Graduated from undergraduate course to study abroad (Canada)

Many people only consider studying abroad, not considering immigration. The two should be considered together. If you just study abroad, you spend a lot of money. If you study abroad 1 year, you need at least 1.5 million RMB. After spending about 500,000 RMB in three years, I can't find a general job after returning to China. For example, if you don't eat or drink for 10 years, you will feel that the money spent on studying abroad is not worth it, and you can't hold your head in front of friends and family. If you work abroad after studying abroad, the situation is different. In Albert, science and engineering graduates earn an average of at least 50,000 Canadian dollars and 300,000 RMB per year. In other words, after working abroad for two years, I earned the money for studying abroad. To maximize the value of studying abroad, we should also consider immigration, because you have studied in Canada for several years and found that Canada is not a little better than China and want to stay in Canada; And you also find that if you can immigrate, you will enjoy all kinds of benefits of Canadians, such as free medical care and perfect social security; At the same time, what you may enjoy most is the free air and high-quality people in Canada. Immigration has a lot to do with your major, the length of time and the place where you go to school. Therefore, this problem involves many interrelated factors: the choice of major, the choice of learning level (junior college or postgraduate), money (study abroad expenses, work income, cash benefits and non-cash benefits after immigration), work (income, recruitment difficulty), immigration and immigration conditions.

In addition, you need to understand the concepts and policies related to education and immigration in Canada in order to understand other people's answers. I found that the person who answered the question didn't want to type more, even though he knew that you didn't understand a concept, he didn't want to explain it to you. (I am an exception)

All your problems are not single, you should consider the above factors.

Is it better to go to graduate school or university?

First of all, what is graduate school? . In Canada, Chinese graduate school has two meanings, 1) graduate certificate, which is translated into "graduate certificate" in Chinese, but it is not available in universities or colleges in mainland China (note! ), this is what you said upstairs. The question you asked shows that you don't understand this concept. At the same time, the first answer upstairs is that you don't understand, "If you study software engineering, you can choose a postgraduate certificate course to apply, but you can finally take a university course, which will facilitate immigration after graduation." The meaning of this sentence. Because this sentence contains a lot of knowledge (including graduate certificate, application (do you know what to apply for), and finally (what is the last), what does it mean to emigrate after graduation? The second kind refers to postgraduate entrance examination and getting a master's degree after graduation (this may be your idea, but I'm afraid I can't read anything). So what's the difference between the two?

What is a postgraduate certificate? Why should I apply for this thing first? Do you really want to see it? If I don't really study, how can I apply for other studies?

What is a postgraduate certificate? The postgraduate certificate is a one-year course (in fact, it takes about 8 months). I took about 8 courses, all of them passed, and I don't need a graduation thesis. You must have a bachelor's degree. IELTS requirements are also higher than those of universities. Both universities and colleges have such courses, especially the postgraduate courses in colleges are the easiest to apply for and have low requirements. Just have a bachelor's degree. Why not apply for graduate students? Because it is difficult to apply. Postgraduate degree courses have high requirements and limited places, which are not suitable for ordinary people to apply for.

Why should I apply for this thing first? Because of the study visa. Because you have graduated from China as an undergraduate, if you go to an undergraduate or junior college again, the visa officer thinks that your study purpose is impure and you tend to emigrate, so you will refuse the visa. Moreover, if you apply for this postgraduate diploma course, it belongs to "further study" and the visa is easy.

Do you really want to see it? If I don't really study, how can I apply for other studies?

This postgraduate diploma belongs to the nature of further study, so the gold content is very low, and you can't find a job with this diploma at all. So, you won't really study it. Applying for this graduate diploma belongs to "building a long road to smuggle". In fact, when I arrive in Canada, I will transfer to another school. This is what the upstairs said: "I'm going to take a college course at last." Actually, it's not the last one, but I can't study at all, but change my major.

Where to turn? Turn what? Transfer to college. If the college you apply for has a postgraduate diploma, you don't have to transfer, just change your major. The basis for changing majors is: what you want to study, what you can study (your previous study experience), and what the school approves you to transfer (the number of places in each major is limited, so if there is no place in your major, you can only go elsewhere).

Why did you go to college? Because as the upstairs said, "In this way, it is convenient to immigrate after graduation". Why is it convenient for COLLGE to immigrate after graduation? Whether you want to immigrate or not, suppose you do, but do you know that it is difficult to immigrate? You can't immigrate if you want to. Immigration requires many conditions. Finishing college is a prerequisite for immigration. But finishing college does not guarantee that you will emigrate. According to Albert's immigration policy of 20 14 and the immigration trend of various provinces in Canada, if you finish college locally and can find a related job, you are fully qualified for immigration. In other words: university+job = immigration. At that time, you can say, I want to immigrate or not. If you get a graduate diploma and can't find a job after graduation, don't think about emigrating, and dream about it.

