Students from HOPE are on the verge of embarking on a new journey in their lives with their dream to study abroad. Every student has received offers from their dreaming schools with the help of HOPE counsellors. In order to help students better adapt to overseas learning and life more quickly, HOPE maintains its tradition of holding pre-departure briefings this year in Shanghai on 10th of May. Students and their parents are offered some detailed and practical information from this event.

In general, students’ and parents’ main concerns before departure for overseas include immigration policy and visa procedure, safety, how to adapt to local culture and study, internship and employment opportunities while study and after graduation. HOPE’s event covered all those aspects to put students’ and parent’s mind in peace. On the day of the event, HOPE also invited two student representatives who have already studied abroad to give sharing speeches, which were welcomed by students and parents.

For overseas colleges and universities, organizing pre-departure briefing can be a good tool to convert and recruit students. In addition to promoting the hardware strength, the software services for international students are also essential, particularly orientation weeks, English language and academic support, career service, and even psychological advice.