kolkata harshvardhan chamria would prefer a us university over an iit or any other top indian varsity in spite of scoring a whopping 96 in his cbse class xii exam thats because the infrastructure exposure and faculty are a lot better in the us even a student with a 95 would have to struggle in india to get into the right college with a subject of his or her choice this is not so with universities abroad especially in the us said the la martiniere student most city toppers echoed the same consider this the number of students seeking admission to universities in us uk and australia has gone up by 3035 in the last five years kirti patodia having scored 93 applied to the us long before his board exams the biggest attraction is the dual degree on offer ill be studying both management and technology thats how flexible us education is nandita mittal too voiced the same despite a score of 937 in isc i had ruled out indian universities long ago obviously i have chosen the us for various reasons us still remains the popular destination not only for indian students but for the world over said arindam mukherjee marketing incharge of the chopras a consultancy firm that helps students make it to foreign shores arindam saha too has not allowed his isc score of 96 change his decision of going to the us i never wanted to study all those unwanted subjects why study chemistry when i want to become a computer engineer of course there are some who are willing to explore uncharted territories one of the reasons may be the nearsaturation point of the us labour market canada australia singapore and new zealand are the upcoming destinations canada arguably one of the best education systems in the world is a good option if finance is an issue australia too has proved to be a huge attraction being a lowpopulated country it has better prospects of finding employment after completing ones course while us is the first choice for it students australia is a popular destination for business and science courses its the same with singapore indians prefer singapore because of cultural proximity and economic reasons parttime jobs though are not permitted there added mukherjee with top multinational companies overflowing singapore is the commercial hub of asia therefore there is a lot of scope for a student to grow professionally and personally even lots of offshore french or american campuses are opening up said rahul agarwal pursuing his mba in the country the government has a clear target of 6 million population with the present statistics boasting of 4 million new zealand allows research students to pay local fees this goes at the doctoral or postdoctoral level claimed mukherjee on the other hand united kingdom has been the source of renowned artists thinkers politicians and entrepreneurs the british qualification is recognised all over the world secondly the courses are shorter compared to elsewhere this saves