Would it be worth while to take advantage of his program?

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<p>I am currently attending the University of Pennsylvania for my masters in Environmental Science and Policy.</p>

<p>There is an option to study abroad for a year and earn two advanced masters degrees in Engineering (Certificate if I lack the pre-reqs) and Environmental Management.</p>

<p>The degrees are from the Ecole De MINES Paris of Paris Tech and Tsinghua University in China. Both are supposedly really good universities in their respective home countries.</p>

<p>1.) Would this help me out at all when looking for work after graduating? How would employers look at the degrees?</p>

<p>2.) Are they reputable universities? For that matter how is UPenn looked at abroad?</p>

<p>Is it worth the cost and time?</p>

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<p>1) Yes absolutely. Grad work done abroad is important and both schools are in key areas for US economic relations. It will defin give u a leg up with companies that operate internationally.</p>

<p>2) Yes both are well respected on their continents. Tsinghua is very famous and will surely be a great qualification.
UPenn is not really academically known in most countries (outside of specific academic/professional circles). Some people know it cause it’s rather big, some have researched colleges and stumbled upon it, but the average foreigner never heard of it.</p>