College Admissions & Entrance Exams Updates
IIT Entrance Exam Abroad For Foreign Pupils
In a bid to attract more international talent, the prestigious IITs for the first time are planning hold their entrance tests in Singapore, UAE, Ethiopia and Saarc nations next year to select foreign students for undergraduate and postgraduate courses.
At recent a meeting between officials of human resource development and external affairs ministries, eight countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka (all Saarc member nations), Ethiopia, Singapore and Dubai (UAE) have been zeroed in on for holding entrance tests for foreign nationals from next year onwards.
It is aimed that the plan would be operationalised from the JEE, GATE exams to be conducted in 2017, a HRD ministry official said.
The students will be selected through a common entrance exam which would be administered by the IITs with the help of Indian missions in these countries.
Officials, however, added that seats to be offered to foreign nationals would be supernumerary or additional in nature and would not reduce those available to Indian nationals at the 18 IITs.
The fee applicable in the case of foreign students will also be more as the subsidised fee which Indians pay would not be applicable to them.
To facilitate these foreign students, MEA will consider giving them research visa for the duration of the programme rather than one year at a time, officials added.
While the test is to be held in 2017, the outreach programme for the exercise would begin from Augus this year and will be conducted in all these eight countries. IIT Mumbai has been asked to prepare the necessary information material for this outreach.
It is learnt that the government is keen on more foreign students studying at IITs as it could boost their international academic rankings.
(ToI)
At recent a meeting between officials of human resource development and external affairs ministries, eight countries including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka (all Saarc member nations), Ethiopia, Singapore and Dubai (UAE) have been zeroed in on for holding entrance tests for foreign nationals from next year onwards.
It is aimed that the plan would be operationalised from the JEE, GATE exams to be conducted in 2017, a HRD ministry official said.
The students will be selected through a common entrance exam which would be administered by the IITs with the help of Indian missions in these countries.
Officials, however, added that seats to be offered to foreign nationals would be supernumerary or additional in nature and would not reduce those available to Indian nationals at the 18 IITs.
The fee applicable in the case of foreign students will also be more as the subsidised fee which Indians pay would not be applicable to them.
To facilitate these foreign students, MEA will consider giving them research visa for the duration of the programme rather than one year at a time, officials added.
While the test is to be held in 2017, the outreach programme for the exercise would begin from Augus this year and will be conducted in all these eight countries. IIT Mumbai has been asked to prepare the necessary information material for this outreach.
It is learnt that the government is keen on more foreign students studying at IITs as it could boost their international academic rankings.
(ToI)
