It started with a question nobody could answer well
wheretostudyaway.io was born in London — a city that is home to more international students than almost anywhere on earth. The UK attracts hundreds of thousands of students every year from India, Nigeria, China, and beyond. We watched them arrive full of ambition, and we watched too many of them discover — after paying deposits and booking flights — that they'd chosen the wrong country, the wrong programme, or the wrong budget.
We didn't start as observers. Members of our team studied abroad ourselves — in different countries, different continents, different decades. We know what it's like to navigate foreign admissions systems in languages we barely spoke, to miscalculate living costs by a factor of two, to discover after arrival that a "globally recognised" degree had no recognition back home. We've been the confused student on a government website at 3 a.m., trying to figure out whether a student visa allows part-time work.
The gap we set out to fill
The information students need to make a smart study-abroad decision exists. It's scattered across university websites in different formats, buried in Reddit threads, hidden behind expensive agency fees, or distorted by agents who earn commissions from whichever university pays them the most.
Nobody had put it all together in one place and built a tool that could actually match your specific profile — your nationality, GPA, budget, field of study, English level, and career goals — against real university admissions data and tell you, plainly, which countries and universities are realistic for you and which ones aren't.
So we built it.
What we actually do
We built a matching engine that cross-references your academic profile against university admissions requirements, tuition fees, living costs, visa policies, post-study work rights, and scholarship opportunities across 40+ countries. Not theoretical fit — practical fit. Can you get admitted, afford it, and build a career from there?
Our free assessment gives you a ranked list of your best-fit countries. Our paid reports go deeper: matched universities, realistic cost breakdowns, visa pathways, scholarship matches, and admission probability estimates. Everything is built from verified data — QS Rankings, official university admissions pages, government visa portals — and reviewed on a quarterly cycle to keep up with changing requirements.
Between reviews, some programmes may not reflect the very latest changes — tuition fees adjust, intake windows shift, and visa rules evolve. We're upfront about this: we always recommend verifying specifics with universities and consulates before committing.
We don't sugarcoat. If a popular destination doesn't fit your budget, we won't pretend it does. If an underrated country scores better for your profile, we'll make sure you see it — even if no agent would ever mention it.
What we are not
We're not an education agency. We don't submit university applications or visa applications on your behalf. We don't earn commissions from universities. We're not immigration lawyers or financial advisors. We don't tell you what to do — we give you the information you need to decide for yourself.
Think of us as the research phase done right. The part that should come before you pay an agent, before you commit a deposit, before you invest your family's savings in a path that might not work.
From London to everywhere
What started as a side project in a London flat has grown into a platform built for students from every corner of the world. Our users include engineering graduates in Mumbai weighing Germany against Canada, nursing students in Manila comparing Australia and the UK, aspiring MBA candidates in Lagos looking for post-study work rights, and pre-med students in São Paulo considering options beyond the obvious.
We cover study-abroad pathways across Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Oceania — because the question "where should I study?" deserves an answer built on data, not commissions.