Delhi, Bangalore best places to study for Indian students
By siliconindia   |   Thursday, 26 August 2010, 00:30 IST   |    3 Comments
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Delhi, Bangalore best places to study for Indian students
Bangalore: Bangalore and Delhi have emerged to be the best places to study for Indian students, when it comes to preferred education destinations in India, according to a study by Minglebox, one of India's education and career networks. The survey titled "Education hot spots in India survey 2010", covered streams like arts, medicine, engineering and MBA among others. It was carried out 2190 students between the age group of 18-25 from tier I as well as tier II cities. The survey also threw up cities like Mumbai, Chennai and Pune as popular education destinations in India. According to Kavita Iyer, CEO and Co-founder Minglebox.com, while there have been surveys earlier to determine the top colleges across streams, there have not been any that take into account a student's perception of where they would like to study and for what streams. The study shows that 40 percent of the respondent belonged to smaller cities, proving not only that students from these centers where actively seeking information online, but also that they were willing to make the move to a new city to pursue better education. Some of the key findings of the survey were as follows: Delhi best for arts: 35 percent of the students voted the capital as the best destination to pursue a degree in arts. It was followed by Mumbai (16 percent) Chennai and Bangalore (nine percent). Delhi best for commerce: Delhi also emerged as the favorite for commerce students at 31 percent, followed by Mumbai (20 percent) and Bangalore (13 percent). Delhi best for Medicine: The capital was a clear winner even among medical aspirants with 30 percent of the respondents voting for the city. The other top cities included Bangalore (15 percent), Chennai (14 percent) and Mumbai (13 percent). Bangalore best for science: 20 percent of the students chose Bangalore as the best destination for a science degree, while the other top destinations were Delhi (20 percent) and Chennai (13 percent) respectively. According to the survey, in keeping with the perception that science related courses are best provided in the south of India, Bangalore was the favorite education destination for engineering as well with 29 percent of the respondent opting for the city. The other top cities included Delhi (16 percent) and Chennai (15 percent). Bangalore best for MBA (outside of the IIMs): The city again scored high with B-school aspirants as 18 per cent of the students chose Bangalore. Close on its heels however are Delhi (18 percent), Mumbai (16 percent) and Pune (16 percent). The survey also highlighted why students wanted to shift to new cities and reasons why they did not want to make that shift. Issues like high costs of studying (36 percent), unfamiliarity with courses and colleges (25 percent), safety issues (18 percent) and parental pressures (9 percent) are factors that prevent students from relocating to a new city.

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