{"id":411572,"date":"2025-09-09T22:40:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T22:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/411572\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T22:40:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T22:40:29","slug":"germany-trumps-us-as-indian-students-redraw-global-education-map-report-mumbai-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/411572\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany trumps US as Indian students redraw global education map: Report | Mumbai News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Germany MUMBAI: Germany has overtaken the United States as a preferred destination for Indian students, marking a dramatic shift in global education choices, according to upGrad\u2019s latest Transnational Education (TNE) Report 2024\u201325. The findings reveal a surge in Indian applications to German universities \u2014 from 13.2% in 2022 to 32.6% this year \u2014 while applications to U.S. institutions dipped 13% year-on-year.The study, based on insights from over one lakh respondents, signals a fundamental pivot: students are no longer asking, \u201cWhere can I go?\u201d but \u201cWhat immediate career outcomes will this degree give me?\u201d This career-first pragmatism is reshaping the landscape. The UAE, which now hosts 42% Indian students in its international student population, joins Germany as a breakout star in higher education.Traditional magnets are losing shine. Canada\u2019s share fell from 17.8% to 9.3% in just two years, while the U.S. ceded ground to European and Middle Eastern hubs. The \u201cBig Four\u201d \u2014 US, UK, Canada, Australia \u2014 are no longer default choices, said Praneet Singh, AVP, University Partnerships, upGrad Study Abroad.<\/p>\n

Poll<\/p>\n

Do you believe that affordability will continue to influence Indian students’ education choices?<\/p>\n

\u201cIndian students today are far more intentional \u2014 weighing geopolitical shifts, visa uncertainties, and costs. Europe, the Middle East, and APAC have emerged as smarter, future-ready alternatives.\u201dThe report shows how affordability is shaping ambition. One in three students now funds education via loans, while 28% rely on scholarships. Only 19.9% prioritise permanent residency \u2014 long seen as the holy grail of study abroad \u2014 whereas 45.7% say their chief concern is career ROI.Preferred programs echo this recalibration: 86.5% opt for master\u2019s degrees, with management\/MBA enrolments doubling from 30% to 55.6% in three years. STEM too has surged, now attracting nearly 39%.Nearly half of respondents were between 20\u201324 years of age, with a significant share from Tier-2 cities. In fact, 57.2% of upGrad\u2019s FY25 enrolled batch comes from outside metro centres \u2014 signalling the spread of global aspiration beyond India\u2019s big cities.UpGrad says its model enables learners to start coursework in India before transitioning overseas, with the flexibility to recalibrate destinations during the first year. \u201cThe future of international education,\u201d Singh said, \u201cisn\u2019t about simply moving abroad \u2014 it\u2019s about moving ahead, strategically and purposefully.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MUMBAI: Germany has overtaken the United States as a preferred destination for Indian students, marking a dramatic shift…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,141557,1824,137506,138675,50557,41045,50558,50559,50560,141559,141558],"class_list":{"0":"post-411572","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-german-universities","11":"tag-germany","12":"tag-indian-students-abroad","13":"tag-international-education-trends","14":"tag-mumbai-latest-news","15":"tag-mumbai-news","16":"tag-mumbai-news-live","17":"tag-mumbai-news-today","18":"tag-today-news-mumbai","19":"tag-uae-education-for-indians","20":"tag-upgrad-tne-report-2024-25"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115176749521948763","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411572","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=411572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}