Top Cities Abroad Students in Africa would like To Study

Where are the top choice cities Africans choose to have their education in and why? Are you looking to study abroad but you are wandering how embracing and wholly welcoming the city would be for you, especially as a black student?

The list of friendly cities in the world is very widely known to rotate between cities in Canada, United States, United Kingdom and a few times Australia, Germany, South Korea and Malaysia.

Below are Seven (7) African-student friendly cities by Students Nigeria.

Friendliest Cities For African Students To Study Abroad

Melbourne

The city of Melbourne, Australia boasts of a lot of black and African American students schooling in these universities especially the University of Melbourne with over 13, 000 international students out of 40,000 according to Usnews. Melbourne prides itself in having the highest score of students who are from different races. Apart from the size and cultural diversity of student population, levels of social inclusion and tolerance are also quite notable.

Tuition plus living expenses of these seven Universities in Melbourne on the average according to QS is around US$13,700, which is less expensive than cities in other major countries in the world.

Students can readily get jobs with their study permits in Melbourne as there are a number of on-campus job opportunities like clerk duties and shopping assistants.

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur boasts of a large population of African students and is in fact the choice city for many Africans coming from Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. Kuala Lumpur is also home to international branch campuses of universities such as Australia’s Monash University, allowing students to study the same course, with the same prestige, for possibly more than half the price.

According to Mercer, Kuala Lumpur has a high score for its affordability, be it in terms of low housing costs and relatively low tuition fee (which is an average of US$3,900 a year).

Debrecen

A large number of African students troop into the University for medical studies. According to the university’s website, the number of African students would total 611 out of 3741 foreign students,an impressive figure for a school in Central Europe.

There is one university in Debrecen, Hungary, widely known for its cultural diversity especially of Africans and that is the University of Debrecen in Debrecen, Hungary.

The cost of tuition in Debrecen is on the average $13,500, a relatively low price compared with schools in cities such as Paris or Vienna. Processing of admissions can be as low as $4. Because airfare is usually the expensive factor in abroad schooling, consider flying to Vienna and then getting on a train to Debrecen. Train transportion is infact always suggested as a cheap alternative means of transport as a student abroad in order to reduce living expenses.

Berlin

Germany itself is now the world’s third most popular study destination after the US and the UK, helped by the fact that undergraduate tuition fees at public universities in Germany have become free for all, regardless of nationality.

The country’s online Schiller University is fast becoming a World renowned University among Africans who desire to undergo foreign study while avoiding incurring living expenses. According to Mercer, Berlin is also one of the most affordable European capitals offering a high quality of living for a low cost in comparison to many other cities.

The healthy competition among hostels keeps costs low while still maintaining their quality.

Singapore

National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Singapore’s schooling system is interestingly very successful and even though about 6% of Africans are in this part of the world, a reasonable number of Africans choose Singapore for Maths and Science courses, especially Engineering. This means that sought-after institutions, including the first two featured here, have grown very large and competition for places is intense.

Tuition fees on the average, are from $18,000 to $25,000 for international students as a result of the rise in popularity, even though living and other expenses are remarkably affordable.

Toronto

University of Toronto, York University, Ryerson University. While being among the top cities in Canada that have the most African Students, Toronto offers a wide range of cultural activities, outdoor adventure and career opportunities.

Accordingly, it is an exciting and diverse place to live, with its residents’ heterogeneity reflected in the city’s culture and cuisine. Cost of housing normally ranges from USD$1800 to $3500 monthly.

Cost of tuition in Toronto normally ranges from USD $16,000 to $18,000 annually.

Boston

UNESCO’s Institute for Statistics reports that as of last year, there were 31,113 students from Sub-Saharan Africa and they comprised 4% of the 886,052 international students in the US. The top Sub-Saharan African countries of origin are Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Cameroon and Ethiopia.

Boston is certainly one of the world’s best-known academic hubs. Boston’s leading position is boosted by universities located in an area called the Greater Boston area, a neighboring town of Cambridge. Thanks to the two showstoppers, MIT and Harvard, Boston scores high in many university rankings category of the Best Student Cities index and AfterschoolAfrica agrees too. It is also one of the highest scorers in the “employer activity” category.

Even though the fees of these schools may be raking the ceiling of students pockets, both MIT and Harvard offer need-blind admission to international students as well as generous financial aids.