Higher Education News

New Delhi, June 11: The American Embassy will celebrate 'Student Visa Day' on June 19 during which those applying for higher studies in the US will be treated to a festive and collegiate atmosphere. The doors of the ...

For the most, if not all applicants for non-immigrant visas are generally viewed as intending immigrants, until they can really convince the immigration officer that they are not. For the US Student Visa (F1 visa), no matter how ...

India, June 2014: Education in Ireland Organizes a Virtual Q & A on Twitter for the very first time - Top 15 Higher Education Institutions (HEI's) from Ireland to engage with Indian Students on June 10th 2014 from 3-5:30 pm ...

Kolkata, 6 June: Lamenting that research is a neglected domain in education, President Pranab Mukherjee has said universities must lead in making new inventions and patents. "Universities must through their inventions and discoveries lead in the registration of ...

New Delhi, 6 June: With some key bills on higher education stuck in Parliament, the government is exploring the possibility of declaring some institutes as off-campuses of statutory institutions to enable students get their degrees. The government is ...

Students often face confusion while selecting a proper college in order to pursue engineering. They always look for a well-developed college, which provides excellent infrastructure, placements and faculties. Every year, the National Institutional Ranking Framework under the HRD Ministry ranks institutions ...

New Delhi: Mr. Alon Ushpiz, the Ambassador of Israel to India met Mrs Smriti Irani, Hon'ble Minister of Human Resource Development, on 29th May, 2014 to discuss strengthening of educational relations between India and Israel. Recalling the close ...

Mumbai: The US Consulate General, Mumbai, has opened its doors to over 1,000 Indian students applying for visas to pursue higher education in the United States as part of 'Student Visa Day'. Each year, tens of thousands of ...

New Delhi: HRD Minister Smriti Irani said that the government was mulling increasing the spending on higher education to six per cent of the GDP and will also have a relook at the legislations on higher education which lapsed ...

A new scheme called the Connect India Program (CIP) has been initiated by the UGC to teach US-based students about the rich cultural history of India. For this purpose, the UGS has given grants to five Indian universities. ...

Recent reports by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) prove that there is a shocking decline in the number of Indian and Pakistani students opting to study in the United Kingdom. Over the past few years the numbers have ...

Srinagar: Chancellor of the Central University of Kashmir has said that the higher education opportunities in the Valley and Ladakh region were limited, but the institution was building facilities to increase the avenues as well as start various job-oriented ...

Mumbai: Eyeing the large Indian student community aspiring for admissions in universities across the US and UK, gulf airline Etihad has announced a special programme which allows an additional baggage of 10 kg and other benefits, ahead of the ...

International students attending and/or graduating from secondary schools of education and wishing to study in the US to obtain an undergraduate degree will learn about the specific requirements to apply to colleges and universities in the United States. ...