Dear Brian Gee Chacko, Yes many universities has this provision but you have to stay for a certain period of time to that university. With best wishes, Good Luck.

Do you want to get a degree from both universities? There is a lot of universities that allow a period of research abroad, at another university, but usually the thesis defense is done only at one institution (with 1 member of the other university as member of the thesis committee) and the PhD diploma is granted only by one university. A few universities grant two diplomas, but that case is far less frequent.

Wouldn't the PhD degree from main university suffice. I wouldn't mind travelling to the university location for a brief period of time for the sake of thesis defence.

Dear Prof. Afaq, thanks for the wishes. Please do recommend me the universities that you prefer to pursue the PhD.

There are two different situations here. The first one is to get a double diploma, where both universities will agree (and have cooperation agreements) to support this. Usually, this is more complicated than the second situation, although it's perfectly possible to achieve.

The second alternative (I advised two grad students doing this) is to establish a contact with a foreign university professor (in their case the contacts were with professors at University of Wisconsin - Madison and University of Louisiana) and after that spend a year working with that professor. This usually is easier and cheaper, but depends on your university allowing such visit period. In Brazil we have programs from funding agencies providing financial help to do this kind of work.

Thanks Prof Aleardo Manacero...I m looking into that option now. my area of study is computer graphics, visualisation. I'm looking for professors who can guide me in the same.

Recently, I heard that in order to get guides. It would be better to start publishing some paper. Can members of a paper collaborate independently or is it against university policies?

Split site programmes are supported by may Universities all over the world. The goal is to expose researchers to experiences that may not be found i their home country ad also to contribute to the development of the thesis and phd degree envisaged. You will need to google schools online and discuss with potential supervising hosts.

Dear Brian, keep looking for researchers with the same interests that publish work related to yours. Have in mind that there are also research laboratories which are an option to the Universities. Moreover, it is better to find a collaboration if you have colleagues in common and published work to explain what you are doing and what are your goals. I wish you all the luck!

If you read between the lines of the others giving advice, you will note that if you have the money, there will always be a foreign school to take it. Prepare evidence that your present skill level is attractive (via demonstratable references or website);

- upper division instructors preffer to put a high-shine on a apple, and not have to start with a seed.

Figure out what you want to do, -after all, all software is simply a tool for the creation or facilitation of something else, not an end point.

Research various schools to see what their curriculum offers. Some have excellent lower division CG programs, so good that they are superior to graduate level teachings at other schools for example; But even for the best of schools may have upper division directions that are relatively narrow. It's all-to-easy to be trapped at a great school in a tired department with a lead that should be retired.

Most of these schools publish activities of their current grad/post-grad students... and it is in THOSE projects you should find your niche. Select at least five, write and informal intrduction stating your interests to your intended potential advisors, choose those with published work that pique your interest.

Thanks for the insight Cary McDonald

Any one has a specific recommendation , just need a university name and location please