Foreign education fair held

A wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses offered by universities across the world were introduced to students and parents at an overseas education fair organised by ISE Education Media India (P) Ltd. here on Sunday.

More than 600 students and parents participated in the event in which 11 overseas education consultants and agents had put up stalls.

The Hindu-EducationPlus was the media partner of the event. The participants were provided information on admission and visa formalities, scholarships, bank loan assistance, and career opportunities. Direct consultants of the University of Aberdeen and Birmingham Graduate School of the U.K. were present at the fair.

The various consultants said that apart from enquiries for traditional courses, students had been showing interest in programmes in forensic accounting, Islamic banking, media studies, petrochemistry, petroleum management, criminology and so on.