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India sends maximum number of sci, engineering students to US
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Lalit K Jha
Washington, Jul 9 (PTI) India with 67,800 students
accounts for largest number of foreign students in science and
engineering in the United States and is followed by China with
53,740 pupils, the National Science Foundation has said.
India has maintained its significant lead over China
and other countries despite the fact that in the last one
year, new enrolment from India in Science and Engineering
dropped by 17 per cent and those from China jumped by 25 per
cent.
Two countries - India with 68,000 S&E students and
China with 54,000 - accounted for almost half (47 per cent) of
all foreign S&E students (258,950) in the United States in
December 2009, the National Science Foundation said.
"Overall S&E enrollment from India and from China
increased in 2009, but the situation among new S&E students
was more mixed: enrollment of new S&E students from India
declined 17 per cent, but enrollment of new S&E students from
China increased 25 per cent," it said in its latest report.
"Overall S&E enrollment and enrollment of new S&E
students from South Korea were about the same in 2009 as in
2008. In addition, S&E enrollment in the United States
increased from the Middle East (notably Saudi Arabia and Iran)
and Africa but decreased from Europe, Central and South
America, and Canada," the report said.
Noting that level of enrollment and fields of study
differ by country of citizenship, the report said two of the
top three countries - India and China - send far more S&E than
non-S&E students and more graduate students than undergraduate
students to the United States.
More than half of the students from India study
engineering or computer sciences, mostly at the master's
level. Almost half of the students from China study either
business or engineering.
Most Chinese business students (96 per cent) are
enrolled in undergraduate or master's programs, and more than
half of Chinese engineering students are enrolled in doctoral
programs.
In contrast, South Korea sends far more non-S&E than
S&E students and more undergraduate than graduate students.
More than two-thirds of the students from South Korea are
enrolled in non-S&E fields.
Business and humanities account for the largest
numbers of South Koreans in non-S&E fields, and engineering
accounts for the largest number of South Koreans enrolled in
S&E fields, it said.
According to the report, Canada, India and the United
Kingdom send the largest numbers of nonnative-born citizens to
study S&E in the United States. PTI LKJ
MYR
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Lalit K Jha
Washington, Jul 9 (PTI) India with 67,800 students
accounts for largest number of foreign students in science and
engineering in the United States and is followed by China with
53,740 pupils, the National Science Foundation has said.
India has maintained its significant lead over China
and other countries despite the fact that in the last one
year, new enrolment from India in Science and Engineering
dropped by 17 per cent and those from China jumped by 25 per
cent.
Two countries - India with 68,000 S&E students and
China with 54,000 - accounted for almost half (47 per cent) of
all foreign S&E students (258,950) in the United States in
December 2009, the National Science Foundation said.
"Overall S&E enrollment from India and from China
increased in 2009, but the situation among new S&E students
was more mixed: enrollment of new S&E students from India
declined 17 per cent, but enrollment of new S&E students from
China increased 25 per cent," it said in its latest report.
"Overall S&E enrollment and enrollment of new S&E
students from South Korea were about the same in 2009 as in
2008. In addition, S&E enrollment in the United States
increased from the Middle East (notably Saudi Arabia and Iran)
and Africa but decreased from Europe, Central and South
America, and Canada," the report said.
Noting that level of enrollment and fields of study
differ by country of citizenship, the report said two of the
top three countries - India and China - send far more S&E than
non-S&E students and more graduate students than undergraduate
students to the United States.
More than half of the students from India study
engineering or computer sciences, mostly at the master's
level. Almost half of the students from China study either
business or engineering.
Most Chinese business students (96 per cent) are
enrolled in undergraduate or master's programs, and more than
half of Chinese engineering students are enrolled in doctoral
programs.
In contrast, South Korea sends far more non-S&E than
S&E students and more undergraduate than graduate students.
More than two-thirds of the students from South Korea are
enrolled in non-S&E fields.
Business and humanities account for the largest
numbers of South Koreans in non-S&E fields, and engineering
accounts for the largest number of South Koreans enrolled in
S&E fields, it said.
According to the report, Canada, India and the United
Kingdom send the largest numbers of nonnative-born citizens to
study S&E in the United States. PTI LKJ
MYR
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