Dear friends,

I am one of the people who aims to do PhD. Try to apply for teaching positions in the international universities in Asia, e.g. China, Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, Vietnam, Singapore, India, Thailand and so on.

In Asia, most of people respects the British doctoral study, because of the U.K. educational standards.

I saw plenty jobs opening in Asia.

Just try and go for it.

If you need advices, please ask me.

If you have experiences, please share with me. I want to learn many things from my new friends.

Sincerely yours,

Fernando

Dear everyone, and the experts,


Please can you correct my understanding? I would like to stop my personal assumption, while, I can widen my horizon.

Regarding to the PhD study alone, what are the main difference between the U.S. system and the U.K. system?

Moreover, are the higher education in India, South Africa and Australia maintaining the educational influence, or educational concepts of the British system?

How about Canadian higher education system, will it lend to the U.S. system or the British system?

Please correct my personal understanding. All comments, and feedback from around the world are very welcomed.


I have no negative intentions to ask these questions above. To insult someone or any countries is not my reasons behind those questions.

But I really want to learn about my world, where we are living.


Sincerely yours

Fernando.

Dear Satchi,

Thank you very much for your generosity and supportive advices. Yes, I have no doubts about my first language.

Maybe, I just go for IELTS. I am discussing about it with several universities, because the deadline is coming. I make a wrong plan for my PhD in this year.

But, it is not only about language. Of course, Portuguese or Brazilian universities will ask me to do any language test. I may try my new destiny.

1. In the viewpoint of the Thailand's quality of higher education, it is not comparable to the western world or the standard of East Asia.

2. Work opportunities after graduation is one of my decisive factor. Brazil and China have the increasing demands of PhD graduates for their academic world.

So, that is why I ask you about the employment opportunities after my future graduation day.

3. I am very worried about scholarship. Due to the world economy, many governments cut their scholarship for education sectors, esp. scholarship for international students. But, as I follow the news, some countries do not have the policy about budget cut for their own education sector.

Or, maybe I have negative images about the global education sector. Who knows that I could be wrong?

4. I want something new. New experiences and new areas of researches. It will be useful for my students in the coming future. I even think about universities in India and South Africa.

Anyway, do you have any advices? I am very welcomed to your advices.

Thank you very much again.

Sincerely yours,

Fernando

Dear TREEOFLIFE,

Thank you very much for your advices. But, to be honest, my English is not my mother tongue. But, I can finish my two master theses in English language. I can imagine, if I have to write in Portuguese for my thesis or I have to negotiate with my future university.

However, still, I am very grateful to your advice.

To be honest, I came up with this solution, because I am not confident that I can get IELTS band 7.0 or not, although I completed my master degree in UK. IELTS is a tricky test for me.

Most of my targeted universities require me to redo the test, because I finish MA in 2010. They do not trust my proficiency anymore. But, I will not give up my dreams.

But, I am planning to do it in order to open my PhD opportunities.

Thank you very much

Sincerely yours,

Fernando

Dear Satchi, Thank you very much / Muito obrigado! / Kobkhun-krab,

To extend my QUESTION No.4, I mean the University's Policy. I know about the British system because I finished my master degree there. I heard about the U.S. But, I am not sure about Brazil / Portugal.

Dear Friends,

I come from Thailand. Now, I am planning to do PhD in lusophone world. That is because there more scholarships are available for a person from a developing country.

However, I still need your advices for my future situations.

1. Will it make sense?, if I study Portuguese language in Portugal in order to do PhD in Brazil. (Portugal has scholarship for foreign students to study Portuguese languages.)

I am worrying about the language difference between the European Portuguese and the Brazilian Portuguese. In your mind, will this become a big problem?



2. Can anyone tell me the difference in the quality of the higher education between Portugal and Brazil?

To be honest, I have a little knowledge about quality of higher education in Brazil and Portugal. I cannot tell which one is better. Or who produces more researches than another one?



3. If you finish PhD in Brazil, will it be easy for you to find an academic position in Brazil?



4. Where has a tough policy on PhD student recruitment?



5. Do you know anyone having a long plan of PhD study, like me?



6. If you already completed your PhD in Brazil or Portugal, please can you share your experiences with me?



I hope that my question will not insult Brazil or Portugal.

Feel free to give me comments here. All answers and feedback are very welcomed.

Thank you very much in advance.

Sincerely yours,

Fernando,