1. HIGHER EDUCATION
in INDIA
Internationalization trends

2. Institutions of Higher Education

5. Students Population

6. ALL INDIA GROWTH OF STUDENTS ENROLMENT

8. Education in India is considered to be
a social service
and is accorded
the status of public good.

9. Statistics
Indian Students Abroad
• In the 20010/11 academic year, 103,895 students from India were
studying in the United States (down 1% from the previous year).
• India is the second leading place of origin for students coming to the
United States.
• The majority of Indian students study at the graduate level.
In 2010/11, their breakdown was as follows:
13.5% undergraduate
61.2% graduate students
1.5% other
23.7% OPT (Optional Practical Training)

10. Statistics
Indian Students Flow (USA)

11. Other options
• Australia, Canada and New Zealand are
seen as ‘low cost options’
• Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore are
perceived as offering a ‘western’
education at an ‘eastern’ price.

12. Average Total Cost (US$)
(Including Tuition Fee and Living Cost for
Graduate Students)

13. Foreign Institutions in India
• The majority of the foreign education providers
provide professional/vocational courses. Of
the total sample of 131 institutions (2005), 107
were providing vocational courses, 19
technical courses and only 5 were offering
general education.
• Business Management and Hotel
Management constitute approximately 80% of
the total number of courses.

14. Types of Operation of Foreign
Institutions in India

15. Future Growth
Prime Minister of India has announced the
establishment of
• 8 IITs,
• 7 Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs)
• 5 Indian Institutes of Science, Education
and Research (IISERs) and
• 30 Central Universities

16. Future Growth
• India is going to experience a paradox of
nearly 90 million people joining the
workforce but most of them will lack skills.
• India has about 550 million people under
the age of 25 years out of which only 11%
are enrolled in tertiary institutions
compared to the world average of 23%.

17. Future Growth
• The government wants to add 25 million
students to the current 15 million in higher
education as India's economy grows.
• The aim is to raise India's gross
enrollment ratio in the 18 to 25 year age
group from the current 12.4% to 30% by
2030.

18. Challenges
• The lecturer-to-student ratio in the country is
1:20.9 against 1:13.5 recommended by the
UGC (1:12 for postgraduate students and 1:15
for undergraduates)
• The elite Indian institutes of technology (IITs)
and national institutes of technology have only
around two-thirds of the faculty they require,
• A further 100,000 teachers will be required
each year in colleges in the coming decade if
the shortage is not addressed as the country's
higher education system expands

19. Future needs
“..more than 300,000 is the shortage of
faculty in the system at present," stated
the Ministry of Human Resource
Development.