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Do any of you all have a Masters, PhD, or even undergrad degree from a country other than your native one?
I ask because I am American and am interested in doing my masters somewhere in Europe, and I'd like to hear from anyone who has done something similar.
I did my MA in England- I loved the experience (and the International Graduate Scheme, you can get a visa to stay on and work for up to two years when you finish your degree). I ended up get an amazing job through a guest lecturer at the uni and stuck around working for a year before I went home.
However, the academic expectations were very very different. I'd gone to a small liberal arts college with very accessible professors and I had a terrible time adjusting to a large university. The MA programs in the UK are also generally one year instead of two, which means you have much less time to adjust and get your academic work up to snuff.
It depends on the program and the country. If you speak another language, you have a lot more options.
You can usually get a student visa once you are accepted into a school. You may have to show you have the funds to pay for yourself without working, but that depends on the country and whether or not you are getting funded. A lot of countries won't let you work while you are in school or limit your hours as a student, so be aware you might have to fund yourself with savings and loans for the duration of your program.
As for degree acceptance, it depends on the school. The bigger names (Oxford, Cambridge, the Sorbonne, etc) are easy because people have heard of them. For other schools, you might need to provide extra info about accreditation and prestige, as well as a translation of your grades and the grading system. If you are in a big school, they might have a translation service, but if you go to a smaller school, you might have to go through an official translating service.
did you find it to be cheaper in terms of tuition cost than the US?
When the 1 AUD = .70 US cents yes.
But now 1 AUD is ALMOST par with the US.. and Australia will not be a bargain.
Once you have the offer letter, a visa was easy to get. I just sent the paperwork to the Australian embassy in Washington.
Australian degrees are recognized, a friend of mine went on to a PhD programme at Vanderbilt; they recognized his bachelors, honours and postgraduate degrees.
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