INDIANS GOING ABROAD FOR HIGHER STUDIES UP BY 68% IN 2022 & STILL COUNTING IS ON IN 2023

 

INDIANS GOING ABROAD FOR HIGHER STUDIES UP BY 68% IN 2022

Bureau of Immigration and Ministry of Home Affairs maintain departure and arrival data of Indians. However, there is no index for capturing the category of Indians going abroad for higher education.

 



The number of Indian students going abroad for higher studies has increased by 68.79 per cent in the past year, according to data provided by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Education, Subhas Sarkar.

As per the data provided by him in the Lok Sabha, the number of Indians enrolled in foreign varsities increased from 4.44 lakh in 2021 to 7.5 lakh in 2022.This data was provided by Sarkar in response to a question posed by MPs about the total number of Indians who are heading abroad to gain a higher education degree. He clarified that while the Bureau of Immigration and Ministry of Home Affairs maintain departure and arrival data of Indians, there is no index for capturing the category of Indians going abroad for higher education.

“Purpose of Indians going abroad for higher education is captured manually based either on their verbal disclosure or the type of visa of the destination country produced by them at the time of immigration clearance,” Sarkar replied.

According to the data provided by the ministry, the number of Indian nationals increased from 4.54 lakh in 2017 to 5.17 lakh in 2018. There was a significant increase in 2019 as well, with 5.86 lakh students flying out of the country. However, during the Covid pandemic, the number of Indian nationals in foreign varsities saw a drastic dip as only 2.59 lakh students were registered. While the number continued to remain low, it saw a slight increase in 2021 with 4.44 lakh registrations.

 

However, the number has significantly jumped to 7.5 lakh in 2022. The increase in the number of Indian nationals abroad corresponds with the latest immigration reports from some of the popular study-abroad destinations such as the US, UK, and Australia. For the UK, the Immigration Statistics Report states that 127,731 visas were granted to Indian students in September 2022, an increase of 93,470 (+273 per cent) against 34,261 in 2019. Similarly, in the US, the number of Indian students has more than doubled, and the Open Doors Report 2022 has predicted that the number of Indian students heading to America is likely to surpass those from China in 2022-23.

 Estimated Data of Indian students studying abroad  (in 2022)

S.No.

Name of Country

No. of Students

1.

Armenia

8,015

2.

Australia

1,00,009

3.

Austria

350

4.

Azerbaijan

119

5.

Bangladesh

9,308

6.

Belarus

793

7.

Belgium

766

8.

Botswana

200

9.

Brazil

6

10.

Brunei Darussalam

38

11.

Bulgaria

357

12.

Canada

1,83,310

13.

China

6,436

14.

Cuba

1

15.

Cyprus

1,961

16.

Czech Republic

1,500

17.

Denmark

413

18.

Egypt

400

19.

Estonia

138

20.

Finland

519

21.

France

10,003

22.

Georgia

14,000

23.

Germany

34,864

24.

Greece

48

25.

Guyana

498

26.

Hong Kong

815

27.

Hungary

932

28.

Iceland

16


29.

Indonesia

1

30.

Iran

2,050

31.

Ireland

5,000

32.

Israel

1,218

33.

Italy

5,897

34.

Japan

1,302

35.

Kazakhstan

3,855

36.

Kyrgyzstan

14,500

37.

Latvia

1,000

38.

Lithuania

1,000

39.

Luxembourg

2

40.

Malaysia

3,331

41.

Malta

450

42.

Mauritius

147

43.

Mexico

108

44.

Moldova

705

45.

Nepal

2300

46.

Netherlands

3,200

47.

New Zealand

2,664

48.

Norway

480

49.

Oman

39,550

50.

Panama

191

51.

Philippines

15,000

52.

Poland

5,000

53.

Portugal

19

54.

Qatar

46,000

55.

Republic of Korea

1,364

56.

Romania

805

57.

Russia Federation

18,039

58.

Saudi Arabia

65,800

59.

Serbia

5

60.

Singapore

10,000

61.

Slovakia

202


62.

Slovenia

36

63.

South Africa

335

64.

Spain

1383

65.

Sri Lanka

68

66.

Sudan

3

67.

Sweden

2,500

68.

Switzerland

3,980

69.

Taiwan

2,239

70.

Tajikistan

1,250

71.

Thailand

364

72.

Turkey

193

73.

Ukraine*

-

74.

United Arab Emirates

1,64,000

75.

United Kingdom

55,465

76.

USA

4,65,791

77.

Uzbekistan

250

78.

Venezuela

93

79.

Vietnam

4

Total

13,24,954

 

* In Ukraine As per our information all students have been evacuated from Ukraine.



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