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Interest in study abroad remains high amongst North American graduate students
The interest in study abroad for masters and PhD studies from North American remains buoyant, according to QS, the London based team behind www.topgraduate.com and the QS World Grad School Tour, the world’s largest series of international graduate school education fairs.
Peter MacDonald, Director of the QS World Grad School Tour comments: “North American graduate students remain amongst the most mobile of all students according to our research, with very clear reasons for wishing to study abroad. Our 2007 Graduate Applicant Research indicates that North American students choose to study abroad for two main reasons – to improve career prospects and to learn new skills.”
In more detail, the QS Graduate Applicant Research, an annual survey of more than 4,000 prospective graduate students worldwide, lists the order of importance of the reasons that motivate North American students to study graduate programs internationally:
| Reason for Study Abroad | Rank |
| To improve career prospects | 1 |
| To learn new skills | 2 |
| To build a professional network | 3= |
| To enable a career change | 3= |
| Primarily for education | 5 |
| To boost salary | 6 |
| To start a business | 7 |
Source: QS Graduate Applicant Research 2007
Marie Field, an alumna from the London School of Economics (LSE) recalls her reasons for leaving Canada to study internationally: “I chose to study in the UK to attend a specific university with a brilliant reputation for academic excellence and high percentage of international students. Of course, I also wanted to experience life in one of the world's most exciting and diverse urban centres.
North American students will have the opportunity to learn firsthand about graduate programs later this month. The QS World Grad School Tour will visit New York (September 16), Boston (September 20) and Toronto (September 23) and bring with it more than 45 US and international graduate schools, including Columbia, University of California San Diego, Carnegie Mellon University, University College London, Kings College London, the University of Melbourne, Queensland University of Technology and Bocconi University and others from Spain, Italy and The Netherlands.
Full details of the QS World Grad School Tour North American events can be found at www.topgraduate.com.
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The QS World Grad School Tour offers a unique opportunity for potential graduate candidates to meet admissions officers of the world’s top universities face-to-face at venues around the world. Candidates can register for free at www.worldgradschooltour.com. Now in its seventh year, the Tour will be visiting 40 cities in 26 different countries in the Fall 2007. QS provides guidance for higher education and career opportunities, supporting high achievers to progress towards their future goals. The QS team includes internationally recognised experts in the higher and business education arena and operates globally from offices in London, Paris, Singapore, Tokyo, Beijing, Sydney, Washington DC, and Johannesburg.
