Coronavirus impacts overseas undergrad plans, PG courses remain unaffected

The impact of coronavirus on overseas education applications has been a mixed bag so far. While applications for overseas undergraduate programs have fallen by 40-50 per cent, there has been no impact among those applying for post graduate programs, especially MBA. 

Among undergraduate programs, overseas applicants are also mulling change of destinations from Asian, European and American colleges to relatively lesser impacted regions to Caribbean and African colleges.

For instance, overseas education consulting firm ESS Global has seen a 50 per cent fall in walk-in enquiries from candidates looking to study abroad or whom the firm has been counselling across