Study Abroad

As per a report published by Forbes, leading U.S. universities and colleges are witnessing a decline in enrolments for fall classes. As a result, in the process of competing for students, they are offering price discounts to students. Around 50 private and public US colleges listed in Princeton Review’s “Best Colleges” list are admitting students in their freshmen classes of 2013. The universities are likely to offer discounts on tuition fees in order to fill the vacant seats. The discounts will be in a form of grants. Various colleges are dealing with the families...

USA aims at tripling the number of American students flying to India for higher education within the span of next 5 years. Earlier this week, in a roundtable interaction between the US Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public affairs and the Indian Union Human Resources and Development Minister, it was mentioned that US is far away from their target of sending around 15,000 American students to India in the span of next 5 years for higher studies. Presently, around 1 lakh or more Indian students visit the US for higher studies every year, while only 4,300 American...

Three IITs – IIT Madras, IIT Delhi and IIT Bombay managed to get ranked in the top 50 of QS World University Rankings in at least one out of 4 areas of engineering – chemical, electrical, mechanical and civil engineering. IIT (Indian Institute of technology) Delhi’s electrical engineering department acquired the 37 th position in the latest world university rankings of QS (Quacquarelli Symonds). This is the highest Indian entry across all other categories. QS is a reputed British education and career advice company. Earlier, QS along with Times Higher Education used...

Russian universities are known worldwide for their medical courses due to the academic excellence and easy admission process. Every year Russia welcomes a huge number of aspiring doctors. Let us have a look at some of the leading medical universities in Russia:- Volgograd State Medical University The Volgograd State Medical University is a foremost competitor among the Russian Federation’s higher medical establishments. The university was established in 1935.The university is located in the heart of the city. The Volgograd State Medical University received Academy status in...

Students from small town in India aspire to acquire a job with handsome salary and a green card via a MBA degree. Though there is a steady demand for admission in B-schools in the big metros such as, Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi, students from tier II cities and mini-metros aspiring to pursue management studies are contributing to burgeoning growth of B-Schools in tier II cities. Last year, around 30,200 (41% increase since 2007) students across India took the GMAT (Graduate management Admission Test) exam. GMAT is conducted in 17 cities via 20 test centers. During the last two years four...

The XLRI (Xavier Labor Relations Institute) School of Business Management and Human Resources has collaborated with the Weatherhead School of Management of Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, USA) to offer a new program on MPOD (Positive Organization Development and Change) in India. This program has been designed particularly for mid-level executives, who are passionate to lead the changing initiatives.   The program intends to enhance change management and leadership skills in mid-level personnel and build sustainable institutions and vibrant communities. The...

On Monday, April 29, IIM-K (Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode) and Plymouth University of UK signed a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding), at IIM-K. The partnership took place to carry out collaborative research projects and to facilitate faculty and student exchange. Sources from IIM-K revealed that by establishing tie-ups with the leading business schools around the world, IIM-K wants to speed up its international activities. Presently, IIM-K is partnering with 29 international business schools. IIM-K has witnessed an increment of 100% in the number of students...

The Intel® International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), 2013 will be held in Phoenix, Arizona from Sunday, May 12 to Friday, May 17. Eight Indian students, who are winners of the India Initiative for Research and Innovation in Science (IRIS), shall represent the nation at ISEF. SSP (Society for Science and the Public) along with Intel Corporation runs the Intel® ISEF program. The global science competition is an annual forum for pre-college students across the globe to exhibit their independent research. Over 1500 students from more than 70 countries around the world will...

At the end of April, 2013 the team behind the annual QS World University Rankings, organizing the QS world university tour, will visit Mumbai, Hyderabad and New Delhi, for offering overseas undergraduate courses to the Indian students. For over 10 years now, QS is bringing some top most globally recognized universities in India for the benefit of the Indian students. Currently, though government of various countries have imposed visa-restrictions for international students to study in their countries, still many universities are keen to offer visa, admissions and funding advice to the...

  The twelve-year long collaboration between BITS (Birla Institute of Technology and Science), Pilani and ETA LLC Groups has finally ended with the former acquiring its Dubai campus infrastructure from the latter. BITS Pilani also announced that all the statutory requirements of the acquisition have now been met. In the year 2000, BITS in collaboration with ETA LLC group established its only international branch in Dubai. As per the agreement, the former used to manage the academics while the later used to provide administrative support and infrastructural facilities. In...