|Marina Emelianenko | 23020
Education is what remains after everything that was taught is forgotten.
A. Einstein.
As a rule, large organizations give preference to specialists who have not only work experience, but also two higher educations. And the salary of such workers in most cases is an order of magnitude higher than that of their colleagues.
However, getting two higher educations means spending a lot of time, money and effort. How can you bypass the time frame and speed up this process? Not everyone knows, but it is possible to study at two universities or two faculties at the same time.
Typically, the desire to obtain a second higher education arises in two cases:
You entered a university, studied there for some time and clearly understood that this study is not for you, or rather, the chosen specialty is not suitable for you. But it’s a pity to give up and lose the wasted years, and you also don’t want to miss that very “your specialty”;
You strive to expand the boundaries of your knowledge; studying at your chosen university brings you pleasure and a desire to improve your acquired knowledge and skills.
So, for both the first and second cases, the procedure for admission to higher educational institutions of the Russian Federation provides for the opportunity to study at two faculties at the same time or receive simultaneous training at two universities. However, do not confuse simultaneous education, or as it is also called parallel education, with a second higher education. The second higher education is received by those who already have a diploma of first higher education. Simultaneous study is an excellent opportunity for students to receive a second education either full-time or part-time. Students who wish to obtain two specialties at the same time, according to the law, receive the status of students in a second education, but this does not affect the type of diploma received upon graduation. At the same time, many universities offer payment in installments when receiving simultaneous studies.
What is needed for simultaneous learning?
Serious intentions. Be prepared for the workload to increase significantly. Evaluate well whether you can handle it;
Excellent study. How else? There is absolutely no point in wasting your time and money studying at two universities at the same time if you do not need the knowledge;
Time and patience;
Passing certification tests;
Simultaneous training. Advantages
Without a doubt, simultaneous study at two universities or two faculties has a considerable list of advantages:
Saving time when obtaining two specialties;
Saving money. Concurrent studies cost an order of magnitude lower than a second higher education;
Obtaining two diplomas at the same time;
Variety of education options. Simultaneous studying at two universities or studying at two faculties at the same time presents students with different forms, terms and teaching techniques;
Opportunity to climb the career ladder faster;
High competitiveness in the market;
Wider social circle.
Studying at two universities or two faculties. Flaws
At the same time, of course, there are some disadvantages of simultaneous training:
Incredible stress. You will have to do a lot of running before you collect all the necessary documents, pass the academic difference if necessary and pass the certification tests;
Possible competition. Typically, up to five places are allocated for simultaneous education annually. Moreover, if there are more applicants, then a competition arises for admission;
Double the number of sessions. If your classmates take two sessions a year, then you will have to go through four;
Physical fatigue and lack of time. Sometimes students do not have enough time to obtain one education, and studying at two faculties at the same time or obtaining education at two universities is doubly difficult.
You should know that if you enroll in a major related to the first, you may be enrolled immediately in the second or third year. At the same time, when enrolling in parallel education, as a freshman in the first higher education, you may have to take exams in general disciplines twice. That is why it is recommended to enroll in concurrent studies, being a student of at least the second or third year of the main faculty or university. When applying for concurrent studies, you will also need to provide the admissions committee with an academic certificate from your main place of study.
Simultaneous studying at two universities or studying at two faculties at the same time is a kind of guarantee of future success, profitable employment and career growth.
School graduates, due to youthful maximalism, make grandiose plans for the future. Most applicants set ambitious goals for themselves. They are confident that they will be able to earn a lot of money and become full members of society. Some plan to open their own business and run a large company. All this cannot be achieved without quality education.
Yes, many are sure that to achieve success in life it is not necessary to graduate from college. One could agree with this if it were not for the deplorable statistics: only 4% of young people get a good job without a diploma. The remaining 96% are late, but still realize the importance of higher education, and apply to a university, or occupy not the most prestigious positions. In the second case, you need to immediately come to terms with the fact that you will have to work for a pittance salary all your life. Such people rarely set goals for themselves and achieve nothing in life. Yes, history knows several cases when a person who barely completed 2-3 grades of school became very successful. But, as you know, exceptions only confirm the rule.
