Types of Education in Abroad (USA,UK)
- Full time post-graduate master's degree (MA, MEng, MS, MSc, MBA, MCom, MBus and other subject specific master's degrees) is designed for anyone who holds a bachelor's degree.
- Business or management master's degree (MSc, MA, MBA, MIM) provide some confusion sometimes. One the one side there are Masters of Science (MSc) or Arts (MA) in General Management. These programs are sometimes also called MIM-programs and ususally do not require professional experience. Very often the MSc in Management is for people with a first academic degree in a social sciences area while the MA in Management refers to people with other backgrounds. On the other side is the Master of Business Administration (MBA) which requires a minimum of two to three years of professional experience and is open for people with academic background in any field. Beyond the amount of professional experience required, MIM and MBA differ also in terms of title reputation, students' demographics, career purpose behind the program, and tuition fees.
- Executive master's degree (EMBA,EMS) is a master's degree designed specially for executive professionals. Admission, graduation requirements, and structure of executive master's degrees differ from that of the regular full-time program.
Duration
In some systems, such as those of the USA and Japan, a master's degree is a strictly postgraduate academic degree. Particularly in the US, in some fields / programs, work on a doctorate begins immediately after the bachelor's degree, but the master's may be earned along the way as a 'Master's degree "en route"', following successful completion of coursework and certain examinations. Masters programs are thus one to six years in duration.
By contrast, in some cases, such as the Integrated Master's Degree in the UK, the degree is combined with a Bachelor of Science, as a 4 year degree . Unlike a traditional MSc, the fourth year finishes at the same time as undergraduate degrees in the early summer, whereas traditional MSc students typically spend the summer vacation completing a dissertation and finish in September. Examples include MMath (see also Part III of the Mathematical Tripos at Cambridge), MEng and MSci (not to be confused with an MSc).
In the recently standardized European System of higher education (Bologna process), a master degree programme normally carries 90 - 120 ECTS credits, with a minimum requirement of at least 60 ECTS credits at master level (one- or two-year full time postgraduate program) undertaken after at least three years of undergraduate studies. It provides higher qualification for employment or prepares for doctoral studies. As one ECTS credit is equivalent to 25 hours of study this means that a masters degree programme should include 2250 hours of study. Current U.K. MSc/MA programmes tend to include 1800 hours of study (or 180 UK credits), although many claim to be equivalent to a ECTS accredited master degree.
Admission
In countries in which a master's degree is a postgraduate degree, admission to a master's program normally requires holding a bachelor's degree, and in the United Kingdom, Canada and much of the Commonwealth, an 'honours' bachelor degree.In both cases, relevant work experience may qualify a candidate. In some cases the student's bachelor's degree must be in the same subject as the intended master's degree (e.g. a Master of Economics will typically require a Bachelors with a major in economics), or in a closely allied, "cognate", discipline (e.g. Applied Mathematics degrees may accept graduates in physics, mathematics or computer science); in others, the subject of the bachelor's degree is unimportant (e.g. MBA) although, often in these cases, undergraduate coursework in specific subjects may be required (e.g. some M.S.F. degrees require credits in calculus for admission, but none in finance or economics).
The Masters Scholarships Programme is designed for international students to receive US scholarships to accredited universities that are exclusively available to our candidates.
The aim of the Intuition Scholarship award scheme is to work with our partners in the USA to help you find the right university and make studying in the USA affordable. InTuition Scholarships maintains a 100% success rate in obtaining scholarship offerings for its participants at American institutions.
To be eligible students should be in one of the following categories:
- Completed a 4-year undergraduate degree
- University graduate (classes can be transferred)
Scholarships for master degrees are more limited than the undergraduate opportunities and consquently there are just a few universities available within our consortium.
The following Colleges are participating in the Graduate Masters Programme:
- Webber International University.
- Lindenwood University.
- Campbellsville University.
- North Dakota State university.
- University of Wisconsin Superior.
To see a complete list of the Masters Programme Academic Degree Courses.
As we work with a small consortium of Universities, our team in the US works closely with them to analyses your application, then discuss it with the appropriate University to secure you your offers.
Each eligible participant receives a minimum of 1 Scholarship offer to the following scale:
- Scholarship offers from a minimum of one (1) University within a set range to be paid by the applicant between US $8,500 and US $15,000 per academic year including housing, meals, and studies.
