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Is money (or lack thereof) the only thing keeping you from applying to a postgraduate course in France? If, like most young people starting out, you haven’t got the funds to self-finance your postgraduate studies abroad in France, all is not lost, so don’t bid adieu to your dream grade school just yet.

Provided you’re motivated and organized, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t be able to cover the costs of grad school in France, thanks to the many funding options at your disposal (including grants, scholarships, benefits, loans etc.), but you need to know where to look.

Here are seven of the best ways to pay for grad school in France – courtesy of the world-leading French business school, EDHEC.

1. Contact us to apply for an Eiffel Scholarship 

The Eiffel Scholarship program, run by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is intended for deserving international students studying for a master’s degree at French schools.

To be eligible, you would need to be under the age of 30, hold a non-French citizenship (even dual), and complete your studies in France.

Applications are accepted from October 10 to January 6 every year, though universities usually stop accepting applications about a month prior to the January deadline, so they have enough time to process them. Results are announced on March 20.

2. Contact us to apply for an EDHEC Scholarship

Not all French schools offer scholarships to international students, but EDHEC does. In an effort to recruit the world’s brightest minds, the globally-renowned business school offers scholarships to international students on the basis of academic merit and financial need, covering between 20% and 40% of tuition fees. Deadlines for scholarships range between March 31 and June 30. Contact us to find out more about each scholarship and download your own copy of their financial aid form here.

3. Save on rent, thanks to the CROUS

The CROUS, a regional organization that offers bursaries, halls of residence and advice on most student matters is a great resource for information about affordable student housing, jobs and deals in France. If you’re looking to stay in a residence hall or a logement en ville (private housing), CROUS should also be able to help you with helpful tips and rental listings in your city here.

4. Receive housing benefits from the French government

All students at French universities are eligible for housing benefits, including international citizens – though the exact sum varies depending on your rent and income. To apply, you would need to have an address in France, be enrolled onto a student health insurance plan and have opened your own French bank account. Read a brochure in English here.

5. Work on campus through an assistantship

Whichever university you choose, it should, like EDHEC, be able to offer you an admin or research assistantship on top of your loan or scholarship. One of the main draws of these flexible schemes is that they only require you to clock in a few hours’ worth of work each week, but they do tend to fill up pretty quickly, so don’t miss out. EDHEC offers remunerated admin and research assistantships.

6. Search for grants and scholarships online on CampusBourses

It’s highly recommended that you search for postgraduate grants and scholarships which you may be eligible for on the website CampusBourses. At the time of writing, 292 grants were listed on the website, including ones offered through the Erasmus program, foreign governments, research bodies and international organizations. Depending on your nationality and subject, you may be eligible for at least one of them, so don’t miss out.

7. If all else fails, take out a student loan

Prodigy Finance supports international EDHEC students on an MBA or MSc course with loans of up to US$15,000, with monthly repayments lasting for a period of seven to 10 years, starting within six months after graduation. Find out more about EDHEC’s Prodigy Finance student loans here.

To discuss funding options at EDHEC, contact their admission manager here.  Download a program brochure here! 

The last couple of years may have seen the internet over-run with trolls, but 2016 showed good things can happen online too, thanks to the rising use of social media as a legit platform for identity politics. Nothing was more inspiring to see than the rise in depression and anxiety memes and the community that developed around them.

With people from all walks of life, even cisgender males like Zayn Malik and Ryan Reynolds, finally feeling comfortable enough to talk about their harrowing experience of addiction, anxiety or anorexia, mental health literacy has become the order of the day.

Social media users have taken to sharing candid and relatable tales about their mental ailments in a bid to normalize mental illness. Empowering hashtags like #GrowingUpWithAnxiety or #HighFiveForAnxiety have been born, fostering a sense of camaraderie and community spirit. Here are a few of the most accurate anxiety memes to get you chuckling (and crying)…

1. You try to rationalize your anxiety

#GrowingUpWithAnxiety
Anxiety: "What if this happens?"
Self: "But it won't."
Anxiety: "But what if it does?"
Self: pic.twitter.com/Vfj2kbgWy6

— abby (@AbbyKimb) July 1, 2016

You can’t reason with it. There’s no getting around the inevitable cul-de-sac: “This worst-case scenario I’ve concocted in bed at 2AM because I couldn’t sleep is improbable, yes, but, by God, it’s not impossible.”

 2. Anxiety + depression = a double whammy of feelings 

when you're happy for a moment but then the existential depression kicks unexpectedly pic.twitter.com/Ys8y09u0EL

— lionel nietzsche (@hateshaliek) December 18, 2016

Anxiety often triggers depression, and in some cases vice versa. When you feel anxious, you worry about potential problems that may arise and often start “othering”, which makes you feel bad. This can then translate into depression.  

3. We need to talk about FaceTime and phone call-induced panic attacks

#GrowingUpWithAnxiety

Person: Can I call you?
Me: pic.twitter.com/kIc5AgE3rB

— ᴸᴶG. #Valmani (@laurencuddlesx) December 11, 2016

Very few things justify a call. Unless you’ve found a graduate job, text. Always text.

4. When you realize you can never not be anxious 

#growingupwithanxiety when your anxiety goes away and having no anxiety gives you anxiety pic.twitter.com/9q1tnbFxOW

— yeosin (@moanfalloutboy) December 20, 2016

The anxiety of being deliciously anxiety-free for a brief interval goes an insidious step beyond being anxious of being anxious. It suggests that you’ve lived with anxiety for such a long time that you’ve actually internalized it.

5. *Looks up the words serotonin, happiness, joy*

#GrowingUpWithSocialAnxiety "stop assuming what everyone else is thinking" pic.twitter.com/9493oURpGX

— anxiety squad (@anxietysquadx) September 23, 2016

Woz dat? Joy? Companionship?

6. “So tell me about your day”

4-year-old girl in Ohio gets caught by wind gust when trying to open front door. Her mom says "she's perfectly okay" https://t.co/mTIruBpoSc pic.twitter.com/RvZvNZDzxi

— ABC News (@ABC) March 9, 2017

When you finally open up about your feelings and Storm Stella hits your confidant to the ground.

7. So accurate it hurts

Catastrophic thinking – or ruminating about worst case scenarios – is very easy to slip into and difficult to notice or rein in, but it can overwhelm you. A good way to combat it is to set aside a time in the day or week to worry. Rather than let it invade your daily routine, concentrate it into a 5-10 minute slot. In most cases, you’ll find your worries are actually pretty fixable.                 

8. Aw, fam…

You shouldn’t have. No really. *sings Hello Darkness my Old Friend*

9. When a friend asks: “Why don’t you just get a hobby to relax?”

The trouble with anxiety is that people don’t get it. Some people seem to think anxiety is just an excuse to get out of doing things, while others mistake it for pressure. Occasional worry isn’t quite the same thing as generalized anxiety disorder – a debilitating mental illness that can take over your life and stop you from performing basic tasks.

10. Pretty much

"why can't you just chill out?"
me:#growingupwithanxiety pic.twitter.com/AsStrAsccy

— kailee (@kaileewhy) December 3, 2016

Feeling overwhelmed? Find your nearest crisis service here and download Mind’s helpful PDF about anxiety and panic attacks.   

Click here to discover the 10 most improved universities for accounting in 2018, or click here for the full table.

Released annually, the QS World University Rankings by Subject includes a ranking of the top 200 universities in the field of accounting and finance. If this is a course you might be interested in studying, read on for a summary of the top universities for accounting and finance in each world region, or click here for the full interactive ranking table.

Top universities for accounting & finance in the US and Canada

The US claims more than a quarter of the 200 positions in the accounting and finance ranking (53 in all), including seven spots in the top 10 above. As well as these, 10 more US universities feature in the global top 50 for accounting and finance, including Columbia University (13^th), Yale University (=14^th),  University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (16^th) and Princeton University (22^nd).

Canada is home to 10 of the world’s top universities for accounting and finance, including the University of Toronto (=28^th) and the University of British Colombia (=34^th) in the top 40, and four more schools in the top 100.

Top universities for accounting & finance in Europe

The UK is represented 27 times in the accounting and finance ranking, 14 of which are in the top 100. Outside the three in the top 10 above, other leading UK entries include London Business School (12^th), the University of Manchester (19^th), the University of Warwick (32^nd), Imperial College London (38^th) and the University of Edinburgh (48^th).

Outside the UK, a further 43 top accounting and finance schools are found in Europe. The Netherlands, Germany and Spain have six entries each, with Spain’s Universidad de Navarra the highest ranked at 50^th. Half of the Netherlands’ entries are in the top 100, including Erasmus University Rotterdam.

France is another strong destination for studying accounting and finance, with five entrants including INSEAD and HEC Paris both ranked in the top 50.

