In 20 13, the number of people who returned from studying in China reached 353,500, accounting for 85.4 1% of the number of people studying abroad in the same period. More and more international students choose to return to China for employment. This reflects two problems. First, the domestic employment policy of returnees is preferential, and there are convenient conditions for settling down or starting a business. Regardless of foreign enterprises, state-owned enterprises or private enterprises, most of them give priority to recruiting returned overseas students. Second, foreign employment competition is becoming more and more fierce. Even in the United States, where talents are most welcome in the world, there are fewer and fewer companies that can apply for H 1B work visas in recent years, and H 1B visas even need to be obtained by lottery. Therefore, when planning before going abroad, students also need to consider the development of returning to China in their own plans.
Two, 63% of the returned overseas students have a master's degree.
Nearly 70% of the returned students are between the ages of 22 and 26. 63% of the returned students have a master's degree. 6% of the returned students have doctorates.
22-26 years old is generally the age of undergraduate and master's degree, indicating that most returnees have no or only a short period of foreign work experience. The reason why the master's degree accounts for more than half, and exceeds the proportion of students who actually go abroad to study for a master's degree, reflects that a considerable number of undergraduate students will continue their studies and consider employment after finishing their master's degree. In fact, students who go abroad to study for a master's degree after finishing their undergraduate studies in China are often not as good as young students who go to study for an undergraduate course to adapt to foreign cultures, which is also one of the reasons for the high proportion of graduate students returning to China after graduation. On the one hand, the requirements for doctoral graduation abroad are very high, and it is not easy to graduate smoothly. If you meet the graduation requirements and have excellent academic performance, you will have more opportunities to further your studies in the United States.
Third, the majors of returned overseas students are concentrated in business and social sciences.
Such as business administration, economics, art, education, sociology, journalism and communication, etc. These are all popular majors in studying abroad. Due to the prominent phenomenon of foreign students' professional cluster selection, the competitiveness in the foreign job market is not strong, and more people choose to return to China. On the contrary, accounting, electronic engineering and computer engineering, which are equally popular, have more employment opportunities abroad and less employment pressure.
Fourth, the average study abroad time is different, 4.4 1 year for undergraduates, 2.82 years for masters and 7.38 years for doctors.
The average length of study abroad is longer than the normal academic system, which does not mean that these students have found suitable jobs abroad. For example, the United States will issue a 1-2-year internship visa to study abroad after graduation, while the student visa in Britain is usually longer than the normal academic system, in order to give students time to travel and opportunities to find a job after graduation. If you can find a job smoothly during this period, then international students can stay and work locally. In fact, most of these students returned to China within the time allowed by the visa, and did not have a long-term formal job abroad.
Five, high school, undergraduate choose Britain, master choose the United States.
The application in the United States is more difficult and the threshold is higher than that in Britain, so it is understandable that young international students tend to choose Britain when they are not ready in all aspects. Then students who want to study in the United States should clearly understand the situation, make preparations in advance, and strive for early application success.
On the other hand, master graduates choose to go to the United States for further study, which shows that the academic level of the United States is still ahead in the world, which is recognized by the majority of students.
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