NationStates Jolt Archive

Well, it looks like it is possible to have two citizenships in Germany now.

All I have to prove is that I still have reasonable connections and interests in Germany, and I can apply for Aussie Citizenship while keeping my German one.

"Why?" you ask...well, in Australia, tertiary education is funded with the "HECS"-Scheme, a good idea in which the fees you'd have to pay are put into an account by the state, and you pay it back later, once you earn a certain threshold of income.
That means the student doesn't have to pay until he or she can afford to do so.

Problem is that as a permanent resident, who isn't a citizen, I am no longer eligible for the HECS Scheme. That means I have to pay 3000 bucks every semester to study - which sucks, and so I want to get citizenship in order to live a decent life without having to worry about every penny.

But my only bet to prove my connections with Germany right now is that I have to study a semester or two in Germany as part of my degree (or at least pretend to do so).
UQ, my university here in Brisbane, offers partnerships with these three German universities.

Uni Freiburg
Uni Tübingen
TU-Berlin

Which should I chose for Economics and Business Management Degrees?

BUMP - Straight into a different time zone.

I pay fourthousand bucks every quarter and I don't worry about a thing financially (plus another 2k each quarter from merit scholarships.) But I'm in the US, so that's common.

Hmmm, I ony have a medical degree and no experience with that universities...but I would recommend good old hamburg university, great city to live, up to now no semester fee (but will change soon) and affordable living :D otherwise as you are from a great city only berlin seems feasible :p

Good luck choosing

(psst...I could help you with cheap flats [Genossenschaftswohnungen])

I agree with CK. Hamburg is a great city to live in, and from what it was like when I was there, is a lot cheaper than Berlin, although, that kinda depends which part you live in :D

But check out your courses first...there is usually a website or two around that has some info

Lund University is the best ;) www.lu.se

Nothing to do with the fact that I went there once...

Go for Berlin. We could meet up some time. (Cept the "campus" is spread all over the western part of the city).

From what I read in the Spiegel earlier this year the universities in Berlin are pretty much broke and overcrowded. So judging by that I would say choose the university of Tübingen.

Freiburg has a better reputation in other European countries, that's what I can tell you o.o