Need help with overseas post-graduate studies
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 Oct 22 2013, 02:07 PM
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Do you have your preference of countries to go pursue your Master or PhD? If you go to US, you'll need GRE. But Europe and Asia, generally TOEFL is already acceptable. Scholarships in East Asia (i.e. Japan and Korea) even accept institutional TOEFL certificates. I just finished my Master's degree in engineering a couple of months ago from Korea, so I want to help you in a way I can.
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Oct 23 2013, 10:56 AM
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QUOTE(RokkQM @ Oct 23 2013, 12:23 AM) I did consider about countries like UK/US/SG or even Japan which are the countries with strong developed background in physics. I have checked with SG universities, they stated "GRE and TOEFL" so i think they need both. Some of my juniors are now studying in UK for their Masters. I`ll ask around. To be honest i wish i can further my studies to UK, but i need more information, not just about UK, maybe some other alternatives as well. I don't mind going anywhere as long as I can get what I want to study.. (of course Malaysia would be the very last option for me XD). Hm... I think i need information in details about life expenses when studying overseas. How did you cover up those expenses? something like that? Oh yea i probably need some source that provide information about the scholarships? how do you apply? "I heard that you need to be accepted as the student of that particular institute before you apply?   You might know this already, but there are different scholarship schemes. When I was studying in Korea, my scholarship only covered my tuition fee. The living expense was covered by monthly stipend from my professor. So in a way, I got two scholarships there. Don`t forget to scrutinize the details of all scholarships.  This might come across as smart-ass, but seriously, Google is your friend. In my case, I googled Korean university that has my major. Then browsed their website to extract as much information as I could. As for your last question, it varies. But almost all post-Bachelor scholarship requires some kind of recommendation letter from one of the professor in the university you want to go to.  |
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Oct 23 2013, 04:09 PM
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Here are some links about scholarships I have found using "particle physics scholarship" as a Google keyword.
Texas Tech: http://www.phys.ttu.edu/grad_support.html University of Edinburgh: http://www.ph.ed.ac.uk/msc-theoretical-mat...rships-fundings MIT: http://web.mit.edu/sfs/scholarships/index.html What I would suggest is to make a good resume and be confident in it. When I applied for my Master, I directly email the professor in that department, asking if he could be me academic advisor and provide me with the recommendation letter. He initially declined, but after some persuasion, he gave in and took me as his grad student. |
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Oct 23 2013, 08:46 PM
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QUOTE(piano_freak @ Oct 23 2013, 08:27 PM) wow i never knew you can keep on pestering a prof to fund u.. mind sharing which Uni is that? local or overseas? I got my Master in Chonnam National University, South Korea. And please do note that being persuasive is not equal to pestering. |
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Oct 24 2013, 10:03 AM
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QUOTE(Critical_Fallacy @ Oct 24 2013, 08:36 AM) Oh! My professor initially didn't think that he was ready to have an international Master student until next year. So I proposed a workaround that I would be under another professor's advisory until next year and then switching to his advisory when he's ready. Of course, I also keep the another professor in the loop of our conversation. Turned out the other professor is his senior and I think he talked my professor into taking me right away.  CNU, one of the five major national universities of South Korea with major researches on Agro-Bioindustry, Bio-IT Fusion Technology, and Korean Dinosaurs. I wonder, what kind of persuasion technique did you use?  This post has been edited by vankodoq: Oct 24 2013, 10:04 AM |
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Oct 24 2013, 01:11 PM
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QUOTE(RokkQM @ Oct 24 2013, 01:07 PM) -deleted- No worries, bro. Just want to emphasize my point that although it seems cliche, Google is indeed your friend in things like this. And do keep your spirit on your pursuit in physics. I haven't had any interest in physics until I watched several YouTube videos about the awesomeness of physics. Thank you very much!! This is a awesome share.. gonna give it a try lol xD Will refer back to you for further helps XD -deleted- Yup, something like that. I don't really care if I'm able to have that kind of achievement, I just want to be part of it. |
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Oct 25 2013, 02:14 PM
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QUOTE(Critical_Fallacy @ Oct 24 2013, 07:47 PM) Can you show some of the YouTube videos here? I can, but then we will have an out-of-topic discussion. Just check the channel "minutephysics" in YouTube.  To make my post still on-topic, below are other links for scholarship info in Physics. Universitat Stuttgart: http://www.msc.physics.uni-stuttgart.de/ad...on/scholarship/ Erasmus Mundus: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus_mundus/r..._courses_en.php If you're an excellent student with passion for PhD, I'd say try to find out more about the Erasmus Mundus. |
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