1. What You Need to Know About Recruiting in
India and How EducationUSA Can Assist
Himanshu Dev, EducationUSA Adviser
United States-India Education Foundation, Mumbai, India
Michael Elgarico, Director
Undergraduate Admission, California Lutheran University
Diane Weisz Young, Program Officer
EducationUSA, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
U.S. Department of State

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Goals of EducationUSA
1. Provide accurate, comprehensive, and current
information to students about all accredited U.S.
higher education institutions
2. Assist U.S. higher education community in their
recruitment of qualified international students

3. EducationUSA Promotes
U.S. Higher Education Abroad
• Like us on Facebook (EducationUSA – general and country specific)
• Follow us on Twitter
• Access Center and Country Fact Sheets
• Access U.S. Higher Education Resources
– Retrieve presentations and other resources
• Send materials to our centers
– Often using U.S. postage
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4. EducationUSA Promotes
U.S. Higher Education Abroad #2
• Submit information to Weekly Update
– Provides new academic program & scholarship information for
international students.
• Request our logo
– Get a hyperlinked version of our logo for your international admissions
website to direct prospective students to our centers
Direct your admitted students to our
Pre-Departure Orientation programs!
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5. General facts about India
 Population: 1.2 billion (2011 Census)
 Economic system: mixed – free market and
state controlled
 Per Capita Income: Rs. 60,972 (~USD 1100)
(Econ. Survey, GOI, 2011-12)
 Literacy rate: 75%
 View of U.S.: extremely positive
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6. More facts about India
 43 Central, 265 State, 80 State Private Universities
and 130 Institutions Deemed To Be Universities
(www.ugc.ac.in )
 Schools/Jr. Colleges in India: > 127,000 secondary/
senior secondary schools (www.cobse.org)
 Colleges in India: 33,023 (www.ugc.ac.in )
 Students Enrolment in Universities & Colleges:
Total: 16 million; Females: 7 million (41.5%)
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10. Educational Structure in India

11. Testing/leaving exams
• Table
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Grades/
Boards
CBSE CISCE IBO CIE State Boards
(may vary)
X Secondary
School
Examination
(AISSE)
ICSE MYP GCE
‘O’ Level
Secondary School
Certificate(SSC)
XII Senior School
Certificate
(AISSCE)
ISC DP IGCSE
‘A’ Level
Higher Secondary
Certificate(HSC)

12. Undergraduate Education - India
 Admission process – 12th Grade results and/or
entrance exams
 Competitiveness – top schools admit ~ 0.1% of
applicants, e.g. IIT, SRCC, etc.
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13. Undergraduate Education – India #2
 Length – Technical degrees take 4 yrs or more, most liberal arts
and sciences 3 yrs
 Popular fields of study:
Engineering: B.E./B.Tech,
Business/Commerce: B.Com./BBM/BBA/BBS/BMS
Medicine: MBBS/BDS
Arts & Sciences: B.A./B.Sc./Hons programs/ Specialized Bachelors,
e.g. B.Sc.-Microbiology
Law: 5-yr Law-Hons: "B.A., LL.B. (Hons)", "B.B.A, LL.B. (Hons)",
"B.Sc., LL.B. (Hons)“ and the traditional 3-yr LLB after Bachelors
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14. Undergraduate Education – India #3
Number of undergraduate students studying
in the United States – 14,026
(Open Doors, 2010-11)
Capacity – Huge demand and low supply
leading to a gap between demand and supply

15. Graduate Education - India
 Popular fields of study – Engineering, Computer
Sciences & IT, Business, Biological Sciences, Medical
and Health Sciences, Environment, Physical Sciences,
Social Sciences, Law, Physiotherapy, Interdisciplinary
 Level of interest in U.S. – Very high
 Capacity for local institutions at graduate level
Length of study – 2 years for Masters, 3+ for Doctors
Terminal degrees offered – MBA, PhD
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16. How EducationUSA centers
help students in India
Services offered:
Group Advising
One-on-one advising
Special sessions
Visa sessions by consular officers
Fairs & outreach programs
Pre-departure Orientation
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17. Additional Services
 Testing available:
SAT, SAT II, ACT, PSAT, AP, TOEFL (iBT), TOEIC, Praxis (varies
between centers)
 Proctoring U.S. University Exams
 Transcript evaluation or translation:
Attestation services offered at all EducationUSA advising centers in India.

18. Collaborating with EducationUSA
Services
• Answering questions
• Fairs
• Travel information
Best Practices
• Use website
• Know EducationUSA advisers

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Getting Started
• Log in to www.EducationUSA.state.gov
– Receive HEI News
– Send information to Weekly Update
– Use resources on website
• Contact EducationUSA Regional Educational Advising Coordinators and
Advisers in regions of interest
• Attend regional recruitment opportunities: Fairs, Conferences, Webinars