{"id":49881,"date":"2026-08-24T14:30:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T04:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/augstudy.com\/?p=49881"},"modified":"2026-08-24T14:31:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T04:31:40","slug":"is-it-worth-to-do-a-master-overseas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/augstudy.com\/zh\/is-it-worth-to-do-a-master-overseas\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it worth to do a master overseas?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid aug_news\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h4><i><b>&#8211; By Ying Hu<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n<div style=\"background-color:; height: 20px;\" class=\"nicdark_section\"><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s your penultimate (second last) or final year. You\u2019ve been thinking about what to do after graduation. Start working? Or continue studying?<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color:; height: 15px;\" class=\"nicdark_section\"><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s no news to you that getting employment is harder than ever. An entry-level position can have hundreds of bachelor degree applicants. Do you think your education will do?<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color:; height: 15px;\" class=\"nicdark_section\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-49282 aligncenter\" src=\"\/aug-website-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/worth_it_masters_overseas_1.jpg\" width=\"50%\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color:; height: 15px;\" class=\"nicdark_section\"><\/div>\n<p>Here, you\u2019re mistaking the fundamentals: a degree does not guarantee anything, it\u2019s how it makes you YOU that wins.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color:; height: 15px;\" class=\"nicdark_section\"><\/div>\n<p>A master degree overseas will get you the critical edge in the job market. Read on to find out how it benefits.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color:; height: 20px;\" class=\"nicdark_section\"><\/div>\n<h4><strong>What you can&#8217;t get from studying in home country&#8230; <\/strong><\/h4>\n<div style=\"background-color:; height: 15px;\" class=\"nicdark_section\"><\/div>\n<p>There are many things about overseas studies that domestic ones don\u2019t offer:<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color:; height: 15px;\" class=\"nicdark_section\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49279\" src=\"\/aug-website-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/worth_it_masters_overseas_2.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color:; height: 15px;\" class=\"nicdark_section\"><\/div>\n<h5><strong>1. Survival skills<\/strong><\/h5>\n<div style=\"background-color:; height: 15px;\" class=\"nicdark_section\"><\/div>\n<p>Studying abroad is more than moving forward academically. It\u2019s surviving in all aspects of life. This will immediately set you apart, because you\u2019ve got what domestic graduates don\u2019t have.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color:; height: 15px;\" class=\"nicdark_section\"><\/div>\n<h5><strong>2. First-hand intentional experience and knowledge <\/strong><\/h5>\n<div style=\"background-color:; height: 15px;\" class=\"nicdark_section\"><\/div>\n<p>Think you know everything about another culture? Think again.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color:; height: 15px;\" class=\"nicdark_section\"><\/div>\n<p>I grew up learning everything in English I could get my hands on. Thought I knew well enough, until actually went abroad for postgraduate studies. The culture shock was never less of a shock to me.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color:; height: 15px;\" class=\"nicdark_section\"><\/div>\n<p>The thing is, information you get has been filtered many times. It can be even manipulated and you\u2019ll never know.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color:; height: 15px;\" class=\"nicdark_section\"><\/div>\n<p>Your international experience will be first-hand and irreplaceable. It\u2019s especially valuable for business seeking growth in new countries, for example, China.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color:; height: 20px;\" class=\"nicdark_section\"><\/div>\n<h4><strong>It pays off, sooner or later<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-49281\" src=\"\/aug-website-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/worth_it_masters_overseas_3.jpg\" width=\"50%\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Studying as an international student can cost a lot, compared to studying in home country. What\u2019s worse, the salary bonus of a master degree can\u2019t guarantee short-term payback. So is it worth it? Postgraduate studies abroad are probably not for you, if all you think about is getting money back.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Many of my successful friends said international education benefited them enormously. They understand themselves and the world better because they moved out of comfort zones to other parts of the world; they make wiser decisions because they get to the bottom of problems easily.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So how good can it be, to be able to make right choices? The possibilities of your overseas master are countless.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Like I said earlier:<br \/>\n<div style=\"background-color:; height: 20px;\" class=\"nicdark_section\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\">\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;A degree is not the question, it&#8217;s the <span style=\"color: #00a0e9;\">Person<\/span> you&#8217;ve grown into because of it&#8221;<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-49282 aligncenter\" src=\"\/aug-website-files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/worth_it_masters_overseas_4.jpg\" width=\"30%\" \/><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Such opportunities are actually quite common and gives you the benefit of not only improving your language via communicating during work but also buffs your resume while allowing you to learn skills useable in future employment &#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":713,"featured_media":49880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169,172,171,170,6,173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia","category-china","category-indonesia","category-malaysia","category-news","category-philippines"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Is it worth to do a master overseas? 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