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China has just overtaken the US in having the maximum number of PhDs enrolled in their universities. And the US last year turned out more than 50,000 PhDs, about 28,000 of them in science and technology. So China is beginning to do better than that! As of last year, China .....

Plan to increase seats in technical institutions, ITIs

Source The Hindu Date 2006-07-28 Information The Delhi Government has approved a proposal to increase the number of seats in various technical institutions and ITIs from this academic year. The decision was taken at the third meeting of the State Vocational Education Board presided over by Chief Minister .....

Rise in number of girl students at IIT Delhi

The number of girl students at undergraduate level at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D) has increased significantly by over 65 percent this year. S.R. Kale, Dean, Undergraduate Studies at IIT Delhi said, "In 2007, out of 550 students at the institute, 50 were girls constituting 9 percent of the .....

Students React To 2005-06 Tuition Hike

Wednesday, February 16, 2005 Students said they are worried the cost of their education will not stop rising, with next year`s tuition expected to increase approximately 6.1 percent, according to a member of the Committee on Funding Priorities. "That means that next year it might be a 7.8 percent [increase]," said .....

Curators raise UM System fees, give scholarship

Curators raise UM System fees, give scholarship A 4.4 percent increase in room and board and a 7.1 percent increase in student activity fees were approved along with a 3.9 percent meal plan rise for the MU campus by the University of Missouri System Board of Curators at its meeting Friday .....

Gov. Blunt proposes scholarship funding increase

Gov. Blunt proposes scholarship funding increase Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt proposed significantly increasing need-based scholarship funding this morning at Missouri State University. Blunt advocated boosting program funding from $27.5 million to more than $72.5 million. The increase would allow about 19,000 more public college students access to scholarships each year. Under the proposal, .....

UK Student Visa Fee Up By 136%

We want international students, we want them not - that seems to be the United Kingdoms dilemma. UK Visas, which looks after immigration issues for the Home Office, is considering increasing the initial student visa fee by 136%, from 36 to 85. The increase will affect the cost of student .....

IIT Delhi to scale up research

Keen to establish itself as a premier research institute without diluting the international recognition it has earned as a centre of excellence, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, is now aiming at breaking into the worlds top 100 research institutions over the next five years, its Director Surendra Prasad said on .....

IIT entrance on April 13, nearly 3.2 lakh students to appear

NEW DELHI: Nearly 3.2 lakh students would appear in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) on April 13 for admission into IITs across the country, registering an increase of about 70,000 candidates over last year. There will be no change in the question pattern this time, Director of IIT Delhi Prof .....

’Don’t Expect Too Much From IIT Meet’

Professor M S Ananth, Director, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, does not expect tangible deliverables from the Global IIT Alumni Conference, but acknowledges that such repetitive interactions can ultimately pay dividends in realising at least part of the objectives. In an interview, Ananth, who was in the United States recently to .....

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