BLOG 6 - Postgraduates Studies.

Personally, i don’t think i would take a postgraduate programme, i’m just at a point where i don’t really know which path take so… right now i couldn’t decide. During the next year i should finish my degree so maybe in 2024 i could take a postgraduate programme. Looking at the FAU website (which is where i would like to take a postgraduate because i know the professors and their quality), the most interesting (for me) are “Geographic Information Systems” and “Management for Disaster Risk Reduction” or something like that.


If i had the option to take them i don’t think i would do it inmediately after leaving college, i think i would wait a year to think about it and the main obstacle is the money. Both are above 1 million (CLP) but you can apply for scholarships and discounts but even so, i think i would choose to work from now on.


I think the only way to keep supporting yourself is with the desire to keep learning and if this gives a boost to your work and your salary and it’s something that you are really passionate about… go for it! i think it’s like an investment in the end… but money is certainly an important part of making this decision, the only way would be to keep working to pay for the cost of postgrade, as i said before, it’s like an investment, then the rewards will come.



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