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abirahmed
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 Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 11:00 pm Post subject: Phd in korea? How does that sound? |
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Recently I have been offered a combined MS+Phd course in Analog IC designing in Sungkyunkwan University(SKKU).
Should I go for it? What's the job prospect(may be in Samsung/LG) of Analog IC designing in south Korea? And I am planning to live permanently abroad. In that case,is Korea a good option? What if I try to move to US/Canada after getting the Phd degree? How do the US/Canadian semiconductor industries accept korean degrees? |
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newb
Joined: 27 Aug 2012
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| Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 11:15 pm Post subject: Re: Phd in korea? How does that sound? |
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| abirahmed wrote: |
Recently I have been offered a combined MS+Phd course in Analog IC designing in Sungkyunkwan University(SKKU).
Should I go for it? What's the job prospect(may be in Samsung/LG) of Analog IC designing in south Korea? And I am planning to live permanently abroad. In that case,is Korea a good option? What if I try to move to US/Canada after getting the Phd degree? How do the US/Canadian semiconductor industries accept korean degrees? |
As I understand it, Samsung and LG hire people who earned their MS or PhD in the US or abroad. You will have wasted your time and money earning Korean PhD when you returned to the US or Canada. |
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wanderer
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abirahmed
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| Is your program in the Sungkyunkwan Advanced Institute of Nanotechnology? Sungdae is more known for humanities, but it is owned by Samsung, so if you're offered a program in SAINT, you're on the farm team. If you'd be studying something you are interested in, and you don't have a better option, what's to lose? I'd do it. |
No it's not SAINT. It's their normal "college of information and communication engineering". The program is not even Samsung's any special program. It's a generalized one. But the professor is doing exactly something what I am interested in. I was planning to discontinue the ms(2)+phd(3) course(total 5 years) after 2 years. Then they are gonna still offer me a Ms. But I am tensed about not getting any recommendation letter from the professor after such a discontinuation. My plan is to get Phd from US/Canada. |
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abirahmed
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| Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 1:54 am Post subject: Re: Phd in korea? How does that sound? |
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| newb wrote: |
| abirahmed wrote: |
Recently I have been offered a combined MS+Phd course in Analog IC designing in Sungkyunkwan University(SKKU).
Should I go for it? What's the job prospect(may be in Samsung/LG) of Analog IC designing in south Korea? And I am planning to live permanently abroad. In that case,is Korea a good option? What if I try to move to US/Canada after getting the Phd degree? How do the US/Canadian semiconductor industries accept korean degrees? |
As I understand it, Samsung and LG hire people who earned their MS or PhD in the US or abroad. You will have wasted your time and money earning Korean PhD when you returned to the US or Canada. |
Even Samsung Korea hires people with a US degree? So what those Koreans do with a a Korean degree? I think Korean education is world class specially if it's electronics or semiconductor related ! |
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newb
Joined: 27 Aug 2012
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| Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 4:40 am Post subject: Re: Phd in korea? How does that sound? |
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| abirahmed wrote: |
| newb wrote: |
| abirahmed wrote: |
Recently I have been offered a combined MS+Phd course in Analog IC designing in Sungkyunkwan University(SKKU).
Should I go for it? What's the job prospect(may be in Samsung/LG) of Analog IC designing in south Korea? And I am planning to live permanently abroad. In that case,is Korea a good option? What if I try to move to US/Canada after getting the Phd degree? How do the US/Canadian semiconductor industries accept korean degrees? |
As I understand it, Samsung and LG hire people who earned their MS or PhD in the US or abroad. You will have wasted your time and money earning Korean PhD when you returned to the US or Canada. |
Even Samsung Korea hires people with a US degree? So what those Koreans do with a a Korean degree? I think Korean education is world class specially if it's electronics or semiconductor related ! |
Look at samsung's track record. They've been actively hiring Koreans with advanced degree from the US, and also Koreans with working knowlege of electronics from the US. They've used these human resources to copy and develop technology of their own. |
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PRagic
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SKK is the up and coming sleeper among K universities. Their international business program and joint degree opportunities are getting them noticed here and abroad.
IF you can get at least a tertiary committment for employment should you complete your doctorate in that program, why not go for it? IF it is fully funded and IF there are sufficient enough courses taught in English for you to feasibly get something out of your studies. Or IF you understand enough Korean to do courses not taught in English.
Experience trumps degrees in many cases. IF you can finish your Ph.D. and IF you can then get experience at a top-tier K tech firm, then you might be competitive in the international market place as well. But let's be honest, it's not like someone in HR is going to be doing cartwheels when a SKK Ph.D. applicant comes across their desk if there are people out of CAL TECH or MIT in line.
Take a long, hard look at the professors in your program. Are they consistently publishing in ranked SCI journals? Consistently gaining patents (domestic AND international)? Do they have real-world experience and connections?
So a lot of it boils down to personal circumstances and choice. Can you get funded at another top program in N. America or Europe? Would you rather studies there? If not, can you get in and get funded at SKK? Do you for some reason want or need to be in Korea (e.g. family reasons)? |
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