Switzerland and Italy each offer four representatives, with the Swiss ETH Zurich and the University of St Gallen in the top 100, while Italy’s Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi is ranked 33^rd.

Six more top accounting and finance schools are found in the Nordic Countries, with Denmark’s Copenhagen Business School (40^th) and Stockholm School of Economics (51-100) the highest-ranked.

Finally, Austria, Belgium, Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Russia have one entrant in the accounting and finance ranking each, with Belgium’s Katholieke Universiteit Leuven the highest-ranked of these at 51-100.

Top universities for accounting & finance in Australia & New Zealand

Australia boasts 17 entries in the accounting and finance ranking, including 10 in the top 100, led by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) at 11^th. Other high ranking Aussie universities include the University of Melbourne (=14th), the University of Sydney (20th), Australian National University (ANU) (=23rd) and Monash University (=26th).

New Zealand claims seven more of the world’s top universities for accounting and finance, led by the University of Auckland at 37^th place, while Victoria University of Wellington joins it in the top 100.

Top universities for accounting & finance in Asia

An impressive 39 top accounting and finance schools are found in the Asian region, eight of which are found in China. China’s highest ranked institutions for this subject are Peking University and Tsinghua University, both ranked in the top 50.

South Korea offers seven more of the world’s top universities for accounting and finance, again with two in the global top 50: Seoul National University and Korea University.

Japan, Hong Kong and Malaysia each have five representatives in the accounting and finance ranking. All of Hong Kong’s featured universities are in the top 100, led by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) at 17^th place. Meanwhile Japan’s highest-ranked institution for this subject is the University of Tokyo (47^th). Malaysia’s is Universiti Malaya (UM) at 101-150.

Taiwan is home to four more top accounting and finance schools, led by National Taiwan University (NTU) at 51-100, while Singapore’s three entrants include the high-ranking National University of Singapore (NUS) (18^th) and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) (21^st). Finally, Thailand and Indonesia also feature in the ranking with one entrant each.

Top universities for accounting and finance elsewhere in the world

Latin America is home to three more of the world’s top accounting and finance schools, with Brazil, Chile and Mexico each claiming one entrant in the ranking. Ranked 51-100 for this subject are Chile’s Universidad de Chile and Brazil’s Universidade de São Paulo, while Mexico’s Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) is ranked 101-150.

And, finally in Africa, South Africa has one university in this year’s ranking, the University of Pretoria, which is ranked 151-200.

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Discover the top business schools in 2019 here.

The QS World University Rankings by Subject includes an annual ranking of the world’s top business schools, and this year’s has been extended to feature over 300 prestigious institutions in this field.

Read on for an overview of the top universities for business and management in each world region, as well as a look at the top 10, or click here to view the full interactive table.

Top business schools in the US & Canada 

The US dominates the business school ranking with 71 top business schools, an impressive 29 of which are in the global top 100. Outside the five institutions featured in the top 10 above, other high-ranking US business schools are Northwestern University (14^th) and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (16^th). New York University and the University of Chicago are also in the top 20, sharing 17^th place, having previously shared 19^th place last year.

Canada meanwhile claims 14 of the world’s top business schools, including three in the top 50. These are the University of Toronto (35^th), the University of British Columbia (38^th), and McGill University (48^th).

Top business schools in Europe

Europe also has a large number of top business schools to choose from, including 34 in the UK alone. Outside the four in the top 10, other UK institutions in the top 50 include the University of Warwick (25th), the University of Manchester (=28th) and Imperial College London (36th).

The next best-represented European country is Spain, with 11 institutions featured in the business school ranking, including six new entries. Its three highest-ranked institutions, all climbing from 51-100 to their current rank, are: ESADE Business School (21^st), IESE Business School at the Universidad de Navarra (27^th) and IE Business School (44^th).

Germany has nine entrants, led by Universität Mannheim at 51-100. The Netherlands is another strong country to study business, with eight top business schools (including three new entries), led by Erasmus University Rotterdam at 29^th.

Meanwhile France has seven representatives in the business school ranking, including INSEAD in the top 10, with HEC Paris (12^th), and ESSEC Business School, Paris (51-100) also ranked highly.

Italy, Sweden and Denmark each claim five top business schools this year. Italy’s Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi just misses out on a spot in the top 10 (ranked 11^th), and not far behind is Denmark’s Copenhagen Business School (13^th). Sweden’s Lund University is the country’s highest ranked for business at 51-100.

