After obtaining a college diploma in China, some students want to go to foreign universities to continue their master's studies.

For college students, what are the ways to apply for overseas study and what issues should be paid attention to?

　　Obtain an undergraduate diploma and then apply for a master's degree

　　Taking British universities as an example, students who have obtained a three-year college degree in China can directly enter the third year of a British university through the Top-up course (that is, the last year of undergraduate). After successfully graduated, they can get a certificate recognized by the Ministry of Education Undergraduate degrees in the UK, you can also continue to apply for master's level courses.

　　In fact, Top-up is equivalent to the domestic undergraduate course, which is a continuation course specially designed to meet the bachelor's standard of the British education system.

It has specific and strict requirements for the pre-learning content. After students enter the Top-up course, they must continue to study the major or related majors learned in the junior college.

This means that if the student's domestic college major does not have a Top-up course in the UK, it will not be able to complete the college upgrade in the UK.

　　Compared with the pre-master's courses chosen by other students, Top-up courses have higher language requirements, with an IELTS score of 6 or more, and some majors have higher requirements. Some universities will also provide language courses for students who meet the basic standards. In order to improve the language skills of students, to ensure that students have enough ability to complete the heavy and stressful courses of the last year of undergraduate in the UK.

Through segmented planning, students can gradually adapt to the foreign learning environment while improving their language skills.

　　It should be noted that the rankings of universities that set up Top-up are generally not high. Students should understand the school-related projects in advance and complete the application with a targeted.

　　Some French universities also offer courses similar to Top-up.

Three-year college graduates who meet the requirements of not less than 550 hours of French study in China and pass French level B1 and above, can go to France after obtaining admission to a French language school or university preparatory course. After completing a language school or university preparatory course, In the final year of entering the university for undergraduate study, in the process, there are also relevant requirements for students' Chinese college entrance examination scores.

　　In some French universities with English teaching programs, if students have an IELTS score of no less than 6.5 and their majors match, they can choose English-taught programs and directly enter the university for the last year of undergraduate study or directly apply for master’s degree.

　　Enter the target institution through the pre-master's program

　　It is also the choice of many junior college students not to complete the conversion of college to undergraduate degree, but to use the pre-master's degree as a transition, and then enter the master's stage to study.

If students have not yet obtained the IELTS scores that meet the admission requirements when applying for a British university, they can apply for a 6-month to 1-year pre-master's course, which includes 3-6 months of language courses, and after successfully passing the preparatory exam Then start studying at the master's level.

There are many world-renowned colleges and universities that offer pre-master's courses, and the range of students' choices is relatively wider.

　　Caiwen Wang graduated with a master's degree from the University of Glasgow in 2019. Before that, she studied at a technical school in Guangdong. Talking about her experience of studying abroad, she is still very moved.

"I still have a dream of a prestigious school in my heart. I always felt that I didn't perform at the level I should have during the college entrance examination. I was a bit unwilling." She said.

　　In fact, even if you first read the pre-master's course, it is not easy to successfully enter a prestigious school in the UK, because prestigious schools have very high requirements for preparatory scores and IELTS scores.

After the preparatory examination, Wang Caiwen obtained an IELTS score of 7 and successfully entered the University of Georgia.

　　"Some people say that the threshold for college students to apply for the pre-Masters in the UK is not high. In fact, this is not the case. It depends on the student's target college. The top-ranked colleges will not relax their admission requirements. Students must earnestly complete the preparatory stage. Only by studying and getting ideal grades will you have more chances of winning." Wang Caiwen said.

　　Relevant institutions in many countries have opened pre-master’s courses, including Canada, Australia, Ireland and other relatively popular destinations for studying abroad. For example, the Business School of Deakin University in Australia has opened MQP postgraduate courses for those with insufficient academic qualifications. For the transition before studying for a master's degree, domestic three-year college graduates with an IELTS score of 6 can apply.

However, it should be noted that as a "non-degree course", the learning content of MQP is often not directly included in the credits of the master's course. It can be regarded as a "bridge" course that combines language training with academic subjects. The purpose is to help students enter Study at the master's level.

　　Comprehensive consideration of students' long-term academic planning

　　If college students do not consider completing undergraduate degree conversion overseas, and do not want to study for pre-master’s degree first, they can also directly apply for postgraduate studies at overseas institutions. However, this kind of application is very difficult. The institutions have a lot to do with students’ academic performance, language performance, and work. There are extremely strict requirements for experience, and only students with more than 3 years of work experience can apply.

In addition, colleges are more restricted, and some top-ranked colleges often do not accept direct applications.

　　Industry analysts pointed out that universities in different countries require different study time and different application requirements. Junior college students should comprehensively consider their professional and language proficiency, time plan, and financial ability, and then choose the most suitable way for them to apply for a master's degree.

Students who need an undergraduate degree certificate or are more concerned about the continuity of their academic qualifications may consider obtaining an undergraduate diploma overseas before continuing their studies.

If you are more confident in your academic ability and want to spend less time directly studying for a master's degree, you can also choose the pre-master's program of your favorite university.

　　According to Li Lingfen, a consultant for studying abroad, which way to apply for a master's degree depends to a certain extent on the college students' longer-term academic planning.

"I have come into contact with some of these cases. Students directly choose to enter a master's degree abroad and skip the bachelor degree. However, when they want to continue studying for a Ph. Very few, or even unable to continue to study Ph.D. Therefore, if students still need to study overseas in the long term, try not to have any gaps in their academic qualifications, so as not to cause trouble to themselves." Li Lingfen said.

　　Reporter: Sun Yahui