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Uniqueness of Higher Education in Europe

American Lawyer and educator and the former President of Harvard University once said, "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance." So true it is! Indian students when they think of taking education abroad, first are afraid of its cost. For any middle class family this cost becomes completely prohibitive and that stops the child from taking the plunge into the world class universities in the world. However I must say, there are immense opportunities even for the children of middle class families to fulfil their aspirations of learning abroad, especially in Europe. Affordable tuition fees and chances of scholarship are the two most important factors which weigh in favour of education in Europe. When someone hears words such as 'affordable tuition fees', the fear that comes to mind is probably the quality of education may be compromised. But that is not so in Europe. Europe is one of the education hubs in the world. Governments, industries contribute significan...