[Andrii Komar] Student opportunities abroad

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1. Student Opportunities Abroad #maintopic Andrii Komar Business Associate Intern, Google
2. #dfua Content • About me • Why I went abroad • Benefits of studying abroad • Student opportunities abroad • Conclusion
3. #dfua About me Hometown Mykolaiv, Ukraine Secondary Education Ukrainian Physics & Math Lyceum, Kyiv, Ukraine Higher Education Applied Physics at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine Now Intern at Google Ukraine (Terminated) Mechanical Engineering & Business at KAIST, South Korea Exchange Program at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Exchange Program at Technical University of Munich, Germany Extracurricular: • Student Organizations • Part-time Jobs • Private English Lessons • Research Projects • Conferences (Singapore, Japan, Australia)
4. Why I went abroad Things that motivated me
5. 1. Personal Growth
6. 2. English
7. Job Opportunities 3.
8. Other benefits I got Things I didn’t think I of
9. #dfua Network and Friends Friends map
10. #dfua Cultural awareness and interpersonal skills
11. #dfua Eye catcher on resume
12. #dfua Something to tell interviewers
13. #dfua Traveling
14. Student opportunities abroad Examples
15. #dfua Studying • Full time degrees in Engineering ◦ Bachelor ▪ Top Asian universities offer free degrees in English (Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, etc.) ▪ Top USA unis have scholarships for international students (MIT, Stanford, Duke, etc.) ▪ Some european schools are tuition free, though in local language (Germany, France) ◦ Master ▪ Many EU schools are free or have scholarships for English programs (GE, FR, UK, etc.) ▪ Erasmus Mundus program ▪ USA top schools offer assistantships and scholarships ▪ Top Asian schools have scholarships ◦ Ph.D ▪ Most of schools around the world offer scholarships
16. #dfua Internship Tons of internships for overseas students around the world To find, use : • Search portals ◦ indeed.com (.de,.nl,.fr) ◦ linkedin ◦ University job portals (TUM job portal) ◦ Start-up job portals (Berlin start-up jobs) • Global company websites ◦ Google ◦ Facebook, Philips, Microsoft, Bosch, etc,
17. #dfua Traveling A couple of affordable options: • Couchsurfing (couchsurfing.org) • Hitchhiking (hitchwiki.org) • Work and Travel (USA, Canada, Australia, etc.)
18. Conclusion Use your opportunities
19. Thank you google.com/+АндрейКомар g+