How about going to the United States or Britain to study East Asian studies?

East Asian Studies is a general term for American university majors, including languages, culture, economy, politics, history and other humanities and social sciences in East Asia. Therefore, the major of East Asian cultural studies in the United States is generally set under the College of Arts and Sciences or the College of Social Sciences. However, generally speaking, American universities tend to focus more on the language and culture, such as Duke, NYU, Cornell and other schools, which have relatively limited research on politics and economy, but the number of applicants is very large and the competition is fierce.

Generally, the doctoral degree in East Asian Studies is five years, but many of them graduated from 1967 because of the high graduation requirements for liberal arts doctors. The admission of doctoral students in East Asian studies mainly adopts the committee system, that is, the admissions committee discusses whether to admit all students, which is different from the enrollment method that many professors can decide. Therefore, magnetism in the early stage has little influence on admission, so you can wait until you get the admission and then leave the magnetic work until you apply for a tutor. Of course, you can also communicate with your favorite professor by email before applying, to confirm whether he studied PhD in that year, to confirm that his school and department submitted applications, and to have academic discussions with the professor.

Doctoral students majoring in East Asian studies usually need to master two languages, one is Chinese, Japanese, Korean and other East Asian languages, and the other is European and American languages. For China people, Chinese and English can meet these requirements. Two years before your doctor's degree, you were a doctoral student, and you needed to take several professional courses for credits. Then you have to take the doctoral qualification examination at the end of the second year or the beginning of the third year. Only after passing the exam can you become a doctoral student, and you can get a doctorate after completing the tasks specified in the school graduation requirements. Generally speaking, you must finish a paper in your chosen research field. Of course, the requirements of the paper are very high.

There are several points to apply for a Ph.D. in East Asian Studies:

1) There are not many schools in the United States that offer doctoral programs in East Asian studies, and their enrollment is limited. Therefore, we must do a good job in school research and choose a good school and direction in the early stage.

2) Many schools mentioned in their application requirements that they want applicants to have a master's degree in arts, so if you can get a master's degree in other directions first, it will be more favorable for your application. After graduating from undergraduate, you really lack academic experience (Berkeley requires that you must have a master's degree in Berkeley to apply for a doctorate).

3) The more important documents in the application materials are divided into resumes, personal statements and writing examples, and the latter two are particularly important. In your personal statement, you need to explain your research field and interests, and at the same time, you should state your study plan, which requires a lot of knowledge in the professional field. Therefore, it is suggested to prepare these materials in advance, consult the articles of teachers in related fields, establish their own knowledge framework and find their own academic interests, so as to be targeted and meaningful in the presentation. Writing examples can be articles published in China before, or some academic course assignments. It is best to polish the language and have a certain depth of research.

4) Doctorates in East Asian Studies usually get scholarships through TA (teaching assistant), so the TOEFL oral score must reach about 25 to be more competitive when applying.

Studying for a doctorate is really a hard job, so before preparing for the application, you must think about your career development goals and evaluate whether you can continue to study and get a degree. Early planning and early preparation will lead to good results.

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