Review by Choice Review
An excellent source of information on study in Europe. It does not have the detail necessary for final planning, and students will need to consult specific university guides and such works as Higher Education in the European Community (CH, Mar'89) or Study in the United Kingdom and Ireland (1986- ) for further information, but Boswick's guide will be very helpful in the initial screening process. For each country it provides general information on higher education in that nation. Then for each university additional data are provided. Country information deals with topics such as general visa and application requirements, typical costs (in local currency), and university calendars. Institutional listings include enrollments, academic programs and degrees, language(s) of instruction, tuition costs, and library size, among other information. Highly recommended for libraries whose users may wish to investigate study in Europe. T. A. Tollman; University of Nebraska at Omaha
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Review by Booklist Review
Boswick, a Canadian studying at a Scottish university, has compiled a useful directory of 275 universities in 26 European countries from Austria to Yugoslavia. It is arranged by country; for each, general information for the prospective North American applicant is supplied, including admissions requirements, application procedures and deadlines, degree requirements, visas, costs, scholarships available, and the like. The work does not list junior-year abroad programs offered in conjunction with American colleges. For each nation, public and private universities are interfiled alphabetically. Information given is practical as well as official. In his acknowledgments, Boswick indicates that he relied upon printed sources and direct contacts via correspondence with schools. The following data are given for each institution: enrollment, degrees awarded, academic programs, language of instruction, specific admission requirements, tuition, size of library collection and faculty, and address. Of note is the fact that state-run universities in West Germany (German data are pre-unification) charge no tuition or fees to their students. Universities of Eastern Europe are treated in a separate section. Coverage is understandably skimpy and tentative, and information (all collected prior to the political upheavals in these five nations) ought to be validated by anyone interested in exploring opportunities there. Only two universities are profiled for the USSR, and only bare-bones facts are presented. The index lists institutions and subject disciplines. Country names are included in the index, which seems unnecessary given that countries form the basic framework of the book. Comparison of Boswick's treatment of three randomly chosen universities with that of the 1991 World of Learning shows the advantage of his guide for the potential applicant wanting practical counsel. While the World of Learning lists more institutions per country (including technical institutes, art and music schools, etc.) and lists individual faculty, it does not convey the nitty-gritty of application, admissions, and registration procedures that Boswick does. Those considering enrollment at British universities ought, of course, to consult the annual Commonwealth Universities Yearbook. Probably the nearest rival to Boswick's guide is the twelfth edition (1991) of the International Handbook of Universities and Other Insitutions of Higher Education. It lists more European schools but, again, lacks the textual advice. Guide to the Universities of Europe will prove a vital reference book in all academic libraries and possibly even some high school collections. At $35, it is a bargain. There is no hint that further editions are anticipated, but it will soon become obsolete (as it may already be for Eastern European nations) unless updated editions appear. (Reviewed Dec. 15, 1991)
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Review by Library Journal Review
This guide, written by a Canadian student, covers more than 275 schools in 26 European countries. While most of the volume is devoted to Western Europe, a small section covers Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, the Soviet Union, and Yugoslavia. It is arranged alphabetically by country and by school within each country. Much of the information contained in the profiles of the individual institutions may be found in the Interna tional Handbook of Universities (Internat. Assn. of Universities, 1991. 12th ed.). However, this guide expands on these profiles and features a valuable, detailed narrative section for 11 Western European countries. Each section describes admissions requirements, application procedures, academic programs, degrees, registration, and visa requirements, expenses, and scholarships for foreign students. A good choice for public and undergraduate college libraries. (Index not seen.)-- Barbara S. Meagher, Central Connecticut State Univ., New Britain (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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