Hyderabad: With an increasing number of students now apprehensive about going to the US for master’s degrees, institutes in Hyderabad, including universities, are more aggressively exploring options to tie up with colleges in countries such as Germany, Australia, and New Zealand to provide higher education opportunities to engineering students.
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad (JNTUH), for instance, recently signed a letter of intent (LOI) with state universities in Germany. “We are looking at other countries because of the current situation in the US and over-dependency on one country for higher education and job opportunities,” said T Kishen Kumar Reddy, vice-chancellor, JNTUH.
According to the varsity registrar, K Venkateswara Rao, the LOI mentions several aspects, including student and faculty exchange, certificate or diploma programmes, among others. “This will be for both public and private universities in Germany. Going there to study as part of their courses will also be easy on students’ pockets as education is free in public universities,” he added and said that they are exploring Uzbekistan for pharmacy-related courses.
The Telangana Council of Higher Education is also said to be exploring tie-ups with countries like Australia and Mauritius. “We are in talks with these two countries for the benefit of those studying professional courses, especially engineering and MBA,” said a senior official from the council, adding that they are even eyeing the possibility of extending this collaboration to some non-professional courses as well.
Even overseas consultancies confirmed that they are seeing a decrease in the number of enquiries for education opportunities in the US. “At least for the ensuing academic year, no one wants to go to the US. There is a high level of uncertainty and nobody wants to take the risk. Students are, instead, turning towards New Zealand, Australia, Germany, Ireland, among others, not just for engineering, but for courses like food technology, agriculture, film making, among others,” said Ajaya Kumar Vemulapati, running a consultancy in the city.
He pointed out that even colleges are looking at collaborations with universities in other countries other than the US.
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad (JNTUH), for instance, recently signed a letter of intent (LOI) with state universities in Germany. “We are looking at other countries because of the current situation in the US and over-dependency on one country for higher education and job opportunities,” said T Kishen Kumar Reddy, vice-chancellor, JNTUH.
According to the varsity registrar, K Venkateswara Rao, the LOI mentions several aspects, including student and faculty exchange, certificate or diploma programmes, among others. “This will be for both public and private universities in Germany. Going there to study as part of their courses will also be easy on students’ pockets as education is free in public universities,” he added and said that they are exploring Uzbekistan for pharmacy-related courses.
The Telangana Council of Higher Education is also said to be exploring tie-ups with countries like Australia and Mauritius. “We are in talks with these two countries for the benefit of those studying professional courses, especially engineering and MBA,” said a senior official from the council, adding that they are even eyeing the possibility of extending this collaboration to some non-professional courses as well.
Even overseas consultancies confirmed that they are seeing a decrease in the number of enquiries for education opportunities in the US. “At least for the ensuing academic year, no one wants to go to the US. There is a high level of uncertainty and nobody wants to take the risk. Students are, instead, turning towards New Zealand, Australia, Germany, Ireland, among others, not just for engineering, but for courses like food technology, agriculture, film making, among others,” said Ajaya Kumar Vemulapati, running a consultancy in the city.
He pointed out that even colleges are looking at collaborations with universities in other countries other than the US.
