In this post I will be discussing certain important queries and concerns related to admission in MS/PhD/Direct PhD/ Integrated PhD courses in foreign universities by Indian students with fully funded scholarships. Some common queries and questions asked by Indian students seeking partial or fully funded scholarships for courses like MS/PhD/Direct PhD/ Integrated PhD in foreign universities are mentioned below:

• Are all foreign favourite destinations to pursue higher education (MS/PhD/Direct PhD/ Integrated PhD) with or without fully funded scholarships equally safe for Indian students in the wake of global economic slump and adverse geopolitical situations prevailing?
• Are there any red and green zones as far as safe and not so safe destinations concerned to pursue MS/PhD/Direct PhD/ Integrated PhD?
• Are all European nations offering equally good job opportunities post grad and post PhD?
• Are students who pursued MS/PhD/Direct PhD/ Integrated PhD from foreign universities getting jobs and proper settlements in these countries?
• Are there some good destinations and some not so good as far as pursuing higher education MS/PhD/Direct PhD/ Integrated PhD in foreign nations is concerned?
• What will be typical return on investment (ROI) in case we don’t get fully or partially funded scholarships in foreign nations?
• Is pursing MS equally safe as pursuing PhD or direct PhD in foreign nations for Indian students?
• Why students pursuing PhD in foreign universities are more immune to the recessionary cycles of economy compared to those pursuing MS?
• What are the typical safe options to PhD or direct PhD students in foreign countries?

Are there green zones or safe heavens for Indian students in form of foreign universities?

Yes, as per our understanding, there are certainly some destinations in the form of foreign global universities which provide better opportunities to Indian students compared to others. These provide fully funded scholarships, research facilities, projects, corporate jobs and post graduate and PhD job opportunities.

YourPedia Global mentors are in contact with hundreds and thousand of student’s world over who keep sending the information about the career opportunities they are exploring sitting in those universities.

Which foreign universities having high ranks (QS) provide fully funded scholarships to Indian students aspiring to join MS & PhD programs?

Which universities provide very good job opportunities after graduation?

Which universities provide very good research infrastructure and research facilities?

Which nation provide permanent residency (PR) opportunities to Indian students?

Which universities in foreign countries provide fully funded direct or integrated PhD opportunities to Indian students immediately after their undergrad courses like B. Tech, BE, B. Pharma?

Which foreign universities and research groups offer best opportunities for Engineering and Science students?

Which foreign universities and research groups offer best opportunities for management students?

Which foreign universities and research groups offer best opportunities for Pharma students?

Which foreign universities and research groups offer best opportunities for social Science students?

Which foreign universities and research groups offer best opportunities for literature students?

The modus operandi used by the mentors of YourPedia Global is to map the research interest and background of the individual student with that of professor’s research work and connect them. Student is asked to mail the professor and make him aware about the high correlation between their research interests.

Best Foreign destinations for Indian Students aspiring for Direct/Integrated PhD

USA & Australia are the best destinations

for Indian students aspiring to join the courses of direct or integrated PhD with fully funded scholarships. Direct PhD or Integrated PhD are done immediately after the undergrad like B Tech, BE, B Pharma, MSc MCA etc

One of the best ways to go abroad with fully funded scholarship is through direct or integrated PhD programs. For Indian students, fully funded scholarship offers financial stability in those countries or else they are to spend lot of money to get educated.

In USA, there are more than 300 good universities whose research infrastructure is as good as or even better than the best universities available in India including majority of IITs, NITs, IIITs, BITs, VITs etc

If Indian students get opportunity to get direct PhD from these universities with fully funded scholarships, they must surely join.  Even if QS rank of USA university offering fully funded direct PhD is 500, you must join and try to do good research work there. The career opportunities after PhD depends directly upon the effort individual does during PhD. Very good researchers or professors are sitting in even very low QS ranked institutes in USA.

All the universities in USA can be categorised in three groups A, B & C. Group A universities are those with high QS ranks where getting admission may be difficult. Similarly, group C universities my have very low QS ranks but still offering very good research career.

Other than

Typically best universities in Australia ask for one research publication during undergrad to join the direct PhD opportunities.

 

Best Foreign destinations for Indian Students aspiring for PhD

USA, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Ireland, Australia, Singapore, New Zealand offer best career opportunities to Indian students for pursing PhD programs with fully funded scholarships.

There are number of reasons why these countries are best to pursue PhD for Indian students:

1. Very good scholarships during PhD typically around $2500
2. Very good research environment
3. Very good research facilities and infrastructure
4. Very good professors, labs peers
5. Best destinations
6. Very good work life balance
7. Very good post qualification settlements
8. Opportunities to settle in these nations
9. Good job opportunities
10. Funding by the universities for conferences, paper presentations and publications

 

Best Foreign destinations for Indian Students aspiring for MS

Germany, Scandinavian nations and Singapore offer very good MS opportunities to Indian students.

Thes reasons for Germany to be one of the best choices is tuition free education in the public universities of Germany. There are many public TU in Germany where there is no tuition fee charged and students may also get DAAD scholarships at the same time. Typically expenditure during MS in Germany is almost one third compared to USA and cost around 15 to 20 Lakhs

 

Be careful for return on your investment

So, friends be careful when you plan to join courses for MS programs abroad and spend money, you must get 𝐑𝐎𝐈 (𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭)

Fully funded Direct PhD or PhD options in top universities provide you safety to some extent as you get scholarships as well as you have option of post doctorate fellowship (PDF) in academic institutes which provide good salary and you can cope up during economic recession.

Having said this all let me clarify couple of points here:

• Whether you want to pursue MS or PhD after MS or Direct PhD after B Tech is your own decision and should be taken by you only. Mentors of YourPedia Global can only suggest you the best qualitative way to approach the professors in various universities and make you map your research interest with their research work going on in their lab.
• YourPedia Global does not suggest you any course without doing the detailed profile assessment of your academic and research background which may make you more suitable for MS or PhD or Direct PhD.
• Ultimate decision to pursue MS or PhD or Direct PhD in good foreign universities is your only and must be taken by you and your family after detailed analysis of facts and figures available
• Its difficult to get partial or fully funded scholarships for MS programs compared to PhD and direct PhD in foreign universities
• It is difficult for Indian students to pursue particular course in foreign universities without partial and fully funded scholarships

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