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Q: For foreigners, are there any real benefits to having a Chinese degree?
11 years 8 weeks ago in Teaching & Learning - China
I currently work at a University in the US and most of the degrees are worth less than the paper they are written on...
That having been said if you obtain an MBA from a top tier Chinese university it is normally considered an Associates degree when entering our college. A PhD is normally considered the equivalent of a BBA. At least that's how enrollment works at my university I can't speak for all.
Do you mean majoring in the chinese language? I think in China they look at places like the UK and the US as the more prominent degree as far as prestige and value goes.
Maybe. It depends. Perhaps. Possibly. I don't know. No.
Traveler:
Thank you. That clears it up. Sort of. A little bit. Not at all.
bill8899:
Indeed. Verily. Forsooth. Indubitably. Truly.
Damn I'm such a troll.
I don't think it would be useful unless it is a joint program or a foreign uni with a Shanghai location, for example.
I'm not sure if you meant a degree from a uni in China or a degree in the Chinese language, ie Mandarin. A degree in the Chinese language might be useful for some but I think for many it would be as useful as a degree in another language back home. A Chinese language degree would at least be interesting in my opinion. I like the hanzi or characters and no verb conjugation!
I think a degree from China (in anything) would be valuable in 1 of 2 cases:
1) The employer knows absolutely nothing about the corruption in China and thinks that the degree might actually have a real education behind it.
Or 2) The degree comes from a top tier university in China and the employer is Chinese AND from that same university.
Other than that, it would be as trusted as a doctorate from the Cayman Islands University of Global Studies.
The only possible use I can think of is if you're trying to prove your Chinese skills, and the degree was in Chinese.
I changed my longwinded answer to: if you want to do a degree in China do it in something business related. That way the classes are in Chinese so your language improves, but you also learn something useful.
It might score you some points when trying to impress a Chinese girl..
i suppose having a copy of the degree with you in china could be used for toilet paper when your in a pinch.
Unless it's from the Qinghua or Beijing University, it's probably worthless.
For knowledge in the subject matter at hand I don't think it proves much and in some fields may really be useless. However, I do think for those companies looking for someone with international experience its quite helpful. I'd say more helpful than teaching English as it shows you actually had a learning mind, dedication and commitment to improve yourself and those things go far with a future employer.
I currently work at a University in the US and most of the degrees are worth less than the paper they are written on...
That having been said if you obtain an MBA from a top tier Chinese university it is normally considered an Associates degree when entering our college. A PhD is normally considered the equivalent of a BBA. At least that's how enrollment works at my university I can't speak for all.
I have a friend who obtained a bachelor's, or an MBA at a Chinese university. He wasn't even able to transfer many credits from his courses, so he essentially had to start over and get his MBA from scratch in America.
Great guy, and a great friend, but the universities didn't recognize any of his achievements, despite it being from a good university in the U.S. Normally, the schools take High School students from China... and that's a story for another thread.
