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Foreign education is a booming business today as students from many lands dream and aspire to pursue higher education abroad. The United States, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand happen to be the most popular destinations.

Why Study Abroad?

Some Good Reasons to Study Abroad.

Multilingual and Multicultural Environment :

Studying abroad gives you a golden opportunity to be a part of the multicultural environment and also learning new foreign languages. It gives you a first hand feeling of different cultures and its origin.

Makes you more Techno Savy :

The education system abroad happens to be very different than what prevails in India. It lays lot of emphasis on the practical aspects of education thus making the students techno savy and more practical.

Value of Degree :

A foreign degree enhances your chances of employment and gives you the returns on your investments. This is one good reason why you should not take it as an expense but an investment.

Importance of Hiring Foreign Higher Education Consultants :

Foreign education consultants play a vital role in fulfilling your dreams. They act as navigators to the whole process. There are lot of complexities involved in the whole process of studying abroad. Hiring a good consultant becomes very very important here. They are the ones who make your dreams turn into reality. In depth knowledge is absolutely essential while taking such vital decisions. A good higher education consultant would not only help you accomplish the task but also see that it is being accomplished in the right direction. It is about the students’ future and that is the reason utmost care and awareness is required from the beginning.

Selection of the right kind of schools plays the most important role in the whole process. Selecting a good and accredited school ensures your future prospects of recruitment and also the value of your degree.

Why Study in USA ?

Introduction to the country :

Multi-cultural population

World’s largest economy

Less than 5%unemployment ratio

Largest number of MNCs

Highly technical and flexible education system

Strong links between educational institutions and corporate world

The unique OPT feature providing stay back options

More than 300 courses to choose from

States with well developed education system-PA, NY, NJ, MA, CA, IL, TX, AZ, MI and FL

Types of Student Visas :

F1 Visas-Given for Full time degrees M1 Visas-Given for Part time courses and vocational degrees

Thus the student should fix a budget and look for Universities according.

Three main areas to be proved for bagging the student visas :

Serious academic student

Intention of return

Financial Capability

The Unique OPT Feature :

You can get legal work permit called the OPT for upto 1 year after the course competition. The company can than sponsor your H1 B visa which is a legal work permit visa. It is to be held for 6 years in order to apply for a greencard.

The break even is attained by availing the OPT feature. It also gives a platform for gathering exposure and experience of an international market.

Why Study in UK ?

Britain has long been a popular destination for Indian students to study in UK . With more than 150 institutes of higher education to choose from. U.K. is one of the few countries that allows international students to work even outside the campus. Students can work upto 20 hours per week during the semester and full-time during vacations.

Various Postgraduate and Graduate Program offered by UK educational institutes :

Bachelors degree- It is for a duration of 3-4 years.

Sandwich Courses-This gives an option to the students to do one year of commercial training after first 2 years of bachelors degree and then returning to the third year.

HND-is awarded by Vocational and technical Educational Councils. The duration is 2 years.

Postgraduate degree-They are normally for a duration of one year thus saving costs and

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