Therefore, in order for your future life to be filled with great opportunities and prosperity, you need to lay a reliable foundation in the form of higher education for future success. One of the options for obtaining higher education is parallel education for correspondence students, which we will talk about today.
Parallel learning - what is it?
Let us immediately note that obtaining a second higher education and parallel training are not the same thing. A student who is receiving a second higher education already has a diploma and has re-applied for a different specialty. In turn, parallel training implies simultaneous study at two universities. It is worth noting that this opportunity is available only to correspondence students.
It is difficult to imagine a situation where a full-time student submits documents for another specialty and again chooses a full-time student. Firstly, studying full-time at two universities at the same time is physically impossible. Secondly, it is prohibited by law.
An option is possible when a student is studying full-time and submits documents for a part-time course in another specialty. The most popular is distance learning. In the next paragraph we will talk about the advantages and disadvantages of parallel learning.
If an applicant chooses parallel studies, it is advisable for him to apply for related disciplines. For example, if “Management” is chosen as the main direction, then “Human Resources Management” can become an additional one. Employers give preference to those specialists who have two or more higher education diplomas. Firstly, this is very rare. Secondly, this speaks of the candidate’s high professionalism and self-discipline.
Parallel training allows you to obtain two full-fledged higher education diplomas at once in a relatively short period of time. In addition, parallel training has a number of other advantages:
- The student gets the opportunity to gain practical skills and professional development. Constant self-improvement is mandatory for a person who sets maximum goals for himself. Mastering two specialties at once allows you to quickly fill your knowledge bank and achieve high moral and material standards.
- Parallel learning is very convenient. In some educational institutions, a student who is studying for two related specialties has the opportunity to take the general exam only once. But this privilege is not available to all students.
- By studying simultaneously at two universities, the student gets the opportunity to master the basic principles of planning his time. The acquired skills will definitely be needed in the future. Proper time management can become one of the foundations for future career growth.
- Students who earn two degrees at once have a much better chance of landing a high-paying position. Employers often pay attention to the versatility of a candidate and give preference to those who can combine several positions at once.
- Parallel training does not always mean six years of continuous study. If a student already has a higher education diploma, then he can receive the next one after three years of study.
Let's sum it up
We have examined the main advantages of parallel training, and now we can conclude that this option opens up wide opportunities for applicants. A student who has two degrees at once has a better chance of getting a well-paid job. In addition, such employees are highly valued by management and can count on rapid career growth.
It is believed that today, in order to be competitive in the labor market, it is necessary to constantly supplement your education. Of course, this is true: changes occur every day - and this applies to almost any activity, from office cleaning to senior management. And if you fall behind the trends outlined by your industry, you will likely be left behind.
But, if you are just starting your career, having a second higher education can be a good bonus. Another advantage of having an additional diploma is that you can choose from two specialties (and at the beginning of your journey, as practice shows, it is very important to have an alternative). Or you can work at the intersection of the disciplines you have learned - then you will be a truly indispensable specialist and will certainly occupy your niche.
And one more thing: obtaining a second higher education is an excellent way out for those who, for some reason, were unable to study what they had dreamed of all their lives. This was the case for me: the results of the Unified State Examination in social studies, which I took as a reserve, turned out to be impressive, and therefore I preferred free sociological education to paid journalism training. The desire to be a journalist did not disappear anywhere, but sociology became more and more exciting as I studied. Therefore, I began to look for opportunities to master both professions - and soon found them.
An important fact is that a second higher education cannot be obtained on a budgetary basis. Therefore, if you are studying in a higher education program or already have a diploma, the government will not fund your studies, no matter how well you do in the exams.
The Federal Law on Education (Article No. 34) states that any student has the right to simultaneously master several professional educational programs. But how can this be done technically?..
