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Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by Beehandz(m): 3:37pm On Sep 11, 2013 |
G'day House, Pls can i get a PGD course in swizz Unis for Geology, Geophysics, Environmental Sci or any earth sci course. Will also appreciate if any1 knws a Uni dat dr admsn process is kinda flexible. Probly i'll do a refresher course |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by redcliff: 8:10pm On Oct 09, 2013 |
And the thread just died |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by Nobody: 11:03am On Oct 27, 2013 |
Bump |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by AreaFada2: 11:25am On Oct 27, 2013 |
@ 2s£xy Helvetia/ (named after ancient tribe living in modern Switzerland) is a great country. Rich, clean, low unemployment/economy is good, low crime rate, high income/wages and high living standard. Health care is excellent. ETH Zurich is always among top 25 world ranking of universities. Geneva and Basel are also excellent unis. IF you liked further maths like me, you might know Leonhard Euler the Swiss Mathematician/Physicist (in the class of Newton, Gauss, Cauchy, Lorentz, Descartes, Leibnitz, Fermat, etc) was a University of Basel alumnus. Good to raise kids in. They speak German (with heavy Swiss accent) in Zurich, Basel, Berne etc, French in Geneva etc, Italian in Lugano area. Romansh is a minority Language. In certain towns like Fribourg,you get the impression most can speak both French and German. Young people and many others can speak English but it is not official or working language. In particular knowledge of German and or French are essential, depending on where you live. Berne is capital city. But it's expensive and laws are quite strict. You will see people coming across the border to Lorrach, even Freiburg to do family shopping on Saturdays. For me it's a bit boring and too dull. If you want a quiet life, it's the place to be. I have never lived there but enjoyed visiting there a lot. |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by redcliff: 8:11pm On Oct 27, 2013 |
Area-Fada: Spot on analysis. |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by Nobody: 11:05pm On Oct 27, 2013 |
Thanks for the info. I just suddenly developed interest after an in-law got a job from Germany. He is a german anyway. It seem there is a high demand for skilled workers. I read somewhere that they don't have mineral resources and I am in field of oil and gas, currently doing my NYSC. Is there any opportunity to do a Master there or work there? |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by AreaFada2: 8:36pm On Oct 28, 2013 |
2s£xy:. Sure you can do both. But bear in mind that to do a professional job, you need the language (s) and residence permit. They are not very generous with it. Although it now has relaxed immigration rules with EU, it's not an EU country and going there to reside on the back of your EU citizen relative (in-law) to work might be tricky. I am assuming that you're not an EU citizen yourself (I might be wrong of course). However, University of Fribourg has several Masters degrees run in English. Earth Science MSc might be closest to your area (oil & gas). The Business Master's in English would also go nicely with your oil background. Like I said, it's an expensive country, and that's coming from somebody who lives in an expensive place like London. 1 Like |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by Nobody: 10:18pm On Oct 28, 2013 |
2s£xy: It's true we don't have mineral resources. Actually we kinda have no natural resources, which is why we developed a very good education system. You should check the EPFL and EPFZ, which are the two polytechnics of Switzerland. They probably have something related to your field. Regarding getting a job, if you don't have a master's and work experience, it's very unlikely that you will get a job unless you are a genius or have very rare skills! Plus when there is an opening, they have to consider Swiss applicants first, then Europeans, and only after that they will consider extra-Europeans. Good luck |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by redcliff: 2:29pm On Oct 30, 2013 |
miss-sweety86: [size=14pt]I beg to differ. the bolded is apparent but its not key. Once you have a master's degree and you can expressively speak the German language, you should be able to get a job. But be warned that the masters programme isnt child's play. You'l work ur ars.e out for it. [/size] 1 Like |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by Nobody: 6:37pm On Oct 30, 2013 |
redcliff: It is the truth! They have to consider their own people first when it comes to employment! Of course the best candidate will be taken but if there is a Swiss candidate who fulfills the requirements of the position they will take him/her. I would be really upset if I applied for a job and someone from an extra-european country got the job and we have similar profile in terms of experience/education! |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by redcliff: 8:43pm On Oct 30, 2013 |
miss-sweety86: Thats if theres a swiss candidate. Most swiss people dont further up to masters level. Some dont even go to the university after high school. So as a foreigner, having a masters degree gives me more advantage than a swiss citizen who just has experience on the job. 1 Like |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by Nobody: 9:37pm On Oct 30, 2013 |
redcliff: WTF?! Please, get some real information before you start criticizing Swiss like that and make us sound like dumb! How many Swiss people do you know?! Do you think we're all so stupid that we can't finish a master's degree?!!!! Our education is one of the best in the world, all the diplomas you can obtain in our education system are valued, not only university degrees, which is why our economy is in good shape and the unemployment level is low. But it is totally false to say that Swiss people don't study up to master's level. Have you had a look at the people in the universities? Of course if having a master's degree is a job requirement you would have better chances than a Swiss candidate but I don't think people apply when they don't fulfill the requirements, at least the degree. But even though you might have a degree and the other person more experience, you might still not get the job because having a master's degree is not the only thing that matter! Because if you look at the job advertisement they require degree + work experience! Gosh, I should have kept my promise and never come to Nairaland because people here just drive me crazy sometimes!!!! 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by Nobody: 10:30pm On Oct 30, 2013 |
Take it easy sweet. No wonder I haven't been seeing you around. Just take it easy, please. |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by redcliff: 11:01pm On Oct 30, 2013 |
miss-sweety86: Sorry, but you can like to park well where you were before. I gave you a fact. 1 Like |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by Nobody: 7:14am On Oct 31, 2013 |
