United Kingdom (UK) is a beautiful destination which is very well known for research, literature, sports and music. UK is one of the preferred destinations for international students for their bachelors and master’s education. UK provides a plethora of courses for students to choose, helping them specialize in the field they desire. Universities here are also flexible if the student is looking for a change of course, for example; you might have done your bachelors in civil engineering and now want to pursue a masters in the field of data science, you can go ahead and pursue it. The universities here are also highly ranked and many of them also provide English language test waivers to Indian students depending on the board they have pursued their previous education. Recently the UK government announced 2-year Post Study Work Visa for students and this has caused a massive increase in the number of students applying to this country, the job opportunities here are in abundance and many universities also offer placement year or sandwich year courses where-in the student gets to work on a project or get a real time internship experience working at a firm.
UK is divided into 4 parts Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England. London, the capital of UK is in England, it is also one of the most preferred destination for students planning to study in UK. There are over 150 higher education institutions in UK. UK boasts of Russel group universities which is a group of 24 universities, highly research centric and contribute to about two third of researches produced by UK universities. These universities are highly reputed and well recognized across the globe. Due to the high reputation of most of the UK universities, the degree obtained from these universities are accepted across the globe and widely sought after by employers. The average tuition fees in most of the universities here is around 18,000 to 22000 pounds. London, Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, Nottingham, Aberdeen are few cities that have appeared among the top 100 in QS Best Student Cities ranking 2022.
The average cost of living in UK is between 9500 pounds to 15000 pounds annually depending on the location you prefer to stay. On monthly basis you would need around 800 pounds to 1300 pounds to cover for your accommodation, food and other living costs. Some of the popular courses to study in UK include –
- Business Administration
- Law
- Social Sciences
- Engineering
- Creative Arts
- Biological Sciences
- Medical Sciences.
A student should hold a minimum of 55% to apply for a Masters course and 60% to apply for a bachelors programme for most universities. Again, based on the case universities may consider a lower percentage too for an admit. There are 3 intakes, the major intake is September or Fall intake, then there is a January or Spring intake and then a few universities are also open for May or Summer intake. Students are allowed to work up-to 20 hours per week. UK also has a lot of job opportunities, below are the few fields which are currently facing a skills shortage in UK –
- Engineering
- Healthcare
- Architecture
- IT and Software Development
- Social Sciences
- Humanities
- Sciences
- Arts
A lot of UK universities give scholarships to Indian students, if you apply early the chances of getting a scholarship is also higher. Below are few scholarships that student can look up to, however the competition for these scholarships are very high and hence the student needs to work on having a great profile to achieve these –
- Great Scholarships
- British Chevening Scholarships
- In-laks Scholarship
- Commonwealth Scholarships and Fellowships
- Hornby Scholarships
- Go Clean Scholarship
- Charles Wallace India trust Scholarship
- Gates Cambridge Scholarships
- Western Union Foundation Global Scholarships
- Denys Holland Scholarship
- Forktip Women’s Innovation Scholarship
- Arkwright Engineering Scholarships
- IET Awards and Scholarships
- Women’s Engineering Society Awards etc;
The above includes scholarships at both undergraduate and graduate level.
To file an application for UK generally the below documents are required –
- Academic Documents
- IELTS/TOEFL/PTE/UKVI-IELTS scorecard or Medium of Instruction
- Letters of Recommendation
- Resume
- Statement of Purpose
- Passport
- Work Experience/Internship letters, if any.
To sum up, below are the few reasons to study in UK-
- Plenty of course options to choose from.
- Top ranked universities
- Application fee waivers for many universities.
- Gap years and previous visa rejections accepted
- 2 years Post Study Work Visa
- IELTS/TOEFL/PTE – English Language Test Waivers for selected boards.
- Flexibility to change field of study.
- Plenty of job opportunities.
- Placement year courses
- Scholarship Opportunities
- Part time allowed
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