IIT Delhi, Queensland University to Offer Joint PhD Programme

The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) and University of Queensland (UQ) will offer a joint PhD programme to support scholars across diverse discipline areas through the UQ-IITD Academy of Research (UQIDAR). Applications are underway and will remain open until March 15, 2023. Under the joint PhD program, UQIDAR aims to train a significant number […]

Congress rejects Argentina’s international student fees

Congress rejected the right-wing president Javier Milei plan to impose tuition on foreign students studying in Argentina, citing a violation of the charter’s guarantee of free and equal public education.  Many saw Milei’s attempt to sever free education as the first step toward his libertarian president’s deconstruction of international student fees, which he included as […]

JEE Main 2024 Session 1 Result Declared; 23 Students Get 100 Percentile

The National Testing Agency (NTA) today released the scorecards for the first session of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2024. Candidates can check their scores at the official JEE Main website – jeemain.nta.ac.in. This time, NTA hosted the JEE Main 2024 first session from January 24 to February 1. A total of 11,70,036 candidates registered […]

The Indian budget requests more financial aid

Fin Minister Nirmala Sitharaman revealed last week that India had raised its education budget to Rs1.2 trillion (£11.4 billion) this year from Rs1.13tn last year. Stakeholders in foreign education, however, argue that concerns about outbound Indian students ought to have been raised. Saurabh Arora, CEO of University Living, a global network for student housing, said, […]

US: the overall number of foreign scholars increases by 13%

A total of 102,366 international scholars are involved in research, teaching, and clinical activities on campuses across the US, representing a 13% year-over-year increase in the number of these scholars. According to Mirka Martel of IIE, the 2022–2023 Open Doors data exhibit a similar rebound tendency to the growth in the number of international students. […]