The pros of studying abroad
• High quality education focused on the application in real life.
• The internship on the basis of successful companies.
• The possibility of employment on the results of the internships in leading industries.
• Participated in research projects on the basis of laboratories, equipped with the latest equipment and personnel.
• Language practice.
• The opportunity to explore the culture of another people.
• Receive international diploma, entitling them to apply for jobs in any country.
• The possibility of obtaining permanent residence in the country where education was obtained in accordance with the rating systems.
• Part-time work, limited hours, while learning that slightly reduces financial burden on the parents of the student.
• Early maturing young people who are away from their parents.
However, studying abroad also presents some challenges that cannot be ignored.
• The high cost of tuition fees, as well as for accommodation. The most expensive part is foreign students receiving education in the US and the UK. More accessible in this respect, the universities of European countries, particularly Germany and France, as well as Canada, Australia and other countries.
• The language barrier. In many foreign universities must take courses and test a test of knowledge of the language in which education is organized.
• Transport accessibility. The remoteness of the country affects the final cost of education. Less noticeable this disadvantage while studying in Europe, and more especially in Australia.
• Difficulties in obtaining student visas, which in recent years have only increased in connection with migration issues in developed foreign countries.
• The effect of visa restrictions that impede employment while studying abroad, as well as after graduation. For example, the US foreign student can work only on campus. To get job after the completion of the educational institutions, the graduate should enlist the support of an employer who is required to pay for the working visa. In the UK also acts, recently, the requirement for mandatory work permit. Previously, graduates were eligible for the two-year stay in the country for employment purposes. In countries outside the EU, for the device to work requires a European passport.
• Small labor market in the country of study, which also complicates the job search foreign specialist.
• Expensive cost of living. The problem for students of universities located in the state capitals.
• Psychological discomfort during the adaptation to the conditions of life in a foreign unfamiliar country, far from parents and friends.
All difficulties can be overcome, if a young person is confident in the correctness of the chosen goals and clearly understands the need to achieve it. So study for granitemore be a good early adult life, subject to the availability of purpose, performance and understanding of the potential opportunities.