in a suburban New Jersey animus is
getting her papers in order after
receiving a bachelor's degree in the
u.s. she decided to do her master's in
Germany and save a lot of money
initially I was kind of thrown off
because I saw that there wasn't any
tuition for any of the universities and
I thought maybe there's a catch because
I'm American and I always think that
universities are free of charge in
Germany for German citizens and for
everyone else thousands of Americans
have heard the call and have enrolled
overseas so what if I make an additional
hunter police made the move last fall at
first because the 19 year old from South
Carolina had never even been outside the
US I had heard things like I'd be able
to drink I'd have health care I would
get education which is great my main
motivation of course was saving money
there's about 30 or so students sitting
inside listening intently to this
lecture being held in English that's
important because if the university
president has his wish within five years
every graduate program at this
university will not just be offered in
English but in English exclusively
pretty good
in the meantime Hunter's mother is glad
she can finance his education and living
expenses without having to take on any
loans each month accost about six
hundred euro to live here my room train
tickets
school gym food phone health care but
how long can it last the president of
Hunters University says it's almost
inevitable that foreigners will have to
pay in the future if we ignore the
question of how to finance an
outstanding university in the future we
will not continue of having outstanding
universities in Germany but in the
capital Berlin the top destination for
us students politicians insists that
college education should be a right and
not a privilege
and experts say there's an economic
benefit for Germany to 40% of graduates
stay in the country for five years
Germany recovers its costs keeping
international students who have studied
in the country is the ideal way of an
immigration because they have
certificates which are needed they don't
have a language problem at the end of
their day and they know the culture
Kathryn is one of those already paying
back into the system after finishing her
master's degree last year she's still in
Berlin living in a hip neighborhood and
working for German startup Association I
still could have gone but I know there's
some sort of comfort here there's
there's so many young people all
thinking and believing that Berlin is
this sort of dream world where anything
is possible after you graduate for a
country worried about an aging
population not charging young porn
talent could prove to be a smart
long-term strategy fran Strasser BBC
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