Hi everyone!
I am from a small asian country where there aren't any job opportunities for PhD's in the market.
I just got accepted into my top choice PhD program in the US. My research area is either going to be Polymers or electrochemistry.
I'm really happy about this because I really like both fields an I truly enjoy doing research. However, I'm worried that I will not be able to find a job once I'm done and I'll have to got back to a country where I can't find a job with my degree.
I don't want to spend the next 5 years of my life on a degree that I won't be able to use.
Could you please let me know what the job market looks like for an internaional student in Engineering with a PhD?
Thank you!
Hi everyone!
I am from a small asian country where there aren't any job opportunities for PhD's in the market.
I just got accepted into my top choice PhD program in the US. My research area is either going to be Polymers or electrochemistry.
I'm really happy about this because I really like both fields an I truly enjoy doing research. However, I'm worried that I will not be able to find a job once I'm done and I'll have to got back to a country where I can't find a job with my degree.
I don't want to spend the next 5 years of my life on a degree that I won't be able to use.
Could you please let me know what the job market looks like for an internaional student in Engineering with a PhD?
Thank you!
I was in the same boat earlier this week.
I didn't hear from 5 programs that I applied to in Dec.
I reached out to all of them this week. 2 told me I'm waitlisted, 1 told me I'll get my rejection letter Friday, and 2 ignored me.
So... it depends.
So after reaching out to a program, they told me that I'm on their waitlist.
Historically, the admits to this program are about 30% of the number of offers ( it's online).
My question is, is this a bad thing or a good thing for me? I'm trying to make sense of this to see if I should lose hope or not.