Overseas education has always been a booming industry, and in billion-plus and burgeoning India, its effects can only be reaped. Surplus demand for the best domestic colleges, and unrealistically high entrance requirements, set off around 400,000 young Indians overseas in search of a more rounded education each year. Arundati Dandapani assesses the appeal of some of the top destinations vying for a share of the Indian student market.

The German government is to provide universities with the largest amount of funding for internationalisation projects ever. Eighteen universities will have access to €1m each over four years to develop partnerships with institutions overseas.

The number of Indian students in Germany continues to rise thanks to a combination of low fees, internationalised universities and improved student work rights, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) has claimed. Enrolments grew 19% in 2011-12 to nearly 6,000, with sources claiming the UK's tough new visa rules were driving the trend.

Overseas students registered at German universities passed a record 250,000 in 2011 with the largest group coming from China. This is up from 233,600 in 2008 with those from overseas now representing 11.4% of all students in Germany, according to a new report from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).