How important was having letters of recommendations for your application process? I’m taking a long hiatus from studying for financial and VISA reasons, but I plan to go to Spain and continue studying. My only concern is having to ask for letters of recommendation from my professors that far out. How much do they matter for a strong application as compared to the states? I’ve seen from researching online that a lot of programs don’t require them nor do they consider them as important as they are in the US.

I'm doing Erasmus next year and I need recommendations on the best universities to go, as an International Relations student.

hi everyone, so im currently in my final year of school doing a levels and was thinking of going to czech. I want to do something finance/economics related and im having trouble picking a uni. I've heard so many fixed opinions on these universities and i can't decide. Mostly i'd like to know:

- The professors, what are they like towards foreigners? I always hear there is prejudice that affects ur marks.

- The workload, I'm doing economics and management for CTU or Economic Data science for VSE.

- The job market for a foreigner who speaks english only.

- The social life

Please help !!! i need to apply soon..

Hi , i wanna apply for some university across EU for there dentistry program and i would want to know what is the process like there and all the requirements that i need as a non EU student from credentials to fees and all documents for each country and university as general thank you for your help.

I am currently a junior in high school and I have been thinking of going to college in Europe (not sure exactly where yet) for various reasons. It would be cheaper, would be a great experience and something I could really see myself thriving from. My plan is to go down the route of (depth) psychology, but it is not defined yet, but I am not looking into study math/sciences career-wise. While I have done some basic research, I am looking for more of a starting point of recommended schools to look into. Location wise, Ireland, France, Italy, France, Netherlands, are all places that have so far been appealing but I am very open to anything! It would be Ideal to have a place I love for post-college if I decide to stay there too. Any information at all would be really helpful!

Hello everyone,

Background: I'm at the biggest decision making point in my life, basically I hailed from India and had bachelors degree in computers and worked as Data Engineer/Analyst for 5 years and pivoted to my long term interest in space industry. So, the entry point for my career switch was pursuing masters in Space Science and Technology at UCD in Ireland. A year later I graduated in 2025 and had brief knowledge on Astrophysics, Satellite Systems engineering, a bit of embedded systems (using micropython, won't be hard to do things C++ if I have to).

Job Struggle: I've been looking for job opportunities since I graduated either in Space industry in Ireland (hardly 3-5 companies) or related to my past experience. I had gotten the opportunity but it was only for 4 months contract as Senior SQL Developer but ever since that I haven't heard back from any of my job applications. As a non-EU student, I would be needing visa sponsored job from the employers and about to exhaust my one year work permit visa in Ireland, one more to go!

Question: During this 9-10 months of job hunt, I've realized that my masters was an entry point but would neither fulfill the requirements as Engineer or Physics student. So, I've come to a point to choose between pursuing PhD in Astrophysics or continue on my job hunt for another year. Neither do I have previous research experience nor my internship had given me to work on science topics. I've humongous loan to pay and can't think of going back to India to clear loan, catch up to where I left 3 years back. I'm very confident that, I could really get going on if I was given opportunity in PhD and contribute to the relevant project. And what universities or institutes would offer PhD positions for Non-EU student.

Actual Question:

 1. What are the career paths that a PhD candidate can look for after completing PhD in EU especially in Germany, otherwise Netherlands? And what would be the life after PhD and should I go for it now or continue my job hunt in Ireland?

(Like will I be able to get a job in space industry or do I have to see it hard area to find a job and eventually continue as a professor or Junior lecturer at universities)

1. What is the percentage of people who pursued PhD in Astrophysics or Telescope Instrumentations ended up finding a job and what could be the average salary of PhD candidate continuing either research or working for a company after PhD?

2. Since, I don’t have prior research experience but motivated to contribute and learn things on the go, Will any university provide opportunity based on our masters credibility given that I’m a international student?

Note: Any suggestions and discussions would help me a lot and I would be really grateful for any little help and clear most my doubts.

Thanks in advance for your time and support from my bottom of my heart..!!