1. 在美攻讀博碩士的經驗分享 電機篇
王鴻智 博士
Mike Wang, Ph.D.

2. Content Division of Electrical Engineering Be Professional
Manage Your Personal Connection
Career Consideration – USA, Taiwan or China?
Be Ready for Your First Job in USA!
Green Card! The Way to Stay in USA?!
Ready to Go? Something Should Keep in Mind…
Contact Information
Q&A

3. Division of EE Which One and Only One? Communication Sciences
Computer Engineering/Science
Signal and Image Processing (Multimedia Processing)
VLSI Design/CAD
Computer Networking
Control Systems
Electromagnetics and Energy Conversion
Phonics and Quantum Electronics
Nanotechnology and Micro Electro-Mechanical System
Which One and Only One?

4. Be Professional Join the Profession Association Public your paper
IEEE ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
IEE ( The Institute of Electrical Engineering)
SPIE ( The International Society for Optical Engineering)
ACM ( Association for Computing Machinery)
Public your paper
Conference
Journal
Apply your patent
US Patent and Trademark Office (
Provisional Application
Agent, Lawyer or software (PatentEase, PatentWizard…)

5. Manage Your Personal Connection
Senior and junior
Student association
Studying group
Part time job
Be Learning
Be Polite
Be Helpful

6. Career Consideration USA, Taiwan or China? Industry Trend?
USA – Technical and Professional
Taiwan – Local connection
China – Marketing and Manufacturing
Industry Trend?
IC -> Internet -> Telephony -> Wireless and Mobile
Multimedia (digital content, DTV, digital display…) is the next step!

7. Be Ready for Your First Job in USA
TAX reporting ( Internal Revenue Service)
Federal and state tax
Zero income is OK
Accountant or software (TurboTax, TaxAct…)
Report your Tax from the second year!
Resume writing
Recruiter or online database (
Understand the market demanding
Submit your resume now!
Are you qualified?
Document writing
Basic tool and knowledge
Join the RA, TA or project member
Certification (Microsoft, Sun, Cisco, Oracle…)
Experience: Practical Training and part time job
12 months limitation on Practical Training
You can apply practical training any time!

8. Green Card! The Way to Stay in USA?!
For those who are in the highest percentile of their field or profession. However, the standards are rigorous and few people are qualified.
Type of Green Card
EB1-1: Extra-ordinary individual
EB1-2: Outstanding researchers
EB2: National interest waivers
EB3: Labor certification
EB4: Family immigration
Lottery, You can try it yearly
Reference links
“outstanding" in a specific academic area. Furthermore, the individual must have at least 3 years of experience or teaching in that academic area.
who possess advanced degrees in professional fields or who have exception ability in the arts, business, or sciences

9. Ready to Go? Something Should Keep in Mind
Common: Be Ready for Your Life Change
Opportunity to build up your new characteristics!
For Master pursuer
Open mind, open eyes and open connection!
For Ph.D. pursuer
The darkest time is the time closest to dawn

10. Contact Information
Mike Wang, Ph.D.
Specialized: multimedia processing, Internet telephony, watermarking and information embedding, digital audio and video broadcasting system design
USC International Office in Taipei
Ms. Pei Chu
(02)

11. Q & A ask us and we are ready for help!

12. 經驗分享 MSF
何曉屏
2003/8/2

13. Self Introduction Education Working Experience 政治大學 公共行政系 學士
U.S.A. George Washington University
Mater of Science in Finance
Working Experience
貿易公司 業務助理 2年
中國信託商業銀行 財務處 4.5年

14. MBA v.s. MSF MBA 通才之學位，選擇一個主修，著重在管理與領導專業人員
主修領域 - Finance, Accountancy, Marketing, International Business, MIS, E-Commerce, Strategic Management, Public Administration, Hotel Management, Art Management
MSF
專才之學位，課程均為finance相關領域，著重在“做”而非管理

15. Value of MSF Degree
幫助事業發展
增長國際觀
增強語文能力
拓展人際網路

16. 工作機會 銀行
顧問公司
投資銀行
證券業
資產管理公司

17. 金融專業證照 - CFA CFA – Chartered Financial Analyst (美國特許財務分析師)
美國投資管理與研究協會核發 Since 1963
考試分三級 Level I & II & III，一年一級
有證照者多服務於銀行、投資銀行、券商、
資產管理公司、投資公司及基金、 顧問公司

18. CFA 考試範圍
倫理和職業道德
財務報表分析
統計學
經濟學
資產評價
投資組合管理

19. CFA 考試及格率
自1963迄2002年，全球累計頒發之證照數為 55,400

20. 金融專業證照 - FRM Financial Risk Manager (金融風險管理師) 涵蓋範圍 - 市場/信用/作業風險、會計、稅務
職務上之需要 - 金融機構風管人員、稽核、
資產管理者、基金經理人、投資銀行業者
2003年考試範圍與比重

21. FRM 考試及格率

22. Thank You !