You just made an apples oranges comparison. In the UK a bank or consultancy will hire you regardless of the degree, which is true for a ton of places and in my experience including Germany, that&#x27;s just the nature of many multinational consultancy companies. But don&#x27;t think you can do EE in the UK without an EE job, or that an EE graduate can become a structural engineer or something like that, which is no different from Germany, either. I&#x27;ve studied in various countries in three continents and I feel it&#x27;s mostly the same.<p>Then the argument you make that follows doesn&#x27;t make much sense, either. If Germany has such a strict degree-to-job path relative to other countries, you&#x27;d think Germany&#x27;s engineering companies wouldn&#x27;t mind paying rewards through salaries for engineering graduates (or indeed paying direct sponsorships for students). I&#x27;d say Germany&#x27;s police is such despite the fact businesses don&#x27;t strictly require it, but that it&#x27;s simply better for society in general because it improves everyone and works as an equaliser, as a way to boost equal opportunity. After all the notion &#x27;anyone can take a loan if they want to climb the ladder&#x27; differs immensely. Even if tuition is completely 100% free, the fact some of us are already providers by age 18, means the opportunity cost of merely dedicating time to studying in the first place for 4 years, is an immense one. Sure its great you don&#x27;t have to pay to go to school, but if you have to forgo a full-time job and you&#x27;re a or the provider in the family, that&#x27;s a heavy burden that requires decisions to go into debt even if tuition is inexpensive or free. It&#x27;s part of the reason why those in lower socioeconomic groups go to college disproportionately less often for their success in high school and &#x27;eligibility&#x27; to access and do well in college. In that respect I think Germany made an excellent decision.