Quote Originally Posted by Danilo
What are some cities which have a population between 200,000-500,000 and have a university?
All of them have. I live in a city which has population about 200 000. There are some universities here. Most of them are bad or useless for foreigners, I guess you don't want to study russian laws or something like that. Speaking frankly, I know only one which is not bad but it is a branch of university from another city and about last 2-3 years students study at main university in a big city, but anyway it has specific subjects local industry oriented - there are a lot of metallurgical works in my city so the main stream in the university is "обработка металлов давлением" - metal forming and "механика" - mechanics. The prices are lower here than in a big cities, a couple of years ago tuition costs about $700 a year, 1 bedroom apartment rent is about $120 a month and so on. But remember you will have no chances to get part time job.