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hi! i believe you've said you're german right? what advice would you give to someone who's going to do a postgrad in germany? i'm planning on moving to the north western part in october/november to study computer science and i don't know what to expect exactly. is university more difficult? is state health insurance good? i'm sorry for bombarding u with questions skjdfhkjdsh

hey hi, yeah im german.

to answer most of those questions its important for me to know what you're comparing germany to. bc if you're from the uk or france etc. its not that different but if you're from the us for example, the government is great.

so in germany you have to have insurance to study at university and state insurance has got you 1000% covered with a 100€/month plan. if you got a part time or full time job you would be insured through them though. so state insurance is totally fine. private insurance is for small business owners and rich ppl.

if you dont have much money, i think you're also entitled to get bafög (student credit)

if you're going to a state university you only have to pay around 500€/semester which will give you a public transportation ticket as well and if you're eligible for bafög you'll get almost the same amount but each month.

edit: 500 might be a reach, i dont know the national average but i pay like 370€ or something every six months and our cheapest public transport tickets are 50€/month=300€/semester so you know basically free

i'm pretty sure your university has a buddy program that would be happy to help you get settled and help you setting up a bank account and everything so you can ask them about all the benefits and options.

but generally my tip is to go with state things over private, we got that going for us in germany at least.

as for the difficulty, again, i dont know what to compare it to and also it highly depends on the uni you're going to go to. some are highly competitive but mostly, i think if you're getting into a grad program you're gonna be fine. (at least you dont have to stress about studying longer bc of student loans or whatever bc honestly unless you're going to a private uni, the tuition costs as much if not less than six months of a public transportation ticket alone would cost you)

if you got any more questions you can ask me, i dont know how much help this is going to be but im sure you're going to be fine and we have a quite stable system for students in germany especially if you're going to a state school. and dont be afraid of reaching out to the universities contacts they give you bc its really helpful when getting settled in.

#long post //#i swear im not flexing about tuition cost #im just trying to reassure you

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