Morethan80percentofuniversitystudentsinChinawanttostudyabroadaccordingtoanewonlinesurvey.
ThesurveyconductedbytheChinaYouthDailyand 31 (involve)morethan2400universitystudentsrevealedthatmorethan80percentofuniversitystudentswanttostudyabroad 32 only16percenthasnosuchintention.
Thesurveyshowed42percentstudentsbelievedoverseaseducationwouldbenefit 33 careerdevelopment.Italsoshowed66percentfeltstudentswithoverseaseducationalbackgroundweremore 34 (compete)thangraduatesfromdomesticuniversitieswhenitcame 35 jobhunting.
“TheCEOsofNasdaq-listedBaiduandSohu 36 receivedanoverseaseducation”said 37 studentfromQinghuaUniversityadding 38 thevarietyofmajorsofferedbyuniversitiesabroadwasasignificantfactor.
Contrarytothehighpercentageofstudents 39 areconfidentofholdinganoverseasdiplomaonly2.5percentofrespondentssaidstayinginChinahadmoreadvantagesinjobhunting.
Thesurveyalsofoundmostofthestudentswhowanttostudyabroadhadaclearcareerplan 40 41percenthopingtosetuptheirownventuresaftercomingbacktoChina.
StatisticsfromtheMinistryofEducationshowedthatin2006morethan130000Chinesewentabroadforfurtherstudy.