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There are many courses that are offered by top universities around the world for international students for free. Students can enroll in these courses without paying anything and also get certifications at the end of it. Here is the list of the best online courses from Harvard university for international students.
During the Covid, many universities decided to alter their admission criterias to make the process of application much easier. As the accessibility towards various resources was low, many universities made standard tests optional for students for applying to various universities. This means that students no longer had to take standard tests like SATs to get admission.
But even after the pandemic was over, many universities still took the decision of making SAT optional for admissions. Now, as per the latest news, around 1800 universities from the US have decided not to drop SAT scores from their eligibility criteria for admissions. Now international students will no longer have to spend extra money on taking SATs and also preparing for them. The course and curriculum for SATs is very different from that of the Asian curriculum in specific. Asian students had to take extra time in effort to prepare for these tests. Now the process will be more accepting and efficient
Canada was recently called the seventh best study abroad destination in the world for international students. Studying in Canada is a lot more affordable than studying in the USA, the UK and Australia. Also the job prospects for international students are also very high. Despite being affordable, Canada offers a lot of international scholarships to students. Here are some ways through which you can study in Canada for totally free.
Apply for scholarships
It is very important for international students to apply for scholarships. Some of the top universities in Canada, like the University of Toronto, the University of Waterloo, and many more offer a lot of scholarships to international students.
Apply for scholarships offered by government
Other than applying for scholarships offered by universities, students must also apply for scholarships directly by the government of the country. Many times the government of your own country will also have a lot of scholarships for international students. Make sure that you apply for all of these.
Apply for application waivers
In the university application form, there is a section for application fee waivers. By applying for that, you will be exempted from paying the application fee. If the university decides you actually need it.
Working while studying
It is very important for international students to support themselves while studying in a different country. Make sure that you find a job as soon as you land in a different country.
Online programmes
This is one of the most affordable ways of pursuing education from a foreign university without spending much money. Many universities have now started offering virtual programmes that you can pursue well sitting at your home. The certificate of a virtual degree is equal to that of an off-line program. You're exposed to the same amount of opportunities.
These days you see that people irrespective of their previous degree decide to pursue MBA. A person might be a medical researcher and would still go on to pursue MBA. Similarly, engineers, data, scientists, and pharmacists are also pursuing an MBA degree. But the question is, do you really need an MBA degree? Well, MBA does add a lot to your skill set but it is not the only way of getting success in your life. Also pursuing an MBA degree will also not ensure your success.
As per data, the demand for MBA has decreased by 34% in the past few years. online course platforms such as Coursera and Udemy have also reported that students are not less interested in pursuing MBA courses as per their statistics. Many students have now started avoiding MBA because of the excessive pressure of studies and placements that this degree imposes on them.
Today, we will talk about the best internship opportunities for international students in summers. Most of these internships are paid, which is an added benefit.
Microsoft
Under Microsoft's internship program, students with a bachelors, masters and even a PhD degree can apply for the internship. You will be given a monthly stipend and we will have the liberty to join one of the various departments of Microsoft's.
UNICEF
The UNICEF internship program is also a great opportunity for students who want to go into this field. The student must be at least 18 years of age and must have enrolled in a bachelors, masters or a PhD degree. Also the candidate must not have any immediate relatives working in UNICEF. The internship will last for around 26 weeks.
World Health Organisation (WHO)
Students who are at least 20 years of age and are enrolled in a bachelors, masters or a PhD programme can apply for the internship. Students can learn various aspects of the working of WHO including administration, communication and external affairs.
Premier TEFL
This internship allows you to teach English in over 30 locations around Northeast India. It is a four-month long Internship and you can travel the world while teaching English to students. By the end of the internship, students will also receive a TEFL certificate which will help them in becoming authorised teachers in foreign countries.
It is very important to pursue a program that offers you a hyping job after your education. Nursing is one such field which doesn't take a lot of time when it comes to education and still gives a high return on investment. Australia's one of the cheapest countries to pursue a nursing degree. If you compare that average tuition fee of a nursing degree in Australia to the USA, then you will find that there is a huge difference.The University of Technology Sydney, Griffith University and The University of Adelaide are some of the best universities in Australia that offer a nursing degree.
Also, after the pandemic, the demand for health care workers has increased a lot. To apply for a nursing program all you need to do is complete your documentation process. You must have a 12 years of schooling education as per the Australian standards. You must also have proficiency in English language which can be shown with the help of a IELTS or TOEFL test.
Diploma degree is a shorter and easier way to complete your education and start working. Many students are to pursue a diploma degree over a full time postgraduate or undergraduate course. Talking about Canada, there are over a hundred universities. Offer more than 15,000 courses in various fields. These courses are of different types, including full time, post graduate, full time undergraduate, diploma courses, short certificate courses and many more. Canada also lifted restrictions on the number of hours international students can work part time.
