Not in top-15 colleges in US? Indian students turn to UK and Canada

Applicants are either applying to the top varsities in the US or increasingly looking at safer destinations in terms of permanent residency as well as placement opportunities

As the overseas education application season in India heats up, American B-schools which are not among top 15, such as UT Austin, and Indiana and Georgetown, are feeling the pinch, with reduced number of applicants. 

On the other hand, buoyed by the United Kingdom’s (UK’s) recent policy change allowing international students two years of post-study work visa, industry watchers are finding Indian candidates either applying for the top-15 US campuses or preferring Canada and the UK as “backups”, given the easier visa regulations and healthier placement scenario. 

The UK’s move comes at a time when overseas applications, especially from India,