The Times higher education (THE) World university rankings for 2021 has been published. Over 1500 universities across 93 countries are included and ratings are based on 13 carefully selected performance indicators that measure a universities performance according to: 

 

Teaching

Research

Knowledge Transfer

International Outlook

As an expat living abroad, you might have to pay international student fees for your children to study. These fees are considerably higher than fees for local citizens. Aside from that you also have to consider accommodation and basic living expenses, books and extra fees.

According to Forbes, 45.8 Million Americans owe $1,7 Trillion in student loans. Do you want your children to be in debt before they even start their professional careers?As an expat living abroad, you might have to pay international student fees for your children to study. These fees are considerably higher than fees for local citizens. Aside from that you also have to consider accommodation and basic living expenses, books and extra fees.

Let’s look at the top countries boasting ranked universities. Most of the top 50 are based in the UK, US, W Europe (Switzerland, Germany, Netherlands), Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Australia, and Canada.

The table below just covers course fees. Accommodation and books often exceed course fees. (some of these universities have limited or no English tuition)
World
 

World Ranking	Country	University	Average course fees for international under-graduates
1	UK	Oxford University	£30 000
2	US	Stanford University	$53 000
14	Switzerland	ETH Zurich Science and Technology	£2 400
18	Canada	University of Toronto	£23 000
20	China	Tsinghua University	$4 360
25	Singapore	National University of Singapore	$17 500
32	Germany	LMU Munich	€14 000
36	Sweden	Karolinska Institute	£15 700
	Tokyo	University of Tokyo	£6 500
39	Hong Kong	University of Hong Kong	£16 000
45	Belgium	KV Leuven	€3 500
46	France	Paris Sciences et Lettres	€2 770
51	Australia	University of Sydney	$43 000
60	South Korea	Seoul University	$12 000
62	Netherlands	Wageningen University and Research	€15 700
84	Denmark	University of Copenhagen	€14 000
98	Finland	University of Helsinki	€15 000
127	Norway	University of Oslo	No tuition fees (minor admin fees)
147	New Zealand	University of Auckland	£13 000
152	Spain	Pompeu Fabra University	€8 000
155	South Africa	University of Cape Town	£4 630
	Ireland	Trinity College	€20 000
167	Italy	University of Bologna	€2 400
174	Russia	Lomonosov Moscow State University	$3 500
191	Israel	Tel Aviv University	$12 500
200-250	Austria	Medical University of Vienna	No fees (German only)
	Brazil	University of Sao Paulo	£4 000
	Estonia	University of Tartu	$8 500
300-350	India	Institute of Science	$4 000
	Malaysia	University of Malaya	£3 000
	Qatar	Qatar University	$10 000
350-400	UAE	Khalifa University	$1 000

 

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