India moves up emerging markets university rankings

    2018-06-08T12:47:33+00:00June 15th, 2017|2017/2018, June 2017, Sector Focus/Education, Year|

    India is among the major success stories of the ‘BRICS and Emerging Economies University Rankings 2017’, with 27 institutions making the top 300. The definitive rankings for the emerging economies, compiled annually by ‘Times Higher Education’, reflects India’s efforts to be counted as a viable education hub seem to be paying off. China is the clear frontrunner with 52 universities in the ‘BRICS and Emerging Economies University Rankings 2017’ but India was credited with making significant strides. Phil Baty, editor of the rankings, said: “India is [...]

      The craze for that foreign degree

      2018-08-02T10:48:44+00:00June 15th, 2017|2017/2018, June 2017, Sector Focus/Education, Year|

      The love for foreign education among upwardly mobile Indians is not new, but with the economy prospering and domestic education not keeping pace with aspirations, it has turned into a near obsession. Every year, more than 250,000 students venture out of India in search of better education in universities in the US, Europe, South East Asia and Australia. These numbers makes India the country with the highest student mobility in tertiary education after China. It should not necessarily come as [...]