International students from non-EU countries might need to pay to attend universities soon. Few months back, a new law has been passed by the “baden-württemberg” state in south-west Germany.
The re-introduction of fees will be effective from Wintersemester 2017/18. The most notable universities in this state of Germany are Uni Freiburg, Uni Stuttgart and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. It is believed that this cost will be soon extended across the country in few years.
So, who will be exempted from this law? The erasmus countries, the non-EU students who have permanent resident status in Europe and refugees who have the right to stay. All the other students from non-EU countries need to pay €1500 per semester.
Let’s do a rough calculation, for the total expenses keeping in mind that the student applies for an 2 year Masters course at Uni Stuttgart. So, 2 years means 4 semesters - €6000; then for the living expenses the student needs to show 8640 per year - €17280. In total, ideally the total expenses for a 2 year Master programme comes to €23280. If you are from India, then according to today’s exchange rate (1€ - 71 INR) the total expenses comes to INR 17lakhs(approx).
According to a source, at present 15% of the International students receive funding/scholarships for their studies; which means most of the students have to get part-time job to support their studies. If the fees is introduced, it will definitely add more burden to the students.
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