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AUSTRIAN UNIVERSITIES

Apart from the “classic” universities, which offer a wide variety of disciplines, there are a number of specialist universities as well as a university centre for postgraduate education. Since January 1st, 2004 the former Medical Faculties have been detached from the universities and have become separate universities in Vienna, Graz and Innsbruck. Austria’s [...]

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The procedure to be followed in the consulate [...]

Superior Split Degree Program

To celebrate flair and flavour of foreign education in the rapidly changing academic environment, ‘Superior’ offers fruitful support to its students on productive programmes of study in an international setting in renowned Colleges and Universities at UK and Australia, enabling them to demonstrate high profile initiative whatever field they choose to pursue.

China to Step up Efforts to Promote Education for the Poor

Shanghai’s Youth Daily says a recent meeting to discuss the issue of compulsory education in rural areas has proposed to eliminate tuition fees from a nine-year education program for students in western China next year.

The exemption of tuition fees will grow to benefit the poverty-stricken areas of central and eastern China by 2007.
The results of [...]

53 universities to receive overseas students funded by foreign govts

BEIJING, Fifty-three qualified Chinese universities and colleges were approved here Friday to receive overseas students sponsored by foreign governments, sources with the Ministry of Education said.
On Friday, the China Scholarship Council (CSC), an official organization in charge of the foreign students’ affairs, signed a contract with the 53 schools in group, thus kicking off a [...]

United States opens its doors wide open for foreign students: Visa requirements greatly relaxed

Washington, The United States has extended the length of time foreign students may be issued student visas, and will issue student visas up to 120 days before classes begin, as compared to 90 days under previous regulations, the State Department announced
The State Department made this significant change due to vehement criticism by the nation’s premier [...]

US wants more Pakistani students but students have no information

Although countries like the US want Pakistani students in their schools and universities, aspiring students don’t have access to adequate information in this regard. Education experts and students alike are worried by the little scattered information to be found on the Internet and search engines, and provided by civil society groups and foreign desks in [...]

75 percent of Pakistani students get visas

PESHAWAR, US Consul General Kay Anski has said about 75 percent of the Pakistani students got visas whenever they walk into the US Embassy with a visa application.
The US Consul General was invited to the University of Peshawar Wednesday to speak on difficulties being faced by the students in seeking student visa for US.
Students, seeking [...]

UK announces new visa procedure for students

LAHORE: The British government announced to apply the Points Based System to applicants, intending to visit the country for higher education, to ensure transparency in the system.
The new system, known as Tier 4 of the Points Based System, will also enable the students to check the perquisites on the web before applying for visa with [...]