How to choose a country for study abroad

Dreaming about study abroad, and choosing the right country as per your course can be a turning point in your career.

Dreaming to study overseas with the right course by your side in the right country can lead you to various life-changing experiences and opportunities. But it cannot be done without knowing which country is best for me to study abroad.

Let us go deep into how to select a country for study abroad that opens doors for infinite career opportunities. This can ensure that your dream of having a higher education abroad can become a reality.

Things to keep in mind before selecting a country for international studies:

Select a course to pursue:

The first step in your study overseas is to know what course you have to get admission into.

• Are you willing to pursue any undergraduate degree or any kind of diploma?
• With the course, knowing which field to go into can be a little more beneficial for a student.
• Knowing what you have to pursue will help you decide your next move.

Select a country:

Choose a country in which you are willing to study. But how do you choose the right study abroad destination: 

• Select a country based on the field you want to study in or have an interest in.
• Check whether the country provides exposure to your chosen field or not. For example - if you have chosen marketing as your field and Italy as your country, then it will not give the desired results.
• Instead, if you choose a country like Canada, the United Kingdom, or the USA, you will have ample career opportunities and the best experience in the field of marketing.

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Select the university:

Once you are done selecting a country that best suits you according to the field you want to pursue study in, now it's time to prepare a list of universities you can get admission into.

A question that can arise here is how to know which university is best for you.

Here is the solution to your question:

• List the top 20 universities in the country based on the rankings.
• Check where the universities are ranking in the world rankings.
• Check the subject rankings of the universities in both categories, i.e., country ranking and world ranking.
• Select the top 10 universities. 
• Check their eligibility criteria, entrance exam cut-offs, tuition fees, and placements.
• Out of those universities, check which one fulfils all your expectations and what you think is best for you.

Go through exams:

Make sure you have an eye on the exams necessary for admission to any university in the world.

Have a look at which countries require which exam as their entrance. Is there any common entrance that can be accepted by various countries and universities in your field?

• Here are some exams accepted by various countries: TOEFL, and IELTS.
• For management and business courses, the GMAT is accepted by universities. For undergraduate programs in countries like Canada, Germany, Australia, Russia, India, and the USA, a test named the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) is given.

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Financial background:

This factor is most crucial for a student to go for international studies. This factor affects students the most.

So before you want to be admitted to any kind of university, make sure you start saving money at a very young age and as per the living standards of the country you want to be admitted to.

While there are various kinds of financial aid countries will provide to students, most countries have their scholarship programs, like the US government's Fulbright Foreign Student Program.

The government of the United Kingdom offers a Chevening scholarship for international studies.

These are some merit-based scholarships provided by the top countries. There are many government scholarships available too, which cover all the expenses other than tuition fees for a student while they study abroad.

List of some government scholarships are listed below:

1. Gates Cambridge scholarship
2. MEXT scholarship
3. GREAT scholarship
4. Australian awards scholarship
5. Netherlands govt.scholarship
6. Eiffel Excellence Scholarship 
7. Canada scholarship 
8. List of some private scholarship programs are also listed below:
9. Yale University scholarship 
10. ACI Foundation Scholarship 
11. Rotary Foundation Scholarship 
12. World Bank scholarship programs 
13. Aga Khan Foundation Scholarship 
14. Sir Ratan Tata scholarship 
15. JN Tata Endowment Scholarship 
16. Cornell University Tata Scholarship 
17. Commonwealth Scholarship 
18. DAAD scholarship 
19. Inlaks scholarship 
20. National overseas scholarship

Apart from the listed scholarships above there are several other programs also available for students by which they can pay their tuition fees, rents, and other expenses. One can also do part-time jobs for the payment of college fees and other living expenses.

Conclusion:

You can achieve everything you ever dreamed of by selecting the right for yourself. Just like that, selecting the right country and University to study in can change the game of your career, and you can make your dream of studying overseas come true with zero money in your hand too.