{"id":365075,"date":"2025-08-22T16:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/365075\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T16:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:38:10","slug":"germany-sees-20-surge-in-indian-students-as-us-visa-denials-rise-firstpost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/365075\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany sees 20% surge in Indian students as US visa denials rise \u2013 Firstpost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 60,000 Indian students are now studying in Germany, a 20% rise over the past year, according to the German Ambassador. With US visa denials on the rise, Germany\u2019s affordable public universities are emerging as a more stable and welcoming destination<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 60,000 Indian students are currently studying in Germany, a jump of 20% over the past year, according to a post by the German Ambassador to India on X.<\/p>\n<p>In his post, Dr Philipp Ackermann wrote, \u201cNew numbers are out! Almost 60,000 students from India are currently studying in Germany \u2013 a leap of 20 % over a year.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New numbers are out! Almost 60,000 students from India are currently studying in Germany &#8211; a leap of 20 % over a year. \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3\ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83c\udf93\ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83c\udf93<\/p>\n<p>\u2757\ufe0fMy recommendation: our highly prestigious and affordable public universities are a great choice &#8211; do check online reviews of private universities.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr Philipp Ackermann (@AmbAckermann) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmbAckermann\/status\/1958844689164927371?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD<\/p>\n<p>The ambassador highlighted Germany\u2019s public universities as both prestigious and affordable, recommending prospective students to research private institutions carefully.<\/p>\n<p>The sharp rise in enrolment correlates with growing concerns about student visa denials in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>According to the US State Department, more than 6000 international student visas have been cancelled this year.<\/p>\n<p>Out of the 6000 visas, roughly 4000 were cancelled because the visa holders disobeyed the law, including incidents of assault, driving under the influence, burglary, and so on, the State Department informed the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>Another 200-300 visas were cancelled for \u201cterrorism done under INA 3B,\u201d according to the State Department, referring to a regulation that broadly defines \u201cterrorist activity\u201d as activities that risk human life or violate US law, as reported by the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the US administration is scaling up a sweeping \u201ccontinuous vetting\u201d programme, reviewing the records of more than 55 million visa holders for potential threats\u2014including social media scrutiny for \u201canti-American\u201d content or other red flags.<\/p>\n<p>STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD<\/p>\n<p>For Indian students and their families, Germany now represents a more stable and welcoming education destination, offering low-cost, high-quality public university options and fewer immigration uncertainties.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nearly 60,000 Indian students are now studying in Germany, a 20% rise over the past year, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[127929,2000,299,127928,1824,127924,127927,127926,67393,127932,127925,127931,127930],"class_list":{"0":"post-365075","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-affordable-education-in-germany","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-german-public-universities","12":"tag-germany","13":"tag-germany-student-visa","14":"tag-germany-vs-us-study-destination","15":"tag-indian-student-enrollment-2025","16":"tag-indian-students-in-germany","17":"tag-indian-students-overseas","18":"tag-study-abroad-germany","19":"tag-study-abroad-trends-2025","20":"tag-us-student-visa-denials"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115073404336007012","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}