France Is New Destination For Indian Students To Pursue Higher Education: Obtaining France Student Visa Is Easy

16 Jul 2013

In recent times, France is becoming the hot destination for Indian students who want to pursue higher education abroad.  Getting students visa for France is easy.  France government also provides scholarships for foreign students. The courses are taught in English.

France is the new destination for students who want to study abroad without the need to qualify in GMAT or GRE entrance tests.  France gives visas to students easily and also provides scholarships.  This year 235 Indian students got Rs. 7.1 crore scholarships from France government.  Given here are the details of higher education opportunities in France.

Foreign students in France

Education is given most importance in France.  Twenty two percent of country’s budget is allotted to education.  Many facilities are provided to the students in France.  In recent times France government is also making every effort to provide additional facilities to foreign students.  As a result number of foreign students studying in France is increasing every year.  In the previous academic year nearly 3000 Indian students went to France for higher education. There are many reasons for this.  More than 700 courses are available in France for the students and all of these are taught in English.

There is no need to write special entrance to get admission into the courses that are offered by France.  Candidates have to submit an essay and a bio-data.  Based on this, the candidates will be given the admissions.  Along with admissions, the students are also provided the scholarships by the France government.

Obtaining students France Visa

France embassy is there in New Delhi.  There are also Campus France offices in another 9 cities.  Two more offices are being set up in Lucknow and Dehradun.  The main responsibility of Campus France is to give the necessary guidance to students who want to study in France, providing scholarships, offering placements etc.  Special arrangements are also made to offer counseling to candidates who cannot reach the Campus France offices.  Students Visas to study in France can be obtained from the consulate office in Bangalore.

France visa rules and regulations are also simplified since one year.  Five year tourist or business visa is given to those who studied in France.  Thus the candidates who studied in engineering and business colleges can stay there and continue their studies.  Government of France is also taking necessary steps to increase job opportunities.  For this France India network is also set up.

Nearly 450 France companies have their branches in India.  They invested more than 1800 crore dollars and 2.4 lakh employees are working in them.  In Andhra Pradesh also several France companies are working in Hyderabad and Chittoor.  Human resource authorities in these companies and representatives of higher education institutes in India are part of the France India network for providing job opportunities. 

Source: http://www.aegindia.org/2013/07/france-is-new-destination-for-indian-students-to-pursue-higher-education-obtaining-france-student-visa-is-easy/2128589.html