Europe Challenges U.S. for Foreign Students

Continental universities add more courses in English and step up their recruiting

Like many Chinese students, one of the first things Guo Weiqiang looked for when he decided to study abroad was a place where he could improve his language skills.

"Everyone wants to speak English in China," he says. But while many of his friends took the obvious route and applied to American universities, Mr. Weiqiang chose a different path: He decided to go to Finland.

His university in

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