Your second question: I studied software engineering. Is there a suitable school there? It can be seen that you know very little about Canadian universities. COLLGE in Canada is equivalent to China Third College+Higher Vocational College+Technical School+Higher Vocational College+Apprenticeship Training, and can learn almost everything except driving. The entrance requirements are not high, you can graduate from high school, and the requirements are different according to your major. The academic system is flexible, ranging from 1 year to 4 years. 1 Certificates issued after graduation are called certificates and diplomas, and there are 4 certificates in 2-3 years. The four-year undergraduate program is similar to that in China. There are two types of universities: public and private. Public schools are better than private ones, but private colleges offer many majors that public schools don't have.

Although the entrance requirements of universities are not high, the starting salary of many majors after graduation is not lower than that of undergraduates, and many even higher than that of undergraduates. The following are the employment rates and average starting salaries of some 2-year specialties of Nait (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology):

Average starting salary of professional employment rate

Electronic engineering 90%, 4 1, 600

Biomedical engineering 90% 50,980

Chemical engineering 88% 66400

Large-scale industrial equipment technology 92% 53,000 (industry average 83,000)

The following is the major of studying 1 year.

Automatic Machine Tool Technician 100% 4 1600

In addition, Canadian universities have trained a number of majors that only China people can attend: JOURNEYMAN, which has no corresponding translation in Chinese. Generally speaking, you should first find an employer (or a skilled worker) as an apprentice and sign a tripartite apprenticeship agreement (you, the government and the employer). All provincial governments have legislation on apprenticeship, which stipulates that people in any industry can recruit several apprentices. Then go to school. After graduation, you can get a certificate as a mechanic, such as a carpenter and a boiler worker. This industry is called trade in English (not trade, translated into craft), and Chinese is equivalent to technology. If you can reach the level and qualification of skilled workers (working hours, school, work), the salary is still quite high. For example, the average starting salary of skilled foreman is 63,000, and the industry average salary is 8 1000.

Therefore, what major to study depends on what you want to study and what you can learn as an international student. You have studied software engineering in China, so there is no need to take similar courses. Go to that school network to see what major you like and what requirements you have. I recommend you to study chemical engineering, because 1) has a high salary, with a starting salary of 66,400 (400,000). It is not a dream to work for 3-5 years and earn millions a year. 1 year later, I got all the money for studying abroad back. 2) Good job hunting. Albert's oil reserves are said to be the second in the world after Saudi Arabia, where there are many petrochemical enterprises. Since learning is the best, it may be difficult, but it is only short-term. If it is in China, it is a dream for college students to start with a salary of 400,000 yuan, but it is a reality in Canada. Therefore, universities, if their majors are good, are far better than undergraduate or even graduate students.

Does my uncle's presence in Canada help me to study abroad? What you said upstairs depends on your uncle's personal wishes, which means whether he is willing to help you and to what extent. The help here includes a lot: for example, helping you find a school, understanding the school, applying for a school, providing you with a place to live (free is the best), helping you find a job, whether to let you eat at home for free, and whether to drive you to play. From a policy point of view, it does not help. Canadian schools and visa officers will not consider this. It can be seen from your question that your uncle is not so enthusiastic to help you, and you have to pay for living expenses, which shows that you are not going to or he has no enthusiasm to invite you to his house. Therefore, your uncle's help to you may be very limited.

Part-time job problem, but did you fight hard or not? If you play hardball, you can earn a lot of money in a year by working hard for 4 hours a day, 8 hours on weekends, 36 hours a week, 10 Canadian dollars per hour and 360 Canadian dollars a week. As for the legal working hours, it is ignored. There are two kinds of jobs in Canada: cash and checks. If you give a check and your working hours are reported to the government, then you have to work according to the time stipulated by the government, but if the boss gives you cash, there is no record, no matter how many hours you play. Therefore, you have no problem working overtime. The problem is that this kind of full-time job is not easy to find, and it is limited to a few industries, such as supermarkets and restaurants. You can only do odd jobs, odd jobs and part-time jobs.

What materials do you need to study abroad? You can go to the Canadian embassy, where you can download the complete set of materials. A lot of information, a lot of forms to fill out.