I’m about to graduate with a Bachelor’s in Materials Engineering with a CGPA of 3.65 and my age is 25. I’m planning to continue with a Master’s and PhD. My current university offer that Master/Phd which I can do master and phd at same topic for 4 years, but the university has a low ranking and limited facilities.
I asked my academic supervisor (RPS) and he recommends to stay here. He says it saves time since I’m already familiar with the system since postgraduate life the time is the big challenge, and I might be able to convert from MSc to PhD directly. He also mentioned that the researchers here are relatively young and easier to work with (avg. age 35–50), while other universities might have older, less flexible professors.
The downside is the lack of good equipment and reputation. But my RPS says I can build collaborations with other universities to access their facilities and that’s overcome this problem, he added my research quality matters more than the university name. Another thing, he mentioned that the true researcher must know how to work even in bad facilities or low ranking place and find solutions to solve their problem.
Plus he mentioned that if I go else where I must concern about life expenses as well since the city where I live now so cheap but others may be expensive.
So I’m wondering should I stay, or is it better to move to a higher-ranked university with better research infrastructure even if it means starting from scratch?