For example I just picked Lund University in Sweden. No it's not free. It's $15K a year. [1] The University of Helsinki is indeed free though. [2]
In case of Germany, the entry requirements are quite hard. Not impossible but hard enough that many Germans end up studying in neighbouring countries because they cannot get in a German university for some courses were there is competition.
Also If you go on course aggregation websites and filter for English you will get like a hundred courses taught in English, but then you realise that they are mostly humanities. It's much harder to find English taught natural science BSc programmes.
To say that PhD studies in Sweden (and the rest of the Nordics) are free is a bit of a mdisnomer though. PhD students in the Nordics are bona fide paid employees, and the salary is a perfectly de3cent public sector wage (that is, more than enough to live on).
For example I just picked Lund University in Sweden. No it's not free. It's $15K a year. [1] The University of Helsinki is indeed free though. [2]
In case of Germany, the entry requirements are quite hard. Not impossible but hard enough that many Germans end up studying in neighbouring countries because they cannot get in a German university for some courses were there is competition.
Also If you go on course aggregation websites and filter for English you will get like a hundred courses taught in English, but then you realise that they are mostly humanities. It's much harder to find English taught natural science BSc programmes.
1. http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/lubas/i-uoh-lu-NGNAT-FYSI/tu... 2. http://www.helsinki.fi/studying/fees_and_costs.shtml