Listener
Few people know that, in addition to students, so-called listeners- people who, for one reason or another, cannot provide original educational documents and are enrolled in the course as if “in advance.” An important feature of this status is that it is provided only in correspondence or distance learning (perhaps in some places you can become a student on a full-time basis - but this is rather an exception to the rule). At the same time, students go to classes in the same way, write tests and take exams.
Therefore it is best do not start getting a second degree in the same year First of all, there is a high probability that problems will arise with obtaining a diploma. And from a psychological point of view, this can be very difficult: after all, at school there is a different format of education, and, having become a student, you need to get used to the new rules and join the team. It is also important to establish interaction with teachers, because it depends on them what consequences your absenteeism will have. And absenteeism, alas, will definitely happen, because even while receiving education by correspondence, sometimes it is necessary to be present at the educational institution - and this time may coincide with the time of main classes.
I entered the second institute, having barely completed the first year, and soon realized that I had made a mistake: my studies could have lasted one or two years less if I had more disciplines already mastered (they can be re-credited - this is done by the scientific part of the new university) . In general, it is best to finish your studies at least until the third year in the first specialty in order to begin mastering the second.
By the way, about admission. Each university has its own rules for admitting students to a second degree. However, usually for those who wish to receive parallel education, before reaching the third year at the main institute, most often they arrange the most ordinary selection - with results Unified State Exam And entrance exam(it’s not a fact that it is necessary - it depends on the specialty). Let us remind you that the results of the Unified State Exam in Russia are valid 4 years. The only consolation in this situation is that the competition for the correspondence course is usually several times less than for the full-time course.
Those who decide to enroll in a second higher education after the start of the third year of the main institute are usually enrolled only based on the results entrance examinations.
By the way, in some universities (including the National Research University Higher School of Economics and Moscow State University) there are parallel education programs within the same university, as a result of which a graduate can receive two diplomas. However, the range of specialties is usually limited.
Parallel distance learning can also be difficult and unusual at first. Especially during exam sessions. Of course, sessions in full-time and part-time departments usually do not coincide in time: this is done for the convenience of teachers. But sometimes exams at two institutes can still overlap - in this case you will have to stock up on strong coffee and Novopassit. But this period, as practice shows, is quickly ending. And there is nothing better than celebrating the end of two sessions at once!
In general, in order to study at two universities at the same time, you need to have a stable psyche, an incredible ability to work, and an incredible desire to know everything at once. But employers usually value graduates with two higher educations and willingly hire them for internships and open vacancies. And, besides, such students save the main resource of a modern person - time, which in the future can be spent not on sitting at a desk, but on travel, family or something else.
And parallel higher education is very interesting. It's great when you can go beyond the boundaries of your profession, offer something new, experiment, applying the methods of one profession to another. Often, work done for one university was useful for me to complete assignments at another. By the way, it will be very useful to calculate the area of your scientific interests as early as possible: then all the developments over the years of study will be useful to you in writing theses at both universities. And then, perhaps, when writing your master's thesis - if you are going to write it at all.
In practice, there are situations when a person who has entered a university is disappointed in his specialty, but leaving his studies is tantamount to a sin: it’s a pity for wasted time and money. Today there is parallel education, thanks to which you do not have to wait until five years have passed. Parallel education is an additional chance for a full-time senior student. The diploma is obtained on a correspondence basis, and the student enters directly into the second year.
What is needed for this
Serious intentions on the part of the student. You need to completely decide on the desired education, as well as whether you need this profession. Still, parallel education requires a greater workload.
Good study skills are a must. The right to receive parallel education is granted to students who do not have a score below 7 points.
It will take time to collect documentation (permits, certificates). You need to be prepared for such expenses.
For parallel higher education at universities, 5 places per year are allocated for each specialization. In the case of a larger number of applicants, competitions are held, for participation in which the average score plays a key role.
Possible difficulties
It will be necessary to pass the academic difference in the developed plans and programs of study, and this is only the beginning of the difficulties. You will have to go through 4 sessions a year, so a lack of time will become a completely natural phenomenon.
