1.3 Million Indian students opted to study abroad in 2022

More than 1.3 million Indians went abroad for higher education during 2017-2022, the Ministry of Education told Rajya Sabha last month.

The information was shared by Subhas Sarkar, the Minister of State for Education.

Subhas Sarkar shared data on the number of students who enrolled in foreign universities or colleges, as received from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), in response to a question in the Upper House of Parliament.

He said that the US remains the most preferred destination for Indian students. According to the data, 4,65,791 students went to United States, followed by Canada with 1,83,310 students, UAE (1,64,000), Australia (1,00,009), UK (55,465), Saudi Arabia (65,800), Qatar (46,000), Germany (34,864), Georgia (14,000), France (10,003), Bangladesh (9,308), Armenia (8,015) and China (6,436) among others.

Mr Sarkar was responding to a question raised by DMK MP R Girirajan on the number of students pursuing higher education in foreign countries and if the government has a plan to cater to students' needs to pursue quality education in the country itself.