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In the (non-EU) country I live in, the main problem with undergraduate education is that it's awfully constrained. I have only a minimal choice in choosing my courses, I cannot take graduate courses, and I have to take many applied and computational classes. My problem is that

  • I have already learned (or I plan to learn in the 9 months until university) a lot of the pure mathematics that I would learn at the undergraduate programme
  • I am not interested in applied or computational classes

I'm interested in:

Is there any undergraduate programme, affordable to an average but dedicated student with a modest budget, which either has very pure emphasis or freedom in choosing the classes? I'm ready to learn a new language if it is required.

Thank you for any help!

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    Hey Matt, thanks for the link. Unfortunately many universities have higher fees for either the foreign students or non-EU students, and I'm unsure whether I have good enough academic history to get into the best universities.2011-12-08
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    @Matt: That list is does not translate over to mathematics in my opinion. For math, École Normale Superieur should be much closer to the top position. Not decisive evidence, but worth noting, all 10 fields medalists from France were educated there, more then any other institution in the world.2011-12-08
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    @Matt: Those fees look like those applied to local students. The English numbers would be much higher for non-EU students, and from September 2012 will be about £9000 (~$14000) for new English students2011-12-08
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    @Lovre: I study at the ETH Zürich and I can tell you that it (for now) has the same fees for both local and foreign students. Also, at least for Germans, it is incredibly easy to apply. However, living expenses in Switzerland tend to be pretty high.2011-12-08
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    @Huy: Thanks for that information.2011-12-10

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