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Germany woos Indian students
By Our Special Correspondent
HYDERABAD, Jan. 22. Opportunities for Indian students to pursue higher education in Germany are unlimited. Pursuing technical or non-technical undergraduate and post-graduate courses in Germany is cheaper as entire higher education in that country is subsidised by the Government.
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in Delhi is keen that more and more Indian students avail the opportunities to pursue higher education in that country.
In a power point presentation on the academic careers in Germany here on Tuesday, DAAD director Hannelore Bossmann explained that the foreign students are not discriminated in any manner even in the matter of providing education free of cost.
The programme was arranged by the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages (CIEFL). Of the 1.8 million students in Germany, foreign students account for 10 per cent.
But the number of students from India is very low. In the sphere of Indo-German industrial collaboration, Maharasthra took the lead accounting for 33 per cent of the collaborative ventures. Andhra Pradesh, represented only 2 per cent of the collaborative ventures however looked forward for better partnership opportunities, she said.
Ms. Bossmann said Indian students keen on pursuing higher studies after completing 10 plus 2 stage were required to undergo a one-year bridge course in Germany. There was no entrance test for admissions.
The cost of living " is moderate and one can pursue the studies with a minimum monthly expenditure of 1250 Deutsche Marks (DMs) per month.'' It was not difficult to obtain work permits and students could earn for at least three months in a year, she further pointed out.
She said scholarships and grants were available for researchers as Germany accorded priority to research and development (R&D), on which 2.3 per cent of its GNP is spent annually. The strength of Indian students in Germany had gone up from 655 in 1980 to 1,412 in 2000 and there was vast scope for this number to soar in the years to come, she added.
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