Immigration to UK for international students

How to achieve the best return on Investment’ on this life-changing experience of studying abroad?

Many students have a dream to go to the UK for higher studies. While this may be a very good idea, however, students should make sure that they maximise the return on their investment on fees, manage living expenses, other related expenses and most importantly 1 or 2 years of precious time.

The current generation of students is highly motivated and aware of what they want and where they want to see themselves in terms of their careers. It is also a fact that ambitious students work very hard to get high grades in Secondary/ Higher Secondary exams to get admission into Medicine or Engineering or Finance/ Business Management.

However, studying in the UK for a postgraduate degree is very different and if their migration is not planned properly, they may regret the decision for the rest of their life as they may suffer an irrecoverable loss of money and precious years.

Therefore, the first step is to plan everything properly.

When should the planning process start?

"When you put your dream on paper and divide it into small steps, it becomes a plan. Else, it remains a daydream." It is very important to start planning right from the time one starts dreaming about studying in the UK.

Most students lose enthusiasm once they are in their second year or third year in a university. But they will need the same fire and motivation that they had when they were in class 10, 11 and 12.

While the higher studies in the UK can help to:

• widen the horizons,
• build a network with other international students,
• find how UK businesses run their businesses,
• find how UK businesses recruit the staff and,
• help in career progression on a global level.

It is most important that the move to the UK is planned properly to achieve optimum results by including the following planning stages:

Why do students want to study in the UK?

Consider this basic question more seriously. Some students may be thinking of going to the UK for higher studies just because their friends have gone/ are going to the UK. Some parents may also be thinking to send their kids abroad because their colleagues have sent their kids abroad for studies. But is this a good reason to spend huge sums on a degree that may not be useful going forward? Each individual is unique and has a unique set of requirements, so it is important not to follow what someone else is doing.

Priority should be to find the course which will help in finding a better career going forward - a career that will help recover the investment of time and money in higher studies in the shortest possible time.