I’m a foreign masters student in NUS for a year.
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Something that has been bugging me for some time. Part of the reason I came to Singapore for my postgrad is hopefully to make some Singaporean friends.
However there seems to be very few Singaporeans who take master degrees. Most of my classmates are in fact from China.
May I know why?
Here are what netizens think:
- I’m Singaporean part-time masters student and I perhaps may offer some perspective here. Depending on your major and for the case of mine in Computer Engineering, I make a similar observation too that Singaporeans form a tiny minority of the cohort and indeed many are from China. MOE has terminated the subsidies for many masters programs over the past years even for Singaporeans. This means the cost of doing masters locally is very steep and close to foreign universities. If the costs are only marginally different, many prospective master students choose to head abroad instead.
- Most people can find jobs with just a bachelor’s. also, it’s the same in the us, very few Americans in the masters course.
- Is this full time or part time? For full time masters most singaporeans need to work and thus can’t afford to do it full time.
- If the course is full-time, then maybe that explained. Most Singaporeans may be doing Masters part-time.
- Same in PhD bro. Met only 2 Singaporeans in 2 years as a PhD student in NTU. Most people are from China or other Asian countries.
- Not only spore… msia too facing same prob…So many students fr china…
- I hired a developer for my project. Indian national from Tamil Nadu, did both his Bachelors and Masters here.
- Works in Integrated Circuit design, a supposedly very lucrative field. His salary after 1-2 years of working experience with his Masters degree is $5,000/mth. Atrocious prospects.