foreign universities

Schools abroad, collegiate

Foreign universities are institutions of higher education located outside one's home country.

The phrase typically appears in discussions of studying abroad, credential recognition, or international academic comparisons: She applied to several foreign universities, His degree from a foreign university required evaluation for domestic employment.

What counts as "foreign" shifts with the speaker's perspective.

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curriculum · language courses · study abroad · semester abroad · overseas education · international students · tuition fees · faculty · lecture · departments · accreditation · cultural diplomacy · Nobel laureates · cultural diversity · student clubs · application deadlines · host families · culture shock

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geographic origin

foreign universitiesnational universities

Country-level higher education institutions

regional universities · state schools · community colleges

Family

foreign, foreignness, foreigners, foreigner, universities, university, universal, universally, universe

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