2024, New Trends in Studying Abroad
2024-01-11
The campus scenery of the University of Cambridge in the UK. Recently, Qide Education released a report titled "2023 Inventory and 2024 Outlook of China's Study Abroad Market" in Beijing. The report summarizes various data on the main study destinations for Chinese students, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, and looks forward to the development and changes in the study abroad situation in the new year. What are the trends in studying abroad applications in 2024? How to plan the learning journey for Chinese international students? According to the report "2023 Inventory and 2024 Outlook of China's Study Abroad Market", which highlights interdisciplinary interests, over 30% of students studying in the UK choose to pursue a second master's degree. Obtaining a master's degree in two different majors can help enhance their personal abilities and job competitiveness. Liu Ziyang, who is studying vehicle management in the UK, said he has plans to pursue a second master's degree. "I plan to pursue a master's degree in carbon management in the future, which is a relatively new major with good employment prospects and can satisfy my learning interests. Some of my classmates around me choose a major with good employment prospects, such as business, computer science, etc., and then study another major that they are interested in, such as art and literature," said Liu Ziyang. Lu Xiao'an studied computer science for his undergraduate degree in China. Recently, he successfully applied for the Master's program in Computer Finance at King's College London, which is an interdisciplinary field of computer science and finance. In recent years, interdisciplinary majors have received increasing attention. Interdisciplinary refers to the integration of two or more different disciplines, such as computer finance, biostatistics, cultural industry management, etc. Most interdisciplinary majors are born in response to the constantly changing employment needs of society, focusing on cultivating students' composite skills, expanding their employment scope and job competitiveness. "I believe that studying the interdisciplinary field of computer finance can enhance one's competitiveness in employment." Lu Xiaoan said, "As far as I know, the financial industry is gradually undergoing digital transformation and increasing investment in the technology field. Taking the recruitment of quantitative traders as an example, candidates need to have a certain understanding of computer science and knowledge of quantitative investment." The report shows that, The top three majors for mainland Chinese students studying in the United States in the 2022-2023 academic year are "Mathematics and Computer Science (23.2%)," "Engineering (16.8%)," and "Business and Management (13.4%)." STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education), Business, and Humanities and Social Sciences remain mainstream. At present, many interdisciplinary majors offered by overseas universities mainly combine mathematics, computer science, business and other majors with other majors, and are increasingly favored by Chinese students. The cost-effectiveness of studying abroad has received attention. "The total cost of studying abroad is an important factor affecting the decision to study abroad. Comparing the study abroad expenses in recent years, it can be found that in 2023, in addition to the increase in tuition fees, the living expenses of international students in various countries have been raised to varying degrees," said the person in charge of Qide Education, After the two-way increase in tuition and living expenses, the "cost-effectiveness" of studying abroad has attracted the attention of some students and parents in the past two years. They horizontally compare schools and majors and choose higher cost-effective study destinations. Asian countries and some tuition free countries in Europe are more popular than before
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Source:people.cn
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