lördag 16 oktober 2010

Tuition Fees - Just How Much Are We Looking At?

Lund University has released information in Swedish about what kind of costs non-European students will be looking at. This update states that most fees will be between 90,000 and 140,000 SEK per year while other programs (especially in the arts) will run up to between 190,000 and 400,000 SEK per year. The program for pilots will cost students about one million crowns per year. I wish I was making this stuff up. These fees do not, of course, include housing or anything else. As of yet, there is no guarantee for housing.

Malmö Högskola has listed their tuition fees clearly in English. Want to study Interaction Design (what the hell is that?) - better be prepared to hand over 320,000 SEK. And let's not forget the application fee at studera.nu is now 900 SEK.

We've already stated why we're opposed to tuition fees for non-European students. Now we're going to just sit back and watch this whole thing crash and burn - there's no way anyone with any sense at all would pay that much for an education that is of questionable quality. We expect to see many programs go under because of this. How exactly can a university justify charging so much when they can't meet students' housing and other needs? What exactly will happen when some hapless rich students pays the tuition and can't find anywhere to live?

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