What are the courses offered in foreign universities and what are the prospects?
Foreign Universities offer an array of courses which range right from undergraduate studies to masters programs as well as MBA, Diploma, Executive courses, summer courses and so on.
The prospects for these courses are indeed very bright as the employees do value foreign degrees. This is mainly because of the research-oriented approach that these universities tend to adopt which give students a very practical outlook. The students are also exposed to a more advanced level of technology.
What is the duration of these courses? (For e.g. MBA program, Diploma etc.)
The under graduate studies generally lasts for 4 years, Master course lasts for 2 years in the US while in the UK it is 1 year and New Zealand it is 15 months while Australia is 18 months to 2 years, PhD lasts for around 2 to 5 years depending on the students research while the duration of the other courses depends on what a particular university has to offer in that particular course.
When to apply?
It is essential to know the application deadlines for the university a student wishes to apply. It is recommended that that a student should begin the application process at least a year before from the time when they plan to begin their semester at the university. It is because completing the application packet is generally very time consuming because of the documents that have to be included in it.
Who is a Transfer student? Is it possible to change the country itself in the mid of the course?
If a student has earned certain semester credits of college coursework after graduating from high school or earning GED, he/she will be considered as a transfer applicant. The credit requirement differs from university to university as they have their own admission criteria. A student can change his university or his college during his course and take a transfer to other university or college of his/her choice. It is even possible for a student to change the country altogether and transfer his/her credits to the university or college in some other country where the credit system is applicable.
What are credits? How many credits does the students require?
Credit system is devised to give 'points' for lectures attended. For instance, if a student takes one paper in Economics that is worth three credits, it means that she will attend lectures in Economics three hours a week for the whole semester. The three hours maybe divided into three lectures, two lectures, or one three-hour seminar session. Credits eventually are added and must meet the minimum of 30 credit hours per academic year. Hence in a bachelor's degree a student has to achieve 120 credits. If each subject/paper is equal to 3 credits then the student would have to do 40 papers in 4 years! Different courses have different credit hours ranging from one, two or three credits. Students must complete 30 credit hours per academic year. A bachelor's degree is equivalent to 120 credit hours while a Master's program is equivalent to 60 credit hours.
How does a Public School differ from a Private School?
A Public School is funded by the state for its activities while a private school funds its activities itself. The Public colleges are cheaper than the private colleges, but a number of private colleges give financial assistance and therefore turn out to be a cheaper option.
During the curriculum how many times does the student allowed to visit their home country?
There is no hard and fast rule regarding the number of times a student can visit their home country. Generally a student can visit their homes during vacations or in case of any emergency. However the pressures of the course are so high that students can hardly take-off any time to visit home.
Most of the countries do not prefer the under graduate students working and so many a times they are not allowed to work at all. However students do tend to work on campus after the first two years of their undergraduate course. An undergraduate student can earn through an on-campus jobs. The graduate students are allowed to work part time on campus during their academic period and full time during the vacation. As a graduate, student can earn on-campus, if you are awarded an assistantship either teaching or research, which covers students living, tuition and other miscellaneous expenses.
How about the ranking system of universities and schools?
Universities are ranked on bases of the quality of course that it offers. It might so be that a particular university might be known for one particular course but might not be known for some other courses that it offers. A student should therefore keep in mind the field and the specialization he is interested in while choosing a university.
What is a Financial Aid?
Financial aid to a great extent depends on a particular university. Every university has its own criteria for financial aid but mostly it depends on student's academic background, extra curricular activities and the scores attained in the required exams.
What are the requirements for getting scholarship?
It depends on the respective universities policy of offering scholarships. Student with excellent academics and extra curricular activities and also good scores in concerned exams like GRE/GMAT/SAT etc are the ones who are generally considered for scholarship. It also depends on the student's performance at the university during the tenure of his/her course. A student needs to send a separate application for the scholarship complete with all the details of student's financial status and other required details. Some universities however consider the application form itself as an application for a scholarship.
What is the difference between research assistantship, teaching assistantship and scholarships/grants/fellowships?
All these are different forms of financial aid which could be available to a student at the university. A teaching assistantship involves delivering lectures to the undergraduate class and also some related work like supervising laboratory sessions, correcting class work and so on. Research assistantship involves assisting the faculty in the research activities. Scholarships/grants/fellowships are prestigious awards given to the student for which a student is not required to give anything in return. They could be in the form of tuition waiver or a stipend and so on.
What are the chances of Visa being rejected?
Decisions of granting visas are made on a case-by-case basis. There could be many reasons for which a student can be denied visa. Some of them could be incomplete documents, inadequate finances for the study, appearing as a potential immigrant and many more. So a student has to be extremely careful while processing the visa documents.
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