This restriction will come back on 31st December, 2023. Until then international students can work for longer hours even during their semesters. You will have to pay around C$21,000. If you want to pursue a diploma degree in artificial intelligence. Students must also add C$1500 to the expenses. After completing your diploma degree, you can easily get a job by complying with the rules stated by the government of Canada. This includes having a valid visa, getting a degree from a recognised institution. It is also compulsory to pursue your degree full time as an international student.
Nursing is a great way to get into the medical field without spending years studying and getting education. Nurses also get paid really well. So the return on investment is also quite high. But, it has become extremely difficult for students to find a course in nursing that is affordable. In the US, a common nursing course will cost you somewhere around US$113,000. This is really high for a student who is looking for an affordable cost. In the US, the licensed practical nurse (LPN) or licensed vocational nurse (LVN) certificate programme are the easiest courses as they take only one year to get completed.
As per data, every year, there is a 9% increase in the demand of nurses. Here is a list of the top most nursing specialised courses that make students earn the most.
Now we will talk about some of the most affordable courses in nursing offered by various universities worldwide.
Getting a good business degree is not enough to land a job in the corporate world. It is very important to have a previous hands-on experience and that is possible only if your business school gave you that. This is the reason why all the students must be very peculiar while selecting their business schools. Here's a list of the best business schools that will boost your career.
HEC Paris
This is the number one business school in Europe and attracts students from over 145 countries from around the world. It's famous course master in management is ranked at number two in the world. The university also has partnerships with various business schools from around the world that offer the students hundreds of opportunities.
London Business School
This business school is located in the heart of London and offers various programmes in the field of business including MSC, MBA and EMBAs. Students have the opportunity to choose various majors including accounting, economics, finance, management science and operations, marketing, organisational behaviour, strategy, and entrepreneurship.
The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
University of Chicago has been a pioneer in the field of business for many years now. It offers full-time and part-time MBA programmes to improve the facility of flexibility. Students get to choose from various programmes and the faculty is also exceptional.
With the ongoing frauds, many students have lost a lot of money by giving their tuition fees to fake agents and losing all of it. Taking all of this into acknowledgement, many study abroad experts have advised students to pay their tuition fees directly and avoid giving it to any kind of agent. Students are also advised to get their documents checked from some reliable source. Many students have faced frauds because of the same. Recently, Canada picked up 700 such students who had been living in the country with fake documents will now be deported anytime.
All of this was a consequence of a fake study abroad agency in Jalandhar. In the past also many such cases have come into the news. As a result, students are suggested to pay more attention towards their documents and make sure that their money is going to the right source.
There are many students who want to pursue architecture and become interior designers and constructors. It is a very well paid profession, especially if you do it from a good university. Here are some of the best architecture schools in the UK for international students.
The Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University
It is one of the most highly ranked architecture schools in the UK and is featured among various ranking lists every year. It offers various courses in architecture such as MSc in architecture and Architecture (MArch), Architecture: Professional Practice (PGDip), Architectural Design (MA); Urban Design (MA).
The Manchester School of Architecture
This school of architecture offers various courses recognised by prestigious institutions such as Architects Registration Board (ARB), the Royal Institute for British Architects (RIBA) and The Landscape Institute.
Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA)
Most of the courses offered at this institution are very well known across the UK as well as Europe. This university works very closely with Heriot-Watt University. It also offers a student exchange programme during the third year of course. Students have the opportunity to go to different universities and complete their courses.
Many students carry the dream of pursuing research in one of the top universities of the world. But it is not an easy thing to get into a PhD programme in a top university. First of all these universities are very selective and secondly they have very high tuition fees. Today we will talk about some of the best universities in Canada that offer scholarships for PhD programmes to international students.
University of Alberta Scholarships
The University of Alberta was established in 1908 and is a very famous research university. It offers the graduate research scholarship to international students who want to pursue PhD from the university.
University of Waterloo Scholarships
This university is ranked eighth in Canada and is one of the best universities out there. It offers a scholarship worth C$10,000 to students who want to pursue their PhD from the University.
University of Saskatchewan
This university is very famous for its research environment and facilities. It also offers a fully funded PhD scholarship under which selected students are given C$20,000 for 36 months.
McGill University Scholarships in Canada
McGill is ranked 31st position in the world university rankings. The University offers various scholarships to various students who want to pursue their PhD from the university with the aim of making it affordable.
Many times students choose to pursue their research in the field of science and medical. There were only a few universities that offer research facilities in the field of engineering. Many universities have a special engineering department but only some dedicate their effort into research in the field of engineering. Here is a list of best universities for students who want to pursue research in the field of engineering.
University of Rochester Electrical and Computer Engineering
The Department of engineering science at this university is home to many research programmes. The professors and students here conduct active research in the field of Robotics, Signal Processing, Ultrasound Imaging, Image Processing, Circuits and Computer Systems, Nanoscale Electronics and Photonics, Medical Imaging, and Quantum Engineering.
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkely is known to be a place where engineering is driven by innovation and passion. The Department of engineering science at this university is known to bring out the life and innovation in all its courses.
