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Is it worth pursuing MS from UK?

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Asked by Midhun Medikonda

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Shivam Chhirolya shivamchhirolya@gmail.com | Scholar-Level 17

6 years ago

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From an Indian citizen perspective, the answer right now my friend is NO. Irrespective of which college you are going for, or which degree it is that you are going for, UK right now is not a good option for those Indians who want to study and work there. As most of us are aware, the UK has made immigration very strict and almost no foreign student is allowed or given the post-study work visa. In simple words, you study there for your course duration on a student visa, and then the moment it expires, you have to come back to your country or go elsewhere. This is not an ideal scenario for students who are going for premium costly degrees such as MS or MBA/MIM. It is a fact that ROI after studying from a country such as UK is only good when you can earn money in their currency otherwise after graduation, not only will you have difficult finding a job in UK, even if you do find one in your home country, the debt will be really high to be able to be paid by you because of the currency gap. I have heard a few people do get lucky and migrate to other european countries where they find a more than decent job, but you will not really want to take such a risk based on a few anomalous cases will you? So I would suggest UK right now is not a good option, and it goes for any college irrespective of brand value (I have heard of people talking about brand value as if studying from a top institute automatically guarantees you a job despite visa regulation XD). If you want to do MS the top countries where you should really focus are:
USA
Germany
Australia
Singapore (mainly NUS, NTU)
Canada
Germany is the best option if you are financially short, because the entire course cost is extremely low when compared to other destinations and they have good scholarships as well. So ROI is outstanding. Besides you get to study near the startup scene of Berlin which is a big positive. However, even Germany has its challenges, the main one being learning to speak German. So I would suggest you go through institute rankings, college websites and country wise research regarding visa restriction before making such a big commitment. Hope this helps.
Cheers!

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From an Indian citizen perspective, the answer right now my friend is NO. Irrespective of which college you are going for, or which degree it is that you are going for, UK right now is not a good option for those Indians who want to study and work there. As most of us are aware, the UK has made immigration very strict and almost no foreign student is allowed or given the post-study work visa. In simple words, you study there for your course duration on a student visa, and then the moment it expires, you have to come back to your country or go elsewhere. This is not an ideal scenario for students who are going for premium costly degrees such as MS or MBA/MIM. It is a fact that ROI after studying from a country such as UK is only good when you can earn money in their currency otherwise after graduation, not only will you have difficult finding a job in UK, even if you do find one in your home country, the debt will be really high to be able to be paid by you because of the currency gap. I have heard a few people do get lucky and migrate to other european countries where they find a more than decent job, but you will not really want to take such a risk based on a few anomalous cases will you? So I would suggest UK right now is not a good option, and it goes for any college irrespective of brand value (I have heard of people talking about brand value as if studying from a top institute automatically guarantees you a job despite visa regulation XD). If you want to do MS the top countries where you should really focus are: USA Germany Australia Singapore (mainly NUS, NTU) Canada Germany is the best option if you are financially short, because the entire course cost is extremely low when compared to other destinations and they have good scholarships as well. So ROI is outstanding. Besides you get to study near the startup scene of Berlin which is a big positive. However, even Germany has its challenges, the main one being learning to speak German. So I would suggest you go through institute rankings, college websites and country wise research regarding visa restriction before making such a big commitment. Hope this helps. Cheers!