What is a study tour in the Philippines? Is there any difference between studying abroad and studying abroad?

So far, there are still many small partners who are very vague about the concept of studying abroad. What is the difference between it and the study abroad we are familiar?

In fact, they are quite different.

In this article, we will make everyone understand thoroughly what a study tour in the Philippines is through the comparison between study tour and study abroad.

1. Time:

Those who study abroad are short for 3 months, half a year, and one year, such as exchange students studying abroad; those who are long for several years, such as going abroad to study for middle school, undergraduate, and graduate students. And studying abroad has a fixed admission date and cannot be visited at any time.

Study tours can be as short as 1 or 2 weeks, as long as 1 year, or longer. They are all counted as weeks. Classes are rolling every week. You can enroll every week. You can study whenever you have free time. There is no difference between winter and summer vacations, only between light and peak seasons.

2. Content:

There is a threshold for studying abroad. You need to apply for a specific major in a specific school. There are many major choices. Different departments such as economics, art, medicine, etc. will receive a formal degree certificate after successful graduation.

There is almost no threshold for studying abroad. It is to go to school for the purpose of skills training or broadening horizons. After graduation, there is no degree certificate. This is the core element that distinguishes it from studying abroad.

For example, our study tour in the Philippines is to learn the skill of English. The courses include comprehensive English, IELTS, TOEFL, TOEIC, business English, travel English, etc. Students choose according to their own needs.

Study tour is not only to learn a certain language, but also to learn cooking, flower arrangement, yoga, diving, etc., to learn new skills in different places and improve yourself.

3. Visa:

Studying abroad is generally a student visa.

However, if you study for a long time, you may also be required to apply for a student visa. The school will generally assist in issuing invitation letters, so it is relatively easy to apply.

For example, if we study in the Philippines, we first apply for a tourist visa, and after arriving at school, the school will apply for a study permit required by the Philippine Education Bureau. If the number of weeks of study exceeds the visa retention period, the school will also help to apply for visa extension at the local immigration office.

If one sentence must be used to summarize the study tour in the Philippines, it is to study in an English training school in the Philippines and use your spare time to travel there.

However, the meaning of "study tour" is too rich. It is not a simple combination of "learning" and "tourism". Our understanding is that we should study and play in the distance, but we should integrate into the local area, communicate with the local people more, and live as much as possible as the local people.

Everyone has a Hamlet in their eyes. Students who have been to the Philippines, how do you interpret the Philippine study tour?