Switzerland has four representatives in the business school ranking, led by the University of St Gallen at 50th. Russia, Belgium and Ireland are home to three top business schools each, including Belgium’s KU Leuven and Ireland’s University College Dublin at 101-150.

Elsewhere on the continent, Austria, Norway, Portugal and Finland each have two entries in the business school ranking, including Finland’s Aalto University at 51-100.

Lastly, Greece, Hungary and Lithuania have one entrant apiece, with Greece’s Athens University of Economics and Business ranked 151-200.

Top business schools in Asia

China has the largest number of top business schools in the region with 11, including three in the top 50: Peking University (=36^th), Tsinghua University (=40^th) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (46^th).

South Korea is another strong performing country, with 10 entrants in the business school ranking, led by Seoul National University at 33^rd and Korea University (45^th).

India and Taiwan are home to eight top business schools each, with Taiwan’s National Taiwan University (NTU) ranked 51-100, while India’s highest ranked institution for business is Indian Institute of Management (IIM) - Ahmedabad (101-150).

Japan has seven entrants in this year’s business school ranking, including the University of Tokyo and Waseda University at 51-100. Meanwhile Malaysia and Hong Kong are each home to six top business schools. All but one of Hong Kong’s entrants are in the top 100, led by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology at 20th. Malaysia’s highest ranked business school, Universiti Malaya (UM), climbed from 101-150 to 51-100 this year.

Singapore and Thailand each have three top business schools, with all of Singapore’s ranked in the top 100. Of these, the best-performing is the National University of Singapore (NUS) at 15^th. Lastly, Indonesia and Pakistan each enter the business school ranking this year with one representative each.

Top business schools in Australia & New Zealand

Australia is home to 19 of the world’s top universities for business and management, including four in the top 50. The University of Melbourne leads the way in 22^nd, closely followed by the University of New South Wales (=23^rd), Monash University (31^st) and the University of Sydney (=40^th). 

Meanwhile neighboring New Zealand is home to a further seven of the world’s top business schools, led by the University of Auckland at 51-100.

Top business schools in Latin America

Of the 13 top universities for business and management in Latin America, four are in Mexico, including the region’s highest ranked institution for this subject: Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (49^th).

Chile claims three representatives, including Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC) at 51-100. Meanwhile Brazil and Colombia have two entrants each, while Argentina and Peru are both new to this year’s business school ranking with one representative each.

Top business schools in Africa & the Middle East

The United Arab Emirates and Turkey are both new to the business school ranking with one entrant each, with the UAE’s American University of Sharjah ranked 201-250.

Meanwhile in Africa, South Africa is also new to the ranking and has three top business schools, led by the University of Cape Town at 201-250.

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如果在一个每个人都面带微笑的地方学习是你选择大学的一个重要因素，你可能想开始考虑挪威的大学。这个斯堪的纳维亚国家在今年的《世界幸福报告》中名列前茅，这是联合国机构对世界上最幸福国家的排名。

该报告主要是基于对世界上每个国家的居民进行的1-10分的幸福排名。挪威今年的平均得分是7.54。其他因素，如经济实力、社会支持、预期寿命和选择自由也被考虑在内。

总而言之，这些最幸福的国家所提供的文化和环境正是学习期间的最佳选择。因此，如果你想在写论文时也能面带微笑，请查看这些国家的最佳大学。

1. 挪威

挪威不仅是世界上最幸福的地方，也是大学学习最便宜的地方之一，本地和国际学生的公共教育都是免费的。但请注意：可能需要缴纳学期费用，而且生活费用也比其他欧洲国家高。

如果这还不能让你放弃在挪威学习，那么你最好申请奥斯陆大学，这是挪威在最新QS世界大学排名®2016-2017中排名最高的大学。这所位于挪威首都的大学在世界排名中位列第113位。

其他三所挪威大学也出现在最新的世界排名中。它们是卑尔根大学（=177位）、挪威科技大学（259位）和特罗姆瑟大学（=377位）。

2.丹麦

显然，斯堪的纳维亚国家知道他们在做什么，因为今年世界上第二幸福的国家是挪威的邻国丹麦。丹麦以其漂亮的城市、高端美食和迷人的海岸线而闻名。这里的所有大学对欧盟/欧洲经济区的学生来说都是免费的，尽管从其他地方来丹麦的学生需要付费。

