Get your master degree Abroad !

Have you ever planned to have a master degree abroad?  Let’s discuss some of the most fave-destinations.

1.       United States – I have lived for a year in The State, I lived in a small county called Marathon, that is located in Wisconsin. In my point of view that the most matters come from the tuition fee. United States usually differentiates the tuition fee between foreign and local students.  For master degree, the fee is usually around $ 40k until $100k, absolutely it depends on the major, science is usually cheaper than Business or other social degree.

Living cost, for a dorm, again! Depends on the location, usually dorm charges about 400-800k a month, remember, most of the dorms have a shared room, hence, be ready to share everything with you roommate or even having trouble with the roommate :p

Food, Dorm usually provides a meal-plan, as my experience, dorm food is so westernized and most of them are junk! Nevertheless, for saving money and for those who are too lazy to cook, dorm is the best choice.

Approximate fee for living a month : min $1000

Note: find your interest and list of universities  http://www.petersons.com/college-search.aspx

2.       Europe – A chosen continent by me, regarding to many reasons and contemplation :

-       Most European countries do subsidize their education, and some do not differentiate the tuition fee among local and foreign students. Nevertheless, of course some of them do, foreign student could pay twice than the EU citizens (Netherland, England), however! the fees are a lot cheaper compared with the US.

-        The living cost is cheaper à Especially in Germany. The government gives sufficient amount of budget for education in Germany includes the student hall (studentenwerk) that’s why the accommodation fee is suppressed and also the international student get the same opportunity.

-      All the subjects are taught in English. Most countries in the EU offer a degree that is completely taught in English, it is intended to attract more students from abroad.

-    And Maybe! The university provides and offers scholarship for a limited number. In the Netherland, Indonesia is one of the Top Priorities, but remember, the number of students that are applying for scholarship could be thousand, so sell your self and make a strategy.

Find your degree in EU : http://www.mastersportal.eu/.

So, when you have found an interesting degree, try to contact the “contact person” and do not hesitate to ask them question about any opportunity that the university offers.

3.       Australia – I could not share that reliable information about this continent. I just have visited, but not actually lived there J. But Australia gives a huge number of scholarship by it’s program ADS, this year they will give 400 scholarship for the students.

But for those who provide their subsistence, the mentioned facts below will bring ideas to be contemplated:

-           Australian dollar is higher than the US (data taken in June 2011)

-          Tuition Fee is closed enough with the US

Thus….What is your choice? J

Persiapan Mengambil S2

Akhirnya program satu tahun di US tak terasa sudah berlalu, sekarang saya sudah berada lagi di Tanah air, menikmati panasnya matahari, polusi udara Jakarta, dan kemacetan pastinya, tapi tentunya kumpul lagi dengan keluarga, makan enak dan bertmu adik kecil si “kuro”.

3 bulan lebih menuju keberangkatan untuk melanjutkan s2 di benua biru, semua dokumen harus disiapkan seperti keperluan pembukaan account di Jerman, menerjemahkan ijasah SMU ke bahasa Jerman dan dokumen-dokumen lain yang tentunya harus dipersiapkan dari sekarang. Semua diurus sendiri, berbeda sekali dengan waktu keberangkatan ke US, dimana semua2 sudah diurusi oleh Aminef J

Selagi mempersiapkan segala dokumen untuk keperluan pembuatan Visa, my second brother ternyata mendapatkan kabar baik bahwa dia mendapat beasiswa ke Belanda, dan senangnya lg dia mendaftar ke universitas tersebut karena rekomendasi dari saya juga (jadi sejelek-jeleknya saya ada sedikit andil, mungkin dia harus kasih saya komisi, hahaha *kidding), dia akan kuliah di Belanda selama satu tahun dan tahun kedua di Negara lain (tergantung penjurusannya), dan saya akan menetap di Jerman selama 2 tahun, jadi rumah bakal sepi pasti tanpa kami berdua yang suka ngegeracak rumah…haha

Sekarang saya masih dalam proses menunggu pembukaan account di Jerman, dimana saat menunggu itu merupakan situasi yang paling tidak meneenakkan, rasanya pengen buru2 cepet2 semua proses selesai, tapi sekali lagi, masalah waktu, menunggu dan menunggu. Dan repotnya lagi, selama pembukaan account di deutsche bank Jerman, bank tersebut tidak menerima telepon atau email yang berkaitan dengan masalah pembukaan account, jadi harus sabar aja d nunggu prosesnya.

*info lebih lanjut mengenai info mencari s2, akan di share di posting berikutnya :)