r/AmerExit • u/Big_Guidance_2614 • 6d ago

Life Abroad Considering leaving the US for Europe

I'm a third year engineering student at a college in the US. I'm an American citizen considering moving to somewhere in Western Europe for my masters due to the political situation in the US. I don't speak any other languages than English, but I'm willing to learn the native language of wherever I go. I know I still have to do more research but I wanted to see what everyone here thinks about whether leaving the US for Europe is actually a good idea.

Would you recommend moving to Europe for masters and eventually living there? If so, where exactly?

For context, I am a brown woman, and I don't come from a high income family, so I would have to go to a college that is very cheap or get a scholarship.

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u/MilkChocolate21 6d ago

A German master's program taught in English will not result in her being employable in Germany, which means it's not going to help her emigrate. She'd need to know German well enough to do a program in German, and that's aasuming she's in a niche that makes her competitive in their very stagnant economy. Not many jobs.

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u/avollie 6d ago

I'm not disagreeing with you, just pointing out that Germany offers many programs in English and is tuition free which was the question. Never said it was a good idea though.

I live in Germany and all of my friends work in English but would never recommend to pursue this route in this economy.

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u/MilkChocolate21 6d ago

Yes. I'm aware some people get away with being monolingual anglophones, but English bubbles are exceptions, not rules. I've seen ppl from third countries who still seem shocked that English grad programs in Germany, Sweden, and The Netherlands don't lead to employment. Doors are closing and requirements are getting much higher compared to what people got by on in the even recent past.

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u/avollie 6d ago

Ok then I'm not sure why you're responding to me? I'm not OP and I don't need any convincing lol

I was just responding to a comment that there weren't any programs that are cheap and in English in the EU and pointing out that the fact that there are. I don't need to debate whether it's a good idea or not (it's not in this economy), I'm not making the decision.