Is the prospect of studying abroad in popular countries good?

After 20 1 1 year, the trend of studying abroad in 20 12 years still attracts the attention of many parents who are interested in sending their children abroad for further study. IDP, one of the three organizers of IELTS test, has rich experience in international education promotion for more than 40 years, and looks forward to the trend of studying abroad in 20 12 in combination with the new policies of studying abroad in various countries.

Study abroad policies of various countries

Continue to spread the positive.

20 1 1 The US Immigration Enforcement Bureau has expanded the scope of international students who can extend their internship. In addition to science, technology, engineering and mathematics, it has added more fields involving 50 majors. Graduates of such majors can practice in the United States for up to 29 months, which is a great temptation for outstanding talents. With the landing of TOEFL junior year, studying abroad in American high schools is bound to set off a new upsurge of studying abroad at a young age.

Australia's student visa policy has been greatly adjusted. The government plans to issue 2-4 years post-graduation work visas to graduates with bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees, which are applicable to graduates of any major and do not need to engage in any specific occupation.

In addition to continuing to implement the SPP (China-Canada Student Cooperation Program), the Canadian government has also launched the GIC program for students with good English proficiency, which greatly reduces the funding requirements when applying for visas. According to official data, the pass rate of SPP project alone is as high as 96%, and GIC project is bound to continue to promote the pass rate of study visas in Canada. In addition, the unique immigration policies introduced by Canadian provinces are very powerful! Take Ontario as an example. After graduation, international students with master's degree or above can apply for permanent residence status in Canada directly through Ontario nomination, without employers and work experience. In Manitoba and Saskatchewan, it is only required to work for half a year after graduating from junior college, and there is no restriction on job types. These policies will make the 20 12 Canadian study abroad market even more popular.

With the hosting of the 20 12 London Olympic Games, various policies for studying abroad in Britain tend to be favorable, and the new policies are conducive to purifying the British study abroad market. Although the language threshold has been raised, on the whole, Britain is still one of the first choice countries for China students to study abroad with the advantages of elite high school education, outstanding undergraduate academic performance and high cost performance.

Popular majors remain unchanged.

Rational choice is better.

Judging from the students' intention of IDP consultation in recent years, in 20 12 years, traditional hot majors such as business, engineering and computer will still be favored by the majority of students, while emerging majors such as fashion marketing, exhibition, hotel management and creative industry management will also stand out and become hot.

In 20 12, engineering and business are still the hot majors with the largest number of applicants, but applicants will subdivide the courses of the selected majors, and more and more students will give up large and comprehensive majors; Engineering students will also pay more attention to some interdisciplinary subjects between engineering and other disciplines, such as engineering management, risk management, project management and other comprehensive disciplines based on engineering foundation and other disciplines.

In the choice of studying abroad, it is not appropriate to infer the employment prospects in a few years according to the current employment situation to choose professional strategies. With the increasing frequency of international cultural exchanges, it is more forward-looking for students who want to return to China for development, focusing on energy, environment, law, education, journalism, energy engineering, environmental engineering, social work and other majors. It is suggested that students should choose their majors rationally according to their actual situation and interests, and should not be affected by the current employment situation and immigration policy.