The University of Texas at Austin
It is the largest university in Texas and is known for its world-class research facilities in engineering programmes. The Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is known to be home of more than 80 faculties.
Parents and students have become aware about the importance of good schooling. It doesn't matter what kind of university you want to get into, the first and foremost priority should always be your schooling. It builds your core foundation as an individual and decides a lot of things about your future. Today we will talk about the best schools in Asia that are preparing students to become world leaders.
Nexus International School (Singapore)
If you are looking forward to prepare your child for the challenges that the world has to offer, then this is the right place for you. The teaching goes beyond the school textbooks and prepares students for the practical world.
Branksome Hall Asia
The school was established in 2012 in South Korea and has a subsidiary branch in Canada which is 112 years old. It focuses on the importance of physical activity and sports as well as IT which is the future of the world.
Jerudong International School
The school was established back in 1997 and has been offering education to students in English curriculum from classes 2 to 18.
Dulwich Beijing
The school focuses on the importance of values such as resilience, confidence, respect, integrity, responsibility, open-mindedness and kindness are instilled in children from ages three to 18. It teaches students to become good individuals before anything else.
Have you ever dreamt of working in Google, Microsoft and NASA? Well, it almost seems impossible until it's done. There are many students who join these organisation as interns every year and even get changed into full-time employees. Here is your guide to getting an internship in the world's biggest organisation as an international student.
Recession has gripped the world economy and many companies are combating recession to employ layoffs. Some of the biggest employer layoffs has been by Google and Microsoft where hundreds of employees have been fired. Most of these people were from computer science and tech backgrounds. In situations like these, an international student might wonder if computer science is the right degree to pursue. In 2023 alone, around 174 companies had around 54,000 employees. One of the major reasons why companies have to lay off employees in such big numbers is the fact that most of the companies hired thousands of employees during the pandemic when the demand was high.
Now that everything's back to normal and the pace of the demand is as usual, the revenue per employee has fallen immensely. Now coming back to the question, is a computer science degree worth it? It is safe to say that the per quarter income of a computer science graduate has fallen down in the past year. But as a computer science degree holder you can do a lot of different things. You can become a game developer, you can do website building and so many more things. But generally a computer science degree is very expensive.
The return on investment is not as good for everyone equally. For you to cover up your expenses spent on education, it will take some years of earning and working. Now it depends on you and your passion about the profession. There are people who have not spent a lot of money on their education and are still making a lot from their jobs.
Many countries around the world take a conscious initiative of bringing students from underdeveloped and developing countries and giving them the needed resources. It is a duty as human beings to uplift the ones who did not have an opportunity and accessibility like us. This is the reason why many countries offer special scholarships for African students. Today we will talk about special scholarships for African students in the USA as international students.
After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many countries came in support of the people of Ukraine. Numerous countries in Europe offered shelter to thousands of people from Ukraine. The students have been given the opportunity to join schools and universities. In fact, a lot of countries have even given scholarships to students that will help them in continuing their studies without any break. Under the Ukraine crisis support fund, more than 50 students from Ukraine got full scholarships for their studies. The Institute of international education has constantly supported Ukraine during the crisis. The IIE has made sure that no student who wants to continue their education is deprived of their dreams.
IIE also has a scholars rescue fund under which 13 students from Ukraine have been saved and given the opportunity to continue their studies safely in some other countries. IIE scholar rescue fund has also rescued nine students from Russia who could not continue the study safely in the country. Other than this scholarship is like the Global Embassy Scholarships, Artist Protection Fund, and IIE Odyssey Scholarships have also continued.
As per the latest data from the Ministry of external affairs of India, Indian students are now officially studying in more than 150 countries around the world. Despite this versatility, the top choices of Indian students still remains Canada, Australia and the UK. But many students are now travelling to countries like the Philippines, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan for their higher education, which represents that Indian students are becoming more diverse and open in their choices.
The number of students travelling to different foreign countries for higher education has broken all the previous records. Now more and more students want to travel to different countries to pursue their higher education. In 2022 itself, more than seven lakh students went to different countries to study abroad. Looking back in 2017, this number was 4.5 lakhs. This means that there has been a potential increase in the number of students going to various countries for study abroad.
Hundreds of international students from India who are currently studying in Canada might face deportation because of fake visas and acceptance letters. Some of the students have even completed their studies and are currently doing their full-time jobs. As per some media outlets, there are 700 such students who will have to face deportation. Although the number varies from person to person.
The immigration minister of Canada has said that it is very important for the country to take serious measures to stop such illegal processes. It is very important for the visa and immigration department to ensure that every person entering the country has authentic documents. Such forgery should not be accepted at any cost. Most of these students got their visas from a visa consultant based in Jalandhar, India. The Visa consultancy service fooled people and sent them to Canada with fake papers.
But now this week papers caught the eye of the immigration officials. Many students were saved even before coming to Canada. But the main problem is with the students who are already staying in Canada and have spent lakhs of rupees in their education which will now be invalid.
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