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MUMBAI: Yet another Chinese product has hit the Mumbai market, but this one is a little more lofty than cheap toys or electronic goods. China is now offering itself as the new education destination, where one can get courses in everything from medicine, engineering, finance and economics to science and technology.
Chinese educationists from Tianjin, near Beijing, who are seeking Indian
students before their academic year begins in August, promise that the cost of education will be cheaper than that offered by other foreign countries. That's not all. English, and not Chinese, will be the language in which the courses will be taught.
"The minimum fee for any course will not exceed Rs 69,000 per year," said Wang Hong, vice-director, Tianjin Municipal Education commission, who, along with representatives of 17 universities in Tianjin, talked about Chinese universities and colleges at a five-star hotel in Andheri on Thursday.
As Beijing is already overcrowded with Chinese students, the country is now opening up Tianjin, about 120 km from the Chinese capital, to international students.
Universities like Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin Normal University,
Tianjin University of Finance and Technology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology and Nankai University are looking at Indian students who may wish to study there.
At last count, around 10,000 international students were studying in Tianjin, about 1,200 of them from India. "We have about 80 Indian students studying medicine at our university. Our textbooks, teaching and classroom interactions are all in English," said Han Rui, international affairs department, Tianjin Medical University. "In fact, most of the universities are sending their teachers to the UK to study the English language."
A four-year undergraduate course can cost Rs 92,000 per academic year while a Masters' course will be about Rs 1.38 lakh per year. A course in medicine can cost Rs 1.84 lakh per annum. "Our courses and certificates are valid in other countries, so students can get jobs easily," said Wang.
Traditional Chinese medicine is one course which the country is trying hard to sell to foreign students. "Every year we have more than 1,000 students from 20 countries studying traditional Chinese medicine," said Prof Xu Li, vice-dean, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Source - TIMES NEWS NETWORK - Sandhya Nair
Chinese educationists from Tianjin, near Beijing, who are seeking Indian
students before their academic year begins in August, promise that the cost of education will be cheaper than that offered by other foreign countries. That's not all. English, and not Chinese, will be the language in which the courses will be taught.
"The minimum fee for any course will not exceed Rs 69,000 per year," said Wang Hong, vice-director, Tianjin Municipal Education commission, who, along with representatives of 17 universities in Tianjin, talked about Chinese universities and colleges at a five-star hotel in Andheri on Thursday.
As Beijing is already overcrowded with Chinese students, the country is now opening up Tianjin, about 120 km from the Chinese capital, to international students.
Universities like Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin Normal University,
Tianjin University of Finance and Technology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology and Nankai University are looking at Indian students who may wish to study there.
At last count, around 10,000 international students were studying in Tianjin, about 1,200 of them from India. "We have about 80 Indian students studying medicine at our university. Our textbooks, teaching and classroom interactions are all in English," said Han Rui, international affairs department, Tianjin Medical University. "In fact, most of the universities are sending their teachers to the UK to study the English language."
A four-year undergraduate course can cost Rs 92,000 per academic year while a Masters' course will be about Rs 1.38 lakh per year. A course in medicine can cost Rs 1.84 lakh per annum. "Our courses and certificates are valid in other countries, so students can get jobs easily," said Wang.
Traditional Chinese medicine is one course which the country is trying hard to sell to foreign students. "Every year we have more than 1,000 students from 20 countries studying traditional Chinese medicine," said Prof Xu Li, vice-dean, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Source - TIMES NEWS NETWORK - Sandhya Nair
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