GRADUATE STUDIES
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE USA Ann Graham from QS
Network tells you how to earn your stripes and become a star
It has one of the world’s natural wonders on the west and one of the world’s architectural wonders on the East, but there’s more to the USA than the Grand Canyon and the Empire State Building.
Study in the US and you’re guaranteed an experience. There’s always something happening across the 50 states that make up the stars and stripes of this dynamic country. From California sunshine to windy Chicago, the ski slopes of Colorado to the statues and monuments of Washington DC: not only does the US have history, politics and entertainment, it has some of the world’s top universities and a plethora of graduate degrees for you to choose from.
US education
The academic year in the US lasts nine months and is divided into semesters. The number of
semesters per year varies depending on which system the university follows, but the most common breaks the academic year into two terms, usually fall and spring. Universities express their graduate coursework requirements in terms of a specified number of credits, hours or units, instead of having a specific timescale as in many other international education systems. Each individual course is worth a
certain number of credits, hours or units.
A realistic full-time course load for a graduate student is likely to be 24 semester hours, which translates to between three and four courses per term. The structure of a US graduate degree differs from those offered, for instance, in the UK. There are no pure research degrees.
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