With an aim to attract Indian students in large number, UK-based Bath Spa University has offered scholarship to 30 aspirants to study there. The scholarship would vary from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 4 lakh depending on student’s performance. The university is in England’s Bath city which is reported to be the ‘safest city for foreign students’. The university offers numerous courses ranging from arts to sciences. Besides, the university is famous for its innovative programmes in business management.
“India is strategic country for us as nearly 10 per cent of our international students are from the country. We are optimistic that this would double to 20 per cent within a year. We offer wide range of programmes across arts, sciences, education, social science and business to more than 7,500 students. We are expecting to enroll around 8,200 students for the new session from various countries,” said Imran Oomer, the MD and CEO Global Admissions of Bath Spa University on Tuesday.
During a media interaction in the Capital, he said the university will also be offering merit-based scholarship up to 30 Indian students. Beside university scholarship, Indian students will have to spend Rs 8 lakh annually on an average. Claiming India is fastest growing economy, Oomer said, “There is no place better than India to start international programmes. Our efforts are to add to the Indian economy.”
Students after the completion of three-years-graduation programmes are given work permit for one year. Moreover, the visa allows them to work for 20 hours per week. The university gets 93 per cent campus placement for all the students.