Fewer Indians applying for studies in US: Survey

The Council of Graduate Schools has conducted a servery foreign students admission into various colleges in US for graduate programmes. According to the survey, the number of application by Indian and South Korean for the fall admission have fallen.

The report also suggests that there is rise in applications filed by students from China and Middle East. Applications from India and South Korea fell nine percent and seven percent, respectively, the survey noted,

While according to some media reports, New Zealand has attracting Indian students. In the strength of Indian students in New Zealand in 2005 was only 2000. The number of Indian students have rose to 6000 in 2009.

Eligible students can also apply to work up to 20 hours in a week in New Zealand, which students find more positive factor to opt New Zealand as their study destination. There is sea change in the immigration rules across the globe due the global crisis and the immigration rules matter to attract foreign students.