If you want to change your major and apply for a postgraduate or doctoral degree in the United States, first of all, students should have a clear understanding of themselves and see what major they can change to with their own background. For the same major, some schools are biased towards students' backgrounds, but they may not be found in official website, so students must consult and understand in many ways.
If students change their major in a big span, they must start preparing in advance. If you are a college student, you can take some courses related to the major you want to apply for at school in advance. If you want to change careers, you can use part-time jobs or internships in related majors to accumulate some work experience in advance. Science needs to have a research background in related fields, and the two majors intersect or the professional background is related. Cross-major application is much more difficult than applying for this major, so students should explain why you want to cross-major in the application materials. Explain from several aspects your preparation for the major you want to study, your current research on the major you want to study, and the importance of this major to your future life, so that the professor can believe that you really like this new major and have the ability to study, which is more conducive to applying for a good school.
Canada does not encourage changing majors.
Universities in Canada do not encourage students to change majors, so most students are required to have relevant professional background, so it is more difficult to apply for studying in Canada to change majors. If liberal arts students want to change majors, they can consider MBA, education and international accounting, which have no requirements for students' professional background. In addition to the above three majors, science students can also choose majors with similar backgrounds or interdisciplinary majors.
Students should first start from their own interests and don't blindly turn to popular majors. Before you apply to change your major, you must have a detailed understanding of your major, including what you want to study and the problems you may face. For some students who want to switch to a popular major, it is even more important to understand the difficulty of applying to switch to a major before applying.
Britain, England
Studying in Britain, whether you can change your major has nothing to do with the specific school, but only with your major. Any school can accept students as long as they think their professional background is sufficient. Relatively speaking, the number of students majoring in business is larger. When accepting these applications, the school attaches great importance to students' academic and professional backgrounds and their related professional backgrounds. Therefore, even if the students' professional background is not enough, if their work background is strong, then the school will consider admission.
At the time of application, if the foreign major itself allows the application for professional background, it can be carried out in accordance with the normal admission conditions. If foreign majors are not allowed to apply for changing majors, then the school will comprehensively consider the students' academic background and professional background to see if it is suitable for this major.
Australian optional postgraduate certificate course
Among the conditions for Australian universities to apply for a master's degree, there are certain majors that accept applicants to change their majors. The majors that accept the application for changing majors are: business: accounting, finance, international trade, marketing, business administration. Information technology: information technology, information system management, digital media. Media category: mass media, journalism, media science, etc. Education: primary and secondary education, English education, pedagogy management, hotel management, sports management, translation research, etc. Students who have studied business or mathematics in China are more likely to change their majors. For example: domestic students studying economics and science and engineering. For students who transfer to education, it is best to have studied educational psychology at the undergraduate level.
Some foreign courses require students who change majors to have a certain relevant professional background, but if students without relevant professional background want to study, the school will also provide some preparatory courses for students to go to graduate courses after a semester of basic courses. Australia calls this preparatory course a postgraduate certificate course. For example, graduates majoring in environmental engineering want to study finance with a master's degree in business at the University of Sydney, so students should first study for a postgraduate certificate for half a year, and then enter the postgraduate major. If college students want to apply for a master's degree, it is better to have 2-3 years of relevant work experience, which makes it easier to apply for a postgraduate certificate course.
If you want to apply for a prestigious school, such as the University of Sydney, the average score of undergraduate graduates should be about 80 points, and you must have an undergraduate diploma, a degree certificate, or a college diploma with more than 5 years of work experience. IELTS admission requires a score of 6.5 or a TOEFL score of 90. For undergraduate graduates with unsatisfactory grades, or students who have a bachelor's degree certificate but have not obtained a degree certificate, they can first read a postgraduate certificate and get a master's degree.
It is relatively easy for France to change to a business major.
French public universities do not accept applications for changing majors. Some private business schools' MBA programs accept applications for changing majors, but they must take pre-master courses. Generally speaking, only business majors in France can accept applications from undergraduate graduates of other majors. Relatively speaking, it is more convenient to study business-related majors such as mathematics in China. If you want to change your major to MBA, you need to learn English well in China, have IELTS scores, have excellent grades during your undergraduate period, and have relevant work experience before you can apply smoothly.
For studying in France, experts generally do not recommend changing majors, because there is no basic course in the major, and it is not conducive to students' study to enter higher courses directly. However, under special circumstances, you can choose to change your major, for example, students have many years of relevant work experience, in which case it is feasible to change your major.