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 Every month, Study International invites you to a conversation with an international student, graduate or professor about the beauty, boldness and benefits of studying abroad.2023 Study International 教育 旅行記・解説 社会科学
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  • How studying engineering in Germany helped this grad launch her own tech startup

    How studying engineering in Germany helped this grad launch her own tech startup
    2026/04/14

    Maryam: Hey, guys. Welcome back to the Extra Credit Podcast. And if it's your first time tuning in, this is a series where we talk about the ins, outs, and all there is to know about studying abroad with fellow international students, graduates, and faculty members worldwide.

    I'm Maryam, your host, and if you're thinking of pursuing a career in engineering, kickstarting your career abroad, being an international student in Germany, or all three, our guest for today has some important insights to share about that.

    From all the way in Pune, India, Maithili Deshmukh is the co-founder and chief strategy officer of AxD, Automation x Digital, a startup company that transforms, digitises, and provides automation services, as well as technical support to local and global manufacturing businesses.

    But her journey to the top did not start there. Just like many of you, Maithili's huge dreams of making an impact on this industry began with a life-changing study experience in Germany, or what is aptly called the “Land of Ideas.”

    Maithili, welcome! We're glad to have you here with us today. How are you?

    Maithili: Thank you for having me, Maryam. I'm good. Yeah, I'm glad you reached out to me. I'm excited to talk about my journey and share some insights with you.

    Maryam: Again, thank you for joining us. That's lovely to hear. Okay, let's go back to the beginning of your journey, before you flew off to Germany. So, before you set off to Europe, Maithili, you did your bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, back home at the Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Aurangabad.

    Maithili: Yeah.

    Maryam: So, what first sparked your interest in engineering?

    Maithili: Well, to be honest, you know, I've been born and brought up in Aurangabad, which is now called Chatrapati Sambhaji Nagar. Um, it's a city in Maharashtra, India. And growing up, you know, even during school years, I always went to our, uh, factory. I mean, we have a family business of CNC machine tool manufacturing. Um, and I'm very close to my parents and my family, and growing up, I always went to their workplace, saw what goes on over there. Uh, you know, there was also automation projects going on and all the manufacturing facilities that I, um, experienced over there.

    That's what sparked my interest in engineering. My father is a seasoned mechanical and computer science engineer. So, in my formative years, it's always been a delight to watch him work and the way he thinks critically and comes up with solutions to the customer problems. So, yeah, and I always had that in mind that I want to join the family business. So, engineering was the way to go. And, you know, eventually, of course, entrepreneurship is not just technical education. It's not just engineering. But, you know, someone gave me very wise advice that, okay, if you want to be a leader in the tech space, your education has to be very much related to that — meaning, do your bachelor's, do your master's in engineering, so that you know the baseline or, let's say, the basics of your company. And the management part can be on the job. So, you can always learn about leadership and soft skills while you work, uh, but let your education be engineering. So, that's what, um, made me decide, uh, to do mechanical engineering — because we are in the field of manufacturing. And then later on, of course, my master's was in production systems engineering, which is a subset of mechanical.

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  • Want to study and work in Japan? This Malaysian answers all your biggest questions

    Want to study and work in Japan? This Malaysian answers all your biggest questions
    2026/01/26
    Maryam: Hey guys, welcome back to the Extra Credit Podcast.To all first-time listeners, this is a series where we discuss the beauty, ins and outs of studying abroad with fellow international students, graduates, and faculty members from around the world.I'm Maryam, your host, and today we'll be exploring the exciting life of being an international student in Japan. Everyone's familiar with the country's iconic cuisines, ancient traditions, and inescapable pop culture trends like anime, manga, video games, and more. But for many study abroad hopefuls, Japan is, most importantly, home to world-class universities and quality education as well.On that note, our guest for today, Hazman Baharom, has a lot to share about living, studying, and working in the famous Land of the Rising Sun. As a lecturer for Malay Studies at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Hazman has long been curious and passionate about the study of language and culture.In fact, he even speaks six languages, including Japanese, and works on the side as a professional translator, having produced the official Malay translation of best-selling and award-winning Japanese novel, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop.But before all of that, his journey to Japan began as a bright-eyed international student, just like me and you. Hazman, welcome. It's so lovely to have you join us today.How are you?Hazman Baharom: Ah, thank you for having me today. I'm good.Maryam: So Hazman, since 2021, before you kickstarted your career in Japan, you were and still are completing a PhD in political science and government at Waseda University.Hazman Baharom: Yeah.Maryam: That's quite a change from your previous study abroad experience, right, as a Bachelor of Economics student in the UK? So, tell us, why Japan? Has it always been one of your dream destinations as a student?Hazman Baharom: Yeah, thank you so much for the question and thank you for inviting me for this podcast. Well, I guess, when I was in high school, since I studied Japanese for five years, since Form 1 to Form 5, Japan has been one of my preferred destinations to go overseas. But when I got the Yayasan Sime Darby scholarship after my SPM trials, I was offered to [go to] the UK. So then, I was like, okay, I'll go to the UK first. And then, my dream to go to Japan was buried for a while.But after I came back to Malaysia in 2018, I represented Malaysia for one of the programmes called Talk with Muslims, organised by Japan Foundation.So, Japan Foundation selected 10 students from Southeast Asia and two from Malaysia. One is me and the other one is Dr. Raudah. She is currently, I think, in the US.So, I came to Japan, and then we discussed a lot of things about Japanese culture and Muslim culture. And I got to know my supervisor during that time, my PhD supervisor who is Japanese. He is an expert in Indonesian Islamic movements.So, if you listen to him speaking Indonesian, you will think that he is an Indonesian, but he is actually Japanese. So yeah, that's my PhD supervisor.So, that's one of the reasons. My research now is about the Malaysian Islamic party, PAS. Uh, I think since there is a similarity between both of our interests, I selected to study here.Second, I am obsessed with Japanese literature and that is why I translated Japanese novels. So, I think, why not come to Japan since I will have, like, [an] unlimited supply of Japanese literature to read, right?So, yeah. So, these are my two biggest reasons coming to Japan.Maryam: So, you will say that, doing your PhD in Japan is kind of like your second chance at studying in your dream country.Hazman Baharom: Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, it became a dream country, and then it was buried for a little while. And then, I guess, my trip to Japan under Japan Foundation, back in 2018, reignited that dream somehow. Maryam: Nice. Okay, but you also won a full-ride postgraduate scholarship under the MEXT scholarship programme. Hazman Baharom: Yes.Maryam: Yet, in 2024 alone, almost 10,000 students applied for the MEXT scholarship, but only six applicants were recommended. So, Hazman, can you share with us your secrets and tips behind securing such a coveted slot?Hazman Baharom: Mhmm, thank you so much. I love to do this because I think a lot of people deserve to get this, but many of them just don't have enough information on how to strategise their application.So, I guess, the most important thing is, be clear about what you want to research about. For example, if you are planning to do your PhD in Japan and you are planning to do something related to, well, I don't know. Now, probably the most famous idea that people are talking probably is about AI, right? AI in education, AI in economics, AI in whatever.So, if you are researching AI in Japan, you need to be clear about what specific aspect of AI you want to research about.So, the Japanese professors, being experts in that field – they want to know about what you want to do, right? And they want to know that ...
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  • Dreaming of publishing a book? This YA fiction author got her head start in the US

