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Why do undergraduates pay for their education, but postgraduates are paid?
Per title. Undergraduate tuition often costs tens of thousands of dollars per year, but postgraduates are commonly paid a stipend. Not a lot of money, but still much better than having to pay for ...
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What are the possible grants/stipends/scholarships that are available in the Republic of Austria? [closed]
Yesterday I was offered to join Central European University (now situated in Vienna, Austria). The dream came true, and I was invited to get a MPA degree.
CEU Admissions Committee gave me a very ...
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Is it possible or common to receive a scholarship from home country for international students?
I'm looking to pursue my Ph.D. degree in a different country.
Currently, I'm working on my Master's thesis.
The major challenge for me would be to receive a tuition fee waiver from the University I'm ...
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Why would a grad school reduce fees to a trivial amount rather than reduce stipend?
When I applied to grad schools I was accepted with full tuition wavers and stipends to all but one. That one gave me a good stipend and reduced tuition to a trivial fee ($300). They say you can even ...
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Why are Ph.D admission numbers low?
I am applying to a few Ph.D programs in mathematics and I found that most schools only admit about 5% of applicants. I know most programs fund students; some schools give stipends to all incoming ...
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Master's degree in science is generally not free in US, CANADA, UK, OZ, NZ? (Tuition)
I had the impression that in general, PhD programs are the only really "free" ones in higher education in those typically high cost English-speaking countries that they charge no tuition, pay you to ...
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Can a graduate student with deficiencies get an assistantship for the needed undergraduate courses?
I see many graduate program informational pages listed by various schools.
Many of them require specific undergraduate degrees, but also have discretionary exceptions for those without them. Most ...
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