Should I let him end the relationship now so it doesn't hurt more later?

We have been dating for almost two months which I know isn't long but we have been seeing each other almost every day. I am studying at a university in England, he is also at the same university but he is an Italian Erasmus student in his third year. He is staying in England until he has finished at the university and is then going back to Italy to finish his degree and start a masters. I am in my first year and am planning on doing at least the full three years (or four if I do a year abroad). So, as he said to me last night, we are on different paths, our lives are going in different directions. He said our relationship is like a car and it's going fast right now and soon there is a wall coming and we will hit it and crash. He says we should slow down and stop the car now so that we don't crash into the wall. Of course I understand. It just hurts so much. It feels like we haven't been together for that long, but I still care so much about him. I've never felt anything like this before and I don't want it to end. We are meeting tomorrow to talk more. I don't know what to say- do I want to stay friends? I don't want to lose him but it will hurt so much being around him after we break up. He says he doesn't want to bet like he did with his last girlfriend two years ago, I know that break up hurt him badly. I wish he hadn't waited until now to end it, when I care about him so deeply but he says we've been blind. I don't want it to end. What do I do?