Studying for a PhD is a long and difficult road, once you choose to study for a PhD, it means that you will devote most of your life to it, if you do not have a love for research and your major, the road ahead will be extremely difficult or even give up.
Therefore, the first step you need to consider when embarking on the path to a PhD is to determine the three main elements of the PhD, namely the target institution, the major direction and the supervisor. Today, Jinghua will tell you how to choose a school in the preparation for doctoral application!
According to your motivation for studying abroad, if you study abroad to further your studies and beautify your resume, then refer to the QS ranking when choosing a school; If you are keen on academics, you should mainly refer to the ARWU list; If it is for immigration, generally speaking, shortage jobs, doctoral degrees and STEM majors are all pluses, and science and engineering majors are easier to stay than literature, history and social science majors.
Not only that, but also look at your own hard conditions, when choosing a country, colleges and universities, you must position your own conditions, such as undergraduate colleges, professional performance point rankings, language scores, etc., and choose colleges that match your own conditions.
In addition, studying abroad is also inseparable from financial support. If your family's financial situation is relatively ordinary, you can choose to go to a cheaper country or region to study in, you can find a university that is willing to provide scholarships, and colleges that have cooperation with CSC scholarships, etc.
Many Chinese students and parents like to use the world university rankings as one of the bases for choosing a school, such as looking at more authoritative rankings such as QS, THE, ARWU, etc., but each ranking has a certain subjectivity.
For example, if you choose to return to China after graduation for development, it is best to refer to the world rankings, after all, the aura of a prestigious school can add a lot of points to your job search.
Jinghua can often see students on the Internet asking whether to find a more authoritative and professional tutor, or to find a higher ranking university. This is actually complementary to each other, and the ranking of an institution that can hire a big tutor will generally not be very low. The gap between the two is not so big, and it is recommended that students choose a big bull doctoral supervisor.
When you are confused and don't know which tutor to choose, you can use Google Scholar to search for **, the number of citations of references, and the number of citations and years to quickly understand the excellent works of the tutor and the topics you are researching.
There are some institutions that may not be so well-known in the world rankings, but they are very prestigious in terms of local employers, such as Singapore Management University, as an institution outside the world ranking 200, few students choose, but it has the highest graduate employment rate among all Singapore**-funded universities.
More than 951% of students find a job within six months of completing their final exams, the highest percentage in Singapore!
Therefore, when students are looking for a school to choose, they can learn about the employment and development status of their seniors, and they can also provide a direction for choosing a school and major.
After reading the above content, do you have a little more understanding of Shenbo school selection, if you still don't have too many ideas after reading it, you can leave a message for consultation or find our consultant teacher of Jinghua Medical to consult and understand!