Advantages
A person receiving a second parallel education is a student of two faculties, therefore, has more friends and useful connections.
If you follow all the rules of study and are an exemplary student, then knowledge from one specialty will help in the second.
The time management skills acquired during the learning process will help you in life.
Saving time is key. If you decide to get an education after the third year, the total time will be about 7 years. If you take up a second higher education after receiving your first diploma, the total time will be 8 years at best.
Parallel education costs less than a second higher education.
Upon completion of the courses, you will receive two diplomas, and this will become a personal biography that will surprise employers.
Whether parallel education is necessary is a purely personal question. Strictly speaking, one diploma is enough to get a good job. At the same time, by receiving parallel education, you will begin to be of greater interest to potential employers and become a successful person who knows what he wants from life. Find out whether your university provides such opportunities, and then go for a parallel education program.
If you are in doubt about choosing the direction of your second education, first take a course or training in your chosen field to make sure that you will enjoy studying another specialty.
Obtaining a second higher education has become very popular in Russia in recent years. The main reason for this lies not only in the natural desire of a person to expand the boundaries of his knowledge, but also in significant changes in the structure of the economy of our country, the growing need for specialists with a diverse set of professional competencies, as well as labor market mobility.
According to statistics, large companies give preference to those applicants who have not only work experience, but also two higher educations. And the salaries of such specialists are higher than those of their colleagues with only a higher education.
Today, the procedure for admission to state higher educational institutions of the Russian Federation provides for the possibility of obtaining parallel second higher education. Parallel education is training simultaneously in two specialties in one or different universities, as a result of which the graduate receives two diplomas of higher education. By simultaneously obtaining two specialties, the main resource – time – is saved, and this is the main advantage of parallel training.
Parallel education provides a large number of opportunities, because upon graduation you receive two diplomas at once. The parallel education program offers students a variety of forms, terms and learning technologies. This education can be obtained full-time or part-time. Some higher education institutions offer tuition payment in installments.
With parallel training, students who have work experience in various fields, having received a second higher education, can expand the range of their capabilities and powers, climb the career ladder, and even if they change their field of activity, have good competitiveness in the labor market.
Students who wish to obtain two specialties at the same time are enrolled in the department of second higher education on a contract basis. In accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 18 of the Federal Law “On Higher and Postgraduate Professional Education”, persons simultaneously receiving a second higher professional education have the status of “students”, which, in terms of receiving educational services, is equal to the status of a student of a higher educational institution of the corresponding form of study. Thus, a student who successfully graduates from the university as a student will receive a diploma identical to the student’s diploma.
Senior students entering a direction related to the first direction of study can enter directly into the second or third year. Due to this, the actual training period is reduced. First-year students can also receive parallel education, however, it is recommended to wait until they enter at least the third year before starting to master the second higher education program. This way, the student will not have to take exams twice in disciplines common to both programs.
Students are admitted to the faculty of second higher education for parallel training on the basis of certification tests (written testing of a profile focus).
Before deciding to receive parallel education, you need to understand that simultaneous training in two areas of training is a large physical and mental load. But still, many students choose parallel education for the following reasons:
1. Saving time when obtaining two specialties.
2. Financial savings (when receiving a second higher education after the first, you will have to pay much more).
3. Acquiring a useful skill to properly manage your time.
4. Acquiring a double baggage of knowledge, and knowledge acquired at one faculty will most likely be useful at another.
5. Obtaining two diplomas at the same time.
Thus, a student receiving a parallel second higher education is in a more advantageous position compared to students of single-disciplinary higher educational institutions.
Having weighed all the pros and cons and having decided to receive parallel education, you must contact the admissions committee and, instead of the original education document, provide a certified photocopy of a state-issued document and an academic certificate from the department or faculty of which you are a student. The student also needs an application, 3*4 cm photographs and a copy of the receipt or payment order.
Obtaining a parallel second higher education is the key to successful employment, mobility in the labor market, and career advancement. Also, obtaining two specialties simultaneously, rather than sequentially, will save you time and money.