Factors Driving Abroad Students Towards Germany For Studies

 

Survey: What Are The Factors Driving Abroad Students Towards Germany For Studies?

 

Germany is one of the most significant abroad education destinations for students belonging to other countries and the percentage of international students willing to study here has been gradually increasing year over year.

 

Nearly 320,000 international students are studying in Germany, which constitutes nearly 10.5% of the country’s student body, as per the 2019 DAAD report.

 

As per the latest survey, here are the factors which are playing a key role in attracting students from foreign nations.

 

Around 33 percent participants said that they are attracted to Germany as the universities are not charging any tuition fees to pursue studies.

 

Another 31 percent responded that they want to study in Germany as the universities there are well reputed for offering a good education.

 

Around 10 percent of the respondents revealed that employment opportunities post-graduation are luring them to consider Germany.

 

On the other side, students expressed language barrier, accommodation, and Germany bureaucracy are very challenging for them.

 

Nearly 75% of people gave ratings between 8-10 for the Germany city in which they are living.

Definitely, the ‘No Tuition Fees’ is one of the most attractive benefits for Indian students to study in Germany.

 

International students need not pay any regular tuition fees, except student union fee, student contributions including a public transport ticket that costs around 250 euros per semester.

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There are nearly 429 public institutions (higher education) operating in Germany among which 106 are universities. There are few education institutions steadily ranking among the world's top universities.

 

Germany is home to some of the oldest universities of Europe, besides being best in architecture and state of the art facilities, the universities are well known for maintaining high standards in education and research.

 

Universities of Germany offer a wide range of Master programs; students are having innumerable options to choose the course option as per their interest

 

Engineering

Pharmacy

Healthcare

Law

Industrial engineering

Mathematics

Accounts and finance

Computer science

Business administration

Architecture

Fashion

Arts and music

Economics, etc.

 

Most of the programs are available in English and are taught in English as well benefiting international students. However, learning the German language remains as the added advantage to mingle with people on campus and outside, and also supports well in part-time work.

 

 

The country welcomes diverse and multicultural, Students belonging to China, India, Russia, Italy, France, Turkey, and Bulgaria, etc. are seen at German universities. While China is the largest distributor of international students, Indian is in second place. The Indian students’ enrolment is steadily increasing year to year.

 

The number of foreign students pursuing their courses in Germany are higher than 3, 50,000 and the number is expected to increase more next year.

 

As per Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) findings for 2018-19, the number of Indian students whose favorite study destination is Germany is on the rise.

 

The number of Indian students in Germany in 2018-19 (winter) is 20,810, recording an excellent growth of 18.44% compared to past figures.

 

Indians are the second-largest group of international students at German universities after Chinese. Around 64% of Indian students are enrolled in Universities.