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Engineering Masters in America

  • 28-12-2009 2:51pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I'm in 4th year mech. engineering in Trinity. As the jobs market over here is pretty much dead at the moment, I am looking at my options! I was thinking of applying for a taught masters in the States, preferably west coast-UCSB,USC etc.

    Has anyone experience doing this? What knida visa do you need and is there any funding available, and what costs are involved.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,141 ✭✭✭imported_guy


    kavanaa1 wrote: »
    Hi,

    I'm in 4th year mech. engineering in Trinity. As the jobs market over here is pretty much dead at the moment, I am looking at my options! I was thinking of applying for a taught masters in the States, preferably west coast-UCSB,USC etc.

    Has anyone experience doing this? What knida visa do you need and is there any funding available, and what costs are involved.

    UCSB is a waster college, (party college as the yanks call it) USC is a good choice, but for engineering i would consider caltech way before that or even berkley (atleast for engineering), NASA's jet propulsion lab is located in cal tech :), probably only other college that comes close to cal tech is MIT for technological studies, i would actully recommend doing an MBA from a top business school in america rather than a M.S degree...

    heres a list of top business schools http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/ (click on full time MBA)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,025 ✭✭✭muboop1


    What are you hoping to get out of this masters??

    It WILL cost a bomb as very few masters courses have grants and you will likely pay full tuition and rent etc.

    As for getting accepted, there is a huge difference in the colleges you go for.

    And most masters are 2-3 years in the states. You might have a better chance going for a PHD tbh.


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