redcliff: It's funny that someone from a country with very high illiteracy rate (do you want me to give you a number? because i can easily do as I'm working on the MDGs in Nigeria) is insinuating that people from a country with one of the best educational system are not capable to study up to a master's degree...... (by the way almost all my friends who went to university completed a master's and the only one who did not it was for financial reasons) 3 Likes |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by Nobody: 7:42am On Oct 31, 2013 |
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Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by redcliff: 10:28pm On Oct 31, 2013 |
miss-sweety86: Lol. What makes u think im nigerian. Even if i was or am, i would boldly tell you that we have more graduates a year than your country produces in 7years and now lets leave the level of education out of this because we all know how the system is. I wonder why u r angry at what i am saying if you know its not a fact. Switzerland indigenes do not go to school and that is why there is a high demand of expartriates in the system and the foreginers come and take that spot. Atleast its evident with the lady whose relative from germany got a job there.Mind u before u misquote me, i did not say u guys are incapable, i said people do not go to school. The few that go dont further to masters level. Except a handful. |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by Nobody: 7:20am On Nov 01, 2013 |
redcliff: please, can you provide proof for what you're saying? because i've been to university in Switzerland and the proportion of foreign students was very very low so I really don't understand where you "Swiss people don't go to school. The that go don't further to master's level. Except a few handful." (I put the right punctuation/spelling) comes from! maybe Nigeria produces more university graduates than Switzerland, which is kinda obvious considering the size of the country, but how many years does it take for someone to complete his/her degree in Nigeria?! |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by Nobody: 9:48am On Nov 01, 2013 |
Sorry, bro. I am a male and a Nigerian. It's my sister's husband who got the job there. redcliff: |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by redcliff: 10:30am On Nov 01, 2013 |
2s£xy: okay. |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by redcliff: 11:30am On Nov 01, 2013 |
miss-sweety86: An estimated 800,000 adults in Switzerland have problems with reading and writing, yet the taboo surrounding the issue means many suffer in silence. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/Home/Archive/Mr_Switzerland_turns_spotlight_on_illiteracy.html?cid=7464572 And this is Mr Switzerland himself. 800,000 out of a 7million population is what? you should do the maths. 1 Like |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by Nobody: 1:21pm On Nov 01, 2013 |
redcliff: Wait that I receive the official MDGs report for Nigeria and I would show you that Switzerland is doing way better!!! By the way, this does not prove anything regarding Swiss citizens but all the people who live in Switzerland. And we have a lot of foreigners in our country (and not only high educated ones, e.g Nigerian drug dealers are plenty in main railway stations) |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by justwise(m): 1:48pm On Nov 01, 2013 |
miss-sweety86: Can you argue without insulting Nigerians? I edited your previous post containing similar comment, don't email me asking for some posts to be hidden because you don't like the content. 1 Like |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by redcliff: 2:01pm On Nov 01, 2013 |
miss-sweety86: Well, to you it does not prove anything and it's because you are basking in your little world thinking that since you and your friends went to school that every other person did. Please don't try to correct my English because yours is by far poorer. The numbers and facts are online. I selected that because its more symbolic to relate with. I do not wish to go back and forth with you any more as i have seen that the bolded has placed you in the very bad category you put some other people here. by.e |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by Nobody: 6:09pm On Nov 01, 2013 |
miss-sweety86: Ma'am, I don't think redcliff has any uterior motive towards swiss nation. Please don't take it personal as he wasn't completely intended to paint swiss black but only made reference while educating me and seemly broaden the scope of things around the topic. Every nation have their good and bad qualities. |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by Nobody: 7:35pm On Nov 01, 2013 |
justwise: [/b] So ask the other guy to comment without insulting Swiss people! And by the way it's also just a fact and that's why we have a migration partnership with Nigeria! |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by Nobody: 7:41pm On Nov 01, 2013 |
redcliff: Well, you said you give me facts about Swiss people not going to university but you forgot to take into account the many foreigners living in Switzerland. So as you did, I just give you a fact that I've seen with my very own eyes! I think my English skills are way better than yours, maybe you just have your own idea of what good English means..... Like you have very strange idea of presenting "facts"! By the way, you guys all think that I'm insulting Nigeria but just look at this post and you'll see people have insulted Switzerland many times too! |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by justwise(m): 8:13pm On Nov 01, 2013 |
miss-sweety86: Show me the insult 1 Like |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by jay3012: 9:26pm On Nov 01, 2013 |
gooday everyone...pls i want to know if i can get menial jobs in switzerland without residence nd work permit....dats wit a visit visa.. |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by redcliff: 8:34am On Nov 02, 2013 |
jay3012: gooday everyone...pls i want to know if i can get menial jobs in switzerland without residence nd work permit....dats wit a visit visa.. I would advice you not to try it. Especially in the case u do not have or know anyone there. Life would be terrible for you. Or better still, learn German before going. I thought you were the one on the other pages of this thread that applied to a higher instituion? What happened to that? |
Re: Students In Switzerland/ Nigerians Living In Switzerland, your Experiences Here! by 7070: 12:27pm On Nov 02, 2013 |
And to Clear the Air..A non-EU Student with a Master's degree in Switzerland is considered by Law to be on the same level and is seen as "On Equal Terms " with their Swiss Counterparts...also speaking the Local Language would be an amazing Plus,as it is for me Redcliff is right here and admin.bfm.ch website has the Info this is not wishful thinking cc@Ms_Sweety86 NB: I Would not be surprised if Ms_Sweety86 is a Nigerian but if not..if you have not been to Nigeria before,relax and halt den Mund |
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