What benefits can one gain when one studies abroad?

Generally, there are two types of scholarships: external and internal. External scholarships are awarded to you by an external agency (not the university). This may be a research council, a government, a company or a person. Usually, this agency decides to pay your tuition in hopes of getting something back. Often they want you to contribute to the research world, or want you to work for them after you finish. These can be quite competitive. To find them, try looking for government research programmes or for research council scholarships. Internal scholarships are awarded to you by the university. The way this works, is that each department at a University has X amount of money dedicated to scholarships each year. They will usually announce a number of scholarships you can apply for. If you are lucky, not that many people will apply for that specific position. Because the money has already been assigned, all you need to do is outperform the other candidates for that position. To find these, look at the department websites at Universities. You may also try sending them an email, explaining you are very keen on studying a PhD, asking if there is an internal scholarship opportunity available. Thomas Engelthaler , Studying abroad since high-school, 10+ years as education mentor Source: Quora Digest

That really sucks! It depends where you are from, where you want to study and what field of study you want to pursue. For some of those combinations there are very few scholarships (e.g. MBA in the US) and for some there are more options (e.g., EU citizen who study in an EU state, Norwegian students who get funded by their goverment). So if you want to tell us more details - maybe we can help beyond empathy that I can offer you oceans of! BTW, at GradTrain we are working on developing a smart scholarship database that can match students to relevant scholarships. We are now developing the algorithm so will probably need 2-3 more weeks or so... But in the meantime you can also try to get help on GradTrain forums (www.gradtrain.com/forums) or consult with one of our international coaches who are from your own country. Maybe they can help help until the algorithmic tool is ready. Lital Helman , GradTrain co-founder Source: Quora Digest

I typed the words "study medicine free" into a well-known search engine and the first hit gave some information about studying medicine in a European country starting with "B" without cost (if you are from the EU/EEA) and the third hit gave information about studying medicine in a European country starting with "N" without cost. This is the kind of skill a potential medical school might look for (using initiative) as a proxy for high grades. In other European countries you can be sponsored through medical school through the armed forces (in return for a commitment to staying with them for a certain number of years afterwards). A medical education is an expensive thing to provide so it might be understandable if a country wanted some sort of guarantee of how this would be paid back "in kind" if not financially. What do you think about the value (not necessarily monetary) of a medical education? What would you intend to do once you had qualified? If you could describe what you were planning in terms of societal benefit for after you'd finished it may be that a medical school would consider offering a bursary or scholarship. Christopher Cooper , Credential, added Source: Quora Digest