30.6% increase since 2012, Australia is 3rd most preferred destination for students
With an increasing number of Australian companies engaging with corporates in India, the number of PhD students going to Australia has increased by 30.6 percent since 2012. It is now the third most preferred destination for PhD by Indian students.
In terms of postgraduate studies also, Australia ranks at number two, with United States being at the top.
As per the Group of Eight (Go8) — India PhD Advisory Taskforce report released on Monday, in 2016, there were 1093 Indian PhD students enrolled in Australia. This represented a 30.7 percent increase compared to 2012, and a 60.7 percent increase compared to 2006. By far, the most favoured fields of study by Indian students at PhD level were Engineering and related technologies (26.2 percent) and the Natural and Physical sciences (26.2 percent), followed by Health (17.2 percent) and Society and Culture (13.4 percent).
This was in stark contrast to Indian students studying at both Masters and Bachelor degree level. At Masters level, Management and Commerce (46.3 percent) and Information Technology (28.7 percent) were by far the fields most studied by Indian students, followed by Engineering (12.2 percent).
Even as the number of PhD students coming to Australia has been on a rise, it is still behind in comparison to the United States. According to the data published by Institute of International Education (IIE), in 2015-15 there were 101,850 students enrolled in PhD and Masters programmes in US, in comparison, there were 31,653 students enrolled in Australia.
A source aware of the developments said, “The number of PhD students coming to Australia has been on a high, specially in the last three-four years. One of the reasons behind this is, more Australian companies engaging with Indian corporates and education institutions here.”
“Since Indian students are more research oriented, the number of patents filed in Australian universities goes up. This is an advantage to both university and the student, since more number of patents filed would mean better ranking for the university,” added the source.
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