A Master's degree from the UK - which thousands of Indian students aspire for every year - is not recognised in India. As a result, candidates holding such degrees are ineligible for higher studies such as an M.Phil or Ph.D. But this is set to change.
The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD), with the help of the University Grants Commission (UGC), is now working on developing a system of equivalence between Indian and UK degrees.
The global economic slowdown is unlikely to deter an Indian student from aspiring to study abroad. According to Sujata Sen, Director, East India, British Council, more Indian students are going to the UK for higher studies.
Close to 30,000 Indian students applied for higher education in the UK in 2011. Though the figures for 2012 have yet to be collated, trends indicate that the numbers would either remain steady or even post a marginal growth this year, she said.
Ahead of his first official visit to India next week, Boris Johnson, the Tory mayor of London, on Friday called for immigration curbs on Indian students and workers to be relaxed describing some of the stringent visa rules as “counter-productive’’.
His views were echoed by John Cridland, director–general of the Confederation of Business Industry whose members are accompanying Mr. Johnson on his visit. He said that Britain’s multi-billion pound higher education market was suffering as the country was no longer seen as a welcoming destination.
Prof Pete Downes, VC, University of Dundee speaks with Shibaji Roychoudhuryabout education opportunities in Scotland
What kind of educational opportunities are there in Scotland?
Scotland has one of the world’s leading systems of higher education. It has five of the world’s top 200 universities, an impressive portfolio of globally competitive research and various undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. These are available to overseas students at competitive fee levels. Our university has developed specialised 3+1+1 and 1+1 programmes to support the requirements of overseas students and at present recruits around 200 Indian students each year.
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