milan, Sapienza in Italy. U of Amsterdam is also top notch. Don’t forget St Gallen (HSG) in Switzerland.
Basically every UK uni ranked in their TOP 10 internal rankings (Guardian/Times/CUG).

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Only consider Dutch universities right now if you can buy a condo for your kid there or have friends or relatives who can provide housing, or if a specific program provides housing.

Dutch universities provide decent, somewhat American-style classes.

But one problem is that they use a “let everyone in, then weed them out” strategy. This is fine if your kid is independent, sober, sane, hardworking and well-prepared for a T50-ish U.S. school. But it’s bad if your kid isn’t that well-prepared.

A more serious problem is that it’s very difficult for a student to get a dorm room or rental housing. The rental laws and culture discriminate even against international students with wealthy parents. You have to be prepared to buy your kid housing.

Another issue is that we might be moving into a much less international age. A student who goes to an overseas university now has to think hard about the possibility of becoming a refugee. That might work a lot better for a student with an EU or other non-U.S. passport than for a student who just has a U.S. passport. [/quote]

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