Tuition here is being re-read from the schools’ own fee schedules, at the middle of each city rather than the top. 8 of 46 countries are done, so these fees were not all checked at the same time.
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Everyday admin, at its quickest
3/5confirmed
Tuition and Living unknown
In progress
Argentina
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A DNI, and then patience
5/5confirmed
In progress
Armenia
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Cheap, sunny, and paid for in cash
4/5confirmed
Tuition unknown
In progress
Australia
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A tax file number, then everything else
5/5confirmed
In progress
Bangladesh
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English gets you far, the traffic gets you nowhere
4/5confirmed
Tuition unknown
In progress
Botswana
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Orderly, English-speaking, and quiet to the point of empty
5/5confirmed
In progress
Cambodia
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Dollars everywhere, paperwork nowhere
5/5confirmed
Canada
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A SIN number, then everything else
5/5confirmed
In progress
Chile
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The RUT before anything else
5/5confirmed
In progress
Costa Rica
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The CAJA card unlocks the residence card
5/5confirmed
In progress
Croatia
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Register with the police, then relax
5/5confirmed
In progress
Czechia
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Insurance before anything else
5/5confirmed
In progress
Dominican Republic
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Warm, loud, and quicker than the paperwork suggests
5/5confirmed
Estonia
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An ID card, and then everything at once
5/5confirmed
In progress
France
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French, and a dossier for everything
4/5confirmed
Education unknown
In progress
Georgia
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Register a business in a day, everything else takes longer
5/5confirmed
Germany
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Address registration before anything else
5/5confirmed
In progress
India
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Everything in English, nothing on time
5/5confirmed
In progress
Indonesia
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Warm, cheap and slow — the last one in both senses
5/5confirmed
In progress
Ireland
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A PPS number before anything else
5/5confirmed
In progress
Italy
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Fast trains, slow offices
5/5confirmed
Japan
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Ward office first, then everything else
5/5confirmed
In progress
Jordan
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English in Amman, Arabic at the counter
4/5confirmed
Tuition unknown
In progress
Kazakhstan
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Russian gets you further than English
5/5confirmed
In progress
Lithuania
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Everything digital, everything in Lithuanian
5/5confirmed
Malaysia
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Glasses in ~2 days
5/5confirmed
In progress
Mauritius
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Small island, short queues
5/5confirmed
In progress
Mexico
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CURP first, then everything else
5/5confirmed
In progress
Morocco
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French first, then the prefecture
5/5confirmed
In progress
Namibia
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Everything in English, everything a long drive away
4/5confirmed
Tuition unknown
In progress
Nepal
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Cheap and warm-hearted, and the paperwork never ends
5/5confirmed
In progress
Netherlands
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A BSN first, then everything else
5/5confirmed
In progress
Oman
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Everything works, and everything is sponsored
5/5confirmed
In progress
Panama
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Dollars, lawyers, and air conditioning
5/5confirmed
In progress
Philippines
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Everything in English, nothing in a hurry
4/5confirmed
Guardian visa unknown
Poland
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A residence card unlocks the rest
5/5confirmed
Portugal
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Tax number first, then everything else
5/5confirmed
In progress
Romania
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Fast internet, slow institutions
5/5confirmed
In progress
Rwanda
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Orderly to a degree that surprises people
5/5confirmed
In progress
Slovenia
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Small enough that everything is nearby
5/5confirmed
In progress
South Africa
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Everything in English, nothing without a car
5/5confirmed
In progress
South Korea
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Fast at everything except the visa
5/5confirmed
Spain
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The padrón unlocks everything else
5/5confirmed
In progress
Switzerland
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Everything works, everything is billed
5/5confirmed
Thailand
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Everything fast, except the paperwork
5/5confirmed
In progress
Tunisia
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French first, then patience
5/5confirmed
In progress
Türkiye
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Check the neighbourhood, then everything else
5/5confirmed
In progress
UK
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Proof of address is the blocker
5/5confirmed
In progress
United Arab Emirates
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Emirates ID first, then everything at once
4/5confirmed
Tuition unknown
In progress
Uruguay
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Slow paperwork, quick everything else
5/5confirmed
In progress
USA
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Sort out health insurance before anything else
5/5confirmed
Uzbekistan
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Cash, Russian, and a country in a hurry
4/5confirmed
Guardian visa unknown
In progress
Vietnam
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Cheap daily life, opaque paperwork
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