Webinar on Higher Education Opportunities in Foreign Universities 24 April 2020 SIGCE Navi Mumbai

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rajesh.kulkarni@sigce.edu.in

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For this Webinar…
• Let us mute our speakers
• Any question put on chat window. All the
questions will be compiled by our team and
answers mailed back to you
• Few questions may be taken up during the
Webinar
• The next Webinar will cover Universities
and cutoffs etc.
• This Webinar will cover three countries:
Germany, Ireland, USA

3. Master of Science-Foreign Universities
• Three countries as possible destinations
for todays Webinar discussion are:
- Germany
- Ireland
- USA
• For each country the following points
will be discussed:
-expenditure, VISA, Job prospects, Life
in general
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4. Master of Science- Germany…
• Cost- 15 lakh INR approx.
• block funds to the tune of 8-9 lakhs INR
per year
• every month student gets between 800-
900 Euros
• Public Funded Universities- No Fee,
student association fee of around 100
Euros
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5. Master of Science- Germany…
• private universities charge fee
• Federal states decide on fees
• Schengen VISA- 1.5 years work VISA
post education
• Job security and job satisfaction
• German laws- employee friendly
• German Academic Exchange Service
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6. Master of Science- Germany
• Courses- Mechanical and mechatronics,
AI or Data and Knowledge engineering
• Federal states decide on fees
• student can design his own curriculum
• German people- friendly, Helpful, prefer
german over English, safe country
• Phd- 3000 Euros as stipend
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7. Master of Science- Ireland…
• Cost- 18 lakh INR approx.
• breakup is 8-9 lakhs for fees and rest
living expenses
• Living expenses: 10000 Euros per year
• Course duration: 15 months
• rents are on higher side
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8. Master of Science- Ireland…
• Courses- Machine Learning, AI or Data
Sciences
• Federal states decide on fees
• syllabus is heavy
• Irish people- friendly, Helpful, safe
country
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9. Master of Science- Ireland
• UK VISA- NO Schengen
• UK VISA- savings/FDs/Bank statements
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10. Master of Science- USA…
• Cost- 35-45 lakhs INR per year.
• 19000 dollars per sem fee, per month
expenses 1500 dollars
• every month student gets between 800-
900 Euros
• VISA Application: around 200 dollars
• TOEFL/GRE?IELTS: 14000 INR
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11. Master of Science- USA…
• Courses- AI, ML, Data sciences-
Research based
• Sponsors savings/FDs/Bank Statements/
Bank assurance letter/ Loan sanction
letter
• The scores impact the college you may
get
• For admission SOP is very important
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12. Master of Science- USA…
• I20 document
• GRE score should be above 310, IELTS-7
• F1 VISA- student VISA
• internship or assistantship
• Coding and problem solving skills
• A good online resource for foreign
universities is YOCKET portal
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13. Top Universities In USA
IVY League- academic excellence, selectivity in admissions, and social elitism.
• Harvard University (Massachusetts)
• Yale University (Connecticut)
• Princeton University (New Jersey)
• Columbia University (New York)
• Brown University (Rhode Island)
• Dartmouth College (New Hampshire)
• University of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania)
• Cornell University (New York)
• Stanford,
• M.I.T.
• Caltech
• tuition rates averaging between $55,000 and $60,000 per year
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14. GRE- 5 sections
• 4 sections 340 marks
• Written- 0 to 6 band- issue writing,
argument task
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