Did you know our
country India has the world’s second most large higher education system with
more than five hundred fifty education institutes, universities and sixteen
thousand different colleges in various large and small cities? Some cities are
especially well known as education hubs of junior colleges like undergraduate courses in Pune,
Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad are quite famous for offering various
undergraduate degrees under plenty of academic disciplines.
Here is another
interesting fact for you! There is more than 20-million student population in
our country and 85% of them are undergraduates and enrolments are increasing by
around fifteen per cent each year!
How is the quality of education in India
The colleges which
grant degrees come under universities or deemed universities. There are both
private and public universities. But all need accreditation by the University
Grants Commission or UGC. Because of various educational reforms and
improvements in the quality of education as well as the infrastructure/quality
of the institutions, facilities, faculty etcetera are now attracting foreign
students as well.
As per BRIC ( an
abbreviation of the group of developing nations of Brazil, Russia, India, and
China), forty-three Indian Universities rank among its list of top two hundred
universities. Seven of its IITs appear in the top 60 list while the University
of Calcutta and University of Delhi appear among the top seventy in the list.
Most popular undergraduate courses in India
1.Management: Bachelor
of Business Administration BBA
2. Engineering :
(Bachelor of Technology) BTech and BE (Bachelor of Engineering). Basically both
are the same.
3.Computer
Application: (Bachelor of Computer Application) BCA
4.Designing: Fashion
Designing/Interior Designing/Web Designing
5.Mass-communication/Journalism:
Bachelor of Journalism and Mass Communication BJMC
6.Hospitality: Hotel
Management Bachelor of Hotel Management BHM
( a bachelor's degree programme in
hospitality/hotel and travel sector).
7.Medical: (Bachelor
of Dental Surgery) BDS and Bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery MBBS
8.Finance: Bachelor
of Commerce B.Com/ Chartered Accountancy
CA
9.Arts: (Bachelor of
Arts) in various subjects like English, Psychology, Sociology and more.
10.Law: B.ALLB- an
integrated program that includes Arts subjects along with Law syllabus and
students get a dual degree/Bachelor of Legislative Law LLB
11.Education/Teaching: Bachelor of EducationB.Ed
12.Pharmacy: A
Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharma)
13.Tourism
management: BBA in Hotel and Tourism Management /B.Sc in Hospitality and
Tourism Studies /B.Sc in Hospitality and Catering Management/B.Sc in
Hospitality and Hotel Administration
14.Fine Arts:
Bachelor of Fine Arts B.F.A
15.Nursing: BSc
Nursing
With various good
colleges in different cities offering perfect grooming for students like the
undergraduate degree Pune, Nagpur, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and also
other cities, India is increasingly getting noticed as a cheap yet excellent
study-destination for students of other parts of the world from various
cultural, economic, social backgrounds which enrich the Indian students as
well.
