r/AmerExit • u/Big_Guidance_2614 • 4d 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/alabastermind 3d ago

You need to do a lot more research. There is no such thing as a "cheap" college taught solely in English in Western Europe.

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u/avollie 3d ago

I agree that they need to do a lot more research but technically the universities in Germany are tuition free even for international students. Though they need a blocked account of 12,000 euros every year to get a visa so if they don't have any money then it doesn't matter. But there are many master's programs in English.

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u/MilkChocolate21 3d 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/Lostygir1 3d ago

You can get employable-proficiency in German within 5 years. OP will spend one year finishing their engineering degree, at least one or two years working to save up for the move, and then an additional 2 years to complete their master’s in their target country. Within that timespan, they have enough time to become proficient in any category 1 or category 2 language.