Updated On: 09 January 2025
Indian students opt for tech-driven courses in US over engineering
More and more Indian students in the United States reject such traditional courses like engineering and instead drift toward Mathematics and Computer Science. The Open Doors Report , the latest edition of which has come out to track international student trends in the United States, has also changed the academic scenario.
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Though engineering remains the top courses for foreign students in the United States, there is a clear decline of interest among Indian students. This year, only 24.5 percent of Indian students following engineering courses in the USA had made it in the academic year 2023-24, in comparison to a high 29.6 percent way back in 2021-22.
However, they have shot up, with 42.9 percent of Indian students studying these subjects in 2023-24 for reasons more than the average worldwide phenomenon of changing the job sphere and especially the rise of technology-centric industries.
Why Indian students opt for tech-driven courses in US over engineering?
- Exceptional Career Opportunities: All tech-based courses in the USA have a close relation with the world changing industries as it demands fast-changing skills and also pays well thereafter.
- Cutting-edge Curriculum: Top universities in the USA provide practical exposure that goes beyond the traditional engineering curriculum to shape strong techno-academic programs.
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Tech courses help to build a creative and innovative mind, opening doors to entrepreneurs-start-ups in America or joining the leading tech conglomerates.
- Global Reach: Many Indian aspiring students studying in the USA are internationally connected with their peers and practitioners, thus broadening their window opportunities in receiving a global career.
- Niche Areas Of Specialization: Unlike broad-based engineering, the areas of study under technology curriculums focus on niche areas like AI, Data Science, and Cybersecurity-preparing graduates to go straight.
Computer science, AI, data science, machine learning, or something else are fast growing because high in demand and paid handsomely for career opportunities.
These sectors also have much potential flexibility and link themselves directly to future technology that is likely to change the global economy. This is attractiveness, promising opportunities for career growth; and higher salaries.
- The popularity of computing and IT programmes among Indian students is also likely to be the wide breadth of their applicability.
- Computer science and mathematics are unlike many traditional engineering degrees in that they require no specialist branches, giving students a much wider skill set in industries such as software development, cybersecurity, data analytics, and FinTech.
This shift also mirrors the trends of other measures of international education: Indian students opting for courses that would promise higher employability prospects and global relevance.
Further, many universities in the United States offer today such interdisciplinary programs, where technology converges with business, health care, and social sciences, thus becoming more appealing.
As businesses all over the world embrace digital transformation , students from India position themselves to capitalize on the demand for specialist professionals.
As almost every niche and sector goes digital globally, Indian students continue to prepare themselves to grab the pathways toward career advancement as future technology professionals.
Such trends toward a shift from engineering to computer science and related fields happen, not just in the name of market trends but also as forward-looking indicators showing changes in youth aspirations in India today.
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