Who pays for your course if you decide to study abroad?

It is the norm that foreign students pay their own tuition and such. Yes speaking their language is kind of essential unless you attend a university with the courses in your language (you'd have to check that). Now not only do you pay for the courses but also accommodations and food and other things like internet access and utilities (if not included in rental fee). The end result is quite expensive. Maybe take a course locally but has travel options to visit the places with history in your desired study field.

Hey Samantha, I'm currenty studying Games concept design level 2 in Staffordshire university and I want to fly away and do another Games course in VFS in Vancouver. I've talked to a few people about this and it seems that you have to pay for your own study however, there are scholarships and loans you can apply for to help you with your studies. Course you don't have to be able to speak their language, English should be the common ground for most countries. You will have to pay their international fees which could vary depending on your course. The course I want to do is approx $6000 so when you convert that into pounds should be similar to what i'm paying now so not much the same. Many would think about doing it but only a few actually persue their dreams. Best of luck for your future. ;)

It seems a lot of people have already gotten around to answering your question, but I decided to put a little bit of my own input: first of all, it is very common to study abroad. Any uni you decide to attend will have at least some percentage of foreign exchange students, so it's likely that wherever you go someone will be just as new and inexperienced as you are in your new setting. As for speaking the same language, it does help. Why would you want to attend a school where you can't even understand the teacher? It's a lot like sending money down the drain. But as for New Zealand or France, there do seem to be some English speaking places, so you would want to look into the areas you're considering studying in. Cost varies from place to place, but that depends on your classification of 'residency' (which brings me to your second question). Studying abroad is an expensive decision. All unis work on their own financial system: some schools don't offer financial assistance and others might give you a little aid. There is funding though, and there are a lot of websites that promote and offer scholarships particularly for studying abroad and some unis (though not all) do have their own scholarships that they offer for attending students, abroad or otherwise. Aside from that though, you do have to pay out of your own pocket. If you decide to live in a dorm, scholarships (if you receive them) pay for your tuition and other finances so that might cover the issue of housing, and some schools offer free meals (although sometimes only one a day). Otherwise you'd have to pay your own transportation, meals, and basics (like clothes, toiletries, etc). But then if you DON'T get scholarships or aid, you DO have to pay for everything: your own house/apartment, school tuition, transportation, meals, etc. etc (not to mention travel for going abroad, and let us not forget passports). But a passport might be easy to get, because you could live in either place temporarily so long as you are there under the classification of 'student'. Sorry for the long answer. Don't give up though on your idea! Good luck and all the best to you!

If you study in the EU you pay the EU fee, so if you study in France you pay the same as a French student and you apply for French student loans, no idea about outside the EU - you probably have to pay yourself

Scholarships usually