After reading how much Gwen_goth spent/spends, I feel that I should describe the student expenses here in France, Paris (35 mins away by Train from Central Paris).
Tuition fee's + Health Insurance (NHS equivalent) + Access to IT rooms and Library etc + Culture pass (Allows you to go to Museaums, theatres, Cinema's etc for really cheap or free) = 371.57 euros exactly.
Rent:
First two year I had a studio apartment. Single room with mini Kitchen, shower and toilet. Fairly large. Enough space in your room for a double bed, a single bed, a table, a two seater sofa, book shelf and TV table. Wardroab was built into the walls. This apartment costs roughtly 410euro's a month, but the government paid 250 euro's towards it (i.e. 160 euro's out of your pocket a month). This prices includes Electricity and water. TV, Internet and phone (with unlimited FREE phone calls to all of europe and a number of other countries around the world) is 30 euro's a month. So, all together, roughly 50 euro's a week, which at the time was roughly £35.
This year. I live in a shared apartment with 3 other people. Big spacious room (can see pictures in the post your bedroom pictures thread), Big Kitchen, big living room, 1 public toilet and 1 public shower, with one of the rooms having it's own toilet and shower. So, end up sharing the toilet and shower with 2 others. Rent before government help is 375 euro's, and after the help it's 133.34 exactly per month. This also includes electricity, water and there is a handy-man working here (in the previous place also). Via the handyman, you get lightbulbls changed for free, you get plumbing problems fixed for free etc etc. This apartment, also includes free breakfast everyday. Breakfast includes Cereal, half sized baguettes, jam of your liking (like the hotel ones), tea, coffee, hot chocolate, Orange juice, apple juice and of course milk. You can have as much as you like, but people never take the piss, lol.
We have two internet, telephone and tv connections here, so we end up paying 15euro's each. So, it works out to roughly 37 euro's a week. With today's exchange rate, it's roughly £35. lol. so even though I've saved money in euro's, it feels the same when I change to pounds, lol, oh well.
Food:
Breakfast - included in rent
Lunch - 14 euro's a week during week days by eating at Uni canteen.
Dinner - We buy family sized portions of everything, so it works out cheap.
All together, I'd say, I spend roughly (max) 30 euro's on food a week.
Travel: First two years, Uni was my neighbour, so no travel expenses. This year however, I'm a bus ride away from Uni. One month travel card for zones 4 and 5 of Paris comes to 30 euro's a month. With this, Travelling into other zones is free at weekends and holidays.
I also own a car, but this is a luxury, not really needed for this.
Socialising: Unfortunately, the atmosphere isn't as good as the British atmosphere. However, there are regular parties if you hang around Spanish people, lol. You can go to Paris night clubs at weekends. The prices are pretty much identical to England. As for beer prices etc, I don't drink, so I don't know. I'm sure it's not more expensive than England though.
SO!! To all of you that speak another language, it might be a good idea to look at courses in European countries. Heck, even if you don't know a second language, lots of uni's (especially in France and Germany) have courses in English. Like this you CAN learn a second language
At first, life may be a little difficult, but you'll notice, at least in France, there are many foreign students in the same position as yourself. You end up making really good friends with them. As for french people... Well, it depends. They are not as open as British people, but they are very kind. Most people know basic english, so they can communicate with you a little.
Life in general is fun. Here were I live, it's calm, there are lots of parks, a lake, lots of shopping centres etc. A nice place to live and study.
So, all in all, I spend roughly 325 + socialising money a month. Lets round it off to 400 euro's a month. 9 months of uni + tuition fees comes to 4000 euro's a year (This is including 70 euro's of socialising a month... hmmm... so basically what people in Britain pay for Tuition fees... o_0 )