    Dreaming of publishing a book? This YA fiction author got her head start in the US
    2025/10/28
    Maryam: Hey, what's up guys? Welcome back to the Extra Credit Podcast. If it's your first time tuning in, this is a series where we speak to international students, graduates, and faculty members worldwide about the beauty and perks of studying abroad.I'm Maryam, your host. If you're active on BookTok and Bookstagram, or if you’ve simply got a passion for writing and dream of breaking into the publishing world, our guest, Mae Coyiuto, has some tips to share with you. From all the way in the Philippines, Mae Coyiuto is best known as the author of the teen romance novel, Chloe and the Kaishao Boys, named one of the New York Public Library's top 10 books for teens in 2023. The story itself is one I'm sure many of us can relate to.A high school girl in Manila named Chloe wishes to attend college in the US, but her overprotective dad keeps setting her up on arranged dates. Why? To keep her from studying abroad. Now, just like the main protagonist of the book, Mae Coyiuto herself dreamed of studying in the US. And fortunately for her, she did. Mae, welcome. We're very excited to have you here with us today. How are you?Mae: I'm good, thanks for having me. And I feel like you should be the one to pitch my book to other people. That was way better than what I usually do (laughs).Maryam: (Laughs) Now, in your book, while Chloe wants to study animation in the US, she faces some pushback from her father and family members who want her to study back home in the Philippines, just like her cousin, Peter, right?Mae: Mhmm.Maryam: As someone who shares the same heritage with Chloe and who has also studied in the US yourself, was this theme inspired by a true story or perhaps your own experience?Mae: Yeah, actually, when my friends would read the synopsis of the book or the, I guess, the description before reading it, they would always be like, “Mae, are you Chloe?” Uh…it's not an autobiographical book, but I did borrow a lot from personal experiences from observing a lot of Chinese-Filipino girls growing up also. I actually just wanted to write like a young adult fiction story that starred a Chinese-Filipino girl in Manila. Because, like, growing up, I really loved young adult books. I loved reading, but most of the rom-coms that I would read always starred people in the U.S. or teenagers based in Western countries. So, this was kind of like my spin on, what would that look like if someone from Manila got to be the main character.Maryam: Oh, really cool, but were your parents supportive of your dreams of studying abroad?Mae: Yeah, I was very lucky. So, I'm the youngest of four siblings, and then my eldest sister actually studied abroad. She went to Singapore for college, and then I think a lot of older siblings would relate. I feel like they paved the way for it to become a bit easier for younger siblings to, like, do their own thing. So I think, if not for her, I wouldn't have really gotten the idea of, like, I could study abroad. But my parents are very supportive and they never really pushed back on me wanting to write. I think they just never expected that I would make a career out of it. So, I think a lot of people could relate when they want to do, like, a creative career. They feel like it's not usually seen as, like, a practical thing to pursue, or it's usually seen as a hobby. So that's kind of what I channeled when I was writing Chloe. Not really from my experiences with my parents, but more of like, from community, society, and like, that idea that doing something like animation or a creative thing is not something worth pursuing. I'm lucky with my own family. But yeah, I think it's more (of) what I observed from the community around me.Maryam: Interesting that you say that because in 2011 you were a Young Star columnist for the Philippine Star. So, writing has always been a huge passion of yours. But in 2012, you pursued a bachelor's degree in psychology at Pomona College. So, what inspired you to take a different path or pursue this field at the beginning?Mae: Yeah, so I really loved writing. I started writing when I was, like, nine years old or even younger. But then I always saw it as, like, something I enjoyed doing, and I was really exposed to – when I thought of, like, authors or books that are usually from international countries. So, I never really thought that I would study (at) college and then study writing. And none of my classmates were also doing that. So, I was so focused – I'm sure a lot of people in your podcast could relate, that when you're trying to apply for a college, you're just so focused on that process of the application, of doing well in high school, that for me, I actually didn't think so much about what I wanted to do in college until I was there. And then, so, when I got to college, I was lucky that I went to Pomona, and they encouraged students to take a lot of classes from different majors, departments, so that you could figure out what you wanted. So, I was ...
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    24 分
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