Indian Students in Canada

What are the top 5-10 courses preferred by Indian students in Canada?

Canadian universities offer various under-graduate and post-graduate level programmes for international students in various streams.

Below mentioned are the Top 5 courses in Canada:

·         Engineering

·         Information technology

·         Business management

·         Pharmacy technician

·         Hospitality management 

Please mention the name of the institutes offering these courses?

One can pursue engineering, information technology and so on from the below mentioned colleges:

1. Sheridan College
2. Algonquin College
3. Durham College
4. Niagara College
5. Selkirk College
6. St. Lawrence
7. University of Alberta
8. Brandon University
9. Centennial College
10. Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning

11.   What are the eligibility criteria and fee structure for each of these courses?

12.  To be eligible for undergraduate programmes in Canada, one must have attained atleast 50% marks in 12^th standard with IELTS - minimum 6 bands overallwith, no less than 5.5 bands in any module.

13.  Canada offers lower tuition fees which ranges from CAD$ 12,000 to CAD$ 14,000 per annum at SPP (Govt.) colleges. Generally, the tuition fee for undergraduate programmes ranges from CDN$ 11,500 to 22,000.

14.  If available, please provide the percentage of Indian students going for each course?

15.   Well, this is a difficult question to answer as there is no data available and even from various parts of India, students’ interest for various subjects is also changing.

16.  What are the salient features of these programmes?

17.   Undergraduate programmes offered by SPP (Govt.) colleges are normally of 2 years duration after which students can apply for open work visa up to 3 years and after gaining work experience of minimum one year in related field, one can be eligible to apply for permanent residency (PR) in Canada.

18.  Also, after completion of two years, if a student wishes to study further for bachelor's degree course offered by a university in Canada, they can get exemption for the studies already completed and can complete bachelor's in minimum 2 years.

19.  What are the job prospects for each course in India as well as abroad?

20. Normally, courses offered are based on the demand for a particular occupation in the country. Also, student are given 2 to 3 years of Open Work Visa to gain experience based on their qualification in Canada which may later lead to PR of the particular country or else if they come back to India after gaining an international qualification, experience and exposure from abroad they will have an upper edge compared to their other colleagues in India and can easily be absorbed in multinational companies. 

21.  Suggest a few pointers for students going to Canada?

22. Students with good academics, no (or few) failures and with no study gap, fulfilling IELTS and financial requirements stand higher chances of Visa approval.