new delhi englishspeaking have top universities offers industryaligned worldclass courses stayback option for international students to work these are some of the traits that lure students to ireland which has especially become an attractive destination for indians many of irelands specialised colleges enjoy high global rankings as well there are several industryaligned worldclass courses available for international students the return on investment is very high because students are employable after they finish their studies in ireland and can find jobs easily ireland is a hub of several global multinational companies in various sectors including financial services pharma medtech life sciences and ict and that is a key advantage for graduates who are looking to work in those fields says wendy dsouza senior vicepresident india south asia enterprise ireland education in ireland ireland also offers a twoyear poststudy stayback option for international postgraduate students to work and a oneyear stayback for undergraduates last year 5000 indian students went to study in ireland and this year the figure could climb higher feels dsouza while the larger number of students join masters courses there is now a focus on attracting more undergraduate students to ireland from india some of the subjects that attract indian undergrad students are computer science business engineering and biosciences postgrad students are drawn to ict finance pharma entrepreneurship ai data science and psychologyclaire oconnor student recruitment specialist at rcsi university of medicine and health sciences in dublin says the number of students from india joining the university directly after high school is growing we have a dedicated career team at our university to help them in their career path after graduation while an internship in ireland is not guaranteed for everyone we support our students as much as possible says oconnor rohini roy who was working at a leading advertising agency after her graduation in kolkata went to ireland in 2017 for her masters in global business practice from then cork institute of technology now known as munster technological university she now works in cork ireland at a us healthcare communications company as manager insights analytics i started looking for universities abroad in 2016 after working in india for five years when i realised i needed to upskill myself and take the next big step in life i had to consider three things an englishspeaking country an affordable masters degree programme and a country which would give a longer poststudy stayback visa roy told times of india she chose ireland because it ticked all the boxes she was a recipient of the meritbased government of ireland scholarship which is given to a handful of international students the scholarship covered my full tuition fees and provided me with a sum of 10000 which was enough to do my masters in ireland with almost no expense of my own she said the admission process was fairly smooth she had received the visa decision within seven days of applying roy has been in ireland for five years now and