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What are the key advantages of doing higher education abroad?

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MOEC

Meridean Overseas

  • Have a mastery of foreign languages:

Studying in a foreign land helps you acquire mastery over multiple languages and native verbal skills which are often helpful when you work with a multinational corporation of global presence. Besides professional and economic returns, knowing foreign languages brings a lot of personal satisfaction and broadens your source of information and cultural experience.

  • Get acquainted with a new style of teaching/pattern of the education system:

Studying abroad also means expanding your horizon in terms of knowledge and developing adaptability skills to various educational systems. It is an invaluable opportunity as you will get trained in different teaching styles such as:

Authority Style Teaching – Teacher centered teaching mode with the presentation, notes, and lectures
Facilitator Style Teaching – Self-centered learning or problem-based learning (PBL)
Delegator Style Teaching – The teacher plays the role of a guide to promote self-paced learning by extensive study of topics in-depth and guided research.

This kind of adaptation in your formative years of higher education helps you to adjust to different management styles, making you versatile in the marketplace.

  • Enhance employability potential:

The soft skills that you acquire at your international stint will certainly help you in creating your niche at the workplace and more recognition as compared to other peers. Studying in a foreign land promotes transversal skills including critical thinking ability, problem-solving skills, resourcefulness, drive to adapt to new situations, etc. 

Studies related to this aspect show that in developed European Countries (Erasmus Impact Study on Higher Education), 64% of the employers consider study abroad experience, and 92% of employers look for transferable skills (transversal competency) as key attributes while inducting new manpower to the workforce.   

  • Promotes self-sufficiency:

Studying in a foreign destination helps you improve the personality traits which will give you the necessary edge in your future career. The self-sufficiency you develop will prepare you to solve all challenges coming your way and compete in the 21st-century workforce.

  • Enhance your global network:

It is all about developing eternal connections when you become part of a larger community of students from different corners of the world, diverse backgrounds, and cultures.

Understanding other cultures and looking at the world from a new perspective:

Your unique experience of interacting with your peers from diverse cultures will allow you to develop a new perspective to understand the world. Understanding other cultures remind you to become cognizant of other person’s perspectives.

  • Boost your confidence level:

The self-sustenance and adaptability will give you an added boost of confidence in your personal and professional life. It improves leadership skills, communication skills, and cross-cultural awareness.

  • Visit new places in life:

Great opportunity to visit various countries and places you never dreamt of in life.

  • Discover a new career abroad:

Migrate/obtain residency and get settled in a country of your choice. Most of the organizations hiring an international workforce are keen to know whether the prospective candidates can thrive in a global environment. Your international exposure will work wonders in such kind of circumstances.

“Education is not the learning of facts but the training of the mind to think – Albert Einstein”

MOEC

Meridean Overseas

  • Have a mastery of foreign languages:

Studying in a foreign land helps you acquire mastery over multiple languages and native verbal skills which are often helpful when you work with a multinational corporation of global presence. Besides professional and economic returns, knowing foreign languages brings a lot of personal satisfaction and broadens your source of information and cultural experience.

  • Get acquainted with a new style of teaching/pattern of the education system:

Studying abroad also means expanding your horizon in terms of knowledge and developing adaptability skills to various educational systems. It is an invaluable opportunity as you will get trained in different teaching styles such as:

Authority Style Teaching – Teacher centered teaching mode with the presentation, notes, and lectures
Facilitator Style Teaching – Self-centered learning or problem-based learning (PBL)
Delegator Style Teaching – The teacher plays the role of a guide to promote self-paced learning by extensive study of topics in-depth and guided research.

This kind of adaptation in your formative years of higher education helps you to adjust to different management styles, making you versatile in the marketplace.

  • Enhance employability potential:

The soft skills that you acquire at your international stint will certainly help you in creating your niche at the workplace and more recognition as compared to other peers. Studying in a foreign land promotes transversal skills including critical thinking ability, problem-solving skills, resourcefulness, drive to adapt to new situations, etc. 

Studies related to this aspect show that in developed European Countries (Erasmus Impact Study on Higher Education), 64% of the employers consider study abroad experience, and 92% of employers look for transferable skills (transversal competency) as key attributes while inducting new manpower to the workforce.   

  • Promotes self-sufficiency:

Studying in a foreign destination helps you improve the personality traits which will give you the necessary edge in your future career. The self-sufficiency you develop will prepare you to solve all challenges coming your way and compete in the 21st-century workforce.

  • Enhance your global network:

It is all about developing eternal connections when you become part of a larger community of students from different corners of the world, diverse backgrounds, and cultures.

Understanding other cultures and looking at the world from a new perspective:

Your unique experience of interacting with your peers from diverse cultures will allow you to develop a new perspective to understand the world. Understanding other cultures remind you to become cognizant of other person’s perspectives.

  • Boost your confidence level:

The self-sustenance and adaptability will give you an added boost of confidence in your personal and professional life. It improves leadership skills, communication skills, and cross-cultural awareness.

  • Visit new places in life:

Great opportunity to visit various countries and places you never dreamt of in life.

  • Discover a new career abroad:

Migrate/obtain residency and get settled in a country of your choice. Most of the organizations hiring an international workforce are keen to know whether the prospective candidates can thrive in a global environment. Your international exposure will work wonders in such kind of circumstances.

“Education is not the learning of facts but the training of the mind to think – Albert Einstein”

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