Finalizing a university for your study abroad master’s is a crucial step, there are a lot of factors that we should consider before finalizing the university, students miss out on a few points due to a lack of knowledge and awareness on some factors, let’s discuss some important factors that play an important role while finalizing the university.
1) Course & Curriculum
2) Academic reputation
3) professors
4) Location
5) Financials
6) ROI
7) co-op opportunities
8) Ranking
Course & Curriculum
This should be one of the main factors while finalizing/shortlisting your university for your study abroad journey. Course curriculum defines what are the subjects you will be taking in your entire master’s course duration, and you should be aware of the flexibility of the program, whether the course is flexible enough to meet your requirements while choosing electives or are there any restrictions that may come on your way.
Academic reputation
Academic reputation tells you the popularity of the program. Indirectly it will convey the real facts about the course and whether it is worth it or not.
Academic reputation is built on some important factors such as the quality of education, research output, faculty expertise, student achievements, and institutional history. So this is a very important factor when you shortlist the university.
Professors
Do thorough research about the professors’ profiles, before you shortlist the university. A university with good professors can give you a lot of advantages that you cannot even imagine, some of the benefits are finding better RA, TA opportunities, networking, career guidance, and publication opportunities.
Location
Although in recent times the significance of location may have decreased still location is one of the most important factors in shortlisting a university.
A few important points to consider are, the weather in that location, how safe is that place, and the opportunities.
Financials & ROI
This is one of the most important aspects, while finalizing your course, we should choose a course that is within our financial limits and provides the best ROI. We should always try to find out the best trade-off between our financials and the course’s reputation. There are some scholarships to support your study abroad plans, get in touch with study abroad counselling experts to know more about the study abroad scholarships
Co-op and internship opportunities
Some universities are known for their co-op and internship programs, as part of their curriculum they do include those co-op programs and assign some credits. If there is a possibility to get into a university with a good alumni network and co-op opportunities definitely it’s worth spending a bit extra on that course (mostly this kind of course will have a tuition fee bit high)
All the best!