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At least in the UK international students are a big chunk of a decent university's income. Tuition fees for UK residents are capped, while there's no limit to h

At least in the UK international students are a big chunk of a decent university's income. Tuition fees for UK residents are capped, while there's no limit to how much a good university can charge Russian oligarchs to educate their children. There are some issues around that, specifically with business departments being disproportionately well funded, but it does mean that other departments also have more money to work with than they would otherwise.

Noseshine 10y ago
I know that the UK situation for tuition is comparable to the one in the US. My points is about universities in countries that don't have that financial incentive and pressure. The UK is just one small somewhat "special" country in Europe. The difference between European countries can be quite high (http://www.mastersportal.eu/articles/405/tuition-fees-at-universities-in-europe-overview-and-comparison.html http://www.mastersportal.eu/articles/405/tuition-fees-at-uni...), so my comment wasn't about any one in particular. When I look at just Germany even within the same country there is a lot of variation depending on the university and the particular program. But in general universities in many European countries don't rely on income from foreign students to the extend that US universities seem to do.
- arethuza 10y ago
  "I know that the UK situation for tuition is comparable to the one in the US" The rules around university tuition do differ quite a bit depending on where you are in the UK. e.g. Scottish students or students from the EU outside of the rest of the UK do not pay fees at Scottish universities.
michaelt 10y ago
The top few business schools can also get UK citizens to pay £51,000 for a one year MBA course [1] so I think they'd be pretty well funded even without international students. [1] https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/mba/facts-faqs/#item-4 https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/mba/facts-faqs/#item-4
- gmac 10y ago
  No, because I suspect most of their students are non-UK, and you're not going to suddenly magic up a several-hundred percent increase in UK citizens wanting to do a ridiculously expensive MBA.

Noseshine 10y ago

I know that the UK situation for tuition is comparable to the one in the US. My points is about universities in countries that don't have that financial incentive and pressure. The UK is just one small somewhat "special" country in Europe. The difference between European countries can be quite high (http://www.mastersportal.eu/articles/405/tuition-fees-at-universities-in-europe-overview-and-comparison.html http://www.mastersportal.eu/articles/405/tuition-fees-at-uni...), so my comment wasn't about any one in particular. When I look at just Germany even within the same country there is a lot of variation depending on the university and the particular program. But in general universities in many European countries don't rely on income from foreign students to the extend that US universities seem to do.

arethuza 10y ago
"I know that the UK situation for tuition is comparable to the one in the US" The rules around university tuition do differ quite a bit depending on where you are in the UK. e.g. Scottish students or students from the EU outside of the rest of the UK do not pay fees at Scottish universities.

michaelt 10y ago

The top few business schools can also get UK citizens to pay £51,000 for a one year MBA course [1] so I think they'd be pretty well funded even without international students. [1] https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/mba/facts-faqs/#item-4 https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/mba/facts-faqs/#item-4

gmac 10y ago
No, because I suspect most of their students are non-UK, and you're not going to suddenly magic up a several-hundred percent increase in UK citizens wanting to do a ridiculously expensive MBA.