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Aspiring to pursue higher studies at prestigious universities like Harvard, Cambridge, Stanford, Oxford, MIT, and others is a common goal for many Indian students. However, achieving this aspiration often presents numerous challenges. Before making ...

With protests in support of Palestine intensifying on American university campuses, Indian students and their parents are feeling anxious about seeking admission there. If these protests continue to spread, it might affect the number of students cho...

Accommodation prices in Australia have shot up nearly 15% for shared rooms or dormitories in the last quarter, according to latest data shared exclusively with ET by University Living, a global student housing marketplace. With 120,000 students, Ind...

Viral Doshi, a US college admissions consultant, helps students from tier-2 towns like Amritsar and Dhanbad get into Ivy League schools like Harvard and Yale. The Red Pen charges Rs 1.8 lakh to Rs 7.75 lakh for its services. Other consultants like A...

Young women in India's smaller towns and rural areas are increasingly pursuing foreign degrees, as evidenced by the rising demand for educational loans and applications to international universities. Avanse Financial Services reports that as of Dece...

Countries like Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Japan and South Korea, which are actively trying to woo international students, too, are likely to benefit to some extent, though language is a deterrent in some cases, nearly half-a-doze...

The escalating India-Canada crisis, with India suspending visa services to Canadians, is causing panic among Indian students in Canada and those planning to study there. Students are seeking guidance from education consultants and questioning whethe...

Indian students are increasingly opting to study abroad, driven by factors such as the desire for a foreign degree and career, a rise in candidates from Tier 2/3 cities, and increased financial aid and scholarships from foreign institutes. This surg...

It's getting more challenging to land jobs given the slowdown in markets such as the US. Students from lower-ranked institutes and those from non-STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) disciplines are likely to be the hardest hit, a...

Students start applying about six months ahead for internship programmes that typically take place in the May-July period while they graduate in August-September. Finding an internship is the first step towards landing a potential full-time position...

Over the years, the vast majority of Indians going abroad for higher education have been for postgraduate-level courses. They still comprise nearly 70-75% of the overseas population of Indian students, but the number of undergraduate students is als...

Consultants for overseas education said the number of students seeking to study abroad has increased by 60-70% in 2022, driven by the pent-up demand after the pandemic, resumption of travel, and increasing interest among Indians to leverage a US deg...

The rising cost of US education notwithstanding, leading foreign education consultants such as ReachIvy, Leverage Edu, Collegify and Yocket have seen the number of students going to study abroad more than double following the resumption of travel af...

The San Francisco- and Bengaluru-based company is planning to utilise the funds to expand overseas, such as launching its products in Bangladesh and in other Southeast Asia markets.

Foreign education platforms Collegify, ForeignAdmits, Leverage Edu and Yocket also said that the majority of applicants are targeting STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) courses in the US, followed by the UK and Canada.

Consultants providing study-abroad guidance said post-pandemic, they are witnessing a 40-80% increase in enquiries from non-metro locations

Most colleges in the US, UK and Canada aren’t making it mandatory but they’re encouraging students to get inoculated by vaccines approved by the World Health Organization (WHO) or the US Food and Drug Administration, apart from a recent negative RT-...

Yocket intends to expand its team in multiple domains including marketing, sales, product, software development, business development among others

At ReachIvy, non-metro applicants now make up 60% of the entire pool, with applications growing 50% in the last year alone, its founder Vibha Kagzi said. The growth from metros was 20%.