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(Did all my studies in France at public schools (university).) I think the fee was 300€/year, most of it was headed toward paying mandatory access to the unive

(Did all my studies in France at public schools (university).) I think the fee was 300€/year, most of it was headed toward paying mandatory access to the university library. That would be 300x5=1500€ (~2k$) for a complete engineering degree. Lets not forget that all this is paid with tax money though. You will sort of pay back these studies when paying your taxes once working :)

jcelerier 6y ago
> I think the fee was 300€/year, most of it was headed toward paying mandatory access to the university library. In Bordeaux it's ~200€ for licence and ~300€ for master, but yeah, lowballed that a little bit. But ! Note that in France almost 40% of university students get the state grant (https://www.campusmatin.com/vie-campus/experience-etudiante/le-chiffre-36-8-d-etudiants-boursiers-en-2019-2020.html https://www.campusmatin.com/vie-campus/experience-etudiante/...) - and thus don't even have to pay the inscription fee. > Lets not forget that all this is paid with tax money though. You will sort of pay back these studies when paying your taxes once working :) People in the US pay income tax, too - https://www.companow.com/us-vs-france-where-do-you-pay-the-most-taxes/ https://www.companow.com/us-vs-france-where-do-you-pay-the-m...
jokethrowaway 6y ago
In Italy, it depends on how much money you have. Under a certain threshold you don't pay anything, most people pay something, I had to pay full price which was around 3k per year. Also, forget having a campus, classrooms looks like they haven't been renovated in 200 years, you need your own computers because labs are too outdated, professors salaries are a joke, professors keep mixing their personal interests / companies with university - basically getting free work out of students for their businesses, majority of students move out of Italy after graduating because high taxes and bureaucracy make it impossible for profitable business to start up (estimated 250k€ in taxes invested in education lost per student). I'd rather live in Italy than other countries but I won't uniquely for tax reasons.

jcelerier 6y ago

> I think the fee was 300€/year, most of it was headed toward paying mandatory access to the university library. In Bordeaux it's ~200€ for licence and ~300€ for master, but yeah, lowballed that a little bit. But ! Note that in France almost 40% of university students get the state grant (https://www.campusmatin.com/vie-campus/experience-etudiante/le-chiffre-36-8-d-etudiants-boursiers-en-2019-2020.html https://www.campusmatin.com/vie-campus/experience-etudiante/...) - and thus don't even have to pay the inscription fee. > Lets not forget that all this is paid with tax money though. You will sort of pay back these studies when paying your taxes once working :) People in the US pay income tax, too - https://www.companow.com/us-vs-france-where-do-you-pay-the-most-taxes/ https://www.companow.com/us-vs-france-where-do-you-pay-the-m...

jokethrowaway 6y ago

In Italy, it depends on how much money you have. Under a certain threshold you don't pay anything, most people pay something, I had to pay full price which was around 3k per year. Also, forget having a campus, classrooms looks like they haven't been renovated in 200 years, you need your own computers because labs are too outdated, professors salaries are a joke, professors keep mixing their personal interests / companies with university - basically getting free work out of students for their businesses, majority of students move out of Italy after graduating because high taxes and bureaucracy make it impossible for profitable business to start up (estimated 250k€ in taxes invested in education lost per student). I'd rather live in Italy than other countries but I won't uniquely for tax reasons.