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A sweeping change to the US immigration system is set to transform how international students live, study and build careers in the country. The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has formally approved a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulation that dismantles the long-standing “Duration of Status” (D/S) framework and replaces it with fixed admission periods for student visa holders. With the OMB review now complete—the final major administrative hurdle before implementation—the regulation is expected to be published in the Federal Register in the coming weeks. Once published, the rule could trigger one of the most significant changes ... Read more

The number of Indian students studying abroad has fallen by 15 percent in 2024 compared to 2023, according to the numbers shared by education ministry. Canada, once a favourite destination for higher education, registered a significant 41 per cent decline in the number of students from India in 2024, according to the reply in the Parliament, where the second leg of the Budget session began on Monday. Also Read | DMK vs Centre as language row shakes up Parliament: Is NEP pushing Hindi? The number of Indian students going to Russia increased in 2024 by 34 per cent compared to ... Read more

The Embassy of Romania is now accepting applications from Indian students for scholarships to pursue Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD programs in Romania for the 2025-26 academic year. Also Read: Ceremonies mark full membership of Bulgaria and Romania in Europe’s Schengen travel zone These scholarships offer financial support for all fields of study, excluding Medicine, Dental Medicine, and Pharmacy. Qualifications To qualify for the scholarship, applicants must: 1. Submit a complete application file. 2. Present valid study documents from recognized institutions. 3. Meet the enrollment deadlines. 4. Maintain a minimum average score of 7 (or “Good” as per the Romanian grading ... Read more

Nearly 23% of MBA graduates from Harvard University, one of the most prestigious Ivy League institutes, are still searching for jobs even after three months of finishing the course, according to a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report. Similar problems have been highlighted in other top institutes, demonstrating the toughening job market. The top MBA programs in the US, including the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, and New York University’s Stern School of Business, had the worst job placement outcomes last year. The share of MBA graduates in 20024 still available in the job market months ... Read more

Over 400,000 Indians are studying in Canada but experts estimate a drop of 100,000 in the coming year as India-Canada ties plummet. With Ottawa also restricting other international students, Mint asks if Canada’s youth-and-education charm is fading. What curbs has Canada introduced? Canada has introduced a two-year cap on new student permits amid a housing crisis and to check the quality of schools. First, in January, it slashed international student permits by 35% to 364,000 in 2024. Then in September, a 10% cut was made, bringing permits down to 327,000 for 2025. Canada also doubled the GIC (guaranteed investment certificate) ... Read more

Canada has announced a reduction in the intake cap on international student study permits for 2025, a move that will adversely impact Indian students who aspire to study there. With this reduction, Canada has cut its study permit target by 10% from the 2024 goal of 485,000 down to 437,000 for the year 2025. In 2023, the number of study permits issued to international students reached a peak of 500,000. The 2026 intake cap for study permits will be consistent with the 2025 cap, and the 2025–2026 study permit quota will include both master’s and doctoral students, who are now ... Read more

The federal measures the Canadian government has adopted to reduce foreign student inflows are set to have a more dramatic impact than expected. A report by The Globe and Mail, citing an analysis by ApplyBoard, projects that the approvals of international study permits will fall by almost half in 2024. India has long been a leading source of international students, but the number of students opting to study in Canada has seen a sharp slump this year. “In the first half of this year, approvals of study permits from India halved,” the report said. The federal measures the Canadian government ... Read more

नई दिल्ली: ऑस्ट्रेलिया ने ऐलान किया है कि वह 2025 में अपने यहां आने वाले अंतरराष्ट्रीय छात्रों की संख्या को 2.7 लाख तक सीमित कर देगा, ताकि रिकॉर्ड स्तर पर हो रहे माइग्रेशन से निपटा जा सके. प्रवासियों के बढ़ने के कारण घरों के किराए में भारी वृद्धि हुई है.  ऑस्ट्रेलिया के शिक्षा मंत्री जेसन क्लेयर ने मंगलवार को कहा कि इस सीमा में उच्च शिक्षा पाठ्यक्रमों के साथ-साथ व्यावसायिक शिक्षा और प्रशिक्षण पाठ्यक्रम भी शामिल हैं.  ऑस्ट्रेलिया के इस कदम से उच्च शिक्षा के लिए विदेश जाने की उम्मीद रखने वाले भारतीय छात्रों पर असर पड़ेगा, खास तौर पर ... Read more

If you are keen to go abroad for higher studies, then there are, undoubtedly, numerous options to choose from. International students from India can opt for either US, Australia, Canada, UK and even some European destinations such as France, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Poland and Austria, among others. Among all these destinations, the most popular after America, of course, is Canada. Out of more than 8 lakh visas issued by Canada to international students in 2022, around 40 per cent hailed from India, reveals the immigration data. This means around 3.2 lakh Indian students are living in Canada on student visas. As ... Read more

On 18 July, Suhana Nongrum, a third-year MBBS student from Shillong, found herself in a desperate situation. Studying in Sylhet, Bangladesh, Nongrum and a group of fellow Indian students had to make a hasty decision to leave their hostel, joining the exodus of scholars who had fled the day before. In a minute-long phone call to her father, Nongrum asked him to wait at the border in the wee hours of the morning. The drive to the border, usually a brisk 40 minutes, stretched into a tense hour. Police roadblocks added to the anxiety as officers stopped the students near ... Read more