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08mansoor · Joined: 29 Sep 2012 Posts: 22

To get a direct hire job you pretty much need a Master's degree. I know that online degrees are not really accepted, but I know some friends got hired from Universities with online degrees from places like the University of Phoenix. I was thinking about getting a Master's degree from Malaysia(hybrid online program) while working in Saudi Arabia. I would've gotten a Master's degree from the US, but universities are quite expensive, and my Bachelor's cost a fortune. So I'm weighing whether I should attempt to get a Master's degree from Malaysia, or possibly Spain. I'm not sure if it will be worth anyvalue in Saudi Arabia. Has anyone completed a Master's degree from the non anglo universities? And does anyone know if a degree from Malaysia would be accepted? Thanks in Advance.

nomad soul · Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 11454 Location: The real world

scot47 · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Posts: 15343

Most employers in KSA will give no credence or value to a Malaysian MA. Ditto for one from Spain.

plumpy nut · Joined: 12 Mar 2011 Posts: 1652

My Foreign Master's is from an accredited State university system in the U.S.. It was returned unsigned from the Saudi Cultural Mission.

jimpellow · Joined: 12 Oct 2007 Posts: 913

Funny. On my first and only contract in Saudi the lead idiot at the client's school asked me to meet him. He asked if I had a Masters. I responded that I did. He asked if it was from an online school. I responded that it was not so he asked where it was from. I told him the London School of Economics. He said he had never heard of it so it was probably an online school. Mercifully he then changed the subject else I might have ended up in chop chop square.

esl_prof · Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 4:40 am Post subject:

Gulezar · Joined: 19 Jun 2007 Posts: 483

Now they probably would say, "Oh! It's good enough for Saif Gaddafi, but you must be rich and bought yours, too."

esl_prof · Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 8:41 pm Post subject:

Reminds of of a colleague whose Norwegian immigrant father--a farmer in rural Washington state--discouraged him from accepting a scholarship to Harvard's MBA program, saying "I've never heard of Harvard. I don't think it's a very good school. Besides, you can get a great education at the University of Puget Sound."

johnslat · Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 9:03 pm Post subject:

Dear esl_prof

Ah yes - good old UPS; it really delivers the goods. Very Happy

Regards,
John

AGoodStory · Joined: 26 Feb 2010 Posts: 738

nomad soul · Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 11454 Location: The real world

One of my friends has an MA in Contemplative Education from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, and has been "contemplating" teaching in KSA. He asked me if it would be considered a relevant degree. Frankly, I have no clue and told him to apply to TEFL ads and see what happens. Shocked

esl_prof · Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 9:41 pm Post subject:

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

Is the fellow in your avatar a professor there?

VS

nomad soul · Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 11454 Location: The real world

esl_prof · Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 3:55 am Post subject: