I wasn't aware of the 10k Euros, makes sense. TBH a smart idea anyway, because in the first few months after a move to a foreign country you are likely spending

I wasn't aware of the 10k Euros, makes sense. TBH a smart idea anyway, because in the first few months after a move to a foreign country you are likely spending more time on learning language, culture, dealing with bureaucracy, etc. Also interesting that you are not able to self-employ as a foreign student. This is how I worked most of the time while studying. Anyhow, spending money carefully is kinda implied with the numbers above. But we were mostly discussing money spent compared to the US, here is an example. Let's assume you want a BSc in Computer Science. According to [0] tuition alone is around ~25k USD for an affordable Uni in the US, while 870 EUR monthly expenses [1] TOTAL * 36 months around = 37930 USD for a BSc. And this is comparing a rather low tuition with average total cost of living in Germany. [0]: https://www.geteducated.com/online-college-ratings-and-rankings/best-online-bachelors-in-computer-science/ https://www.geteducated.com/online-college-ratings-and-ranki... [1]: https://www.unicum.de/de/studentenleben/geld-finanzen/lebenshaltungskosten-studium https://www.unicum.de/de/studentenleben/geld-finanzen/lebens...