在世界大学排名中，丹麦有五所大学，但其中只有一所进入前100名：哥本哈根大学。该大学在世界排名中位列第68位。丹麦第二好的大学--丹麦技术大学也位于首都，排名在全球前100名之外，位列第109位。

其他被列入最新排名的丹麦大学有奥胡斯大学（第117位）、奥尔堡大学（=第374位）和南丹麦大学（=第390位）。

3. 冰岛

冰岛可能是世界上第三个最幸福的国家，但在最新的世界大学排名中没有冰岛的大学。冰岛总共有七所大学，其中最大的是冰岛大学和雷克雅未克大学。这两所大学都位于首都城市。

4.瑞士

如果斯堪的纳维亚半岛不是你的菜，也许世界上第四个最幸福的国家的大学是你学习的理想场所。瑞士可能是一个昂贵的地方，但学费至少是相对便宜的。具体金额各不相同，但在大多数领先的瑞士大学，国际学生的学费在每年1,266-2,200瑞士法郎（约1,265-2,195美元）之间，这与国内学生支付的费用没有明显区别。

在最新的世界大学排名中，有八所不同的瑞士大学被列入其中，其中两所大学取得了令人印象深刻的前20名的位置。除了苏黎世联邦理工学院(ETH)--世界第八好的大学，瑞士也是排名第14位的洛桑联邦理工学院(EPFL)所在地。进入全球100强的还有苏黎世大学（第80位）和日内瓦大学（=95位）。

其他四所顶级瑞士大学是洛桑大学（排名第138位）、巴塞尔大学（=141位）、伯尔尼大学（181位）和圣加仑大学（=288位）。

5.芬兰

第四个北欧国家跻身世界上最幸福的五个国家之列，而芬兰则落在其近邻的后面。虽然这里的大多数大学课程是用芬兰语或瑞典语教授的，但也有一些英语课程，所以要多加留意。在芬兰，每个人的学费都是完全免费的，直到最近才宣布计划对非欧盟/欧洲经济区的学生实行收费。

在最近的世界大学排名中，有10所芬兰大学。其中，排名最高的是首都赫尔辛基大学，排名第91位。赫尔辛基也是芬兰第二好的大学阿尔托大学的所在地，该大学排名并列第133位。历史悠久的图尔库是芬兰表现第三好的大学的所在地，图尔库大学，世界排名第234位。

0: Tampere University of Technology (319th), University of Jyväskylä (=338th) and the University of Eastern Finland (=38

在最新排名中的其余芬兰大学中，还有三所进入全球前400名：坦佩雷理工大学（第319名）、于韦斯屈莱大学（=338名）和东芬兰大学（=382名）。

图片来源：Moyan Brenn（挪威和丹麦）Helgi Halldórsson（冰岛），Pedro Szekely（瑞士），Wikimedia Commons（芬兰）。

根据Finder.com利用国际教育研究所（IIE）的研究发布的报告显示，位于山区的西部州怀俄明被评为美国最具性价比的州，非常适合国际学生就读。

报告指出，怀俄明州的1,157名国际学生每年在教育和生活上的平均花费为19,015美元，这一数字不到其他较昂贵州份的一半。

作为教育和生活成本最低的州，怀俄明州在美国人口密度上仅次于阿拉斯加，拥有约586,107人口，比许多美国大城市的人口还要少。

值得注意的是，包括怀俄明州在内的最经济实惠的10个州中，有四个是怀俄明州的邻州：南达科他州、犹他州、爱达荷州和内布拉斯加州，具体如下表所示：

国际学生最具成本效益的美国州份

目前在美国学习的国际学生超过一百万人，其中超过31%的学生来自中国，其它主要来源国还包括印度、沙特阿拉伯和韩国。

但有一点需要注意——怀俄明州的大学选择相对较少，仅有一所公立四年制大学——怀俄明大学，位于拉勒米市。此外，还有私立的怀俄明天主教学院位于兰德尔，州府夏 延则设有盈利性的凤凰城大学分校。

相比之下，得克萨斯州提供了更广泛的高等教育机构选择——这个美国第二大的州（无论是面积还是人口），在性价比方面排名第五。得克萨斯州最大的城市休斯顿，今年首次入选QS最佳学生城市指数，位列第92位，其生活成本低于许多其他美国大城市。

美国学费最昂贵的州

另一方面，根据Finder.com的数据，佛蒙特州的国际学生承担着美国最高的教育费用，平均每位学生在2016年需支付43,925美元。

他们的研究显示，对国际学生而言最昂贵的五个州分别是：

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